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dollars ; of personal property 435,871,630 dollars; total, 12,758,021,954 dollars.

The City of New York, January 1, 1919, had a gross bonded debt of 1,225,055,569 dollars.

Defence. — Under the provisions of the Military Law of the State a new active organisation was created September 1st, 1917, to take the place of the National Guard then in the Federal service. The New York Guard consisted on June 30, 1920, of 9,440 officers and men, whi^h figure does not include 8,788 officers and men comprising sixty-two companies, troops and batteries of the organisations of the division which have been recognised by the War Department as National Guard. The aggregate is, therefore, 18,228. It is part of the active militia of the State, is partly subject to Federal con- trol, and receives rifles and ammunition from the Federal Government. It is organised as a division of four brigades, as before 1916.

The Naval Militia has never been federalised in the same sense as the National Guard so that while it was actually in the Federal service as a part of the Naval Reserve, no new organisation has taken its place.

Production, Industry, Commerce. — New York has large agricultural interests. In 1910 it contained 215,597 farms of a total area of 22,030,367 acres, of which 14,844,039 acres was improved land. The total value of all farm property was 1,451,481,495 dollars. Common agricultural crops are raised ; market-gardening, fruit-growing, sugar beet production, and tobacco culture are pursued. In 1920 the crops comprised maize, 32,595,000 bushels ; wheat 10,998,000 bushels ; oats, 44,275,000 bushels, be- sides potatoes, hay, and other products. The area under tobacco was 2,400 acres ; the yield, 3,072,000 pounds. Beet sugar is produced. The farm animals on January 1, 1921, comprised 543,000 horses, 7,000 mules, 1,448,000 milch cows and 882,000 other cattle, 745,000 sheep, and 781,000 swine. The wool clip in 1919 yielded 4,022,000 pounds of wool.

Other productive industries are mining and quarrying. In 1918 the mines within the State yielded 1,003,961 tons of iron ore (5,802,870 dollars). In 1918 the output of talc was 71,167 tons, valued at 902,100 dollars. The yield of crude petroleum in 1918 was 808,843 barrels, valued at 3,307,814 dollars ; the yield of natural gas in 1918 was of the value of 5,500,870 dollars. Mineral springs yielded 5,887,746 gallons, valued at 566,910 dollars. The output of granite, trap rock, sandstone, marble, and lime- stone in 1918 was valued at 6, 106,760 dollars ; of Portland cement, 4,074,159 barrels, valued at 6,568,746 dollars ; of salt, 15,218,071 barrels valued at 7,336,867 dollars. The production of bricks, tiles, pottery, &c, was esti- mated at the value of 11,862,954 dollars. In 1918 the output of gypsum was 531,039 tons, valued at 2,677,099 dollars. The State also produces infusorial earth, emery, garnet, crystalline quartz, and other minerals. The total value of mineral output in 1918 amounted to 54,997,036 dollars.

Manufacturing Industries. — The statistics of the manufacturing in- dustries of New York State according to the census results of 1905 and 1910 are summarised thus : —

Establishments

Capital

Salaried officials.

Salaries

Wage-earners (average)

Wages

Miscellaneous expenses

Cost of raw material

Value of output ,

1905

1910

Number

37,194

44,985

Dollars

2,031,459,515

2,779,497,000

Number

98,012

151,691

Dollars

111,145,175

186,032,000

Number

850,947

1,003,981

Dollars

480,014,851

657,231,000

,,

301,575,788

380,074,000

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1,348,603,230

1,856,904,000

.,

", l.ss, 345, 579

3.360,490,000