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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (!OWA.) 



cent, are native whites of foreign parentage, and 

 16.7 per cent, foreign-born whites. The native 

 whites of foreign parentage and the foreign born 

 together constitute nearly one-half of the males 

 of voting age. Nearly three-fourths of the foreign 

 born are naturalized, namely, 117,524 out of 158,- 

 025. The illiterates constitute 10.7 per cent, of 

 the aliens and 4.7 per cent, of the naturalized 

 voters. In the increase of population the State 

 is gaining more native than foreign born. 



Finances. The biennial report of the financial 

 condition of the State shows that it has improved 

 during the period. No interest-bearing indebted- 

 ness has existed at any time in the bienmum, 

 and the floating indebtedness has been reduced. 

 The revenue has increased, and yet that derived 

 from direct taxation has been reduced. The reve- 

 nue from counties was $3,939,323.12, while in the 

 biennial period just preceding it was $4,055,767.75. 

 But the total receipts in 1900-1901 were $5,120,- 

 059.54, while in 1898-'99 they were $5,079,403.29. 

 The corporation taxes for 1900-1901 were $425,- 

 139.76, which is $49,543.19 greater than in 1897- 

 '99, notwithstanding the fact that telephone, tele- 

 graph, and express companies paid taxes to the 

 Treasurer of State for but one year during 1899- 

 1901, the laws of the twenty-eighth General As- 

 sembly having authorized the taxation of these 

 corporations in the same manner as the property 

 of individuals, thus requiring payment to the 

 county treasurer instead of to the State. 



From State officers fees were received amount- 

 ing to $281,875.36, an increase of $58,320.77. The 

 collateral-inheritance tax yielded $196,464.54, 

 which is $143,665.02 greater than in the preceding 

 period. 



From State institutions $181,577.04 was re- 

 ceived, an increase of $56,718.09. 



The total of disbursements was $4,420,193.70. 

 Among the items of expense were: The twenty- 

 eighth General Assembly, $134,181.29; militia, 

 $111,976.14; expenses Board of Control, $45,402.- 

 95 ; expenses of custodian, with his salary, $41,- 

 337.91; the 15 State institutions, $2,153,269:44. 



The State carried a monthly average balance 

 of about $700,000 in the several depository banks, 

 and the Treasurer recommends that a law be 

 passed providing for depositing the State's money 

 where it will draw interest. 



The State levy was fixed in July at 2.7 mills. 

 This is an increase of one-tenth of a mill. The 

 law adds two special levies of one-tenth of a 

 mill each. The total levy, therefore, for the year 

 is 2.9 mills. 



The special levies are those of the State Uni- 

 versity and the State Agricultural College. 



The total valuation of property for the levy 

 of 1902 is $558,508,269. 



Education. Compilation of reports of county 

 superintendents for the year ending Sept. 15, 

 1900, gave the following summaries: Ungraded 

 schools, 12,615; rooms in graded schools, 5,766; 

 average number days of teaching, 160; school- 

 houses, 13,861; value, $17,655,922; houses built 

 during the year, 240; enumeration, 731,154; en- 

 rolment, 566,223; attendance, 373,474; average to 

 teacher, 29; average monthly tuition, $1.96; male 

 teachers, 4,948 ; female, 23.841 ; average monthly 

 salary of male teachers, $40.20; of female, $30.24; 

 schools teaching effects of stimulants, 17,510; en- 

 rolled in normals, 19,544; expenses of normals, 

 $58,675; paid for teachers' salaries, $5,606,932; 

 for all other purposes, $3,421,986. 



The superintendent says: "Consolidation has 

 been tried in 28 counties, transportation in 35, 

 and both in 19. Consolidation has been adopted 

 by 63 districts, and 30 districts have transported 



pupils at the expense of the district. In 9 coun- 

 ties districts have been consolidated without pro- 

 viding transportation at the expense of the dis- 

 tricts. In 16 counties pupils have been trans- 

 ported where there has been no consolidation." 



The annual report of the State Normal School, 

 at Cedar Falls, shows very rapid growth. In 

 1901 the school had 2,017 students, or more than 

 any other educational institution in the State, 

 and 49 teachers. 



The medical building at the State University, 

 Iowa City, was destroyed by fire in March ; 

 the loss was estimated at $109,305. The flames 

 spread to a building known as the " Old South 

 Hall," the home of 4 of the university literary 

 societies, the engineering department, and some 

 of the chairs of liberal arts. 



An increase of 20 per cent, is reported in the 

 attendance in 1900-1901. The total income of the 

 university was $602,137. 



The large experiment barn at the Iowa State 

 College, at Ames., was burned Oct. 25. The in- 

 crease of students at this college during the bien- 

 nium was about 40 per cent. 



Charities and Corrections. The statistics of 

 the Board of Control for the past biennium, 1899- 

 1900, show a gain of 341 in inmates of the insane 

 hospitals at Mount Pleasant, Independence, and 

 Clarinda; a gain of 14 at the industrial schools 

 at Mitchellville and Eldora; a loss of 255 at the 

 penitentiaries at Fort Madison and Anamosa; a 

 gain of 147 at the Soldiers' Home at Marshall- 

 town; a loss of 19 at the Davenport Orphans' 

 Home; at Glenwood School for the Feeble-Minded, 

 a gain of 274; making a total net increase of 

 502. The total cost of support for the two years 

 was $2,167,906; and from special funds was paid 

 $337,813 for land, buildings, extraordinary re- 

 pairs, equipment, transportation, etc. There was 

 a balance of unexpended appropriations, July 1, 

 of $621,798. For new buildings, $183,987 was 

 paid. Contracts were let in March for buildings 

 for the Cherokee Insane Hospital, amounting to 

 $302,975. The whole number of inmates in Oc- 

 tober was 6,949; and the w r hole cost of support 

 in that month was $161,677. The number of 

 insane in State institutions is 2,901; in county 

 hospitals, 987; in private, 453. During the year 

 ending July 1, the counties paid $714,396 for sup- 

 port of 2,761 persons in 93 almshouses and for 

 outside relief. 



Banks. The total number of State and sav- 

 ings-banks has increased in ten years from 205- 

 to 474. There are now 256 savings and 218 State 

 banks. Their reports for the year ending June 30 

 are summarized as follow: 



Assets: Bills receivable, $103,634,798.11; gold 

 coin, $1,443,776.41; silver coin, $399,979.02; legal 

 tender, national-bank notes, etc., $3,130,272.60; 

 credits subject to sight draft, $25,647,492.81 ; over- 

 drafts, $1,306,814.52; real and personal property, 

 $3,991,257.35; total assets, $139,554,390.82. 



Liabilities: Capital stock, $18,845,400; due de- 

 positors, $114,731,614.06; due banks and others, 

 $780,949.13; surplus, $2,710,160.70; undivided 

 profits, $2,486,266.88; total liabilities, $139,554,- 

 390.82. 



On Sept. 30, 1901, the deposits in the State and 

 savings banks of Iowa amounted to $120,466,645, 

 an increase of $5,735,031 since June 30. 



Insurance. The Auditor's report of life in- 

 surance in 1900 shows a total of 124 companies, 

 including 54 fraternal beneficiary societies and 

 orders, and 8 assessment accident associations. 

 The number of policies in force at the end of the- 

 year was 353,444, and the amount of insurance 

 $514,248,775. During the last biennial period the- 



