Total valuation as of May 1, 1902 . $1,513,460,275 89

THE RATE OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXES COMMITTED TO THE COLLECTOR.

The rate of taxation needed to raise the amount of the several warrants, and the overlay authorized by section 55 of chapter 12 of the Public Statutes, as amended by chapter 226 of the Acts of the year 1887, was determined by the Assessors to be 1.48 per cent., or $14.80 per $1,000; of this rate $1.07 was for State, 89 cents for county, and $12.84 for

the city tax.

The land, marsh and flats, valuation of $573,193,150, at $14.80 per $1,000, gave

assessment amounting to g e . $8,483,258 62 The valuation, dwellings, stores and other structures, of $384,303,750, at $14.80 per

$1,000, gave assessment amounting to . 5,687,695 50

Total tax, real estate assessment . $14,170,954 12

Carried forward .

. $14,170,954 12 Browght forward so * e . $14,170,954 The personal estate valuation of $233,777716, at $14.80 per $1,000, gave assess ASSESSING DEPARTMENT. 9

ment amounting to g o 3,459,910

12

The total valuation of $1,191,274,616, at $14.80 per $1,000, gave a total property

tax of . . $17,630,864

171,516 male polls, at $2 each, amounted to 343,032

The taxes as determined by the Assessors
when the rate for the year was fixed,
and their list and warrant therefor was &
committed to the Collector, aggregated . $17,973,896

To the amount of the commitment were o
added taxes for omitted persons, supple-
mentary assessments, under the provisions
of sections 19 and 20, chapter 11, of the
Revised Laws, for 4,096 polls e o 8,192

$13,300 personal property . & o e 196

There was also added by supplementary as-
sessment of omitted estates, in accordance
with the provisions of section 85, chapter
12, of the Revised Laws, the taxes on
$331,300 valuation of real estate . e 4,903

And the taxes on $978,600 valuation of
personal estate to e

e o 14,483 The total taxes committed to the Collec

tor for the financial year 1902–1903
amounted to . to so o . $18,001,671

ASSETS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

CLASSIFICATION.

Actual.

Sinking and Consolidated Street Improvement Funds, as per Auditor's report . $32,801,886 76 Salable lands (not including islands) and

land in charge of Board of Street Commissioners . Q o o e . 2,526,100 00

$35,327,986 76 Nominal. School-houses, including Personal o © . $13,735,700 00 Public Library, including Personal & o . 5,194,800 00 Other public buildings, in

cluding Personal . . 21,819,400 00 Public grounds, including

Personal o o o 1533,000 00 Playgrounds . o e 947,100 00 Subway . o o . 4,400,000 00 Subway locations . . 1,467,800 00 Cemeteries e o . 1 00 Water Works . • . 15,800,000 00 Fire apparatus. {o so 492,000 00 Fire Alarm . se g 175,000 00

Miscellaneous . © . 2,000,000 00 66,564,801 00

Total . . . . $101,892,787 76

1 Item includes only Washington and Lowell squares. The parks of the city, January 31, 1903, had cost $16,508,883.01 for land and conStruction.

Assessors’ Valuation of the Real and Personal Estates and Number of Polls in each of the Twenty-five Wards of the City, and the Taxes assessed thereon, as of the first day of May, in the year 1902. Rate $14.80 per $1,000. Original Assessments.

CO o to à Polls. von Yolo Von To Toon Fo Total Tax. : Estate. Estate. Polls. Estate. Estate.

