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INDIANA. 



D. Coffey, John G. Berkshire, Walter Olds, Byron 

 K. Elliott, and Joseph A. S. Mitchell, who died 

 on Dec. 12 and was succeeded by Robert W. Mc- 

 Bride by appointment of the Governor. 



Population. The following table exhibits 

 the population of the State by counties, as ascer- 

 tained by the national census of this year, com- 

 pared with similar returns for 1880 : 



* Decrease. 



Finances. There was no increase during the 

 year in the bonded State debt, which remained 

 at $8,540,615.12; but, as in every year since 

 1877, the current receipts of revenue were insuffi- 

 cient to meet the expenditures, and the balance 

 of $974,109.35 in the State treasury at the be- 

 ginning of the fiscal year had almost disappeared 

 at its close. At the present rate of State taxa- 

 tion for general purposes (12 cents on each $100) 

 the receipts must continue to fall below the ex- 

 penditures by $500,000 annually. Taxation of 

 corporations is recommended by the Governor. 



County Debts. The total debt of Indiana 

 counties for 1890 was $6,827,674, an increase of 

 $2,753,220 in ten years. Of this sum $5,872,956 

 is a bonded debt and $954,718 a floating debt. 

 Of the 92 counties, only 18 are out of debt. 



Education. The condition of the common- 

 school funds of the State on June 30 was as 

 follows : Held by counties, June, 1889, $3,303,- 

 148.49 ; deductions on account of errors in re- 

 ports, $530.55 ; net fund for June, 1889, $3.302,- 

 617.94 ; from distribution of the proceeds of non- 

 negotiable bonds, $3,904,783.23 ; from fines by 

 county clerks, $32,526.72; from fines by justices, 

 $35,681.44 ; from other sources, $14,435.88 ; held 

 by counties, June, 1890, $7,290,063.21 ; net in- 

 crease in 1890, $82,123.49. 



The condition of the Congressional Township 

 fund was as follows : Reported held by counties, 

 June, 1889 (corrected), $2,450,671.79 ; added by 

 sale of lands, $11,102.20; total, $2.461,773.99; 

 value of 1,830 acres of unsold lands, $32,326.38 ; 

 total, $2,494,100.37; increase in Congressional 

 fund, $11,107.18. 



At the State Normal School at Terre Haute, 

 86 counties were represented by 1,009 pupils 

 during the year ending Oct. 31. The past two 

 years have been the most prosperous in the his- 

 tory of the institution. At Purdue University 

 439 pupils were in attendance for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1889. and 463 pupils for the year 

 ending June 30, 1890. 



Charities. For the year ending Oct. 31, 1889, 

 189 boys and 159 girls were cared for at the 

 State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and 

 161 boys and 138 girls remained in attendance 

 at the end of the year. There were received 

 during the year for maintenance $55,000, and 

 expended $54,999.39; received for repairs 

 $3.000, expended $2,998.88. The average num- 

 ber of pupils in attendance was 300, and the net 

 per capita expense, $180.65. For the year end- 

 ing Oct. 31, 1890, the total attendance* was 355, 

 and there remained at the close of the year 160 



