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in.such form as he might deem best adapted secure favorable action thereon by that body, Is having been reported that many vessels from Ports infected with yeilow lever, carrymg cargoes ‘consigned to or owned at this port, for che parpose of evading the Penne laws of the State of New from their porto. entry to small towns alt the seaboard, and from thence brought or sent cargoes in smaller vessels directly to ‘the waarves of this city, without bemg subject Lo the examination of the Health Oficer of the Port, ‘the Board, on the 20th day of July, directed the City Sanitary Inspector io withhold permits from vessels ‘York, were sent “goming from iniected poris with cargoes consigned to this port, untess the captain, agent or consignees should present the usual certificate to proceed from the Healib Onicer of the Port of New York. daformation having been rece! Mobileand thut there was Quarantine regulations with rezard to these ports ‘Would cease on the ist day of November, except by eect Proclamation, this Board, in the discharge of ats duty and by virtue of the power conferred by the Section 24, section 25 and section 26 of chapter 147 Of the Laws of 1566, and section 12 and other sece tions of chapter 74, ani section 3 of chapter 686 of the Laws of 1866, and section 26, chapter 383, of the ‘Laws of 1870, proclaimed and declared said ports to ‘de, each and severally, an “infected place” within ‘the meaning of the tealth laws of this State, and ‘that the proclamation should continue until the 30th ay of Novemter of the present year, and on that day, at noon, cease to have effect. 20. Public Urinals und Drinking Hydran‘s,—The pubiio urinal in A-tor place, having been remodelled @nd adapted to the wants of the people and placed ‘Under the care of a keeper, has proved a great pub- lic convenience. The Department of Parks, during the present year, has erected urinals in the city ‘parks; but it is believed that the heaith and comfort, of the public demand that the number should be fargely increased, that they should be located in all of the city and be constructed for the accomo- dation of females and children as well as mates. The public drinsing hydrants erected m tus city ee the saultary authorities were, by resolution of the Board, adopied Juiy 12, 1870, transferred to the Department ot Pabiic Works, that being the proper department, under the new city charter, for their care, and for the erection of such additional hydrants as the health and comfort of the public may, from time to ume, demand. Kescoue of Drowning Persons.—On the 1st dav of June the Board directed the Sanitary Committee to examine and report on the condition of the “Itfe- #aving apparatus,” wuetber it 1s used in rescuing drowning persons and with What results. Alter a carelul examination and inquiry at_ the several sta- tions it was ascertaincd that a large number of lives had been saved ‘by the use of the apparatus durin the resent and past years, Policemen stationed at tie erries and waverside, ferry-masters, boatmen, and others, unite in the opinion that the life-saving ap- Pparatus is an indispensable necessity, and that its antroduction and maintenance 13 creditable to the department to which tie preservation of life and Health is entrusted. The Board orcered the appara- ‘tus to be placed in complete air, and to be redis~ tributed according to the ascertained necessities of he several localities. Operations of the Several Bureaus.—The organiza- tion of the Health Department lato several bureaus, AS provided by the charter, each bureau having dis- Ainct and well-delined duties, with a competent ex <ulive oillcer at its head, has given great enicienc fo the service, The division of labor among these burcaus is such as to render then entirely distinct 1a all their operations; but ‘When combined, they represent every branch of work undertaken by ts department, The reports of the chief oticers of the bureaus give a dength and in detail the amount and performed by each, with such fori estions 1n regard (o he subjects und ‘on as these oilicers have de: Appendix.) In this report the Bi but an outil cons.lera- ne Of tue duties of the several bu year. Bureart of Sanitary Inspection,—The work of th bureau comprises the inspection of nutsances, th cure of contagious diseases, the regulation of ten Ment houses, cleansing und dismte chief officer, the Cuy Sanitary Insp his direction a corps of health imspectors and as Bistant health inspectors, who ar Bpecial qualiticaiions tor the duri ‘ander his charge and direction. ‘The amount and Kind of service performed