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increase the capital stock to oae million ; the 



riptions, with tlio $400,000 guaranteed 



!io railroad company, reaching that 



:rih unit. All that now remains to complete 



this v;iln;ihlo enterprise is, to obtain a charter 



iV-'in the Legislature. 



To the military of the State 158 volunteer 

 companies wer.o added during the year, and 

 .MI disbanded, which leaves 811 organized and 

 active, and which are now recognized by act 

 of legislation as the National Guard of Penn- 

 sylvania. From these companies 14 regiments 

 ;ni'l ."> battalions have been formed. The quota 

 of arms due the State was drawn from the 

 (ii'Mi-ral Government, and distributed: they 

 consisted of 4,500 breech-loading rifle-muskets 

 and accoutrements, with a proportionate sup- 

 ply of ammunition. All the State military 

 departments created by the war have been 

 merged in that of the Adjutant-General ; the 

 military records of Pennsylvania are deposited 

 in that department, which is also the responsi- 

 ble custodian of all military property belong- 

 ing to the Commonwealth. Four volumes of 

 tla- military history of Pennsylvania, prepared 

 by authority of an act of the Legislature in 

 1864, have been produced. The fifth and last 

 volume will be completed before next June. 



Upon application of the First Troop Phila- 

 delphia City Cavalry to be relieved from pay- 

 ment of collateral-inheritance tax, on a bequest 

 of John W. Grigg, of $10,000, a consenting act 

 was passed, which also removed such tax on 

 all similar bequests made to advance the effi- 

 ciency, drill, and discipline of this arm of the 

 militia of the Commonwealth. On the 18th 

 of April about 200 survivors of the five Penn- 

 sylvania volunteer companies, who were the 

 first citizen troops from the States who reached 

 the national capital in 1861, publicly ob- 

 served the ninth anniversary of that event, in 

 Pottsville. 



The report of the Superintendent of Com- 

 mon Schools shows that there are now within 

 the State 2,002 school districts ; 14,212 

 schools; 2,892 graded schools; 13,100 direc- 

 tors; 79 county and other superintendents; 

 17,612 teachers; and 828,891 pupils. This is 

 an increase over the preceding year of 81 dis- 

 tricts ; 276 schools ; 447 graded schools ; 200 

 directors; 8 superintendents; 470 teachers; 

 and 13,138 pupils. 



The cost of tuition for the past year was 

 $3,746,475.81 ; building, purchasing, and rent- 

 ing school-houses, $2,765,644.34; contingen- 

 cies, $1,165,226.05; other expenditures, $95,- 

 475 ; making a total of $7,771,761.20. Esti- 

 mated value of school property, $15,837,183. 

 Average salary of male teachers, $40.65 per 

 month ; length of school term, 6.06 months ; 

 and the cost per month of each pupil, 98 cents. 



In addition to the above, five normal schools 

 are recognized by the State. These are in- 

 tended especially to instruct in the art of teach- 

 ing, and to furnish suitable teachers for the 

 common schools. Since their recognition, 



12,890 students have 1> -n r<-< eived into them, 

 and 2,675 are now i-nnllinl. There are 66 

 professors and tutors. The libraries contain 

 8,135 volumes. The buildings and grounds 

 are valued at $364,667, and the furniture and 

 apparatus at $75,000. 



Besides the schools that receive legislative 

 support, there are in the State 601 private 

 schools, seminaries, and academics, employing 

 848 teachers, and having 24,815 students. 

 The estimated value of their property is $600,- 

 000, and the annual amount received for tui- 

 tion $380,000. There are also 13 colleges, 

 with 157 professors and tutors, and 2,805 stu- 

 dents enrolled. They own much valuable 

 property, and their libraries number 95,000 

 volumes. 



Great care is bestowed upon the Soldiers' 

 Orphan Schools. In the report of the superin- 

 tendent of these schools for the year termi- 

 nating May 31, 1870, it is stated that, since 

 their first organization, the whole number of 

 children admitted is 5,053. And, during the 

 same period, the discharges, including deaths, 

 amount to 1,524, leaving 3,529 in the schools 

 at the close of the year, of whom 2,137 are in 

 " graded " and 793 in " primary schools," and 

 599 in " Homes." During the year termi- 

 nating May 31, 1871, 493 of these will be dis- 

 charged on age. 



In these schools there was a balance of 

 yearly expenses, over the appropriations, of 

 $19,426.42; as, owing to the extreme pressure 

 of suffering and indigent applicants, a larger 

 number of children was admitted than was 

 anticipated. 



The Agricultural College is gradually suc- 

 ceeding in its objects, and the experimental 

 farms, established under the supervision of the 

 officers, have thus far answered expectations. 

 The publication of careful observations and 

 experiments, made in different parts of the 

 State, with various climates and soils, will be 

 beneficial to practical farmers. The Blind 

 Asylum gives cheerful account of the pros- 

 perity of the institution, which ministers to 

 the comfort of 183 persons, who are instructed 

 in various departments of useful knowledge. 

 The Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble- 

 minded Children, located 20 miles from Phila- 

 delphia, on the Philadelphia and Westchester 

 Railroad, has 171 children and patients, from 

 5 to 45 years of age. The report of the State 

 Lunatic Asylum, made in September, calls 

 attention to the deficiency of its resources to 

 enable it to extend its usefulness and increase 

 its efficiency. The number of patients admitted 

 during nine months up to date was 168 ; during 

 the same period, 144 were discharged, and 39 

 died, leaving still in the hospital, on Septem- 

 ber 30th, 434. Appropriations were made to 

 many charitable institutions by the Legislature. 

 Of these, $20,000 was for the support of the 

 Pennsylvania Lunatic Asylum ; $150,000 for a 

 new Insane Hospital at Danville; $2,000 for 

 the Home of the Friendless at Harrisburg ; 



