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KANSAS. 



Finances. The reports of the Auditor and 

 Treasurer for the fiscal years ending June 30, 

 1889, and June 30, 1890, show receipts and dis- 

 bursements of all funds as follow : 



For 1889 : Keceipts, inclusive of amount in treasury 

 June 30, 1888, $3,190,190.79; disbursements, $2,846,- 

 445.10; balance in treasury June 30, 1889, $343,745.69. 



For 1890 : Receipts, inclusive of amount in treasury 

 June 30, 1889, $3.309,^37.56 : disbursements, $2,594,- 

 099.43 ; balance in treasury June 30, 1890; $715,138.13. 



The receipts for 1889 included $1,329,000.49 

 from taxes, $29,000 from sale of Kansas State 

 bonds, $104,067.49 from the Penitentiary, $265,- 

 445.26 from sales of school lands, $159,749.92 

 from sales of Government land, being 5 per cent. 

 of the total sales, $233,318.80 from interest on 

 the permanent school fund bonds, $318,466.80 

 from interest on sales of school lands, and $41,- 

 704.90 from the insurance department. The ex- 

 penditures for 1889 included $1,311,178.24 from 

 the general revenue fund, $30,000 for sinking- 

 fund bonds paid, $54,915 for interest on the 

 State debt, $13,961.18 for interest on Quantrell 

 raid claims, $207,231.43 for the State House 

 construction, $544,353.81 for annual support of 

 schools, and $580,086.25 added to the permanent 

 school fund. 



For 1890 the receipts included $1,404,416.60 

 from taxes, $105,258.10 from the Penitentiary, 

 $162,863.40 from sales of school lands, $253,550.17 

 from sales of Government lands, 5 per cent., 

 $274,943.42 from interest on permanent school 

 fund bonds, $224,857.12 from interest on sales 

 of school lands, and $35,767 from the insurance 

 department. The expenditures for 1890 includ- 

 ed $1,018,630.92 from the general revenue fund, 

 $34,172.95 for Quantrell raid claims paid, $58,- 

 000 for interest on State debt, $187,488.01 for 

 State House construction, $523,302.78 for annual 

 support of schools, and $633,445 added to the 

 permanent school fund. 



The aggregate bonded debt of the State 

 amounts to $801,000, of which $12.500 becomes 

 due in 1894, $36,500 in 1895, $70,000 in 1896 

 $200,000 in 1897, $220,000 in 1898, $159,000 in 

 1899, $18,000 in 1908, and 85,000 in 1909. 



The Auditor's report shows that $536,000 of 

 this amount is owned by the permanent school 

 fund, and $9,000 by the State University fund, 

 leaving $256,000 as the amount of bonds owned 

 by individuals, 



Under an act of the Legislature of 1887, 

 whereby the State assumed the payment of cer- 

 tain guerilla raid claims, certificates of indebt- 

 edness, the principal of which aggregates $352,- 

 963.91, have been issued by the Auditor of the 

 State. This sum, with the bonds before men- 

 tioned, forms the total State debt. 



County Debts. The total debt of Kansas 

 counties 'in 1890 was $14,817,780, of which all 

 except $588,105 is a bonded debt. There has 

 been an increase of $6,861,859 in the total debt 

 since 1880. Only 10 of the 78 counties in the 

 State are without debt. 



Valuations. The total valuation of taxable 

 property in the State for 1890, as returned by 

 the county clerks, was $347,717,218, which sum 

 was increased by the State Board of Equalization 

 to $348,459,943. These figures show a decrease 

 of $12,355,130 from the valuation of 1889. The 

 valuation of town lots was $72,814,873, a de- 



crease of $3.515,798 from 1889 ; of other real 

 estate (including 44,059,605 acres of land), $168,- 

 285,199, a decrease of $5,516,811; of personal 

 property, $48,750,913, a decrease of $4,436,458 ; 

 of railroad property, $57.866,232, an increase of 

 $371,383. The rate of taxation for State pur- 

 poses was 4-25 mills, 3'4 mills being for the gen- 

 eral fund -4 mill for the State House fund, '2 mill 

 for the interest fund, and '25 mill for the Univer- 

 sity fund. 



Education. The following public-school sta- 

 tistics, covering the school years ending June 30, 

 1889 and 1890, are reported by the State Super- 

 intendent : 



The receipts arid expenditures of each year for 

 school purposes were as follow : 



Receipts, 1889. Balance in district treasuries, 

 July 1, 1888, $534,007.15 ; received from coun- 

 ty treasurers, from district taxes, $3,625,406.36 ; 

 from the State and county school funds $526,- 

 592.91 : from sale of school bonds, $969,023.19 ; 

 from all other sources, $260,134.15; making a 

 total of $5,915,163.76. 



Expenditures, 1889. For teachers' wages 

 and supervision, $2,986.903.96 ; for rents, repairs, 

 fuel, and incidentals, $725,955.66 ; for district 

 libraries and school apparatus, $68,755.86 ; for 

 sites, buildings, and furniture, $1,014,730.81; 

 and for all other purposes, $341,114.58 ; making 

 a total of $5,137,460.87, and leaving in the 

 hands of district treasurers, June 30, 1889, a 

 balance of $777,702.89. 



Receipts, 1890. Balance in district treas- 

 uries, July 1, 1889, $694.417.67; received from 

 county treasuries, from district taxes, $3,572,- 

 340.20 : from the State and county school funds, 

 $502,502.95 ; from sale of school bonds, $757,- 

 932.55 ; from all other sources, $169,466.59 ; mak- 

 ing a total of $5,696,659.96. 



Expenditures, 1890. For teachers' wages 

 and supervision, $3,021,066.38 ; for rents, repairs, 

 fuel, and incidentals, $680,291.16; for district 

 libraries and school apparatus, $77,076.49 ; for 

 sites, buildings, and furniture, $874,221 ; and 

 for all other purposes, $320,311.83; making a 

 total of $4,972,966.86, and leaving in the h;inds 

 of district treasurers, June 30, 1890, a balance 

 of $723,693.10. 



The following were the permanent funds of 

 the State available for educational purposes on 

 Dec. 31, 1890 : Permanent school fund, $5,801,- 

 664.68 ; University fund, $126,463.91 ; Normal 

 School fund. $126,118.55. 



At the State University for the school year 

 1889-'90 there were 508 students, of whom 17 