hy thts bureau during We past year is given in the following table:— The following Summary of the Scmi-weekly Reports of the Inspectors exhibiie the Av: formed by the Medical Ott year ending March Bu, 48:1 nt and kia rs of the Bw Total Cunse Matter and Place In pere of Padlio buildin; ous buildings. . i bone how yeing establishments. ‘jaughter houses larkets and markei places. Other bul Pattle var’ Abattoir Wool. i-boliin jouidin Soap-bol ‘Try Piggeries Boree and cow stay Sunken and vacant ots. Cellars and basements, Waste pipes and drains. Yards, courts and arcas Renderin; ssmoxy chimneys. Dangerous chimneys. ‘Gisterns and cesspool: ,Viviation of code. Total inspection Totai causes of complaint. Whole number of reports received. Whole number of reporis posit “Whole number of reports negativ ‘Whole number of reports ge:ieral. ‘Whole number of reports touns o: ‘Whole number of rejoris rovurned for Whoie number ef reporta corwanied to B: Whove number of reporta negative torwa Whoie number of reports general forwarde Whole puinber of conipiants Irom cltiz ‘Compiatot was iad dnsert 5,019 ventilating windows. 655 tenement house owners were made to comy tion 2 of Tenement louse act by iuserting 3408 wundows. Contagious Diseases Vieked aad Reported Upon by Le us, is Typhoid fever ‘Typhus fever. Yellow fever Sourlatina. Measles, Cholera Cholera morbus Diphtheria... ‘Total number of visits by Inspestors of contagio diseases. 5 Vaccinations 26°70. m Number of families visite Primary vaceivations in dwellings. ‘Secondary vaccinations iu uwellings, In schoola:— Primary. Becunuary. ‘Total vaccinations in schools and houses. o Sanitary Permit Burean.—The duty of the tary Permit Bureau is to b ‘by this Board, oiner arantine or tor the landing of their ¢ nitary Permit Inspector 1s also r iB April 10, 1871:— ‘To keep horses, cows, ke. “Fo occupy ceilars as hum: ‘Fo slaughter animal “To Kill and dress poultry. “fo sell tah, oysters and teat. “To render fresb lard...... ee To manufacture sausages, tripe, dc. To collect bones, prepare bee! heads, 4 To cart awill. * To manufacture 608) To blast roe! maintain amoke house, ac ‘o maintain dumping grovad. ‘0 bulld privy vault ‘0 reline gold and sliver. Burea of Sirect Cieaning.—The duty reau of Street Cleaning is to inspect we public ry coudition su oticer of this Durean 18 also required ‘to report any periect or omission on the part of the contracior for strect+ Cleaning 1n the performauce of his duties, During ‘the year 1470 1t was also wade the duty of the Ta- vor of Street Cieaning to report the names of 18 heeding additional vieaming, and to report as ace by the contractor of his Guties under the special contract made for such ad. ditional street cleaning. ‘The detatix of the work of this bureau are given in the report of the Inspector reets and report upou their s far as regards cleanliness, The ‘So the proper periorm of Street Cleaning. (Appeudix C.) ‘The importance of this thoroush cleaning of the wtrects a8 @ sanitary measure can scarcely be over estimated, Filthy streets during the saciaer ore ci 3 In all a of the city, but in the tenement Louse districts hey are # known cause of the high death rate is iy adapted, by the long-continued dry weather, to tu- tensify the potsons which street Hith generate; but ‘the constant cleansing and disiniection of the more densely populated streets rendered, there ls reason to bellove, the sickness and mortality rates from digoases due to local uncleamiiness much less than most fruitful source of diarrhal disea: these affections. The past season was pecu ved from oMicial sour- ‘ves that yellow fever existed at New Orleans and nger of the same being » brought to the poit of New York, and as the present sd of work on and sug- ed important. (see rd can present us and a brief summary o1 weir lavors duriag the past lon, &e, its ‘or, has uncer oted for their Which tney are required to periorm. The Disintecting Corps 1s also nat 726 tenement house owners to with seo- . Coliars graued.. e tne permits granted n permits for burial, per- mits to scavengers and permits to vessels from argoes, The quired to make Anspections and to report Whether the business, mat- ter or thing for which every permit bas been ated 13 conducted or Is in & condition in conform. wy to the terms and provisions of suid permit, e following table gives the number of permits nted and denied by the Board for the year end- yy Sarl NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY. JONE Y7, 187.