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were women. Four were pardoned in 1901, and 

 2 died, while 4 more were committed, leaving 30 

 at the beginning of 1902. The gain from goods 

 manufactured during the year was $5,937.74, and 

 the expenditures amounted to $16,136.59. 



The new insane hospital at Bangor was fin- 

 ished this year, and 145 patients were transferred 

 to it in July from the Augusta hospital, which 

 has been overcrowded. The average number of 

 patients there in 1900 was 763; there were 107 

 deaths in one year. 



An electric road has been built from Augusta 

 to Togus, the site of the eastern branch of the 

 National Soldiers' Home. One hundred and 

 thirty acres of land have been bought, and the 

 reservation now contains 1,884 acres. The mem- 

 bership for the year was 2,764, an increase of 44. 



Militia. The annual encampment of the State 

 Guard was held the third and fourth weeks of 

 August. The Government appropriation for 

 Maine was $12,745. 



Old Home Week. The second annual Old 

 Home Week, Aug. 11-17, was observed with re- 

 unions in many towns, and in some with local 

 celebrations. Dexter and Leeds celebrated the 

 centennial anniversaries of the settlement of the 

 towns. There were elaborate celebrations also in 

 Portland, Belfast, Waterville, and other places. 



Banks. Following is a summary of the re- 

 ported condition of the 51 savings-banks in the 

 State June 29: Number of depositors, 196,583; 

 average rate of dividends paid (approximate), 

 0.0332; amount of dividends paid during the year, 

 $2,272,774.35; checks and other cash items, $77,- 

 833; gold coin, $27,872.65; gold certificates. $6,320; 

 silver coin, $8,240.99; silver certificates, $29,806; 

 legal tenders, $20,163.22; national-bank notes, 

 $50,753; total cash on hand, $220,988.86. The lia- 

 bilities of the savings-banks amount to $73,420,- 

 236.94, and are divided as follow: Deposits, $69,- 

 533,057.70; reserve fund, $2,396,772.44; special re- 

 serve fund, $21,832.64; profits, $1,440,375.74; other 

 liabilities, $28,198.42. 



For the 17 trust and banking companies the 

 figures are: Total cash on hand, $281,673.60; num- 

 ber of depositors, 15,344; amount of dividends 

 paid on capital stock, $77,740; checks and other 

 cash items, $60,364.66; gold coin, $26,241.35; gold 

 certificates, $3,680; silver coin, $15,877.98; silver 

 certificates, $50,414; legal tender, $31,910.28; na- 

 tional-bank notes, $56,081; unclassified cash, 

 $37,104.33. The liabilities of the trust and bank- 

 ing companies amount to $14,653,598.76. 



The 84 national banks had, Sept. 30, resources 

 amounting to $47,633,680; individual deposits 

 amounted to $23,468,533.95. The average reserve 

 held was 28.41 per cent. 



Railroads. Twenty-one railroad corporations, 

 located wholly or in part in Maine, whose roads 

 are operated by steam, and 21 street-railways 

 whose roads are operated, with one exception, by 

 electricity, made their returns for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1901. At the beginning of that year 

 there were 1,905 miles of steam railroad in the 

 State, and 13.98 miles were added in the year. 

 The gross earnings in Maine for the year ending 

 June 30, 1901, were $10,930,002.86, against $10,- 

 008,502.50 in 1900. The number of passengers 

 carried in Maine in the year ending June 30, 19Q1, 

 was 6,171,014, against 5,417,759 in 1900. The 

 number of tons of freight hauled in Maine for the 

 corresponding year, 1901, was 8,387,688, against 

 7,681,808 in 1900. There were employed upon the 

 steam railroads, as nearly as can be ascertained, 

 7,573 persons, including general officers, an in- 

 crease over 1900 of 333. 



The total street-railway mileage was 270.51, 



Tin- ross earnings 



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an increase of 17.<2 mi 

 for the year ending .June :;; 

 $1,302,738.87, an increase of s 

 The net earnings aggrepuleii 

 of $67,765.39. Five person- -A, 

 jured, against 31 injured in l!n 



Industries and Products, 

 most prosperous ever known for flu 

 industry. Bath, the first New KnjjianO city m 

 this particular, launched 26 rnei< 

 with a tonnage of 30,065 tons, and 2 Government, 

 vessels, with a displacement of 3,367 Ion-.. 

 industry has flourished also in Waldoboio, Ii.-l- 

 fast, Castine, Machias, and other districts. The 

 total tonnage of documented vessels launched 

 this year, not including the Government ships, 

 is 42,631. 



A census bulletin on the manufacture of paper 

 and pulp credits Maine with 35 active establish- 

 ments, with a capital of $17,473,160, employing 

 4,851 persons and turning out a product valued 

 at $13,223,275. The census figures were of June, 

 1900, before the great mills at Millinocket or the 

 enlargements at Rumford Falls, Madison, and 

 elsewhere were in operation. 



The sales of liquor by the State commissioner 

 about doubled this year. His sales amounted to 

 $68,860. More than half, $34,869, went to the 

 city of Portland. 



The number of cases of sardines packed in 1901 

 was 1,396,902; in 1900 it was 815,000. 



The number of lobsters caught in State waters 

 in 1901 was 7,990,265. In 1900 the catch was 

 8,232,115. 



The number of deer taken in the State during 

 the year was estimated at 25,000. According to 

 records kept in Bangor, 200 bull moose had been 

 killed when there still remained two weeks of the 

 open season. The number in 1900 was 137. 



Legislative Session. The session of the Leg- 

 islature began Jan. 2 and ended March 22. Po- 

 litically it stood on joint ballot 162 Republicans 

 to 20 Democrats, only 1 Democrat having been 

 elected to the Senate. 



Hannibal E. Hamlin was President of the Sen- 

 ate and Joseph H. Manley was Speaker of the 

 House. 



The following State officers were elected: Sec- 

 retary of State, Byron Boyd; Treasurer, Oraman- 

 dal Smith; Attorney-General, George M. Seiders; 

 Assessor, for six years, F. M. Simpson; Printer, 

 Clarence B. Burleigh; Binder, H. E. Smith; Ex- 

 ecutive Councilors, C. H. Prescott, C. S. Cook, 

 M. C. Wedgewood, W. T. Haines, E. E. Chase, 

 H. W. Mayo, D. A. H. Powers each for two 

 years except the Assessor. 



United States Senator William P. Frye was 

 renominated by acclamation in the Republican 

 joint caucus, and was elected for the term ending 

 in 1907. 



Gov.-Elect John F. Hill was inaugurated Jan. 

 3. He reappointed most of the appointive State 

 officials whose terms expired. 



Eight bills were passed for increasing the State 

 revenue. They raised the rate of taxation on 

 steam railways, street-railways, telegraph and 

 telephone companies, express companies, sleeping- 

 and palace-car companies, corporations organized 

 under the general law and not otherwise taxed, 

 trust and banking companies, and collateral in- 

 heritances. 



Heretofore the telegraph and telephone com- 

 panies have been assessed on the valuation of the 

 property as returned to the State. By the new 

 law the taxes will be levied on the gross receipts 

 in the State. Sleeping- and palace-car companies 

 are to pay 4 per cent, on the earnings of their 



