" In composition the stone from these quarries is a Dolomite, containing a small amount of iron and some mica. The buildings constructed of the stone from the Tuckahoe Marble Company's quarry are those of the New York Stock Exchange, New York City, and the Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Boston. Those constructed of the material from Mr. Masterdon's quarry are the New York Life Insurance building, New York City, the City Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the Hotel Vendome, Boston.

" At Pleasantville, a few miles north of the Tuckahoe quarries, a coarse, crystalline white marble occurs; formerly this was quite extensively quarried for building purposes. The front of the Union Dime Savings Bank building, in New York City, is built of this stone. Its structure being quite coarse, it is not well adapted for carved work. It has also been found to break easily, especially when used for long columns, and it would not be a safe stone on this account for all kinds of work. The stone is remarkable for its crystalline, the crystals being unusually large and conspicuous, and from this peculiar appearance it has received the name of ' snow flake ' marble. This quarry has recently [1880] been furnishing about twenty-five tons of stone per day lor making soda water."

Finances. -- -The valuation and taxation of the county in 1880 were as follows :

V;ilue of re.al estate, S5-2,09.'),188 ; of personal property, $3,.W9,G58. Sliite tax: schools, $7:^,.')4.'') ; other piiiposes, $I22,U01. County tax for other pui-iioses than schools, 3278,821. Tax in the school districts, S204, 7M; in minor civil divisions, $626,62:3. Grand total of taxes paid $1. 306,626.