—TRIPLE SHEET. otherwise would have heen, The following table exbibits the amount of extra street cleaning periormed weekly:— Number of miles of streets in each ward cleaned weekly un lor contract of the Board of Health over and above the weekiy cleaning under the contract of the city :— s/o [ais ys] es ere |e epee i : “Bas a +120) ‘Thirteenth... fcgd Fourteenth, = ae Futeenth, = | % Bixteenth. ei a Seventeenth » 3.100|— Twentieth, 128) = et ‘Twenty-tirat.. 183) — wad ‘Twenty-aecond. Pig: tone es Total. "a3 | 96.157] 8.155) Avenues and sis, cividing wards, and not tnelud-) ed in above. a total Norz.—The traction is of 190. Bureau of Records of Vital Statistics.—The duties of the Bureau of Records of Vitai Statistics consist in the proper registration of vietas, marriages aud deaths occurring in this city, ‘Ine care ol the re- cords of former years also devolves upon the Rewister of Records, and he is the oiticer designated by tho Board to issue permits ior the removal and for the burial of the dead, it appears froim the re- port of the Register of Records that the toval mor- fatity of New York for the year 1870 was 27,175. The population of the city, according to the last federal census, was 943,542; tnis would give o mortality of 28.79 deaths to each 1,00 of the popula- tion, ‘The most important aud prominent ieutuies of the mortality records, the course Ot epidemic dises with the metcorological conditions during the year, are fully exhibited by tue Kegtsier (Ap- pendix p), ‘The following is @ brief suuumary of tie mortality for tie dillereut quarters of the year: During the first quarter (January, February and h) the mean temperature was 81.42 degrees Faurenheit, belng two degrees higher than tae average of the preceding tun years. ‘Tue gieatest range of temperature wis forty-live degrees Fuhr- enheit, There were 6,517 deaths agalust 4,419 deails for ibe corresponding quarter of is6v, being @n Mcrease Of 402. “Vis Increase was chiedy La tae zymouc Class, and was largely due to smalipox, which Was prevaliing extensively at the opentug of the year, and scarlatua, wich proved unusuaily fatal daring this quarte Relapsing lever for the Orst time appeared tn our mortality records, having cuused ‘orty-live deaths, Durimg the second quarter (April, May and June) the mean temperature Was 62.91 degrees, or Dearly jour degrees higher than the average te;npera'ure cr the preceding ten years, ‘The greatest range of degrees, The | temperature was avout sixty-tire total mortauly ior the quaries Was 6,203, being an tucrease of 229 over the spring quitter of isu¥, and over the uverage number of deaths tor ‘ ag guarier of tue precediug len year. ‘This excess O: deaths appears to have been Caused by diarrhral diseases aud relapsing iever. Tre in- lense teat 0: June was pecuiiariy unfavorable to in- faptile lie, and the nuinber of di under one year of age largely in 3 week, uutii, tor the Week ending July 225. Relapsing fever was at tu lent, and Caused 1,6 deaths for by tiie’ widely previe he quarter. During the turd quarter (July, August and Sep- teuiver) the mea temperature Was 74.69 degr Sy being ueariy three degrees higner tuan for te average 0: ten yo Lemg 67 degrées, deals, being an increase of 1 sponding quarter of i860, T diarsho-al atlecitons, Ww ceut of the votal, mort greater than for the sumuier quarter of 186d. Ki tue greaiest range used thirt lapsing fever caused twenty-live deaths, and remit. tent and uitermilient ievers were very prev iteut aud fatal. Tne nunber of deaths by sunstroke MEI) Le WN LelMperature Was 46,93 degrecs, ig ubdout Lurce degroes higher tian Lor tue col Tespondiug period of the last ten years; the rang Was 6) deurees, The vwtal number of deaths was 6,049, being 156 in excess Ol Lhe corresponding quarter of 186%. The dt ch gave au in crcased mortality Were diarrhwal auectious, croup, measles, scarlatina ard phtiisis. o total uuMber Of Mhartiages registered In 1870 Was 1,965, Dune a decrease of 710 as Couparcd With nd the total number of births re tle same periog was 14,b.4, being an increas. Of O77 over the Louai of 18.9% ‘Yue registration of marriages and births nas hit erto been a negiected b bureau. Thoaga the stacute has required Less ve- uit is that oD garded as voluntary, aad the cords are extremely imperiect, cal purposes Well mga usciess, Ju order Lu secu compliaace with the iaw, tue Board commenced tie 7 has been @ of borit prosecudon of deiuuuents, The re: most saustaciory increase in the revui Inarriages and births, and @ muci nearer appre mation to the actual ‘number of each thun has oy hetore peen secured. Great care has been taker these prosecations to tmpose no penalty wiere Ute Was reason to beilevé that the party had not bee! ouipably negageni. ORDERS OF THE