The disbursements during the year have been $5,259,046.74, leaving a balance in the treasury, Nov, 15, 1871, of $748,176.27.
The estimates of the auditor of State of receipts and expenditures for the current year, are as follows:
Estimated receipts from all sources, including balances, $5,206,366.27.
Estimated disbursements for all purposes, $4,776,035.73.
Leaving an estimated balance in the treasury, November 15, 1872, of $430,330.54.
The public funded debt of the State November 15, 1870, after deducting the amount invested in Ohio stocks, was $9,730,144.36.
During the past year the debt has been reduced $729,415.
Leaving the total debt yet to be provided for, $9,000,729.36. Of this amount, the sum of $44,518.31 has ceased to bear interest, the holders thereof having been notified of the readiness of the State to pay the same. This leaves the total interest-bearing debt of the State, $8,956,211.05.
The taxes levied in 1870, collectible in 1871, were as follows:
| State taxes | $ 4,666,242.23 |
| County and local levies | 18,797,389.59 |
| Delinquencies and forfeitures in former years | 667,188.69 |
| Total taxes, including delinquencies collectible in 1871 | $24,130,820.51 |