same. the two upper runs of steps leading The rails and balusters are connected from the broad terrace to the second with the projecting front of the buildstory. The corbels are richly carved ing and continue along the terrace with a well-sculptured head of Jupiter and down the steps from the sidewalk on the south, and Mercury on the north, and connect with the newel posts, and in the upper sections, surrounded along on the north and south sides of by foliage, and the lower section is the building and connect with the carved in ribs of various forms with porticoes. The rails start from the foliage at intervals lapping over the pedestals of the two upper runs of steps and continue up and around the bays formed by the great corbels, and up to and connecting with the projecting walls of the building. The total length of the balustrade is 1,150 lineal feet, each baluster being nine inches in diameter. The balustrade will be one of the prominent features in this great work, viewed from the various points. The various slopes, curves and levels of the balustrade to the roadway, terraces and steps, when viewed from all positions, will present a most charming appearance. "It will be borne in mind that all the material used in this great approach is of finely-wrought granite from the Hallowell Granite Works quarries, and that the work has been done with the greatest care and precision and superior to any other granite work in this country. "Commencing at a point of the pedestals at the junction of the outer limit of the circle of the terrace and the balustrade of the roadway on the north and south sides, the balustrade extends a distance of 78 feet on each side to the lower pedestal of the roadway, and each is divided into four bays filled with balusters. On the opposite side the total distance is 130 feet. From thence to the north and south porticoes the distance is 146 feet, making a total of 552 feet of terrace. "The entire work of the approach and the center section of the eastern façade when completed will add dignity and prominence to the structure." THE FOURTH FLOOR. In the fourth floor of the Capitol are the five offices of the Regents of the University, of the Capitol Commissioner, the Board of Mediation and "The balustrade commencing at the pedestals at the foot of the first run of steps is carried along between the Arbitration, the Civil Service Commispedestals and along the terrace and sion, the Forestry Commission, the down the retaining wall of the road-State Entomologist, the Factory Inway to the lower pedestals on the spector and the Commissioner of the north and south sides of the approach. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the United States census of 1880 the population of the State of New York was 5,082,87 Under the United States census of 1890 the population returned was 5,997,853, an increase of 914,982, or k per cent during the decade. The following summary shows the population of each county according to the censuses of 1890 and 1880, together with the increase or decrease during the decade: Chautauqua Chemung Cortland....... Dutchess.. Erie..... Per Fulton ........ Kings. Lewis .... Livingston. Madison Monroe Montgomery.. The Growth of the State From 1880 to 1890. Montgomery.. POPULATION. 45.608 68,806 838,547 29,806 37,801 42,892 189,586 45,699 POPULATION OF THE STATE. 164,555 154,890 9,665 6.24 0.34 48,265 43,065 5,200 12.07 37,776 39,891 a2,115 a5.30 46,437 50,897 a4,460 a8.76 28,657 25.825 2,832 10.97 45,496 42,721 2,775 6.50 79,184 al,305 77,879 322,981 al.65 219,884 103,097 30,052 46.89 a4.24 32,390 5.720 17.66 38,110 37,650 21.51 6,665 33,265 1.40 31,598 a3.36 4.762 167,526 63,670 61.496 al,097 42,669 2,939 66,103 2,703 599,495 239,052 31,416 a1,610 39,562 al,761 44,112 a1,220 144,903 44,683 39,315 7,384 1,515,301 1,206,299 309,002 64,460 78.748 48.810 37,616 46.418 44,812 28.289 45,237 78,140 344.703 32.847 40,960 38.504 33,491 31,666 SUMMARY BY COUNTIES. INCREASE. 30,985 32,806 32,695 3.923 4,450 47,340 69,897 988,077 30,215 36,843 41,031 197,053 46,074 1,795,840 64,321 2,971 697 630 3,516 545 The following figures give the returns of the enumerators filed with the various County Clerks. 19 261 24,722 6.89 4.09 39.88 a5.12 a Decrease. POPULATION OF THE STATE, 1892. 2,850 854 226 1,732 1,091 149,530 409 9,652 375 280,539 1,820 290 812 160 1,330 259 205 COUNTIES. 532 302 Niagara.... Oneida.. Orange Orleans Oswego 953 1,861 .... St. Lawrence.... Steuben Suffolk Tioga. Ulster Warren ...... Oneida. Queens. Suffolk.... Sullivan.... POPULATION. Tioga 1890. 62,491 122.922 146.247 Westchester... 29,164 16.711 28,227 81,473 62,491 31,031 29,935 32.923 87,062 27,866 45,690 49.729 117,893 48.453 54,173 8,318 15.35 115,475 7,447 6.45 28,354 24.05 al,088 a2.20 97,859 88,220 9,639 10 93 30,803 30,128 675 2.24 71,883 77,911 a6,028 50,861 51,397 a536 at.74 al.04 15,181 a332 a2.19 14,849 128,059 124,511 41.39 7,472 26.98 29,797 91,574 27,485 115,328 9.183 7.96 51,693 38.991 12,702 32.58 35,162 27,690 85,048 85,997 @949 al.10 57,663 55,156 2,507 4.55 23,538 6,259 26.59 32,910 a3,746 all.38 18,842 a2,131 all.31 29.278 al,051 a3.59 77,586 3,887 5.01 53,888 8,603 15.96 32,491 a1,460 a4.49 32,673 42,738 a8.38 34.445 al,522 a4.42 85,838 1,224 1.43 25,179 2,687 10.67 47,871 a2,181 4.56 51,700 al.971 a3.81 146,772 108,988 37,784 31.67 31,193 30.907 286 0.93 21,001 21,087 a86 a0.41 48,282 95,500 30,778 70,730 14,165 130,007 129.257 52,906 33.208 86.663 56,645 Population. Increase. Decrease 123,669 31,031 28.769 16,791 26,363 80,336 62,990 30,529 29,597 35,055 87,269 28,479 46,193 49,345 Per 1880. Number. cent. 147,830 747 5.283 1,948 4,746 1,213 1,615 4,234 60 INCREASE. 500 2,132 207 613 503 1,058 171 2,359 25 1,153 606 684 1,954 1,018 395 1,864 1,137 502 343 334 228 389 In the tables given below, the population of each county is shown by minor civil divisions. The United States census authorities state that in some few instances it has been impossible to separate the popula tion of villages from the population of the towns in which they are located. "This is partly," they state, "owing to the fact that village limits are not distinctly drawn, and partly to the manner in which the schedules were returned by the enumerators." Below is the population of New York by minor civil divisions: Population by Minor Civil Divisions. MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS. 1890. POPULATION OF COUNTIES BY MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS. 1880. 154,890 90,758 2,616 3,732 19,416 3,459 1,694 3,251 2,488 22.220 4,160 8,820 2,324 41.810 1,526 818 865 1,567 1,972 804 1,988 1,620 1,470 890 1,029 852 2,203 1,251 2.216 2.127 1,369 1,134 954 a Not separately returned. Vestal town. Windsor town, including Wind- CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.... including a Not separately returned; in Persia town, Cattaraugus county, and Collins town, Erie county. b Not separate.y returned. e Estimated in 1880. d Jamestown city, formerly in Ellicott town, incorporated since 1880. 1,297 2,093 1,138 1,644 2,125 1,210 3,034 621 1,028 1,188 1,889 1,952 65,342 1,076 1,901 1,718 538 1,667 540 3,576 c1,051 1,354 448 1,455 7,248 1,555 10,842 1,602 1,042 1,175 |