BOARD. During the year ending April i0, 1871, the number. of orders tssuea by this Board for the abatement of . Of this Lumber 2,¥i4 orders were issued under the first subdivision of section 14 of chapter 74, Laws of 1566, by the terms of which the party served is allowed three days in which to demand a hearing by the Board of the testimony which may be presenied, to show that the order should be modified or revoked. In cases where no hearing has been asked for end the order has not been complied with, final orders, in the original or an ameaded jorm. to the autaver of 778, huve been | issued, and the Board has directed the attorney to commence suits for penalties for non-cempilance with such orders. ali cther written orders—in ond was 11 nuisance: number 7,03u—have been issued ander the & subdiv.sion of section 14 of chapter 74, Laws of 1806, and are of a peremptory character, requiring that the nuisance be abated Within five days, and, if noi bas been ey mence The ivl- lowing 1s @ statement of the subjects of the orders comphed with, the City sanitary Inspector directed to enforce the same without turth ¢ the attorney has been dire to CO} actions for penalties for non-compilauca. rt not above referred to:— Alleys cleaned Al ess uteinie Alleys pave Alleys repai Animas ile od. Basements disinfect Folsing beads, pigs’ tet, ae. (business 01) dis Bridges miter) repaired. Ngee ra, railroad, disio.ected and viens aod whitewasied. if ordera). et Sigs ©: eilings repaired. ars coping repaire ellars covered. Gelinrs aisiniected. Celars drained Celiars filed... Colinrs tlagged..... lar steps repaired, Cellars vacated. Gellar doors repaire «ratings repatred,.., is enpued., pools filied, ‘ols taade rake Cesspoois repat 28 Chitaneys cleave ie shimneys coustre aie Chimneys extended 4 Chimpeys revairedt 19 Cisierns constructe 3 Clsterns disinfected 9 Cisterns emotie | and el B 4 lu Cisterna repaired. ; FY Copper botiors manufacturing (ous!ness of) di 1 Cows removed (No. of orders) “0 Croton pipes repaired. sever WR Drains cleaned... . 3 4 “ Drains extended. 4 Drains led... H Drains made. P4 Drains cobsiriictly : Excavations sled... OW Faucets repaired... rH aagatog |e yard repaired } oe oor (house) cleaned. . ae Floors (house) repaired and teiaid ois | Floors (privy) reyaired. a Floors stab ©) repaired. 1 Fertilizing powders manu tinued ‘ 2 Powis removed (No, of ordera). a Garbage boxes lin 30 Garbage boxes cc t4 Garbage boxes dis a Garbage boxes removed n Gas pipes repaired. 1 Goid and silver refining ( 1 ing and slush rendering (busin ‘a Guiter ( Mu Gunter (house) ex 1 Gutter (house PT Gutter (street) | wa Guuter (aireet) cleaned. 16 Gniver stones 1 a0 Malis cleane is ialls white 16s Hides (business of curing 1 Horses removed-jive (number w Hydrants removed 10 Hydrants repatred. 2 0 Leaders connected ‘4 Leaders constructed M Leaders extende 0 Leaders repaired, 206 ther tanning (busin 7 Liquid gas maniac 9 Lois cleanets vs 2 Lote i 4 Lots disinfected Py Lois drained 5 ‘Low feaced B Mavare vaults consti Manure vauts covered ... Manure vaults disinfected Manure vauiis repaired. Match manuincturing ‘bur! Paveneots repatred...... Piga removed (No. of orders)...... Pipes, woll (obstructions in) removed. Pipes (steam) extenied Pipes, wasie, cleaned... .. oe Pipes, waste, connected with sewer. Pipes, waste, extends Pipes, waste (obstructions i Pipes, waste, repaired. Vipes, waste, trapped Plaster (loose) removed Viaster mann‘acturing (usiue: in} removed”: of) discontinued: Premines cloned. . - Promises connects’ with sewer... Premises disin ‘ected and Cumigate Premises repaired, Privies disinfecte Privy houres el emptied aud cieaned: Privy houses disiniecte: Privy houses remove Privy houses repai Privy vaults ma Privy vau'ta rep: Sewers reputred. Sewer pipes consiri Sewer pipes (obstructions in) 1 y pipes trapped... Shutes (coal) coverod. Sidewalk cleaned Sidewalk tinuges.. Sidewalk renet. Sinks constructed. Biaks connected wih es lled and eraced. Vaulis clone |, Walls repaire: logets thushed. Yav ia graued : ACTIONS FOR dion of the present department aid Complaints, arising under ” have beca relerred to Since the organiz more than six tho the “Penoment House ac the attorney, with 1 for tue penalties ¢ itas of children ruciong to cominence aC wolshed DY Law, Ht Lie | ed lO combly Wilk the requirements of Lion such a plished Lue ib reacbed. proper not ary RoLice Nas usunily ac cod in view, aud couparatively few actions have € class of nuisances have abated uuder tie nb resort (O legal mea- cased Where it has seemed necessary aegiecting to comply Win the of tie Board, such a proceedir 