Rural

Urban

Cities

Total....

1,102,467 22,885,464 448,566,182 3,089, 202|
413,396 228,829 110,9-9,898 8,452,309
393,664 40,258 222,997,515 18,928,105
1,909,527 23,154,551

410,274 452,065,658 4,599,442 4 17 10.2 2,469,161 121,911,371 2,375,995 5 75 19.5 9,308,478 251,234,098 4,828,133 12 26 19.2 782,553,595 30,469,616 12,187,916 825,211,127 11,803,570 6 18 14.3

4.00 9.9

448,916,986 3,178,614] 371,488 452,467,088, 4,473,108
105,353,091 7,878.486 2,170,656 115,402,233||||2,161,644 5 27 18.7
202,907,967, 19,300,295 8,538,688 230,746,950 4,262,733 10 96 18.5
757,178,044 30,357,395 11,080,832 798,616,271 10,897,485

5 68 13.7

433,596,047 26,624,345 395,430 460,615,822 4,491,780 3 97 9.8 90,416,11 7,956,694 2,039,724 100,413,029 1,884,918 4 79 18.8 160,239,217, 19,345,906, 8,040,596, 187,625,719 3,540,261 10 01| 18 9

684,251,875 53,926,945| 10,475,750 748,654,570

9,919,962 5 28 13.3

428,372,441 27,381,683||
4,431,720 3 89 97
83,497,910 7,616,982 2.222,704 93,337,596 1,759,248) 4 66 18.8
140,795,414 18,226,775 8,781,990 167,801,179 3,109,145 9 40, 18.5
652,665,765 53,225,440 11,420,733 717,311,938 9,309,113 5 03 13.0

416,039 456,170,163

*This large decrease in personal property was due to a change in the Assessment Act, which exempted farm live stock, etc.

ASSESSMENT ROLL-STEAM BOILERS.

TABLE V. Showing the number of Steam Boilers as placed on the Assessment Rolls in Townships, Towns, Villages and Cities of the Province of Ontario for the eight years 1891-1898.

Totals..

4,930 3,181 8,111 4,621 3,256 7.877 7,778 7,583 7,807 7,127 6,722 5,662

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

TABLE VI. Showing an abstract statement of the Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and Liabilities

* Including $4,009 premiums on debentures sold, and $5,678 from other municipalities.

+ Including balance on hand from previous year but omitted from returns.

For support of indigent, $102. § Including $1,515 premiums on debentures sold, and $7,480 from other municipalities.

of the Township municipalities in the Province of Ontario, for the year ending December 31st, 1897.

surplus.

*Including $366 in hands of executors of late treasurer. + Including $1.178 refunds of drainage Financial returns very unsat sfactory. § Auditors' balance. || Including $1,549 paid to Tilbury W. on drainage. Including $5,950 from county re N. R. taxes returned. a Including b Including $2,035 paid to other townships.

$432 interest on county rate.