192,000,000
1871—­Paris, fired by the Commune:  160,000,000 1872—­Boston:  75,000.000 1873—­Yeddo, 10,000 houses:  ——­ 1877—­Pittsburgh, caused by riot:  3,260,000 1877—­St. Johns, N. B., 1,650 dwellings, 18 lives lost:  12,500,000

From the above it appears that the five greatest fires on record, reckoned by destruction of property, are: 

Chicago fire, of Oct. 8 and 9, 1871:  $192,000,000
Paris fires, of May, 1871:  160,000,000
Moscow fire, of Sept. 14-19, 1812:  150,000,000
Boston fire, Nov. 9-10, 1872:  75,000.000
London fire, Sept. 2-6, 1666:  53,652,500
Hamburg fire, May 5-7, 1842:  35,000,000

Taking into account, with the fires of Paris and Chicago, the great Wisconsin and Michigan forest fires of 1871, in which it is estimated that 1,000 human beings perished and property to the amount of over $3,000,000 was consumed, it is plain that in the annals of conflagrations that year stands forth in gloomy pre-eminence.

WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES PER CAPITA.—­The following statistics represent the amount of taxable property, real and personal, in each State and Territory, and also the amount per capita: 

State:                       Total;     Per capita. 
Maine:                $235,978,716;         $362.09
New Hampshire:         164,755,181;          474.81
Vermont:                86,806,755;          261.24
Massachusetts:       1,584,756,802;          888.77
Rhode Island:          252,536,673;          913.23
Connecticut:           327,177,385;          525.41
New Jersey:            572,518,361;          506.06
New York:            2,651,940,000;          521.74
Pennsylvania:        1,683,459,016;          393.08
Delaware:               59,951,643;          408.92
Maryland:              497,307,675;          533.07
District of Columbia:   99,401,787;          845.08
Virginia:              308,455,135;          203.92
West Virginia:         139,622,705;          225.75
North Carolina:        156,100,202;          111.52
South Carolina:        153,560,135;          154.24
Georgia:               239,472,599;          155.82
Florida:                30,938,309;          114.80
Alabama:               122,867,228;           97.32
Mississippi:           110,628,129;           97.76
Louisiana:             100,162,439;          170.39
Texas:                 320,364,515;          201.26
Arkansas:               80,409,364;          176.71
Kentucky:              350,563,971;          212.63
Tennessee:             211,778,538;          137.30
Ohio:                1,534,360,508;          479.77
Indiana:               727,815,131;          367.89
Illinois:              786,616,394;          255.24
Michigan:              517,666,359;          316.23
Wisconsin:             438,971,751;          333.69
Iowa:                  398,671,251;          245.39
Minnesota:             258,028,687;          330.48
Missouri:              432,795,801;          245.72