The estimated population is 25,000.
Very respectfully yours,
J. P. Screven,
Mayor.
From the Mayor’s annual report, we learn that the “assessments or value of lands and improvements,” for the year ending October 31st, 1856, amounted to $8,999,015. The value of the personal property is, perhaps, about $3,000,000—total value of real and personal estate $11,999,015.
City of New-Bedford,
Mayor’s Room, 1 mo., 6th, 1857.
H. R. Helper:—
Yours of the 4th inst. came to hand this morning.
In reply to your inquiries, I will say that the amount assessed on the 1st day of May, 1856, was as follows:—
| Real Estate, | $9,311,500 | |
| Personal, | 17,735,500 | |
| Total, | $27,047,000 |
The returns of a census taken the previous autumn gave 20,391 persons, from which there is not probably much change.
Respectfully,
Geo. Rowland, Jr.
Mayor.