STATE CENSUS-1853.

Plaquemines...
St. Bernard..
Orleans, Right Bank.

1st Rep. Dist.
2d
3d do
4th do
5th do
6th

do

do
8th
66

9th do

4th Lafayette..
Jefferson
St. Charles...
St. John the Baptist.
St. James.
Ascension...
Assumption.
Lafourche..
Terrebonna....
St. Mary..
St. Martin...
Iberville.
West Baton Rouge.
East Baton Rouge.
Livingston
St. Helena......
Washington.
St. Tammany.
East Feliciana.
West Feliciana..
Point Coupée.
Avoyelles..
Madison....
Tensas....
Concordia..
Carroll....
Catahoula.
Calcasieu.
Natchitoches..
Ouachita.
Bossier.
Caldwell.
Lafayette.
St. Landry..
Morehouse
Franklin...
DeSoto..
Sabine..
Bienville..
Union,
Winn..
Claibornè..
Rapides...
Caddo.
Jackson..
Vermillion..

No. of free
No. of No. of

white

Number of
Qualified

Total Pop-
Electors.
free white free people

Slaves.
males be-

ulation. People. of color.

tween 18

and 45 yrs. 608 2,045 377 3,926 623 6,348 323 1,447 78 1,794

369

4,011 280 2,312

128
964

631 3,404 1,251 11,290 435 1,732 2,639 13,457 2,623 16,374 228 2,077 3,733 18,679 2,750 20,183 824 2,236 5,629 23,243 2,021 12,681 1,200 1,172 4,000 15,053 1,167 10,356 2,214 1,845 3,056 14,415 1,793 11,795 2,441 1,669 1,479 15,905 1,007 7,239 3,011 2,201 1,560 12,451 1,453 10,100 1,286

373 3,032 17,769 798 8,252

196 1,001 1,731 9,449 1,885 16,615

441 1,530 3,929 18,586 1,074 9,254 791

4,580 3,004 14,625 209 971 136 4,628

5,734 388 2,336 288

4,050

350 6,674 3,440

92

8,930 719 12,462 673 3,520 203 6,889 660 10,622 1,107 6,095

70 6,407 1,080 12,572 1,219 6,423 110 5,600 1,346 12,134

578 4,409 349 5,195 808 9,963 827 3.670 585 10,846 767 15,101 1,074 5,573 731 6,673 985 12,977 860

5,426 169 9,517 1,092 15,112

1,782 106 4,178 325 6,060 905 7,895

700 7,320 2,200 15,916 649 2,799

19
916
577

3,734 494 2,621

4 2,487 484 5,105 502 2,397

0 1,094 365 3,491 498 2,588 447 1,374

352

4,409 880 3,796

39 9,990

724

13,825 560 2,331 70 10,278 523

• REVENUE FOR THE YEAR 1853. Amount deposited by Union Bank of Louisiana, to secure

the State against liabilities on account of bonds
missing,

$21,000 00 Amount paid by R. C. Nichols, State Superintendent,

on account of school moneys remaining in his
hands,

80,413 97 Amount borrowed by the State from the Louisiana State Bank,

..100,000 00 Amount paid by Jos. A. Aiklen for the purchase of the

land of Mrs. Thompson on the Raccourci Cut-off, ... 237 70 Amount overpaid for the contingent expenses of the Legislature,

12 00 Amount refunded to the State for interest on bonds of

the Third Municipality, paid by the State, .... 11,070 00 Amount received from the Union Bank of Louisiana, on

account of the profits accruing to the State in set-
tlement with said Bank,

... 47,000 00 Amount refunded to the State by the U. S. Government

for advances made for equiping regiments during
the Mexican war,

7,325 86 Amount of State taxes received from the following

Parishes : Ascension,

6,929 00 Assumption,

7,351 70 Avoyelles,

2,786 47 Bossier,

499 50 Bienville,

2,058 14 Claiborne,

3,110 23 Caddo,

5,046 98 Calcasieu,

951 06 Caldwell,

578 86 Carroll,

7,133 93 Catahoula,

5,259 57 Concordia,

8,680 87 De Soto,

3,502 95 E. B. Rouge,

7,033 72 E. Feliciana,

9,340 00 Franklin,

1,322 19 Iberville,

9,457 65 Jackson,

2,054 30 Jefferson,

17,023 82 Lafayette,

2,303 59 Lafourche Interior,

6,182 05 Livingston,

895 57 Madison,

6,248 98 Morehouse,

1,517 68 Natcbitoches,

4,818 79 Orleans, Right Bank,

1,879 07 First District, New Orleans,

43,266 84

.