4 entirely edective. tifying disposition to co-operate wiih the Board in ail atiempis to regu trol evils wichita its jurisdic: tices, and, la 8 acuons against deling) of the Bureau of Kevords of Vital Statistics have tncrea-ed, Clergymen, magisivaces, statistical & rule, observing the been edeeiualiy orders vi the boa mortality Was 8,416 over the corre- As Increase Was duc 0 Lures per lity, being four per cent orders or ordipane has gouerally prov have shown @ gr by the commu been greatly ion 13 derived, are, laws ol Wie olate which enjoin o: os, births, deats and laxtous or imfectious disease. Move Lag convenience of parties pros view to pr ed by the auc and oss devolving edilious prosecution of the busi upon the attorney, the records and all papers reiat= Ung to suits and judgments nave beea t 1g ovcupied by the Board aud istered i a in Uus respect frou une dormer pracuce las proved Hoh of the service of this VOU SINCE IKST. VOLO Pilart te omrowwe had, Deca made until the fitter part of the past | year. © The duty of making suca return Has con! CHANGES IN THE HOARD. jouer Matthew T. nu for ail practte sUURA LeSteT iging the value of Jus ability aad fu jis duties a8 a iueluber of Uie Boar Barr, Esq., having been appoluted Pol sivner iv place ol Brennan, resigned, took kis seat as a member of this Loard’on tue sth day of Decem- Thomas J. Couiuis~ EXPENDITURES. The expenses of tne board for the year ending IS71, A$ appears irom the report of Lhe Committee on Finance (which will be found in Ap- The amounts collected and turned over to the Board by the attorney and counsel, for penalties, &c., in suits by the Board for Violations of the Sunttary Code and act and for non-compilance with tt Board, was $6,004 41. charge of liens flieu by the late Metropoiitaa Board In alf expenditures by the several departments the most rigid ecouomy has been observed vy the Board, Kespectiully submitted, é J. 8. BOSWORTH, President. Emmons CLARK, Secretary. pendix H), were 916. of ealth was $76 73, Report of Committee oa Finances. pov HEALTH OF THE Hea 'Y oF New Yor! To rie Boa PARTMENT OF The Committee on F li of the expense: for one year ending Aprill, 1yTL:— Sleplien Smith, from Apri 1, 17 100 per annum...» rom April U, I8i0, to April Log months, at 46,00 at 98,00 per wae From November 1 From Aprit1L to June 1, 1979, per anna... + 1, 1,0, to Saauary 4, 4,000 per annum, nitey Inspector Suse intenden 0 June 1, 18 to April i," i821," WW Tmontii 600 From June 1, 184i $6,00 per &onum.. Regis. From June 1, 1870, to Aprii 1, 1871, 10 months, at $4,0.0 per anaum. pixpai Deputy Rey te From June 1, 1870, to January 1, 1871, 7 months, at 1,800 per Annum anuary 1 to April From June 1, 12 $3,000 per annum Frouy January $4,000 per aunum, From June 1, 170, to January 1, 181, 7 months, at $2,000 per Annu ; From January Ito April, 1871, 8 im: ary 1, 1871, 7 months, June 1, 1870, to J rom 5, 815750 00 ‘at 93,000 per aNDUM. From, January 1 to Aj ‘$3,600 per annum. pri 1, 1871, ‘3° mon ‘at $2,000 per a Health inspector Pay roll for Apri} September, 187 Oetober, 1870... 13500 00 1, Pay roll for A oe For a November, 19% December, 187 February, 1871 TSBtahre! erm omen S Ons rSONS, ‘Phe courts: ¢ OF con- ans of no- ncement of nd eiticieney austerced uemoent House ers of the for dis- mt DE submit a of this departuent $4,261 10 4,861 10 5,472 32 + 83,933 34 $1,050 00 600 00 $1,800 00 t 1,750 00 1,000 00 90 00 to ‘ApH 1, 1871, 9 7-30 mont! mn steereeese B1S83 88 1,000 00 1,000 Uy 1.38% 00 1,500 00 15.0 00 7,600 00 1, Ou «+ $17,905 00 $1,206 55 00 00 moo OO 3,410 00 V5 38 1,20 0 Tito Oo L964 44 Pay roll fu Sepr dune Payroll for “ “ “ Total. Pay roll for Total... Pay rolifor “ “ ‘Tot: ‘Total. Grand totu wa a7 October )- «10 Washing’ « “To—Felix Metz: 2 4, uJ. wi zi—Ne 23—D. « 19-Jobo Hazzard, atteacia; -k, 2. Bassford, sandr o Feb, | Mar. = 2 ‘Bu. 9 “ — 81—Pay roil © 30-P a 20. 7 7. Hire—Secretary’s Department. February, 71 September, 1870. Noveinber, 147! December, Ist0, 2—Union Lavery stable, cused hur Goiderman, Jr, sundries =M. 0. Hailenveo! ton ice Compaay, iee.. te O0,, 80Ap. anes, medical r i, Norton, sundries. Waker & Stolley, ui—Robert Paton, titting 4—Nors & Cow, iurn itare Thomas Kirkpatrick, badges 15—diimes Pacem, eusden 15—J. Brewl « € duel, extra service extra services... ‘Throckmorton Smith Brothers, 1 L, 8. Lynch, coac! rman A, Beach, sund nth National Bank, tor in overdrafts, to date No ¥ Van Nostrand, map, 2—D. 2) nA. Beach, sundrie Washington fe ‘chne Ibowk, rep val Kecord, O88 year's s) Depo riment, foei “and ‘gas to he New York Suu he World Company 4—New York Printing Couip w York Printing Compan; 14—New 29—D, Appleton & b-fhe world ¢ 2—Cushing, Kardua & Co. 10—New York Staate-Zetung New York Heralt. 