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ILLINOIS. 



representatives to the ceremony. He further 

 stated that the question of the future regulation 

 of the Dalmatian administration would be dis- 

 cussed only after the definitive settlement of 



the future constitutional relations of Croatia to 

 the central Austrian Government. At the 

 close of the year the Diet had not taken any 

 definite action. 



ILLINOIS. From the State census taken 

 June 30, 1865, it appears that the population 

 amounted to 2,151,007, a gain of 439,056 since 

 the census of 1860. No returns were received 

 from seven counties, and their population has 

 been given as it was in 1860. The estimated 

 gain in these counties is 19,113, making a total 

 gain of 458,169. The increase in Sangamon 

 County is 15,999, or forty-nine per cent. The 

 population of Chicago was 178,539, a gain of 

 68,000 since the last census. 



The assessed valuation of the real and per- 

 sonal property in the State for 1865 was $391,- 

 683,284$34,894,231 more than for the pre- 

 ceding year, and $8,000,000 less than the ex- 

 ceedingly high valuation of 1857. 



The Legislature met on the 31st of Decem- 

 ber, 1864, the day to which it had been pro- 

 rogued by Governor Yates. Both Houses were 

 Republican. Governor Yates, in his message, 

 which was a lengthy one, gave the following 

 statement of the financial condition of the 

 State : 



Purchased and paid off by the State, with the 

 Central Railroad fund, from December 1, 

 1362, to December 15, 1864, State indebted- 

 ness 



Principal $875,983 41 



Interest, arrears of Interest, etc 80,158 98 



~ $906,147 39 



Ten per cent, paid on registered canal bonds 

 by Canal Trustees, instalments July, 1863, 

 and July, 1864, five per cent each 289,133 83 



$1,195,230 72 



Permanent debt funded and nnfunded amount 

 of different classes of State indebtedness out- 

 standing December 16, 1864 

 Illinois Bank and Internal Improvement Stock, $81,000 00 



Illinois Internal Improvement Stock 42,000 00 



Internal Improvement Scrip 19,570 83 



Liquidation Bonds 234,650 21 



New Internal Improvement Stock 1,848,407 85 



Interest Bonds, 1847 1,206,836 96 



Interest stock, 1857 704,404 75 



Two certificates for arrears of interest 1,002 58 



Refunded Stock -.... 1,837,000 00 



Normal University Bonds 65,000 00 



Thornton Loan Bonds (act approved February 



21, 1861) 182,000 00 



Balance Canal Claims under Thornton Loan 



Act 3,624 58 



War Bonds 1,679,100 00 



Illinois and Michigan Canal Bonds, payable in 



New York 1,618,000 00 



Illinois and Michigan Canal Bonds, payable in 



London 1,631,683 89 



Interest Certificates, Canal Stock not regis- 

 tered 17,661 83 



Canal Scrip signed by Governor 2,616 97 



One hundred and twcnty-ono Macalllster and 

 Stebblns Bonds, which, according to state- 

 ment of 0. Macallister, would amount, Jan- 

 uary 1, 1865, to about 27,000 00 



Total $11,178,56445 



The amount derived from the two mill tax on 

 the assessment of the year 1863, applicable to the 



dividend on State indebtedness, presented to 

 the Auditor January 1, 1865, was $600,000, 

 which, added to the amount extinguished with 

 the Central Railroad fund, made an aggregate 

 of $1,795,000 since December 1, 1862. The 

 seven per cent, of the gross earnings of the 

 Central Railroad for the years 1863 and 1864, 

 paid to the State, amounted to $705,908.62. 

 On the 1st of January, 1866, the State debt 

 was $10,651,714.31, showing a reduction dur- 

 ing the year 1865 of $526,850.14. 



In his message the Governor recommended 

 the creation of a Bureau of Agricultural, Me- 

 chanical, and Commercial Statistics. 



Richard Oglesby was inaugurated Governor 

 for four years. The Legislature adjourned at 

 the close of the month of January, not having 

 transacted business of any general interest. 

 Richard Yates was elected Senator for six 

 years, receiving sixty-four votes to forty-three 

 for James C. Robinson. At the election held for 

 county officers in November, 1865, Union tick- 

 ets were elected in twenty-two counties hith- 

 erto Democratic, while none were gained by 

 the opposition. 



The manufacturing establishments in the 

 State are in a prosperous condition, and new 

 ones are being added to their numbers. Prom- 

 inent among them are the American Watch 

 Factory, and the Milk and Beef Condensing 

 Establishment at Elgin, and the Pottery "Works 

 at Peoria. Owing to the high and fluctuating 

 taxes on spirits, most of the distilleries were 

 closed, and the enormous corn crop of 1865 re- 

 mained unused. Corn sold for ten cents a 

 bushel, and it was used to some extent for fuel, 

 being found to be cheaper than wood. 



The cotton crop of the State for the year is 

 estimated at 5,000,000 pounds, or 10,000 bales, 

 being an enormous increase over the crop of 

 1864. This cotton is produced principally by 

 negro labor. On an average, one thousand 

 pounds of unginned cotton were raised to the 

 acre, amounting, at ten cents per pound, to 

 $100 an acre. The seed sells at retail for 

 twenty-five cents per bushel a quantity was 

 sent to St. Louis for manufacture into oil. It 

 is now regarded by the farmers as the surest 

 and most profitable crop in the southern part 

 of the State. 



On the first of November the drill in the 

 new Artesian well at Chicago penetrated a vein 

 of pure water, which flowed steadily, at the rate 

 of 600,000 gallons a day. The water is clear, 

 sparkling, and pure ; and though but nine foot 

 from the other well, has no trace of sulphur, 

 and has a temperature of about fifty-eight de- 



