introduced, and the day on which it was received, from the other House, and shall announce such facts when the same is proposed to be read a third time. RULE 21. When a bill originated in the Senate or Assembly shall have been lost in either House, neither the same, nor any other bill on the same subject, and containing similar provisions, shall be subsequently introduced into the Senate or Assembly during the same session, unless by unanimous consent. RULE 22. The postmaster of each House shall weigh and stamp all documents sent by mail or express, and enter in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, the amount of postage or express charge thereon, and report to the clerk of the respective Houses the aggregate thereof weekly; and the assistant postmaster of each House shall enter in a book to be kept by him for that purpose an accurate account of all documents, with the postage or express charges paid thereon, transmitted from the post-office of their respective Houses by mail or express, and report the aggregate thereof weekly to the respective clerks of the Senate and Assemby; and the clerks of the Senate and Assembly shall, from time to time, furnish to the postmaster of each House respectively, the stamps requisite for carrying into execution this rule, and an account thereof shall be kept by them in books to be by them provided for that purpose; and the books kept by the postmaster and assistant postmaster, above specified, shall be, at all times, open to the inspection of the clerks and members of each House respectively. RULE 23. The titles of all bills introduced into either House proposing amendments to chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, entitled "An act to consolidate into one act and to declare the special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of New York," and also chapter 583 of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An act to revise and combine in a single act all existing special and local laws affecting public interests in the city of Brooklyn," and also of all bills proposing amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Penal Code, and the Revised Statutes, shall contain the number of the section proposed to be amended, and also some brief reference to the subject of the amendments proposed; and that with respect to the class of bills herein mentioned the clerks of the two Houses are directed to have this rule strictly enforced LIST OF MAYORS AND POPULATION OF THE CITIES IN NEW and June 13th. The State Board of Law Examiners, | House, Brooklyn, on January 25th appointed to examine candidates for admission to practice in the courts of record of this State, have appointed the following times and places for holding such examinations during the year 1896: First Judicial Department.-At the Court-House, New York, on January 25th and June 13th. Second Department.- At the Court Third Department.— At the Albany City Hall, General Term room, on January 22d and June 17th. Fourth Department.- At the CourtHouse, Rochester, on January 22d and June 17th. For the State at Large.-At the Syracuse Court-House, on October 14th. STATISTICS OF THE STATE. Direct and Indirect Taxes of the State.- Income from Indirect Taxes.- The Tonnage of the Canals. The State tax rate for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1897, which was imposed by the Legislature of 1896, was 2.69 mills on the dollar. yielded the following sums: Tax of 93-100 mill for school purposes... Tax of 76-100 mill for canal and general purposes. Tax of 1 mill for State care of the insane... Encouraged by the success of this $4,062,903 00 tax the State, in 1886, passed a law taxing inheritances, which up to the present time has netted the State the 3,320,221 81 following-named amounts: 1886.. 4,368,712 90 1887.. 1888.. $11,751,837 71 1889.. $84,128 92 561,716 23 736,062 31 1,075,692 25 Total.... $141,127 03 $201,663 99 181,838 27 198,982 34 220,719 94 185,536 58 266,241 13 298,241 37 150,761 99 258,464 60 503,951 56 lows: 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1883.. 1884.. 1885.. 1886.. 1887. 1888. 1889.. 1890.. 1891.. 992,725 16 1,158,978 41 1880, Corporation tax.. $141,127 03 1884, Corporation tax.. $1,603,612 75 1893, Corporation tax.. $1,668,911 62 Inheritance tax.. 1,786,218 47 Organization tax. Inheritance tax.. 3,071,681 09 298,241 37 62,864 17 $5,101,704 25 46,820 98 $3,485,595 07 From 1895 the "Bankers' tax" was not separately reported in the Comptroller's reports, but was included in the report of the receipts of the "Corporation tax." That fact must be considered in the report of the receipts from indirect taxes for 1895 and 1896 which follows: 1895, Corporation tax.. $1,823,039 16 Inheritance tax.. 2,126,894 61 258,464 60 Inheritance tax.. 736,062 31 $4,208,398 37 Bankers' tax..... 35.010 35 The direct State taxes since 1880 would, of course, have been far greater but for the indirect taxes; and especially so since State commissions were created which imposed a large tax upon the State treasury for their support. But nevertheless a large proportion of the money derived from the $2.551,064 39 indirect taxes remained to pay the appropriations of the Legislature. The $1.350,238 53 record of the two since 1880 has been 890.267 54 as follows: 5,804,588 1875. Business of the Canals. George W. Aldridge, the Superin-1877. tendent of Public Works, in his annual 1878. report on the operations of the Canal 1879. Department during the year 1896, says: 1880. The whole number of tons of freight 1881. carried upon the canals of this State 1882. during the season of 1896 was 3,714,-1883. 894, of which 2,605,012 tons were in 1884. transit toward tidewater, and 1,109,- 1885. 882 tons were moved in other direc-1886.. tions. There were 2,132,956 tons of 1887. through and 1,581,938 tons of way 1888. freight. 4,859,958 1876. 4,172,129 4,955,963 5,171,320 5,362,372 6,457,656 5,179,192 5,467,423 5,664,056 5,009,488 4,731,784 5,293,982 5,553,805 4,942,948 1889. The amounts carried by the several 1890.. canals were as follows: 5,370,369 5,246,102 1891. 4,563,472 1892. 4,281,995 1893. Champlain canal. 802,519 4,331,963 1894. Oswego canal. 57,245 3,882,560 1895. Black River canal. 57,953 3,500,314 1896. Cayuga and Seneca canal.. 54,739 3,714,894 Comparing the tonnage of the pres152,322 ent season on several classes of prod270,603 ucts with the tonnage on same classes Other articles not classified, 1,302,837 in 1895, the following results appear: |