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PENNSYLVANIA. 



of $12,349,920.28. The public debt Nov. 30, 

 1889, was $13,856,971.28. The reduction during 

 1890 was $1,507,051. 



The balance in the State treasury on Nov. 30, 

 1889, was $3,969,587.53 ; the total receipts of the 

 ensuing fiscal year were $8,625,919.10, and the 

 total expenditures $8,168,861.18, leaving a bal- 

 ance in the treasury on Nov. 30, 1890 of $4,426,- 

 645.45. The receipts for the year were derived 

 from the following sources: Tax on corporation 

 stock and limited partnerships, $1,935,396.45; 

 tax on gross receipts (corporations), $513,805.70 ; 

 tax on gross premiums, $45,560.98 ; tax on bank 

 stock, $413.368.43 ; tax on net earnings or in- 

 come, $100,393.36 ; tax on loans, public and pri- 

 vate, $696,441.48; tax on personal property, $923,- 

 938.94; tax on writs, wills, deeds, etc., $152,269.- 

 42 : tax on collateral inheritances, $670,371.12 ; 

 tax on fertilizers, $8,190 ; foreign insurance com- 

 panies, $354,023.96; eating-house licenses, $5,- 

 141.91 ; retail liquor licenses, $305,270.49 ; whole- 

 sale liquor licenses, $324,801.50 ; brewers' li- 

 censes, $81,879.22; bottlers' licenses, $40,511; 

 retailers' licenses, $269,992.93; billiard licenses, 

 $22,286.28 ; bonus on charters, $168,710.96 ; ac- 

 crued interest, $106,882.34; Allegheny Valley 

 Railroad Company, $247,499.98; United States 

 Government, $178,567.19 : commutation of ton- 

 nage tax, $865.654.94; fees of public officers, 

 $89,386.85 ; other sources, $107,526.17. The ex- 

 penditures include the following items : Ex- 

 penses of State officials and departments, $1,304,- 

 541.05 ; loans redeemed, $1,507,051 ; interest on 

 loans, $581,320.07 ; premiums on loans redeemed, 

 $123,850.50 ; charitable institutions, $731,823.53 ; 

 indigent insane, $408,650.93 ; penitentiaries, $97,- 

 390 ; improvement of Philadelphia Harbor, $200,- 

 000; common schools, $2,345,493.24; National 

 Guard, $228,065.84; soldiers' orphans' schools, 

 $169,029.15; Gettysburg monument, $77,631; 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, $81,150; Reform 

 School, $25,756.20 ; Industrial Reformatory, $61,- 

 460; House of Refuge, $60,000; State College, 

 $49,560 ; other objects, $117,740.83. 



County Debts. The total debt of Pennsyl- 

 vania counties is $8,654,943, a decrease of $1,- 

 126,441 in ten years. The bonded debt is $8,- 

 513,606, and the floating debt $141,337. Nearly 

 every county has a debt. 



Education. For the school year ending in 

 1890 the following statistics of public schools 

 are reported by the Superintendent : Number of 

 school districts, 2,326 ; number of schools, 22,365 ; 

 number of graded schools, 10,750 ; number of male 

 teachers, 8,382 ; number of female teachers, 16,- 

 111 ; whole number of teachers, 24,493 ; average 

 salary of male teachers per month, $39.86 ; aver- 

 age salary of female teachers per month, $30.54 ; 

 average length of school term in months, 7.38; 

 number of pupils enrolled, 965,444; average 

 number of pupils, 682.941 ; cost of tuition, $6,- 

 937,689.97 ; cost of building, purchasing, and rent- 

 ing, $2,738,418.41 ; cost of fuel, contingencies, 

 debt, and interest paid, $3,252,313.72 : total cost 

 of tuition, building, fuel, and contingencies, 

 $12,828,422.10; State appropriation, $2,000,000; 

 estimated value of school property, $35,435,963. 

 The above figures cover all the schools of the 

 State. For the city of Philadelphia alone the 

 figures are as follow : Number of schools, 2,607 ; 

 number of male teachers, 93 ; number of female 



teachers, 2,514 ; average salary of male teachers 

 per month, $133.20; average salary of female 

 teachers per month, $67.17 ; number of pupils in 

 school at end of year, 116,389 ; average attend- 

 ance 108,124; paid for teachers' salaries, $1,499,- 

 102.76 ; paid for houses, additions, and repairs, 

 $607,095.70 ; paid for books, fuel, stationery, and 

 contingencies, $595,354.79. 



There was an increase for the year in the en- 

 tire State of 11,035 pupils, 576 teachers, 476 

 schools, and $1,026,161.28 in total cost of the 

 school system. The State appropriation of $2,- 

 000,000 for schools was distributed among the 

 districts at the rate of $1.383 per taxable, except 

 in those counties where a portion was used to in- 

 crease the salaries of superintendents. 



The statement of the thirteen normal schools 

 for the year shows a total of 5,420 pupils in the 

 normal departments; income for the year, $762,- 

 319.32 ; expenses, $679,087.02 ; value of real es- 

 tate, $1,870,865.68. 



Soldiers' Orphans' Schools. Under the 

 provisions of the act of May, 1889, the soldiers' 

 orphans' school commission therein provided for 

 has been organized. The number of schools is 

 now but three, under the immediate direction 

 of the commission, and a limited number of 

 children are placed in three private institutions. 

 These changes have largely reduced the cost of 

 supporting these children. 



Reformatory. The State Industrial Reform- 

 atory, at Huntingdon, was opened on Feb. 15, 

 1889, since which time 478 persons have been 

 received. Of these, 97 have been paroled and 13 

 discharged, leaving 368 in the institution on 

 Dec. 31, 1890. There is an industrial depart- 

 ment, where the inmates are taught useful trades, 

 and a farm leased by the managers gives an op- 

 portunity to those who have a taste for agriculture. 

 An arrangement was also made for the manu- 

 facture of rattan and reed chairs., by which the 

 prisoners have earned $7,625.05. Brick making 

 has also been carried on, and much labor has 

 been done iipon the Reformatory grounds. 



Militia. The State militia consists of 509 of- 

 ficers and 7,747 enlisted men, of whom 7,365 are 

 infantry, 219 artillery, and 173 cavalry. The 

 number of men in the State available for'military 

 duty is 692,094. The annual appropriation made 

 by the United States Government to the Nation- 

 al Guard has been increased, and through this it 

 has been possible to arm the entire guard with 

 the improved Springfield rifle. The equipment 

 has been in other respects much improved. 



Insurance. During 1889 the life-insurance 

 companies of the State issued 3,860 policies, in- 

 suring $10,412,944 upon the lives of residents of 

 the State, a decrease in comparison with the 

 business of the preceding year of 118 policies, and 

 an increase of $126,130 in insurance. In addition 

 to the above there were issued during the year 

 3,832 industrial policies, insuring $360,565. Com- 

 panies of other States issued 15,795 policies in the 

 State, insuring $52,721,621. In addition, there 

 were issued in the State 272,632 industrial pol- 

 icies, insuring $28,821,479, making a total of 

 policies issued by companies of other States of 

 $288,428, insuring $81,543,100, and an aggregate 

 by all companies of 296,450 policies, insuring 

 $92,348,477. 



The entire fire, marine, and inland business 