Amount of State taxes. received from the following *

Parishes - Continued. Second District, New Orleans,

$26,743 79 Third

7,468 76 Fourth Plaquemines,

5,144 60 Point Coupée,

4,074 02 Rarides,

7,765 94 Sabine,

939 36 St. Bernard,

2,346 51 St. Charles,

3,867 39 St. Helena,

1,600 05 St. James,

7,519 29 St. John the Baptist,

4,403 20 St. Landry, St. Martin,

5,153 74 St. Mary, ..

10,963 80 St. Tammany,

1,752 24 Tensas,

8,634 95 Terrebonne,

6,027 23 Uņion,

2,000 99 Vermillion,

729 13 Washington,

848 39 Washita,

2,585 68 W. B. Rouge,

5,185 91 W. Feliciana,

8,500 00 Winn,

466 25 Balance Contingent Fund of the Secretary of State's

Office, paid by Chas. Gayarre, late Secretary of
State,

526 20 Balance Contingent Fund of the Attorney General's

Office, paid by Isaac Johnson, late Attorney
General,

40 90 Duties on sales at Auction,

25,422 17 Dividend received from the Union bank of Louisiana,...108,529 27 Excess on appropriation to procure a block of marble for

the Washington Monument paid in the Treasury,... 150 00 Fines paid for the use of the Charity Hospital, 1,060 87 Interest paid by the Third Municipality of New Orleans

on amount disbursed by the State, for payment of
coupons of interest on bonds issued by the State
to said Municipality, ...

1,854 70 Interest paid on redemptions of property adjudicated to the State,

208 12 Licences on trades, professions, &c., for 1852,

1,555 10 Leases of 16th sections of land,

107 06 Loan effected by the State Treasury,

.750,000 00 Lease of the La. Penitentiary,

4,000 00 Money received for Overplus Bonds,

1,253 57 Mill Tax for 1850,

Mill Tax of 1851,

$5,796 32 Mill Tax of 1852,

.242,699 63 Mill Tax of 1849,

1,758 11 Money deposited in the Treasury to reimburse taxes paid by purchasers of lands sold for taxes,

420 00 Poll Tax of 1850,

75 00 Poll Tax of 1851,

2,202 00 Proceeds of the sale of certain slaves for the year 1852, 2,061 15 Poll Tax for the year 1852,

36,406 00 Proceeds of the sale of public property in New Orleans, 4,698 12 Principal paid on redemptions of lands adjudicated to State,

655 28 Payments made on redemptions of lands adjudicated to individuals,

385 19 Proceeds of vacant estates paid into the Treasury,

938 82 Road and Levee funds,

5,765 73 Redemption of lands forfeited to the State, general fund paid,........

1,863 04 Redemption of lands forfeited to the State, Mill Tax fund paid,

1,811 44 Sales of Reports of the Supreme Court,

1,577 69 Sales of Internal Improvement lands at Winnsboro',

4,330 11 Sales of 16th Sections of Land,

14,440 21 Sales of School Lands,

14,530 22 Sales of Lake Lands,

1,973 43 Sales of Seminary Lands,

3,695 82 Sales of Internal Improvement Lands at Baton Rouge, 12,941 92 Sales of Swamp and Overflowed Lands,

207,197 53 School Funds paid into the Treasury,

8,894 95 Taxes on Trades, Professions, &c., for 1853,

.103,697 80 Taxes received from public officers, paid by fees, ....

19 10 Taxes levied on successions accruing to foreigners,

12,775 33 Amount balance on hand on the 31st December, 1852,...351,470 61

$2,502,938 26

Said balance being composed of
General Fund,

.$647,363 75
Mill Tax,

173,910 8+
Poll Tax,

27,392 47
Internal Improvement Fund,... 27,110 75
Levee and Drainage Fund,.. 273,988 81
Road and Levee Fund,

12,360 65

$1,162,127 30

Payments during 1853, as follows :
For Free Public Schools, under Act
No. 2, of 1853,