UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Rnoi,,; ISLAM,.) 



1902, $328,887.71. Of the $3,000,000 of State- 

 House construction loan bonds which had been 

 issued, bonds amounting to $22,000 were retired 

 during the year, leaving a total bonded indebted- 

 ness of $2,978,000, while the amount of interest 

 paid on the bonds was $87,000. 



The statement of the sinking-fund is as follows: 

 Balance Dec. 31, 1900, $338,030.35; Treasurer's 

 check, $32,000; premium on sale of third State- 

 House bonds, $28,770; interest on investments for 

 1901, $13,185.50; total, $411,991.85; bonds due in 

 1904 purchased and retired, $22,555.24; total, 

 $389,436.61. The State-House construction loan 

 account had a balance Jan. 1, 1901, of $119,775.- 

 61 ; interest an deposit, $3,081.03 ; sale of third 

 State-House bonds, $700,000; miscellaneous, $10; 

 total, $822,866.64; payments to Dec. 27, 1901, 

 $350,981.49; cash available, $471,885.15. 



All work on the State-House is expected to be 

 finished during the current year, and the entire 



cost as estimated 

 by the Board of 

 State-House Com- 

 missioners will be 

 $3,114,402, of 

 which the total 

 cost to the State 

 will be $2,924,402, 

 the land given by 

 the city of Provi- 

 dence being val- 

 ued at $190,000. 

 The cost of the 

 building proper, 

 including boiler- 

 house and tunnel, 

 is placed at $1,- 

 953,821.49. 



In further set- 

 tlement of the 

 State's Spanish 

 War claims 



against the Fed- 

 eral Government 



the total amount of cash returned to the State 

 treasury during the year, including interest on 

 deposit, was $74,071.51. 



Education. The school enrolment in 1900 was 

 64,537, or 15.39 per cent, of the population of the 

 State; average daily attendance, 46,087; total 

 number of teachers, 1,913. 



Brown University had in 1901 899 students 

 and 75 instructors. The library had grown to 

 115,000 volumes. 



The State College of Agriculture, at Kingston 

 Hill, opened for the winter term with 88 students 

 in the regular and special courses, of whom 10 

 were natives of other States, and 6 natives of 

 Cuba. 1 of Porto Rico, and 1 of Costa Rica. In 

 addition to these students there were in December 

 30 applicants for admission to the special poultry 

 course. During the year there were between 40 

 and 50 special students in agriculture, and 90 in 

 engineering. In January, 1901, the college suf- 

 fered a loss of about $3,500 by the burning of its 

 stable, on which there was no insurance. The 

 student's fire brigade rendered valuable service in 

 saving other college buildings. 



At the State Home and School, where regular 

 quarters are provided for 125 children, more than 

 that number require the care of the institution, 

 and the growing demand for enlargement of its 

 facilities is receiving official recognition by the 

 erection of a new double cottage. The average 

 number in the home for the year was 143. 



At the Institute for the Deaf the average num- 

 ber of pupils was 67. 



CHARLES DEAN KIMBALL, 

 GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND. 



Charities and Coi i . < : | inns. 

 ings for the ichet ui 

 pital for the Inline . 

 a seating capacity for 

 building for cooking :in<l 

 house, and a ward builo . 



The number of soldier 

 ters of the Soldiers' Home, at I: 

 was 185. The average numb, i 

 the year was the largest in th. 

 home, and the quarters were pi. 

 The number of persons aided during ti,. 

 from the relief fund of $12,000 wan more HI.IU'TI.U. 



At the sixth annual meeting of the A *.-,< i,m.,n 

 of the Overseers of the Poor for the State there 

 was a large attendance and excellent work for 

 the year was reported. The attention of the asso- 

 ciation was especially given to the subject of more 

 equitable settlement laws, and a committee was 

 appointed to bring this question before the legis- 

 lature. 



A report was made at the annual meeting of 

 the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Children, surveying and summarizing 

 its work for twenty years. . The statement for 

 1901 showed that 291 new cases had been dealt 

 with in the year, involving 578 children. 



Militia. Continued improvement in the bri- 

 gade of militia is officially noted, and at the last 

 summer encampment the attendance was larger 

 than ever. Increased interest in rifle-practise was 

 shown by the attendance of 837 at the range, the 

 number of men qualified being 735, the largest in 

 the history of the State militia. 



Banks. For the year ending June 29, 1901, 

 returns were filed by 34 savings banks and 

 institutions, 9 of which were in process of 

 liquidation. The aggregate resources were $78,- 

 529,180.94, an increase of $15,690.72 since Nov. 

 20, 1900. The amount of deposits was $74,390,- 

 794.86, a decrease of $455,964.44 from that report- 

 ed in 1900. Statements were filed by 11 trust 

 companies, 2 of which were in liquidation. Their 

 aggregate capital stock was $4,121,398.47, an in- 

 crease of about $13,000 over the amount reported 

 in 1900. Their deposits in " participation ac- 

 count " were $19,789,760.38, an increase from Nov. 

 20, 1900, of $2,944,907.50. Since the " participa- 

 tion account " of these companies is essentially a 

 savings account, the increase here more than off- 

 sets the decrease of deposits in the savings-banks. 



Railroads. The capital stock of the steam 

 railroads operated in Rhode Island is $105,582,- 

 475; funded debt, $69,231,517.77; floating debt, 

 $8.434,889.69; total indebtedness, $77,726,407.46; 

 total receipts, $43,676,907.85; total expenditures, 

 $37,033,884.79; net earnings, $6,643,023.06; miles 

 of road in the State, 209+ ; miles of single track, 

 437+. 



The capital stock of the electric roads is $16,- 

 972,000: funded debt, $5,719,700; floating debt, 

 $785,119.80; total indebtedness, $6,504,819.80: 

 total receipts, $3,065,491.89; expenditures, $2.286,- 

 483.78; net earnings, $779,008.11; miles of road 

 in the State, 252+; miles of single track, 316. 



Judicial Decisions. A statute relating to ac- 

 tion to be taken when a pauper is not properly 

 cared for by the town in which he resides, which 

 has stood unquestioned since 1857, has been de- 

 clared unconstitutional by the Appellate Division 

 of the Supreme Court. 



An opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered 

 in May to the Governor which affirmed the con- 

 stitutionality of the legislative act creating the 

 Newport Board of Police Commissioner?, and de- 

 clared it to be a State board. The decision bon 

 upon a difference of opinion and of action in tl 



