538 



NEW JEESEY. 



Disbursements $110,010 25 



Amount transferred to State 



Fund 5,047 54 



Balance in Bank 2,860 00 



$117,917 79 

 Eeceipts 103,043 32 



Being an excess of $14,874 47 



Which is transferred from and due the 

 War Fund. 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND. 



Income from Securities $6,924 00 



Balance in Bank December 1, 1866 545 95 



$7,469 95 



Disbursements $6,924 00 



Balance in Bank 545 95 



$7,469 95 



STATE LIBRARY FUND. 



Eeceipts $1,050 00 



Disbursements $749 73 



Balance iu Bank 300 27 



$1,050 00 



BANK-NOTE REDEMPTION FUND. 



Eeceipts $4,729 04 



Balance in Bank December 1, 1866 19,665 53 



$24,394 57 



Disbursements $6,631 89 



Balance in Bank .' 17,762 68 



$24,394 57 



The State debt is $3,196,100, having been re- 

 duced during the year $99,500. A sinking fund 

 has been provided, which will liquidate the 

 entire debt in 1882. 



The subject of education attracts a large 

 share of the public attention of the State. At 

 the session of the Legislature, measures were 

 adopted to meet the pressing wants of the peo- 

 ple, and secure greater efficiency in superintend- 

 ing officers and teachers. The office of town su- 

 perintendent was abolished, and the care of the 

 schools was intrusted to county superintendents. 

 The following table will exhibit the amount 

 of money appropriated for the support of pub- 

 lic education during the school year ending 

 August 31, 1867 : 



Amount appropriated by the State $100,000 00 



Amount received from surplus revenue. . . 26,531 54 

 Amount received from township and city 



tax 726,264 09 



Amount received from district tax 32,534 79 



Amount appropriated for Normal School. 10,000 00 

 Amount appropriated for Farnum School. 1,200 00 



$896,530 42 



The number of children in the State between 

 five and eighteen years of age is 230,555. 



The school law calls for an annual appropria- 

 tion of $100,000 from the State, $40,000 from 

 the school fund, and $60,000 direct from the 

 treasurer; but, as the interest from the school 

 fund does not reach the sum required, the 

 deficiency is met from the State fund. The 

 amount of securities belonging to the school 

 fund is $557,115.39. 



The State has a flourishing Normal School, 

 the success of which, in the object for which it 



was established, has never been more marked 

 than during this year. The whole number of 

 pupils under instruction has been 216 sixteen 

 being males, and 200 females. Number in the 

 Farnum Preparatory School, Beverly, 281 

 males 139, females 142. Number in the Model 

 School, 525 males 215, females 310. The 

 whole number of pupils that have been under 

 instruction, for greater or less portions of the 

 time, has been 1,022, of whom 370 were males, 

 and 652 females. This shows an increase of 

 230, as compared with 1866. 



There is likewise a State Agricultural Col- 

 lege, which is represented to be in a flourishing 

 condition. It is connected with Kutgers Col- 

 lege, and the instruction is by the example of 

 the College Farm and the lectures of the Pro- 

 fessor of Agriculture, delivered in all the coun- 

 ties of the State. The pupils must be citizens 

 of the State, and are to be apportioned ratably 

 among the several counties, each county being 

 entitled to have in said school at the same time 

 a number of pupils equal to its legislative rep- 

 resentation. The scholarships are all filled in 

 the counties nearest New Brunswick, and there 

 are many other applicants. 



The present prison system of New Jersey 

 admits of great improvement, and needs re- 

 form. The institution is by no means self-sus- 

 taining; the punishment inflicted upon convicts 

 has often been unreasonable and cruel, while 

 the constant changes of officers and regula- 

 tions have had a baleful effect upon the suc- 

 cessful workings and reformatory efforts of the 

 prison. The plan of contracting out the labor 

 of the prisoners, has proved far from satisfac- 

 tory. The financial report of the prison-keeper 

 gives the following statement of receipts and 

 expenditures for the fiscal year: Total receipts 

 from convict labor and other sources, $31,733. 

 42 ; expenditures, $87,839.32 ; salaries and re- 

 pairs, $43,754.12. The statistics of prisoners 

 are as follows: 



Total number confined during the year 885 



Number discharged by expiration of term of ser- 

 vice, pardoned, and died 335 



Number of male prisoners 516 



Number of female presoners 34 



550 



Of the above prisoners, 106 are under twenty 

 years of age. To provide for the correction 

 and reformation of juvenile delinquents, a re- 

 form school affords excellent facilities. The 

 principle upon which the school is adminis- 

 tered, and through which reformation is 

 sought, is kindness, not punishment, and the 

 success which has attended it is highly gratify- 

 ing. The whole number of boys committed 

 was 26 ; amount expended, $80,092.99. 



The liberal spirit in which the State provides 

 for the maintenance of her indigent deaf and 

 dumb, blind, and feeble-minded, is a source of 

 pride. Having no asylums for such unfortu- 

 nates, they are now sent to the institutions of 

 other States. The total number of such bene- 



