Total," 31,863,921 216,167,786 8,391,334 33,481,124 202,557,762 | 7,796,888 31,006,386 201,541,624 7,555,351 38,756,218 209,305,552 | 7,677,646 40,502,979 211,252,432 7,884,035 35,932,008 205,708,038 8,521,671 51,781,654 216,911,554 9,072,939 Total, 66 66 1847, 165,129,900 66 1846, 179,635,022 | 44,388,805 224,023,827 | 9,930,052 These tables are believed to be very accurate, being compiled almost exclusively from official reports made by the Treasurers and Auditors to the Legislatures of the several States, near the 1st of January, 1854. The account of the State debts, in particular, is full, and may be depended upon; that of the several kinds of property owned by the States of course is more defective, for the State archives seldom afford complete materials for accurate accounts of this sort, and the property is sometimes estimated at a nominal valuation, which is much above its market value. The editor Total," Total, « Total," Total," Total," Total," Total, " "1852, 25,170,730 134,982,644 30,598,069 of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these tables. The object here is to give only a summary of the facts, so as to afford the means of comparing the States with each other. Their financial condition is shown at much greater length under the head of "Individual States." Official returns published in this work for 1843 (page 135) show that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. 5,812,000 5,812,000 5,673,121 5,258,652 5,062,310 5,435,285 The Colleges marked thus (*) are under the direction of the Baptists; thus (†), Episcopalians; thus (3), Methodists; thus (§), Catholics. With respect to the Colleges which are unmarked, the prevailing religious influence of those that are in the New England States is Congregationalism; of most of the others, Presbyterianism. By Instructors, in the above table, is meant those connected with the undergraduates; and by students, except the Roman Catholic institutions and a few of the Colleges in the Southern and Western States, is meant undergraduates, or members of the four collegiate classes; not including such as are pursuing a professional education, or such as are members of a preparatory department. Some of the Colleges above enumerated are not in full operation, and #carcely deserve a place in the table. The column of Libraries includes the number of volumes in the College Libraries and in the Students' Libraries. The above table shows the condition of the colleges near January, 1853, and 1854. Returns have not been received from some of the colleges to so late date. Any one noticing errors or imperfections in the list is requested to send the necessary corrections to the editor. |