STATISTICS RELATING TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.

AREA-not including Streets? 9,583 acres.

Improved?

Unimproved or vacant? 239,999,251 square feet. This amount does not include the islands in the Harbor, the principal of which are Breed's, Deer, Long and Thompson's, containing about 304, 134, 216, and 140 acres respectively, exclusive of marsh lands. In addition to the above the Commonwealth holds the fee of 334,393 square feet of land in Ward 6, and 523,230 square feet in Ward 9, upon which no valuation is placed, as no taxes can be assessed.

Marsh or Lowlands? 87,471,623 square feet.

acres.

reserved for Parks or Squares? Common, 48 1-4 acres exclusive of Cemetery, 1 1-4
Public Garden, about 24 1-4 acres. Franklin square,
105,205 square feet. Blackstone Square, 105,000 square feet.
Chester Square, 57,860 square feet. Commonwealth Avenue,
enclosure from Arlington to Dartmouth Street, 163,800 square
feet. Union Park, 16,000 square feet. Worcester Square, 16,000
square feet. Lowell Square, 5,772 square feet. South Boston,
Telegraph Hill, on which the Reservoir stands, 190,000 square
feet. Independence Square, about 6 1-2 acres. Lincoln Square,
9,510 square feet. East Boston: Maverick Square, 22,500 square
feet. Central Square, 49,470 square feet. Belmont square, 11,628
square feet.
Boston Highlands: Madison Square, 122,220
square feet. Orchard Park, 93,542 square feet. Washington
Park, 396,125 square feet. Longwood Park, 21,140 square feet.
Walnut Park, 5,736 square feet. Lewis Park, 5,600 square feet.
Fountain Square, 103,000 square feet. Cedar Square, 30,794
square feet. Dorchester: Meeting-house Hill Square, 57,512
square feet. Fort Hill, about 40,000 square feet.

Miles of Street? About 224.

Paved? 4 in East Boston; 7 in South Boston, and 44 in City proper.

Amount expended on
Streets and Bridges?
Do. laying out and
widening Streets?
Miles of Sewers?

$502,000 00 $1,174,000 00 $1,400,000 00 $1,308,000 00 $1,536,000 00

Am't exp'd on Sewers?

$45,159 00 $183,120 00 $150,716 00 $159,993 00 $164,345 00

Line of Sewerage? Charles River and Harbor.

Debt of? Bonds issued, $28,247,177.91. Notes issued, $381,357.91. Trust Funds, $585,765 09 Total, $29.214,300.91. [Taken from return of Assessors returned under the provisions of Chapter 76 of the Acts of 1870.] a

Debt, when due?

Rate of Interest? Average, 5 58 per cent.

Water Supply? Lake Cochituate.

If Water Works, Capacity? When the Lake is full 2,011,165,000 gallons. Minimum, 12,000,000 gallons per day.

Fire Alarm? Thorough and extensive system. Expense, 1872? $40,507.00.
Number of Police? 550.

Cost of Police Department for 1872? $619,622.93.

Cost of Teaching, per Scholar, 1872? In whole City, $33.04.
Number of Children from 5 to 15 years of age, in 1872? 46,144.
Estimated Value of Public School Property

$6,655,300.00.

Total Value of Public Property, in 1872? Public Library, $630,000. Other public buildings, except Faneuil Hall, $5,136,500. Salable Land, $2,154,500. Public Grounds and Parks, $223,100. Cemeteries, $1,754,400. Other Real Estate, $1,854,500. Water Works, $7,060,659. Fire Apparatus, $269,992. Trust Funds, $585.765.09. Other Assets, $12,849,159,31. Aggregate Assets, $37,019,275.40.

a Massachusetts House of Representatives, Document No. 66. "Assets and Indebtedness of Cities and Towns." Boston - Assets, $13,541,077.91. Liabilities, $26,666,436.73.

Value of Property Exempt from Taxation in 1872? See in addition to the above, "Public Institutions," and the Schedule of Assets appended. a

Public Institutions? State House, Court House and Jail.

City or Town? Deer Island: - - House of Industry, also}House of Reformation for Girls; a brick School-house for pauper boys and a wooden one for girls; a farmhouse, brick workshop, and receiving-house, two large barns and other buildings required. Galop's Island:-Quarantine Station, and Smallpox Hospital, and other buildings. House of Correction, and Lunatic Hospital, Chapel, Workshops, etc.

[The fluid lamps are growing rapidly less, having decreased fifty per cent. since 1867. The rate paid for fluid is 1-10 of 1 cent per hour, per lamp.]

Number of Paupers? 272. 1,194 families, consisting of 3,584 persons, were assisted by the Overseers of the Poor last year.

a Massachusetts House of Representatives, Document No. 65, 1872. "The amount of Non-Taxable property held for Religious or Charitable purposes in the several Towns and Cities."

Consolidated Debt of the City of Boston.

ON THE 30TH OF APRIL, 1873.

The Amount of the Consolidated Debt of the City (funded, unfunded, and Water Loans, on the 30th of April, 1873, was $31,841,156.44, and is made up of the following items, viz.

The classification of the Consolidated Debt of the City, funded and unfunded, April 30, 1873, is as follows