YEAR. VALUATION. TAXATION. 1838 $25,198,956 $112,817.94 1839 26,440,634 145,331.39 1840 25,447,146 134,139.66 1841 25,596,862 151,038.24 1842 24,715,380 159,205.84 1843 21,812,941 159,189.64 1844 23,260,385 176,271.21 1845 24,788,886 163,726.24 1846 26,918,613 227,433.94 1847 29,927,029 250,244.13 1848 31,246,305 306,138.16 1849 32,446,330 404,332.90 1850 36,665,399 411,044.78 1851 45,005,518 572,776.63 1852 58,058,485 617,855.64 1853 68,328,546 772,915.81 1854 72,849,503 959,209.18 1855 94,791,215 1,532,692.68 1856 95,859,735 1,381,114.39 1857 99,016,598 1,783,834.19 1858 104,475,275 1,567,948.39 1859 101,052,666 1,256,820.94 1860 103,680,566 1,969,794.00 In 1835 there were thirteen churches in Brooklyn, as follows: St. Ann's, St. John's, and Christ Church, Episcopalian; Sands Street, York Street, and Washington Street, Methodist, and the African Methodist; First, Second, and Third Presbyterian; St. James', Roman Catholic; Nassau Street, Baptist; and Joralemon Street, Dutch Reformed. St. Luke's (then Trinity) Church, in Clinton Avenue, was organized in this year. The population was 24,310, making a church for each 1807 persons. In 1847 there were fifty-two churches in the city, or one to each 1442 inhabitants. On the 10th of September, the plan of the City Hall was submitted to the Common Council and approved. The corner-stone, as originally planned, was laid April 28, 1836, by the Mayor. The building, if it had been completed in accordance with first intentions, would have rendered unnecessary the building of the new Court House and municipal buildings. It was started during the inflation times of 1836. The era of wild speculation came to an end. The bubble burst, and work upon the city building was suspended on August 7, 1837. The walls, which had risen above the basement, stood for many years, when the work was resumed and carried to completion on a much smaller scale. The City Hall, as originally planned, was intended to cover the entire square in front of the present edifice. On the 4th of August, 1836, the Apprentices' Library, having been purchased by the corporation of the city for $11,000, was officially named the City Buildings.