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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



the law passed at the previous session, sus- 

 pending for five years the annual parade and 

 encampment of the militia in May, and in the 

 fall, has saved some ten thousand dollars of 

 the annual State expenses for military matters. 

 The Adjutant-General avers in his report that 

 this law is not calculated to benefit the State, 

 whose interests are best promoted by maintain- 

 ing a well-disciplined force ready for service at 

 call on emergency. It has also met with disap- 

 probation in the militia itself, among both men 

 and officers. In response to a call issued by the 

 Adjutant-General on August 19, 1870, the offi- 

 cers held a numerously-attended meeting on 

 the 26th, when they nnanimously adopted 

 resolutions expressing their views in regard to 

 the law, among others, the following : 



Resolved. That it is the spirit of the measure, and 

 not the dollars and cents involved, to which we ob- 

 ject ; but, notwithstanding the action taken by the 

 Legislature, we will still continue to do our duty 

 to the best of our ability, and use our utmost en- 

 deavors to sustain the organizations which we have 

 the honor to represent, and make them a credit to 

 the State. 



The annual enrolment of the militia, as 

 made by the clerks of the several towns and 

 cities in the State, shows a total of 34,826 for 

 1870, against 37,414 for 1869 ; the population 

 being set down at 826,899, as by the census of 

 1860. 



By a law passed at the session of 1869, to 

 take effect from September 15th that year, a 

 State tax of one per cent, was laid on the pre- 

 miums paid in New Hampshire to foreign in- 

 surance companies doing business in the State. 

 From that date up to January 1, 1870, the 

 amount collected on the said tax was $2,623.90, 

 besides $500 of license tax. The Governor 

 anticipated that about $11,000 would accrue 

 from this source to the State revenue in the 

 course of the year. Fire, marine, and life in- 

 surance companies, incorporated in other 

 States, and doing business in New Hampshire, 

 are eighty-eight. The amount of their trans- 

 actions in the State is quite large, the aggre- 

 gate premium paid them in 1869 having 

 exceeded one million dollars. About seven- 

 tenths of this sum represented the premiums 

 paid to less than a dozen life insurance compa- 

 nies. 



The most abundant sources of revenue in 

 New Hampshire, after the State tax, are the 

 taxes received on railroads and savings-banks. 

 During the year 1869 they yielded $224,805.35, 

 and $121,684.15, respectively. The railway 

 lines running throughout the State in all direc- 

 tions, and connecting her with the neighboring 

 States, are twenty-one. 



The number of savings-institutions in New 

 Hampshire is forty-five, seven more than in the 

 previous year. At the time of the Bank Com- 

 missioners' report, dated May 12, 1870, there 

 were eight other savings-banks which had been 

 chartered, but had not yet commenced opera- 

 tions. Their resources amounted in the aggre- 

 gate to $19,607,098.81, which is $2,339,319.45 



more than in the previous year. The whole 

 sum of deposits in these banks was $18,759,- 

 461.05, showing an increase of $2,379,603.96 

 over the deposits of the preceding year. The 

 surplus earnings, undivided, were reported to 

 be $830,140.59. The commissioners remarked 

 that " the increase in the amount of deposits 

 the past year has been below that of the two 

 previous years (of about five per cent.) ; but 

 add that " the average to each depositor was 

 larger than that of any previous year." 



Three banks of discount had been operating 

 in the State with an aggregate capital of $114,- 

 480 ; up to May 12, 1870, this capital had been 

 reduced by $62,508, and two of them were 

 closing. 



The charitable institutions are well cared 

 and provided for by the State. The New 

 Hampshire Insane Asylum on April 30, 1869, 

 commenced the year with 237 patients, of whom 

 116 were men and 121 were women. The 

 number since admitted to April 30, 1870, has 

 been 130 74 men and 56 women making the 

 whole number under care during the year, 367; 

 91 persons 53 men and 38 women have 

 been discharged, and 12 men and 11 women 

 have died. The new year commences with 253 

 under care 125 men and 128 women. The 

 admissions exceeded those of the preceding 

 year by 35; the discharges by 20; and the 

 mortality by 1. Of those discharged, 37 had 

 recovered 22 men and 15 women ; 34 were in 

 various degrees improved 18 men and 16 

 women; and 20 13 men and 7 women had 

 not improved. As to age, there were two pa- 

 tients under 15 years, one over 80 ; of the older 

 class, 5 were between 70 and 80 years old, 14 

 between 60 and 70, and 12 between 50 and 60. 

 The receipts of the asylum during the year, 

 including the board paid for private, city, and 

 county patients, and the appropriation for in- 

 digent patients, amounted to $72,032.50 ; ex- 

 penses in the same period of time were $71,- 

 944.37. 



For the blind and deaf-mutes of the State 

 annual appropriations are respectively made 

 by the Legislature. 



The State Reform School also is in a most 

 satisfactory condition with regard both to its 

 management and the progress made by its in- 

 mates in their literary and industrial education. 

 The superintendent and treasurer state their 

 number and time of commitment as follows : 



Boye. Girls. Total. 



In the school April 30, 1869 91 15 106 



Committed since .. .... 44 5 49 



Remaining hi the school April 30, 



1870..T .. 83 10 83 



Average time of detention of children dis- 

 charged in 1869-'70, 2 years 15 days. " The 

 boys have a separate school from the girls, and 

 both must attend. They are taught reading, 

 from primer to fifth reader, arithmetic, geog- 

 raphy, grammar, writing in copy-books, and 

 progressive spelling." The usual public exam- 

 ination in this establishment took place last 