80—James L. Hastie. . B, Brown & Co 3 8—New York Herald... i 8—The Worlu G “« — BJames Le « _§"New York Printing Company 16—James L. Hastie. 24—The Word Company. U—M. B, Brown & Co. 5—D. Appleton & bi 12-6 19—James 19—The World 2—New York john Lindemann 2 2 9— New York Printing Compan; New York 5un.. 15—George W. Averell «— Si—James L. Hastie DISINFECTANT DEPARTMENT, "90—Pay rol! of Assistant Chemist and Dis- 31—Josn 3!—K. w—War of Assistant Uuemist aad infecting Corps, 9-J. L&D. 8. Riker, bicaching powders —John L., Keables, repairio; amberiin, horee, ‘23--Pay roll, disinfecting gutters. 28--C. Cooper & Co., chemicais. re $3—Hurd, Mider & Co., harvess, « S3—-R. Murray, Jr., Vin Toil Of Assistan 23—A. 8. i Chemiistand Dis- 22—J, F. Lunme & Co., chemtcait i, Rohibuseh, repairing. Eoder mann, sunories, J. Li. & D.S. Kiker, bienching powders 20—Josbiun Dyson, horse teed. joshua Di —P. 0, Hub! h— =, ee) S25 s8hZeesa3 SESE582 = 23 | gasses @ SREaGse2aR8 3 2555 2 32 § se2 si ert Si! epEEsSee: geree Se Rib w 100 09 4410 CO 100 00 100 0 257 0 BIT 15 Ph i SRELELSESSTS: $..,. 8222222 = S: i i g = = Fegeerh2 sFackie® x esd July B1-Pay roll fe August 10-0, Cov meat Fok g0—P, C, Hubbell, lime 4... SL—Pay roll of Assistant heim ‘conway, horseshoeing, . 14 Walter & Kanimgurten, o ; snlemann, sundries. -Pay roll of Assistant Chet Dyson, horse infecting Corpa. BR. mpany, sundries sundr 80 —Joshua Dyson, horse feed. gu—A. ©. Kenedict sunaries. roll of Assistant Chemist and Dis: infecting Corps. D, O'Leary, harness. H. Endemann, sundries herts, sundri 26—New York College of Vi medical attendant mt oh W EXPENSES, "19--ft. M. Luvh, inarshalts foes, , marshai’s fees. January 19—P. February 2K. Y Brown, Hall & Vanperpo Law expenses. BENJAMIN F. MANTERKE, ¢ YN A ax County Board of & the Budger. nard of Estimates met yester- om for the purpose of listening to ious from the heads of the cliy and county departments in regard to the amounts required by | them for the ensniug year. Mr. TayLor and ark and $3,000 ror Mr. stranahan said that had been | granted for the maintenance of Ce} Mayor KALBFLEISCH Sugg’ advisable to ‘cut your garment according to your cloth,” or, in other worls, he thought that New York was beiter able to spend $269,000 than Brook- lyn was to pen $100,000. time when Mr, Stranahan promised the people of Brooklyn that the cost of the Park shouid not ex- he would very some effort made to return to the days when ecoa- Oniy Was DOL Only preached but pri | ceed $590,0 tion wanted building two New School houses At $50,000 each AL tne last mee e presented the following as y and contingent cxpenses of the county for 18 Yenitentiary Printing, &e of Jurors (over Justices of Ses Military, armories, Board of Supervisors’ expenses Principal of county debt, Interest on county debt... Incerest on cowuty certillea Contingent fund . The Commissioners of Charitics want § ‘The Board of Fire Commissioners redice estimate $51,503, They first asked for $576,4 Violations af th Yesterday, on complair cise Board, Judge t of Inspector Hart, Walsh issued Warrants Lor the following named persons ou charges of withoat licease:—Jultus Alcuaus, Broadway and Debevoise DeKalb avenue Jobn Long, Uadert 2 iL avenue, wear berg’ : seKalh avenues J. Chapm Fulton avenue; F. Giiman, ‘t hear Walton — stree iv M Martin Swartze, ! asso AVENUE, Was brought ap yest lay and fined $50. 7 Broadway. The Alleged A shortly thereafter. nearly to death. upon the floor her in the abaomen, has beea confloed to her bed ever since committed Lynch to awalt the action of the Graud Master Samuels, son of C: Miss Lynch reve the Cominissioner. competitors displa, compluncniede EeAsSSSS SSHSSTUS |S ETS 541 00 De 00 280 00 703 00 216 "6 Feels, ; disuse 815,748 07 9078 46 10,507 82 L003 o4 1S BY 10,478 97 MAGNUS GROSS, i Committed on THOMAS J. BARR, \ Finance. AIRS, mate Mr. SYRANAUAN endeavored to | explain why they required so much money for the m iutenance of the pars and parade ground, ‘They wanted $100,000 for the | ade ground. he pa- val Park. ted that tt was always membered the mucn like to see ised, y the Board of Educa. for the purpose of ard Comptrolier their report, 1870, 000 000 25,000 13,000 100,000 $84 7,900. their The Sternge Keservoir. The Commisstoners appointed to assess the value of lands to be taken for the new storage re. Hempstead valley met yesterday at the office of Mr, Britton, in Court street, for the purpose of hearing claims and arguments of counsel. There were a number of gentiemen present who