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INDIANA. 



lation of 1,673,941, an increase of 323,513 since 

 1860. The following table gives the figures 



for all the counties, taken from the last and 

 the preceding enumerations : 



The largest city in the State is Indianapolis, 

 the capital, which has 36,565 inhabitants. In 

 1860 the population numbered 18,611, and in 

 1850 it was 8,034. The next' two cities in 

 point of size are Evansville, 22,830 inhabitants, 

 and Fort Wayne, 17,718. 



The principal agricultural products of the 

 State, according to the latest official report, 

 that of 1869, are as follows: 



The labors of the State Geologist, Mr. Ed- 

 ward T. Cox, who was appointed in 1869, al- 

 ready show that Indiana is comparatively rich 

 in mineral resources. He has found that a 

 vein of block-coal, three miles in width, may 

 be worked with profit all the way from the 

 Ohio Eiver to "Warren County, a distance of 

 one hundred and fifty miles. There are also 

 valuable iron-mines, in which only a beginning 

 has been made in developing their richness. 



After making all allowances for funds 

 available for the reduction of the debt, the 

 Governor states it bn the 5th of January, 1871, 

 as follows : 



'FOREIGN DEBT. 

 War-loan bonds $178,000 00 



DOMESTIC DEBT. 



Non-negotiable bonds given to the School 

 Fund $3,551,316 15 



Sinking Fund moneys applied to rBdemp- 

 tion of the State debt, for which no non- 

 negotiable bond has 'yet been given to 



SchoolFund $177,700 00 



Vincennes University bonds 63,585 00 



Total domestic debt 3,792,601 15 



Entire debt, foreign and domestic, on the 

 5th day of January, 1871 3,970,601 15 



The receipts and disbursements of the 

 Treasury for the fiscal year, ending October 

 31, 1870, were as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Surplus from preceding year $306.652 04 



Delinquent revenue of former years 1,140.960 41 



Common-school revenue 1,505,316 55 



SinkiugFund 704,510 21 



CollegeFund 15,625 83 



Public Institutions 140,870 00 



Miscellaneous 83,624 40 



Total ... $3,896,641 44 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Ordinary Government expenses $195.882 55 



Expenses of Executive Offices 9,623 25 



Benevolent Institutions 277,450 25 



Reformatory Institutions 223,824 74 



Educational Institutions 20,231 81 



Public indebtedness 1,108,778 2 



Military expenses 4,427 63 



College Fund 15,890 50 



Common-School Fund 1,544,640 70 



Revenue refunded 99,rS7 09 



Miscellaneous 52,470 02 



Total... $3,532,406 79 



Balance in the Treasury, November 1, 1870. . 364,134 65 



Public education is improving in Indiana un- 

 der the present system. Besides the common 

 schools of the State, there is a university at 

 Bloomington, which is in a flourishing condi- 

 tion. The Normal School at Terre Haute, 

 which was founded in 1867, is in successful 

 operation, and doing a good work. The Agri- 

 cultural College, for the founding of which 

 Government bonds were donated by act of 



