Mayor’s Office,
Buffalo, March 10, 1857.
Dear Sir:—Yours, of the 9th inst., was received this morning. The answers to your questions are as follows:
The last valuation of the property of our city was made in April, 1856.
| Valuation | of real estate, | $38,114,040 | |
| " | personal estate, | 7,360,436 | |
| Total real and personal, | $45,474,476 |
The last census was the State census, taken in the summer of 1855. That showed a population of 74,214; a fair estimate now is 90,000.
Respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
F. P. Stevens.
Mayor’s Office,
Savannah, 9th January, 1856.
H. R. Helper, Esq.,
New-York,
Dear Sir:—
In reply to your first interrogatory, I send you the last Mayor’s report, in which you will find the information you seek.
No census has been taken of the city since 1850.