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CONNECTICUT. 



place on April 2d, and resulted in the choice of 

 the Republican candidates by majorities of ten 

 thousand and upwards. The following is the 

 vote for Governor : 



1865. 1864. 



William A. Buckingham 42,874 89,820 



Origen S. Seymour 81,839 84,162 



Majority for Buckingham 11,035 5,653 



The following was the result of the election 

 for members of the Legislature : 



Senate. House. Joint Ballot. 



Republicans. 21 161 182 



Democrats 76 76 



Republican majority. 21 85 106 



At the same election Henry C. Deming, S. 

 L. Warner, Augustus Brandagee, and John H. 

 Hubbard, Republicans, were elected by large 

 majorities, to represent the four districts of 

 Connecticut in the Thirty-ninth Congress. 



The Legislature convened at Hartford on 

 May 3d, and was organized by the election of 

 O. J. Hodge as President pro tern, of the Sen- 

 ate, and E. K. Foster as Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives, both being members of the 

 Republican party. Governor Buckingham and 

 the other State officers elect then took the oath 

 of office, and the annual message of the Gov- 

 ernor was delivered. 



The funded debt of Connecticut in May, 1865, 

 was $8,000,000, and the unfunded debt $2,- 

 523,113.74, while the amount to the credit of the 

 sinking fund was $1,128,394.79. The following 

 exhibits the disbursements of the State treasury 

 up to the time of the meeting of the Legisla- 

 ture in May : 



The payments daring the year for ordinary ex- 

 penses, as reported by the Comptroller, were. $417,818 80 



For soldiers 'families 683,516 78 



Advances to the Paymaster- General for 8tate 

 bounties, and payments for other purposes 

 connected with volunteers and militia. 8,598,350 00 



Total $4,705,685 08 



The valuation of real and personal property 

 for the year was $254,627,407, an increase of 

 $17,477,243 over that of the preceding year; 

 and as an evidence of the resources of the State 

 it may be noted that her total indebtedness is 

 less than four and one-quarter per cent, of her 

 last valuation, and less than two-thirds of the 

 excess of that valuation over the previous one. 

 The claims of Connecticut against the General 

 Government for moneys expended in arming, 

 raising, and equipping troops, appear in the fol- 

 lowing table, prepared in August, 1865 : 



Her entire claim thus far, is $1,872,882 84 



She has received, being an ad- 

 vance before the first settle*- 

 ment was made $606,000 00 



Balance on first settlement.. . 612,785 71 



Balance on last settlement... 171,495 70 $1,890,281 41 



Leaving a difference of $482,601 48 



being little more than twenty-five per cent, of 

 the amount claimed to have been expended. So 

 much of this sum as has. been suspended on ac- 

 count of property not properly accounted for or 



not issued to troops, will be allowed on presen- 

 tation of receipts of army officers showing that 

 the property has been turned over to the Gen- 

 eral Government, or upon evidence that it has 

 been issued to troops mustered into the United 

 States service. 



The School Fund, amounting to more than 

 $2,000,000, was unimpaired during the year, 

 and yielded an income of full seven per cent., 

 of which $132,048.75 was expended in the 

 education of one hundred and fourteen thou- 

 sand eight hundred and twenty-four children 

 between the ages of four and sixteen years. 

 The scrip for one hundred and eighty thousand 

 acres of land received from the United States, 

 was sold for $135,000, and that sum invested in 

 Government bonds, bearing five per cent, inter- 

 est in gold. The avails of the interest in cur- 

 rency were $13,233.05, which has been paid to 

 the Treasurer of Yale College, to be used in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of the act of Con- 

 gress making the grant. The average attend- 

 ance during the year at the public schools was 

 seventy per cent, of the enumeration, and a 

 larger amount was raised by districts for school 

 purposes than ever before. One hundred and 

 thirty-nine pupils from sixty-eight towns at- 

 tended the Normal School, and more than one 

 hundred from that institution engaged in teach- 

 ing. 



The railroad interests of the State during 

 1864-'65 were unusually prosperous. A million 

 more passengers were carried than during the 

 previous year, and the gross earnings and net 

 earnings were both largely increased. Not- 

 withstanding almost every railroad was report- 

 ed in good condition and safely managed, one 

 hundred and nineteen accidents were reported, 

 of which fifty-two proved fatal. The following 

 statistics are compiled from the report of the 

 Railroad Commissioners : 



The chartered capital of the several railroads 

 lying in the State, in whole or in part, is. . . .$28,582,043 00 



Of which there has been paid in 17,208,531 00 



Total length of road constructed under char- 

 ters granted, in whole or In part, by the 



State,is 7S9f miles. 



Of which is constructed in the State 697$ li 



The aggregate length of double track is 125 u 



Making the entire length of track in use 914J " 



The total expenditure for working the road, as 

 reported by the different companies, amount- 

 ed to $4,688,769 51 



For fuel, oil, and waste 685,788 87 



For salaries, wages, etc., chargeable to passen- 

 ger, freight, and miscellaneous expenses.. . 688,909 87 

 There has been expended during the year for 



maintenance of way 741,194 22 



For maintenance of motive power and cars.. . 620.492 01 

 Making, for repairs and renewal, a total cost of 1,861,686 23 

 The total income of the railroads in the State 



during the past year has been 6,547,835 00 



Their net earnings have been 2.162,833 52 



Passenger and other trains have run in all 8,086,959 miles, 

 carrying 4,812,518 passengers. 



By the report of the Bank Commissioners it 

 appears that during the year ending April 1, 

 1865, twenty-three banks, with an aggregate 

 capital of $7,850,800, changed from State to na- 

 tional institutions. The following table shows 

 the amount of capital invested in banking 

 business : 



