99,299,776 15,346,830 114,646,606 102,438,481 14,816,083 117,254,564 5. COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES, From 1815 to 1845 inclusive, in tons and 95ths. Enrolled and li- Total Reg. Tonnage Fishery. Tonnage in the 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, 1846. 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 * Arrears of interest due Dec. 1, 1845. † Including $2,777,320 arrears of interest up to Jan. 1, 1846, and $1,204,760 of domestic debt, for which treasury notes bearing interest are now outstanding. of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these tables, and they will be republished in the volume for 1848 in a revised and perfect condition. 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) showed that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. It is apparent, then, that there has been no great reduction of these debts. |