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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (VIRGINIA.) 



The sources of revenue for the fiscal year July 

 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902, are: State tax, $205,000; 

 corporation taxes, estimated, $425,000; collateral 

 inheritance tax, estimated, $35,000; total, $725,- 

 000. 



The liabilities payable during the year are: 

 Due to soldiers, war of 18G1-'G5, unpaid balances, 

 $8,028.72; due to soldiers, war with Spain, unpaid 

 balances on claims filed to date, $54.75; unpaid 

 Auditor's orders, $8,139.88; excess of ledger lia- 

 bilities over assets less registered loan due 1910, 

 $182,242.35; total, $198,405.70. Balance available 

 for the payment of current expenses July 1, 1901, 

 to June 30, 1902, $520.534.30. 



Agriculture. Oflicial reports published this 

 year show that the area, product, and value of 

 Indian corn, wheat, and oats in the State during 

 1900 were as follow: Corn, 48,477 acres produced 

 1,930,080 bushels, valued at $909,540; wheat, 

 3,489 acres produced 81,992 bushels, valued at 

 $03.954; oats, 100,581 acres produced 3,719,077 

 bushels, valued at $1,339,084. 



Education. The latest available returns show 

 that Vermont has 3 institutions under the head- 

 ing of universities and colleges of liberal arts, 

 with a total income of $111,327. In the public 

 schools there are 05,904 pupils, with 3,742 teach- 

 ers, and an average daily attendance of 47,020. 



VIRGINIA, a Southern State, one of the origi- 

 nal thirteen, ratified the Constitution June 25, 

 1788; area, 42,450 square miles. The population, 

 according to each decennial census, was 747,010 

 in 1790; 880,200 in 1800; 974,000 in 1810; 1,005,- 

 110 in 1820; 1,211,405 in 1830; 1,239,797 in 1840; 

 1,421,001 in 1850; 1,590,318 in 1800; 1,225,103 in 

 1870; 1,512,505 in 1880; 1,055,980 in 1890; and 

 1,854,184 in 1900. Capital, Richmond. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, J. Hoge Tyler; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, Edward Echols; Secretary of 

 State, Joseph T. Lawless; Attorney-General, A. 

 J. Montague; First Auditor, Morton Marye; Sec- 

 ond Auditor, John G. Dew ; Treasurer, A. W. Har- 

 man, Jr.; Adjutant-General, W. Nalle; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, Joseph W. South- 

 all; Commissioner of Agriculture, George W. 

 Koiner; Railroad Commissioner, James C. Hill; 

 Commissioner of Labor, J. B. Doherty; Register 

 of the Land Office, J. W. Richardson ; President of 

 the Supreme Court of Appeals, James Keith; 

 Justices, A. A. Phlegar, John A. Buchanan, 

 George M. Harrison, and Richard H. Cardwell. 

 All are Democrats. 



Three of the State officers Governor, Lieuten- 

 ant -Governor, and Attorney-General are elected 

 by the people. They each serve four years. The 

 election for these officers took place in November. 

 Other elective State officers are elected by the Leg- 

 islature for two years, except the Railroad Com- 

 missioner and Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, each for four years. The Adjutant-General 

 is appointed by the Governor for four years, the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and Commissioner 

 of Labor each for two years. The Legislature 

 meets biennially, the first Wednesday in Decem- 

 ber in odd years. There are 30 Senators and 

 80 members of the House. 



Population. According to sex, nationality, 

 and color, the population is divided as follows: 

 Males, 925,897; females, 928,287; native born, 

 1,834,723; foreign born, 19,461; whites, 1,192,855; 

 negroes, including all persons of negro descent, 

 060,722; Chinese, 243; Japanese, 10; Indians, in- 

 cluding those taxed and not taxed, 354. Accord- 

 ing to school and voting age, the division is as 

 follows: Total of school age, five to twenty years, 

 704,771, including 435,612 whites and 268,962 



negroes; total of voting age, 447,815, including 

 430,389 native born, 11,420 foreign born, 301,379 

 whites, 140,122 negroes, and 113,353 illiterates. 

 The average density of population to the square 

 mile is 40.2. 



Finances. The operations of the treasury for 

 the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 are summarized as 

 follow : " The State has met all current expenses, 

 including the expenses of the extra session of 

 the Legislature; has paid the expenses of the Con- 

 stitutional Convention; has given $170,000 to 

 disabled Confederate soldiers (an increase of $27,- 

 500 over the previous year) ; gave an increase of 

 $21,000 to the public schools; put $435,500 to the 

 credit of the sinking-fund, $08,000 to the credit 

 of the literary fund, and has on hand at this time 

 $700,000." 



The receipts and disbursements were as follow: 

 Amount on hand Oct. 1, 1900, $791,321.84; re- 

 ceipts from all sources during the year, $3,033,- 

 150.39; total, $4,424,478.23. Disbursements, $3,- 

 597,881.17. Balance on hand Oct. 1, 1901, $820,- 

 597.00. The disbursements include $292,000 

 turned over to the Commissioners of the Sinking- 

 Fund, with which to purchase State bonds. 



The public debt now in the hands of the public 

 is: Riddleberger bonds, $4,572,226.88; century 

 bonds, $10,900,770,09; total, $21,538,990.97. With 

 schools and colleges, $2,400,455.85; total, $24,005,- 

 452.82. The literary fund holds $1,710,227.28. 



Valuations. The Auditor of Public Accounts 

 reports that the value of real estate in Virginia 

 has increased $22,844,095 since 1895. The increase 

 by reassessment of 1900 in cities over reassessment 

 of 1895 was $8,842,449. The total increase over 

 assessment of 1899 was $1,089,597. The increase 

 by reassessment of 1900 in counties and cities 

 over reassessment of 1895 was $22,844,095. The 

 increase over assessment of 1899 was $13,520,775. 



Education. Since 1897 the appropriations for 

 public schools have increased $102,235. The pres- 

 ent enrolment of pupils exceeds that of 1897 by 

 fully 7,000. Three hundred new schools have been 

 opened during that period, and the value of school 

 property has increased more than $500,000. 



Penitentiary. The earnings of the Peniten- 

 tiary for the fiscal year were nearly $5,000 in 

 excess of those in 1900. The net earnings were 

 $43,053.71. The net balance of profits for the 

 fiscal year was $42,944.80. The number of pris- 

 oners receiving conditional pardons was 115. The 

 average number of convicts in the Penitentiary 

 was 1,199. To feed, clothe, and guard these for 

 the twelve months ending Sept. 30 entailed an ex- 

 penditure of $80,707.85. It cost the State $07.31 

 to keep each convict in prison for the year. 



State Industries. The Bureau of Labor re- 

 ports, issued in January, gives many valuable 

 facts regarding the industries of Virginia. The 

 following are among the most important men- 

 tioned: Requests for figures were sent to 80 to- 

 bacco manufacturing firms, and replies were re- 

 ceived from 40. The reports from the 40 show 

 value of goods manufactured in 1899, $7jl52,224. : 

 55. This is an increase over the previous state- 

 ment of $4,971,718.72. The amount of capital in- 

 vested was $3,500,390.70. The amount paid in 

 wages during the year by the 40 firms reporting 

 was $902,722.80. 



The report on cotton presents statistics from 

 7 mills, all that the State contains. The value 

 of goods manufactured in the year was $5,- 

 656,199.16; the value of manufactured goods on 

 hand in January, 1900, was $265,360.38; value 

 of all stock and materials used (fuel, light, 

 water-power, boxes, barrels, etc.) during year, 

 $156,497.37; value of stock and material on hand 



