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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



126, increase in ten years, 11,496; Nashua, 19,- 

 311, increase, 5,914: Concord, 17,004. increase, 

 3,161; Dover, 12.790, increase, 1,103; Ports- 

 mouth, 9,827, increase, 137; Keene, 7,446, in- 

 crease, 662. Towns Rochester, 7,396, increase, 

 1,612 ; Somersworth, 6,207, increase, 621 ; Laco- 

 nia, 6,143, increase, 2,353: Clarernont, 5,565, in- 

 crease, 861. (See article on " Keene," under CIT- 

 IES, AMERICAN.) 



Finances. The following figures show the 

 receipts and expenditures at the State treasury 

 for the past fiscal year, and the condition of the 

 State debt : 



Cash on hand, June 1. 1889 $313,843 68 



Receipts during the year 1,365,426 39 



$1,679,270 07 



$1,679,270 07 



Disbursements during the year.. $1,477,208 76 

 Cash on hand, June 1, 1390 202,061 31 



Liabilities, June 1, 18S9. $2,953,550 23 



Assets, June 1, 1889 821,2:54 06 



Net indebtedness $2,632,316 17 



Liabilities, June 1, 1890 $2,691.019 45 



Assets, June 1, 1 890 209,566 1 1 



Net indebtedness $2,481,453 34 



Reduction of debt during the year $150,862 83 



On July 1, State bonds to the amount of $100,- 

 000 fell due and were retired, and on Jan. 1, 1891, 

 other bonds amounting to $14,000 were paid. 

 During the fiscal years 1891-'92 and 1892-'93 

 bonds to the amount of $582,100 will mature. 

 It was expected that an annual State tax of 

 $500,000 for 1890 and 1891, levied by the Legis- 

 lature of 1889, would provide the means to re- 

 deem these bonds, but the appropriations by the 

 Legislature of 1889 were so much in excess of 

 the average for a series of years that such ex- 

 pectation will not be realized, unless the tax be 

 continued for the next two years. 



The actual expenses of the State government, 

 including interest on the debt, for the year end- 

 ing May 31, were $488,629.24, while the actual 

 revenue for the same time was $639,492.97. The 

 difference between these figures and the total 

 expenses and receipts above given represents the 

 amount of tax on corporations, which the State 

 Treasurer collects and turns over to the towns. 



County Debts. The total debt of New 

 Hampshire counties is $495,175, a decrease of 

 $283.859 in ten years, $315,500 being bonded 

 and $179,675 floating. Every county is in debt. 



Education. The following public-school sta- 

 tistics cover the school year ending in 1890: 

 Number of public schools, 2,302 : increase in one 

 year, 109: average length of school in weeks, 

 23-55 ; increase. 0'77 : number of scholars enrolled, 

 59,813; decrease, 311; average attendance, 41,- 

 526; decrease, 1,958; number attending private 

 schools, 7,750; number not attending any school, 

 1,633; male teachers, 306; decrease, 6; female 

 teachers, 2,808 ; increase, 81 ; monthly wages, 

 male teachers, $45.88 : increase, $2.51 ; monthly 

 wages, female teachers, $25.64: increase, 22 

 cents ; number of school-houses, 2,078 ; built 

 during the year, 40 ; estimated value of school 

 property, $2,578,257.97 : increase, $197,652.46. 



The amount of money raised for schools by 

 town taxes during the year was $515,141.63, and 

 by district taxes $144,434.19. The Literary fund 

 of the State amounts to $53,665.69 ; local funds, 



$14.967.84; railroad tax, $4.962.01; dog tax, 

 $6,246.65; amount contributed in board, fuel, 

 and money, $11,848.84: entire amount of rev- 

 enue, $751,266.85, an' increase of $38,836.27 over 

 the previous year. 



The State Normal School, which has been es- 

 tablished for twenty years, is prosperous. The 

 number of pupils in the normal department 

 during the last school year was 102, the largest 

 attendance for sixteen years. New buildings are 

 in process of erection, including a brick school- 

 house and a boarding hall, which will cost about 

 $70,000. 



Charities. The State Insane Asylum at Con- 

 cord, established in 1842, has cared for more 

 than 5,000 patients during its existence. Its ac- 

 commodations have been gradually enlarged 

 until 350 patients can be cared for at one time. 

 The legislative act of 1889 has caused the trans- 

 fer of many cases from the county almshouse to 

 the asylum, and the limit to its capacity is al- 

 most reached. 



The Legislature of 1889 also passed an act to es- 

 tablish a home for disabled soldiers and sailors of 

 the State, and made an appropriation of $30,000 

 for its construction and $10,000 for its mainte- 

 nance for the two years immediately following the 

 passage of the act. A location for the home was 

 offered free by a cinzen, and accepted by the 

 managers. It consists of a farm of about 40 acres 

 in Tilton. On this site a commodious brick 

 building has been erected during the past season, 

 and was dedicated on Dec. 3. The home, which 

 will accommodate about 75 inmates, has 30 mem- 

 bers. 



Prisons. At the close of the year there were 

 107 convicts in the State Prison, about half the 

 number that entered the building at the time 

 of its completion twelve years ago. At the In- 

 dustrial School there were 98 boys and 17 girls. 



Militia. The State militia, at the close of 

 the year, consisted of 21 companies of infantry, 

 1 troop of cavalry, and 1 battery, with a total of 

 120 officers and *1,039 enlisted men. It is well 

 equipped and organized. An annual encamp- 

 ment is held. 



Savings Banks. The aggregate of deposits 

 in the 72 savings banks of the State on Sept. 30 

 was $65,727,019.04, an increase of $8,426,428.56 

 in one year. This is the largest increase ever 

 made by the banks in one year. Their guarantee 

 fund amounts to $3,791,339.34, their surplus to 

 $2,379.746.30, and their miscellaneous debts to 

 $18,386.84, making their total liabilities $71,916,- 

 491.52. Their investments outside of New Eng- 

 land amount to $46,720.549.78, of which $25.- 

 855,954.65 is in Western loans, and $20,864,595.- 

 13 in United States, State, county, city, town, 

 and other bonds, and in railroad, bank, manu- 

 facturing, and other stocks. Their New Hamp- 

 shire investments amount to $20,172,027.30, and 

 their investments in New England outside of 

 New Hampshire to $1,826,186.41. The number 

 of depositors was 159,782, giving an average of 

 $411.35 to each. The rate of taxation of sav- 

 ings deposits is greater than in any other State. 



Railroads. Under the compromise act of 

 1889, which ended the railroad war, unions have 

 been effected by which what were chartered as 

 42 distinct roads have been consolidated into 5 

 systems, as follow : Grand Trunk system, 1 road, 