1.. 6,600) $12,824,500 $848,400 $13,672,900) $13,200) $189,802 60 $12,556 32 $215,558 92. 2.. 6,490 14,869,800 709,300 15,579,100 12,980 220,073 04 10,497 64 243,550 68. 3.. 4,317 9,702,000 865,000 10,567,000 8,634 143,589 60 12,802 00 165,025 60. 4.. 3,924 12,277,400| 677,000 12,954,400| 7,848, 181,705 52 10,019 60| 199,573 12. 5 . . 4,195 12,514,200 2,067,100 14,581,300|| 8,390 185,210 16 30,593 08 224,193 24 6. . . 8,229. 140,091,500 34,866,600 174,958,100 16,458 2,073,354 20 516,025 68 2,605,837 88. 7 . . . 5,191] 232,885,400. 53,438,900 286,324,300 10,382| 3,446,703 92 790,895 72 4,247,981 64 8... 9,114, 28,902,800 2,642,100 31,544,900 18,228 427,761 44 39,103 08 485,092 52 9.. 8,915] 24,778,800) 1,327,900 26,106,700 17,830 366,726 24 19,652 92 404,209 16. 10.... 7,756 58,949,200 4,284,700 63,233,900 15,512 872,448 16 63,413 56 951,373 72 11.... 6,187] 107,975,400 74,576,500 182,551,900 12,374] 1,598,035 92] 1,103,732 20 2,714,142 12 12.... 7,535| 23,541,500 3,059,000 26,600,500 15,010 348,414 20 45,273 20 408,757 40. 13 ... 6,823 22,976,400 2,527,500 25,503,900 13,646 340,050 72 37,407 00 391,103 72. 14. ... 6,345| 11,396,100 767,200 12,163,300 12,690 168,662 28 11,354 56 192,706 84 15. . . . 5,598 9,529,700 638,500 10,168,200 11,196 141,039 56 9,449 80 161,685 36. 16.... 6,011| 14,560,900 1,240,600 15,801,500 12,022 215,501 32 18,360 88 245,884 20. 17. ... 7,002 18,143,300 1,833,800 19,977,100 14,004 268,520 84 27,140 24 309,665 08. 18. . . . 6,863| 17,022,600 1,339,800 18,362,400 13,726 251,934 48 19,829 04 285,489 52. 19.... 7,713| 22,805,500 2,685,300 25,490,800 15,426 337,521 40 39,742 44 392,689 84 20.... 10,407 35,167,000. 4,562,000 39,729,000 20,814 520,471 60 67,517 60 608,803 20. 21 .... 7,396 27,150,000 5,890,500 33,040,500 14,792 401,820 00 87,179 40 503,791 40. 22.... 7,980 21,857,700 4,425,900 26,283,600 15,960 323,493 96 65,503 32 404,957 28. 23.... 6,489 23,795,600 7,508,200 31,303,800 12,978 352,174 88 111,121 36 476,274 24 24.. 8,308| 26,758,000 2,731,100 29,489,100 16,616, 396,018 40 40,420 28| 453,054 68 25.... 6,128 27,021,600 5,443,700 32,465,300 12,256 399,919 68 80,566 76 492,742 44 171,516|s957,496,900s?20,956,600 $1,178,453,500*943,032|$14,170,954 12 $8,270,157 68lsit,784,143 80

Bank
Stock|... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,821,116 12,821,116|... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,752 52 189,752 52.
Totals 171,516|$957,496,900 $238,777,716 $1,191,274,6163343,032 su,170.9% 12| $3,459,910 20 $17,973,896 32

Gains and Loss, Real, Personal, and Polls, by Wards, 1902 compared with 1901.

co- Total Gain 4wawa. can Rem. ||ro. o. i. #:

1. . . . . . ë e e s to go e s to © to e $773,400 || $76,800 |............ $850,200 153. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172,500 |...... . . . . . . $12,900 2io Loss, in 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719,700 |.... . . . . . . . . 60,900 658,800 11 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,100 3,200 |... . . . . . . . . . 197,300 [Loss, 130. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... [LOSS, 103,000 |............ 93,900 |Loss, 196,900 97 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . to e o is a 12,079,900 |............ 158,100 11,921,800 |Loss, 777 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,173,800 3,362,700 |............ 11,536,500 43. 8... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883,300 21,600 |... . . . . . . . . . 904,900 |Loss, 2,347 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |LOSS, 898,900 |............ 111,900 |Loss, 1,010,800 499. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . e s = e s 1,887,900 781,800 |............ 2,669,200 380 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,160,700 |............ 737,300 2,423,400 4 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOSS, 705,900 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,300 |Loss, 894,200 |Loss, 30 18. . . . . . . . . . . © to e o 'o - e. 485,100 37,000 |............ 522,100 |Loss, 95. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243,200 3,400 |... . . . . . . . . . 246,600 |Loss, 108 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . to to e o 'o 63,700 53,200 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,900 84 16. . . . . .-.... . . . . . . . 89,100 29,800 |. . . . . . . . . . . . 118,900 281 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,400 166,700 |....... e - a to a 336,100 137 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,500 6,300 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,800 |Loss, 107 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,800 420,800 |. . . . . . . . . . . . 643,600 225. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * - 1,133,000 288,300 |... . . . . . . . . . 1,421,300 536 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * 199,200 180,200 |... . . . . to e o e e 379,400 244 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,400 626,700 | . . . . . . . • * * * * 671,100 275 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544,200 355,200 |... . . . . . . . . . 899,400 180. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277,300 91,100 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 368,400 183 25. . . . . . . . to o e o E to e e • * so,000 || 311,200'............ 906,200 259. BANK STOCK, 851,182 |............ 851,182 | . . . . . . . . . . . .

Totals ......... $32,459,400 $7,672,682 $1,863,300 $38,768,782 |Loss, 184