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JUKES, JOSEPH B. 



Jones devoted considerable attention to po- 

 etical composition from 1853 to 1860. His 

 "Battle Day" appeared in 1855 ; " The Painter 

 of Florence," and "The Emperor's Vigil," in 

 1856; "Beldagon Church," and "Corayda," in 

 1860. They are all fervid, and exhibit a high 

 degree of poetic talent, but, like our own 

 Whittier, the versification would doubtless 

 have been more perfect and melodious had he 

 not "run an opinion mill." Upon the extinc- 

 tion of Chartism, in 1858, he resumed practice 

 as a barrister on the Northern Circuit. He 

 had been a candidate in Manchester for the 

 present Parliament, had received 10,746 votes, 

 and, though his opponent had been declared 

 elected, he would probably have received the 

 seat, as that opponent was unseated for 

 bribery. He would also have been elected for 

 Drogheda, had his health permitted him to be 

 a candidate. 



JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE, M. A., F. E. S., an 

 eminent geologist and writer on physical 

 science, Professor of Geology, etc., born near 

 Birmingham, October 10, 1811 ; died in Dublin, 

 July 29, 1869. He was educated at the Gram- 

 mar School, Wolverhampton, King Edward's 

 School, Birmingham, and at St. John's College, 



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Cambridge, where he graduated B. A. in 1836, 

 and M. A. in 1841. In 1839 he was appointed 

 Geological Survey or of the colony of Newfound- 

 land, and returned to England the following 

 year. In 1842 he was appointed, by the Ad- 

 miralty, naturalist to H. M. S. Fly, which was 

 then about to proceed on a surveying and ex- 

 ploring voyage to the shores of Australia and 

 New Guinea. In September, 1846, he was as- 

 signed to a post on the Geological Survey of 

 the United Kingdom, under the late Sir H. De 

 la Beeche, the Director-General. In Novem- 

 ber, 1850, he was -transferred to Ireland, as 

 local director of that branch of the survey; 

 and on the establishment of scientific lecture- 

 ships in the Museum of Irish Industry, under 

 Sir Eobert Kane, M. D., in 1854, he was also 

 elected Lecturer on Geology to that institu- 

 tion. He was the author of many valuable geolo- 

 gical works, among which may be mentioned,- 

 "Sketch of the Physical Structure of Aus- 

 tralia ; " " Popular Physical Geology ; " " The 

 Student's Manual of Geology ; " " Geology of 

 the South Staffordshire Coal-field; " and nu- 

 merous papers on geological subjects in the 

 journals and periodicals of those societies. He 

 was a fellow of several learned societies. 



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KANSAS. The liabilities of the State gov- 

 ernment of Kansas, at the close of the year, 

 consisting of 6 and 7 per cent, bonds of various 

 classes, and 10 per cent bonds (Agricultural 

 College), with outstanding State and Territorial 

 warrants and taxes overpaid by sundry coun- 

 ties, amounted to $1,771,107.94; and the re- 

 sources, in unpaid taxes levied in the years 1861 

 to 1868, with amount in treasury (Treasury 

 Military), were $809,550.43. The total receipts 

 from all sources during the year were, $1,335,- 

 341.05 ; the total disbursements during this pe- 

 riod, $1,287,250.63, leaving a balance in the 

 treasury of $48,091.62. 



An increase of the district schools shows the 

 interest taken in education: 335 have been 

 added to the number during the year, showing 

 a total of 1,707 schools. The number of male 

 pupils, between the ages of 5 and 21 years, 

 was 48,007, showing an increase of 7,761. 

 The number of females of school ages was 

 44,510, being an increase of 8,606 ; and the 

 whole number of persons enrolled in com- 

 mon schools, 58,681; increase for the year, 

 13,541. Number of pupils in select schools, 

 seminaries, and colleges, 2,783 ; decrease, 615. 

 The whole number in public schools and oth- 

 er institutions of learning, 61,465 ; increase, 

 14,256. The average daily attendance in pub- 

 lic schools was 31,124, being an increase of 

 3,886 ; and the average length of time pub- 

 lic schools have been taught is five months. 

 Number of male teachers employed, 896 ; fe- 

 male teachers, 1,118 ; increase, 263. The aver- 



age wages paid to male teachers, $37.07 per 

 month; decrease, $2.49. The average wages 

 paid to female teachers, $28.98; decrease, 

 $12. The total amount paid for teachers' wages 

 in public schools, $292,719.74. Increase for 

 the year, $88,844.40. The amount raised for 

 public schools, $565,311.17; increase, $136,- 

 095.59. The number of log school-houses, 338 ; 

 frame, 606 ; brick, 35 ; stone, 224 ; and the total 

 value of school bonds, $7,031,892. The number 

 of students in the State University was 143 ; 

 the library connected therewith has received 

 and an increase of over 2,000 volumes. A valu- 

 able astronomical transit was recently donated, 

 and an observatory-wing has also been added 

 to the building. The Agricultural College con- 

 tains 173 students, and rapid progress is taking 

 place in' all the departments. 



The average number of patients in the In- 

 sane Asylum for the past twelve months was 

 31 ; and during the year the number treated 

 was 55 ; discharged, 18 ; died, 1. The trus- 

 tees estimated the annual expenses at $9,000. 



The Blind Asylum contained 20 pupils in 

 attendance during the year; two were dis- 

 charged, and one died. The estimate, by the 

 trustees, for the year's current expenses, was 

 $8,600 ; building purposes, etc., $6,000. The 

 Deaf and Dumb Asylum numbered 34 pu- 

 pils in attendance during the year, and the 

 expenses were estimated at $17,000, which 

 included the payment of all salaries. A ver- 

 bal inaccuracy arose in the recital of the fif- 

 teenth amendment to the Constitution of the 



