This increase is 91.652 per cent., and is divided as

The total valuation of 1853 was $206,514,200. Rate of Tax $7 60 per $ 1,000

CITY EXPENDITURES.

Statement of the Expenditures made on account of the CITY OF BOSTON during the financial year 1860-61. Commencing with the first day of May, 1860, and ending with the last day of April, 1861.

N. B. The Expenditures on account of the COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, which comprises the City of Boston, the City of Chelsea, and the towns of North Chelsea and Winthrop, are in a separate

account.

ANNUITIES.

Paid to four individuals the stipulated annu

ities granted to them by the City Council
on account of widening streets and for other
considerations,

Amount paid by Treasurer per item No. 1, of
his account,

Amount not yet called for,

880 16

125 00

$1,005 16

1,005 16

AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.

Amount paid to the Auditor of Accounts by
direction of the Committee on Accounts,
to enable him to pay in advance such
claims against the City as circumstances
may require to be paid before the regular
pay day, which is the first day of every
month,

Per item No. 62 of Treasurer's account.
This amount is refunded by the Auditor, and
appears to his credit in item No. 113 of
Treasurer's account.

Amount carried forward,

300 00

$1,305 16

Amount brought forward,

ARMORIES.

Payments to the various Volunteer Militia Companies, for Rent of Armories, as required by the State Law of 26 April, 1853,

viz:

Nine Infantry Companies one

year at $300 each,

Two Cavalry Companies one year
at $600 each,
Light-Allowance for gas light
to each Company at $25 per
annum, in conformity with a
vote of the City Council of 20th
of March, 1854,

2,700 00

1,200 00

Per item No. 2 of Treasurer's account,

300 00

N. B. The State refunds the amounts paid by the City for rent at the above rates; but not the light money.

ADVERTISING, &c.

Paid for eight daily Newspapers, and for advertising in the same at the rate of $ 300 per annum, One South Boston and one East Boston Paper at $50 per annum, each,

2,400 00

Per item No. 3 of Treasurer's account,

BELLS AND CLOCKS.

$1,305 16

4,200 00

100 00

2,500 00

Amounts brought forward,

$1,102 50

$8,005 16

the illuminated Clock on the Wil-
liams Market House, Ward XI.,

75 00

Gas and Lighting Phillips Church

51 44

8 40

1,237 34

Clock, five months,

Extraordinary repairs of Clocks,

Per item No. 4 of Treasurer's account, MERIDIAN BELL. For the information and accommodation of the Citizens, the 22 Fire Alarm Bells are struck once at noon. The greatest care is taken to secure the utmost accuracy as to the time, for which purpose a telegraphic communication with the Cambridge Observatory has been established.

BURIAL GROUNDS.

Expenditures for the care, improvement, and embellishment of the Burial Grounds, and all other incidental expenses of this department, except the Mount Hope ground, viz: