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highly successful. The whole number under 

 treatment was 532. Among the inmates at the 

 close of the year were 77 Germans, 50 Irish, 

 18 English, 28 Norwegians, 52 New-Yorkers, 

 27 natives of Wisconsin, and 7 each of Penn- 

 sylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire. The as- 

 signed causes of insanity were, 136 ill health, 

 70 religious excitement, 47 each to intemper- 

 ance, puerperal fever, and hereditary tenden- 

 cies, 46 each to overwork and epilepsy, 45 to 

 disappointed affections, and 44 to domestic 

 troubles. The current expenses for the year 

 were $80,518.37, and the sum of $7,344.94 was 

 expended for permanent improvements. A 

 site for an additional institution has been 

 selected at Oshkosh, on the banks of Lake 

 Wirmebago, where a tract of land containing 

 337 acres has been purchased. There has been 

 an alarming increase in the percentage of the 

 insane during the last twenty years, which is 

 shown in the following statement : 



The proportion of insane to the total popula- 

 tion in 1850, was one to every 5,655 ; in 1860, 

 one to 2,812 ; in 1870, one to 1,528. 



The number of convicts in the penitentiary 

 at the close of the year was 217. Although 

 an appropriation of $33,000 is asked for cur- 

 rent expenses for 1871, it is believed that this 

 is the last large appropriation that will be 

 needed, and that the institution hereafter will 

 be self-sustaining. On the 2d of May the work- 

 shops of the State-prison were destroyed by 

 lire, causing a loss of about $70,000. 



The report of the Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction shows the following school statis- 

 tics for the year : 



Number of children over four and under twenty 

 years of age 



Number that attended school during the past 

 year 



Number of school districts in the State 



Number of teachers required to teach the 

 schools 



Amount expended for public educational pur- 

 poses $2,094,160 



The average wages of male teachers in the 

 country districts is $41.77 per month, and that 

 of females $27.40. In the cities the average 

 salary per annum for male teachers is $1,001, 

 or $100.10 per month ; and for females $370 

 per annum, or $37 per month. The highest sal- 

 aries are paid in Milwaukee being $2,500 per 

 annum to male teachers, and $1,200 to female. 

 The total number of pupils in the State attend- 

 ing the public schools, private schools, acade- 

 mies and colleges, and other educational in- 

 stitutions, is estimated at 295,000 (an increase 

 of 5,000 over the number estimated for last 

 year), which shows a very large proportion of 

 school population not in attendance upon any 

 school. The two State Normal Schools at 

 Whitewater and Platteville are now in success- 

 ful operation, and have thus far fully satisfied 



412,481 



264,525 

 4,802 



6,661 



the expectations of the people. The citizens of 

 Wisconsin manifest a lively interest in the 

 welfare of their State University. The average 

 attendance has materially increased during the 

 past year, and the standard of education is 

 constantly rising. The chair of Geology, Min- 

 ing, and Metallurgy, has been recently added. 

 The Female College building is in process of 

 construction and will be ready for occupancy 

 in 1871. The whole number of pupils in at- 

 tendance at the Eeform School the past year 

 was 239, of whom there were 206 remaining 

 on October 1st. The amount expended for the 

 support of the school during the year was 

 $32,103.04. 



The following is the Federal census of Wis- 

 consin for the years 1860 and 1870 : 



The United States census for 1870 shows a 