owned property, aod parties who represenied those owning prop whicn the Commissioners propose to Commissioners listened to their claim: aud took the ailldavits of the parties, They not to hold any more pablic meetings. ervoir at y ke, ‘the tentively, dd Exciso Law of the avenne: Thomas Me ; P. Curtis, 918 DeK n, 1, e and Car. iy; Charles Conrad Fer- eth 1 aven Broad rtie aver ue? Homicide of Gray. Kelley, Who ts now under arrest the murder of Wilham Gray, at Plerrep stores, in Furman street, was arraigned before Jus- Keiiey and the accused, who were em- pioyed as laborers at the stores, qnarreled about the storage of some course of which Kelicy, as alleged, knocked the de. ecased down and beat him so badly that he died Kelley when brougnt up watved amination and was held to await the action of the Grand Jury, prt figat ensued, in the A Woman Nenrly Beaten to Death, ‘The cries of ‘Murder !” at one o'clock yesterday morning, at the residence of Jonn Layton, Nc Union street, aroused the neighborhood and at tracted the police to the place. When the police entered they found that Layton had beaten his wife He had used a stick of wood and head and body with @ shocking manner, She was lying pleeding ‘from her wou had a quantity of her bair pulled ont, seve: and it was found necessary to remove her to the hospital, where she could receive medical attention, Layton was ar- rested and locked up in the Third precinct station house to await tue result of the Injuries inflicted, 28 As, 1 The Brutal Assault on Margaret Hughes. John Lyuch was arraigned before Judge Delmar yesterday ona charge of having commiited a felont- ous assault on an old Hughes, at lady named Margaret 127. Baltic street, on the night Lynch, as alleged, re- under the influence of liquor and in @ very pugilistic mood, He com- menced by abusing pis wile, and Che poor Woman, in order to escape With a Whoie head fed to the apart ments of her nelgibor, Mrs. Hughes, a woman con- siderably advanced tn years. Lyuch catled for his Mrs. Hughes told hun that she wasn’t in knocked her down and kicked from the effects of which she » The sndge SCHOOL EXERCISES AT MJRRISANIA. =~ At an examination of the pupils 6f District School No. 1, of Morrisania, Westchester county, heid yes- terday before Comaitssioner F, W. Guiey, Miss M. Root t the first prize in elocution for girls, and aeniaen 00 ‘aptam Samuels, the ocean | the first prize tor boys. Miss Baicom und “ved especial commendation from STATISTICS OF COMMERCE AXD NAVIGATION. The following monthly report of the Bnrean of Statistics, No, 9, has been seat to press, and shows the statistics of our foreign trade for the month of March, 1871, and for the nine moaths eaded March 31, 1871, as compared with the corresponding periods of 1870 The following synopsis has beem furnisued us:— men oie: tent (Spe| Roveliyn Periont Fiopart, | ie Value | Barve: ts Month ended biarch al,| a i He 1 +) BO8,015,433) $69,476,290] 85,163,216 hm 3i,) 600,05) 65,706,76| 73,806 998,900,194) 974,87,522! 29,024,979 | aua,250.071) gio.ese,srn| 548 408 It will be noticed (hat for the nine months ended March 31, 1871, the exports exceedea the importa b¥ $12,962,207, as compared with an excess of $745,401 during the corresponding period of 1870, The portions of the imports and exports for the nine months ended March 31, 1371, which constated of merchandise and specie and bullion, respectively, wore as follows:— Foreign Expo ts. 425,558 p20,0300 ea $10,120,449 Merchandise Specie and bu eioreno acre eral tore sae 01,194 $374,887, 523) B22,024,9,9 NINE MONTHS BENDING MARCH BL, 197, Merchandise ; ) specie and priioa + Motalis.ess.c- ene | $838, 259,371 3 The relative amount of the foregoing carried im American and foreign vessels and in land vehicles, respectively, during the nine montis eaded Marca , 1871, was as follows:— ‘Total... pores | Foreign Pmport. | (nvtred ue de ‘ Anverican verels, 19,515) BTL bOo Forvign vees | os) SBhihes Jars and otuer vehtc.en,. 