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and forming a permanent basis of revenue. 

 The receipts into the Treasury, for the fiscal 

 year ending November 30, were $735,919.91. 

 The disbursements for the same period were 

 $704,683.52, leaving a balance in the Treasury 

 of $51,236.39. Of the recognized State debt, 

 there was outstanding at the close of the year 

 the following : 



Eight per cent, bonds of July, 1858 $125,000 00 



Seven per cent. Sioux war loan, 1862, 100,000 00 



State building loan, July, 1867 100,000 00 



Total funded debt $325,000 00 



During the year, $125,000 of the 8 per cent. 

 loan of 1858 were redeemed, and a new loan 

 of $100,000, for buildings for State institu- 

 tions, made; thus decreasing the bonded debt 

 $25,000. All the above bonds are held by 

 the Permanent School Fund, except $16,000, 

 which latter will be purchased as soon as they 

 can be obtained. The constitutional limit of 

 State loans is $350,000, until the war debt of 

 1862 matures, after which the limit will be 

 $250,000. 



The provisions for common-school support 

 are most munificent, and the funds are con- 

 stantly increasing. The additions to the per- 

 manent school fund for the year were $253,- 

 871.44. The fund now amounts to $1,587,210.78 ; 

 246,126 acres of land had been sold up to the 

 close of the fiscal year. The school lands of the 

 State, when all the public lands are surveyed, 

 will amount to about 3,OOQ,000 acres. The 

 fund ultimately to be derived from these lands 

 will, with a continuance of the present prudent 

 and successful management, amount to fifteen 

 million dollars, exceeding the united school 

 funds of Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio. 



The following facts present a gratifying ex- 

 hibit of the increase of educational facilities in 

 the State: The increase during the year in 

 the number of organized school districts is 

 209 ; the total number of districts being 

 2,207. The whole number of children between 

 the ages of 5 and 21 years as returned is 114,- 

 421, being an increase of 12,203 on the number 

 in 1866. The superintendent estimates that 

 the number o children not returned would 

 make the total number of the State 125,000. 

 The whole number attending school in 1867 

 was 65,807, an increase of 13,054 on the num- 

 ber the year before. The whole number of 

 teachers employed in 1867 was 2,585, being an 

 increase of 428. The sum paid teachers in 

 1867 was $254,986, an increase of $85,840. 

 The value of school-houses in 1867 was $746,- 

 291. The number of school-houses built in 

 1867 was 337. Owing to the imperfect returns, 

 these figures fall short of the facts. The sum 

 apportioned from the general State school fund 

 in 1867 was $91,906, an increase of $13,407 

 over the year before. The estimated amount 

 raised by the two-mill county tax, and disbursed 

 by the counties, for the year, is estimated at 

 $144,935, an increase of $29,000. The whole 

 amount of tax voted by districts in 1867, $225,- 



672; increase over 1866, $136,651. Whole 

 amount expended for school purposes in 1867, 

 $736,532, being an increase of $299,221. The 

 balance of school funds in district treasuries 

 September 80, 1867, was $50,557. There have 

 been erected or completed during the year, new 

 school-houses costing, in the aggregate, $331,- 

 219. Provision has been made for the es- 

 tablishment of three Normal schools, one of 

 which is in successful operation, with contin- 

 ued and increasing usefulness. The number 

 of students is 87, and the attendance in the 

 model classes 171. Many applications for ad- 

 mission have been refused for want of room. 

 Aspacious building is now in course of erection, 

 which, when completed, will enable the institu- 

 tion more fully to meet the objects of its organ- 

 ization. Appropriations have been made con- 

 ditionally for the opening of two others, and 

 the earnest and effective labor in their behalf, 

 by the friends of education where they are 

 located, gives promise that they will soon be in 

 full operation. 



The preparatory department of the State 

 University has been organized during the year, 

 and 50 students have entered the different 

 courses. An auspicious beginning has been 

 made, that, under the fostering care of the Le- 

 gislature, it is confidently hoped will be devel- 

 oped into an institution that will rank with the 

 first of the land, and not only secure to the 

 youth of the State the highest facilities for in- 

 tellectual training, but shall, with the natural 

 attractions of climate and scenery, bring stu- 

 dents from afar. It is proposed to connect an 

 agricultural department with the university, 

 which will add largely to its usefulness and 

 success. 



Of soldiers' claims, 761 presented by the Ad- 

 jutant-General's office, amounting to $94,142, 

 were collected and paid to claimants, leaving 

 2,675 still pending. One thousand five hun- 

 dred and ninety-six new claims were prepared 

 and forwarded during the year. The publica- 

 tion of the appendix to the report of 1866 gives 

 the military history of each soldier from the 

 State during the late war, and is a valuable 

 record. 



The report of the Inspectors and "Warden of 

 the State prison represents the condition of 

 that institution as satisfactory. The discipline 

 of the prison has been excellent. The number 

 of convicts at the beginning of the year was 



35. The number received during the year was 



36. Of this number 25 were discharged, and 

 one died, leaving the number of convicts, at 

 date of report, 45. A new and commodious 

 shop was erected at a cost of $9,383.75, for 

 which an appropriation of $7,000 had been 

 made. The prison-yard was extended, at a cost 

 of $2,101.44, for which no appropriation had 

 been made. New cells were erected and fur- 

 nished, at a cost of $650.53, for which an equal 

 amount had been appropriated. The salaries 

 and current expenses of the prison were $18,- 

 259.10, for which $16,054.59 was appropriated. 



