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Show GENERAL' 'SPOKTING. '' . CUnnENT tVENTS IN VAMIOUB FIELDS. krlaK Track flatcavea tor ths Slat '' ( Kw York root tip a lilt Ham lo v Jla Pipaadail la Ihe Improvaraaat f 4, , ---.. Harlot Track ll.jmae. Ttia report of the New York Stat Commissioners August llelnmnt, Bd-ln Bd-ln I) Morgan and John Bantord t which wai presented to the legislature n Friday April 6, In n document ot mure than ordinary Interest to the larlne unci breeding world In the In rreaecd revenue which havo comn to Iho agricultural aoclctle which nro Uie beneficiaries of the stale tax of 5 per cent Heed upon tho gross ru relpta of racing association the com-tnlislon com-tnlislon belli ves la shown the marvel-on marvel-on stride which hne been mule lu the apart The report aayii In part In the five year over which tho term of tho commission oxtend there has been paid In to the statu controller tor distribution among the agricultural agricultu-ral soclotlc the um of $111 13001 A nvlcw of this lax by yours will Illustrate Illus-trate tho progress of rating In this state In 11J& the tax was $35 220 71 Six associations held license that rear. In 18W the lax was $50 003 10 and In that year only Ave associations Ik lit liloctltin V license had been Is-" Is-" sued to the Saratoga association, but because of local reaxiua It did not take advuntago of II iillhouKh It hua con ducteil meotlngs annually since In 1&7 the tax was (61 Ml 71 This rep resents an nveriko annual total gross receipts ol II ZU 550 1C The commissi in appends a table showing tho stoto tax for agricultural societies paid In by the Westchester llaclng Association was $57 913 03. by the Cone) Island Jockey Club $87.-043 $87.-043 33, by the Ilrookln Jockey Club, $15,031 87, by the llrlghton Ilench llaclng llac-lng Association 153 030 IG, by the Saratoga Association for tho Improvement Improve-ment of the llrced of Horses $17,-J70SG $17,-J70SG and by tho queens County Jockejr Club $20 300 2 This tax has been paid In promptly, and goe In gross Into tho hands of the controller The commissioners net without compensation com-pensation Iho only expense being the rotary of sccretar nnd fees for touu-eel |