1,719,998 NINE MONT American veasein, Foraigh veaseh The entr od clearances of vessels engaged in the foreign trade during the twelve moat euded March 31, 1971, Were as follows: Wan] Fas 0s 0 IW eLY an vesscts Voreign veeaeir Total. Mid Number contatns quarterly statements of the gnano and lumber trade, the tisuertes, tonnage ana nomigration, togeihe: with a variety of consular ree peris ving the trade of Bremen for 1870, the tax on imports at Amoy, &¢, The vial number of namigrants arrived during the ql er ended March 41, 1870, was 26,046, of Whoin 17,172 were males and 8,874 were females, 4,195 wore under fifteen years of age, 18,008 were fitecn and under forty, and 3,848 were forty and up- wards, Of the total number of immigrants 6,8°O were trom Engtand, 4,488 Ireland, 1,073 scotland, 135 Wales, 1,141 Great Britain (not spectited, su; posed tobe mostly Irish), 12,697 Germany, | 5,911 Austria, 1,075 Canada, 4,461 Nova Scotla, For occu- pations and other details see wie report. In reply to the quesdion, why cannot the monthly reports he issued more promptly? the Catet of tae Bureau of Staustics desires to say:—Le is ciuedy owing to the great extent of Oar conntry, stretching: as itdoes from Kasiport to Alaska, aud trom Peme bina to Brownaville, and to the tact that recurns: from the more distant as weil as the larger custome houses do not reach Washington nutil from forty= five to fifty days after the termimation of eal month, For instance, the returns tor ure month of March, which appear im montity No. 9, now in press, Were not received from Alaska, Corpus Christ. ang New York, until the 16th of May, while the largess return for the quarter ended March 31, also pub eager No. 9 did not reach the tu AST May 2b it ts, ther to_puyiish th the detay to forwarding the monthty returns from the distaut ports arises trom the great exteat of the customs districts, Some oi these are as large as wil and, and, a3 In the district of ksi Paso det Norte, ‘Texas, #au New MeXico, some of the small ports are irom 30) to 760 miles from the principal oilice of the distri requiring, in consequence of mimited ties, several weeks’ tine to receive the Itns frou the outposts, Occasionally a mall country 1s transacted at the port of New Lore, grews delay @ccurs In making statistical, returns. Lo this connection it may be mentioned that, In England, statistical clerks, holding their ofices for lite, have large experience, while in this country the tenure of oflice 18 not so assured. As the returns trom the various customs districts are vecetved they undergo a careful examination, the errors and discrepancies are ascertained, and, after correspondence, corrected. Not # moment's unnecessary delay occurs in the examination or compilation, Owing to the press of business at the Publio Prmting OMice, it usually takes at least two weeks to get the mouthly printed, contaiming, a3 it does, much rule and figure work, 11s certaluly desirable tat the monthly reports be issucd as prompuy as 18 consistent with avcu- In fact, very many ot the female yeu great brilimuoy aud were racy. Each successive head of the bureau has given the subject thoughtful consideration. it has been suggestea that the practice in Bogland be adopted, viz:—That duplicates of manti¢sw and ther pApers be sent to the bureau and compiled by statstical clerks, who bave bad more expertence than those usually employea in custom housem. This plan may be Carried into edect, altaough there are difiicutites to be overcome. : But, almittung thatthe English Monthly Reports of Trade and Navigation are Issued at an eariler period than ours, the adverse comparison here ceases. it is suomitied whether the unavoidable delay 13 Not compensated for by the superior acca. racy of statements pablshed by the United Stutes Bureau of Statisiics, Deperture of the Ninth Regiment for Nosten= Prayertul Prepara The Erle-pressible Fisk, of the Ninth regiment, when he determines upon ® thing, can never be swerved from his purpose. Having decided that his regiment should hoid @ camp meeting in the “noly hub" oc the Union, and failing to secure tha generous assistance of tho descendants of Piymouth Kock lo welcome hicn with poeans of praise, ne de termined to go there at all hazards, Accordingly Prince Jim issued the necessary ordera to the boy# oi the Ninth, and yesterday a/teruoon, at half-past three o’cluck sharp, they were on hand af their armory. Fisk reviewed tuem, and dispensing with religions exercises, pro tem., he mounted his charger, the clarion sounded the advance, and, with the gray-clad bighth regiment im the van as & of nonor, Fisk and hits favorites took up their bur dons and mare’ed away, The route was along West Twenty-third street to Broadway, down Broadway to Warren street and along Warren street to the pier of the Newport steaimer, upon which they em- barked. As the natty Ninth marched down - way, preceded by their superb band and drum corps, the Bit of our citizens were lavishly be. stowed, and many experts were heard to remark that no regiment had for months presented a fines appearance in dress or more military precision in its movements. THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Cheapest and Best Newspaper ia the Country. 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