WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Some of which are regulated by statute and others by custom. Lbs. perl bushel Foreign salt, * coarse.. 85 Turnips.... Unslacked lime 80 Corn meal Bituminous coal 76 Buckwheat* Corn in ear 70 Barley Foreign salt, ground* 70 Castor beans.. Clover seed*.. 62 Timothy seed. Foreign salt, fine* 62 Blue grass seed. Wheat* 60 Hemp seed.. Peas 60 Coke* White beans. 60 Malt Onions ..... 57 Dried peaches. Irish potatoes* 56 Oats*. Shelled corn*. 56 Dried apples.. Rye* 56 Ground peas. Flax seed.. 56 Bran ..... 55 Plastering hair. * Regulated by statute. 40 48 33 30 24 24 20 8 2, 688 2,680 2,571 VALUATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY In the several counties of the Commonwealth, and taxable for State purposes; the assessment of tax thereon for the year 1875, as fixed by the Revenue Commissioners at their last tri-ennial meeting ; also, the population of each county, according to the census of 1870, and the taxable inhabitants therein for the year 1875. cent. on the do- | na to tax of one per A on watches..... Amount of tax Assessm’t of tax. Population ...... Taxables ......... $92,856 160,000 22.229 24,000 50 $135 182 50 30 140 135 $2,739 09 326 00 30, 315 4,273 8,829 66,662 11, 254 9, 418 8,111 27,339 10,690 13,536 16,987 12,593 8,853 1,323 6,918 8,761 20, 076 8,312 COUNTIES. lar.............. mills on the dolto tax of three Property subject lar .............. Adams... $558,511 400, 147 600,000 721,765 900,000 97,000 450,000 ..... .................. Clearfield $600,000 67, 720 76,672 41,650 114,904 600,000 400,000 420,000 750,000 $20.000 $190 $2.190 00 650 3,000 00 455 104 338 56 28 161 95 6,260 28 435 31 1,510 00 4,300 00 50 500 00 40,000 532 4,382 00 21,9751 158 1,461 23 15,000 60 1,260 00 200 4, 300 00 13 553 00 259 00 2,250 00 139 1,916 12 35,000 150 2,000 00 21, 151 313 2, 438 47 5,690 294 2,298 41 67,000 380 6,300 00 2,265 92 908 58 47,629 8,825 8, 436 6, 191 12, 615 2,735 3,518 7,733 2, 158 8,651 4,352 Lycoming 1,250,000 150,000 1,150,000 361, 161 400,000 350,000 622, 558 200,000 180,000 275, 579 80,000 649, 175 288, 732 1,400,000 264, 645 3,400,000 30,000 250 Total. 154,542, 889 4,775, 928 63,425 574,817 36 3,521, 875 939,507 STOCKS. STATEMENT showing the amount of stocks held by the Common wealth in sundry incorporated companies, on December !, 1875, to which is added the cost of the Public Improvements. Delaware and Schuylkill canal... $75,000 00 Bald Eagle and Spring Creek navigation 250, 307 47 Tioga navigation, now railroad company. 81,647 15 Bristol steam tow-boat and transportation 8,000 00 Franklin railroad 100,000 CC Harrisburg, Carlisle and Chambersburg turnpike.... 106, 200 00 Stoystown and Greensburg turnpike 128, 217 00 Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana ...... 173, 850 00 Perkiomen and Reading turnpike....... 68,000 00 Gap and Newport turnpike.. 25, 600 00 Morgantown, Churchtown and Blue Ball turnpike... 9,000 00 Little Conestoga turnpike 10,CCO 00 Dowingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg turnpike 64,000 00 Cayuga and Susquehanna turnpike.. 6,000 CO Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike.. 136,250 CO Susquehanna and Tioga turnpike.. 30,000 00 Bridgewater and Wilkesbarre turnpike 25,800 CO Pittsburg and New Alexandria turnpike... 48, 350 00 New Alexandria and Conemaugh turnpike.. 16,000 00 Butler and Mercer turnpike 22, 050 00 Mercer and Meadville turnpike.. 25,250 00 Anderson's Ferry, Waterford and New Haven turnpike...... 10,000 co Bethany and Dingman's Choice turnpike 14,000 00 Robstown and Mount Pleasant turnpike. 15,000 (0 Mount Pleasant and Somerset turnpike......... 30 000 00 Millerstown and Lewistown turnpike 35, 850 00 Philadelphia, Brandywine and New London turnpike, 2,500 00 Philadelphia and Great Bend turnpike 7,800 CO Lewistown and Huntingdon turnpike... 46,500 00 Armstrong and Indiana turnpike.. 9.000 CO Clifford and Wilkesbarre turnpike......... 7,700 00 Indiana and Ebensburg turnpike.. 14,000 00 |
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