| By the very able report (House Doc. No. 7), made by Mr. Wentworth to the Legislature in 1867, and to which we have already referred, it is made to appear that the expenses incurred by the several cities and towns for bounties, recruiting, and other expenses growing out of the war, but not including the payment of State aid to the families of volunteers, was | $13,010,867.52 |
| Being $10.74 for each inhabitant of the State, according to the census of 1865. | |
| The expense incurred by the Commonwealth for the same | 29,594,650.40 |
| Which added to the sum expended by the cities and towns, makes a total of | $42,605,517.92 |
| Being $33.62 for each inhabitant. Eighty-two cities and towns, containing a population of 184,336, have returned private contributions to bounty and recruiting expenses amounting to | 806,948.80 |
| Assuming that the cities and towns from which no such returns have been received have contributed in the same proportion to the same object, the total private contributions amount to | 5,550,293.82 |
| The contributions from fairs and all private sources, for all purposes connected with the war, may be safely estimated at | 2,500,000.00 |
| The last three sums added to the amount paid by the State and towns will make a total of | $51,462,760.54 |
| Of the war expenses incurred by the towns, there has been paid (Jan. 1, 1866), by taxation | 4,457,754.57 |
| Of the same expended by the State there has been paid | 8,997,345.32 |
| Add private contributions to the recruiting expenses, &c., partly estimated | 5,550,293.82 |
| Add contributions from fairs and all private sources, for all purposes connected with the war, as estimated | 2,500,000.00 |
| Making a total of | $21,407,393.71 |
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