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number of prisoners, the largest number at any 

 one time during the past year being 600, an in- 

 crease of 86 over the largest number of 

 1868. The receipts in cash for the financial 

 year ending September 30th were $132,466.- 

 74, which, with stock on hand of $7,290.87, 

 makes a total of $139,757.61 ; and the expendi- 

 tures in cash have been $104,020.84, which, 

 with stock on hand, October 1, 1868, of $7,161.- 

 40, makes a total of $111,182.24, and a balance 

 of $28,575.37 in favor of the prison. The la- 

 bor of the convicts is hired out by contract, 

 the present prices obtained varying from 83 

 cents to $1.07 per day. 



The total number of girls cared for at the 

 State Industrial School for Girls at Lancaster, 

 during the year, was 252, of which number 139 

 remained in the institution October 1st. 



The report of the superintendent of the 

 State Nautical, School shows the number of 

 boys in the ship, October 1, 1868, to have 

 been 381 ; committed and received from other 

 sources during the year, 195; total, 476. Num- 

 ber shipped, discharged, escaped, etc., 206 ; re- 

 maining in school, 270. 



The Treasurer's report shows the receipt of 

 $5,939.40 ; amount expended, $5,618.89 ; cash 

 on hand, $320.51. 



The following is a condensed abstract of the 

 report of the State Constable of the operations 

 of the force during the year : 



Prosecuted, during the Year 1869 Criminal Cases. 



All classes 3,459 



Liquor prosecutions 6,808 



Total 



Number of officers on duty . . . 



Violations of license law 



Violations of prohibitory law. 

 Liquor seizures 



10,267 

 150 



2,060 



1,395 



Total 



Gallons seized alcohol 10,376^ 



" " ale 25,533^ 



Total 35,910 



Stolen property recovered and restored to 

 owners $18,975 25 



Fines and Costs paid in 

 to County Treasuries. 



226,427 19 

 72,487 49 

 141,277 62 



$492,678 95 

 473,138 85 



Expenses of State Police. 

 1866... $81,93914 

 1867.... 129,660 99 

 1868.... 100,28496 

 1869.... 161,253 76 



$473,138 85 

 Deduct expenses 



Balance in favor of State Police 



Appropriations. 



1866.... $88,650 00 



1867.... 154,800 00 



1868.... 114,800 00 100,28496 



1869.... 199,30490 161,253 76 



$557,554 90 $473,138 85 



473,138 85 



$84,416 05 unexpended balance. 

 Number of liquor dealers abandoned the traffic. 1,024 



Witness-fees earned during the year $20,290 16 



' " received " " 5,88109 



Eetained for use of counties 14,409 07 



Pedlars' license fees 45,00000 



Paid over to Surgeon-General Dale, for benefit 

 of sick and disabled soldiers and sailors, half 

 fines and costs imposed on unlicensed ped- 

 lars prosecuted 1,270 00 



The report of Colonel Gardiner Tufts, Massa- 

 chusetts State agent at Washington, can bo 

 summed up as follows : 



Whole amount claimed from United States .... $3 744 044 



Eeceived prior to 1867 ' a' 555' 759 



Received between 1867 and 1869 '932 173 



Eeceived in 1869 84,^790 



Expected in a month 216,464 



The final report of the agency, to which Colo- 

 nel Tufts alludes as not far distant, will show a 

 collection of 99 per cent, of all the claims of 

 the State, against the General Government. 

 The question of the liability of the United 

 States, for the interest on money borrowed by 

 the States to carry on the war, is now in con- 

 troversy, and its decision will affect the final 

 settlements. The State has also an unsettled 

 claim for $230,000 for money expended in coast 

 defence, which will probably be favorably de- 

 cided. The expenses of Colonel Tufts's agency,, 

 last year, were only $6,384. 



The 26th registration report of the Secre- 

 tary of the Commonwealth for 1867 was pub- 

 lished during the year, and gives the following 



statistics : 



Total. 



Born 35,062 



Married 28,902 



Died 22,772 



Mnleg. Females. 



17,891 17,171 



14,451 14,451 



11,376 11,396 



Of the marriages, 8,438 were between par- 

 ties altogether of American birth ; in 5,878, 

 one or both of the parties were of foreign birth, 

 and the nativity of 135 couples was unknown. 

 The number of births increased by 977 over the 

 year 1866, and was up to the average of the six 

 years preceding the war; the marriages in- 

 creased by 23, and were the most numerous 

 ever recorded ; the deaths were 865 less than 

 during the preceding year, and were less than 

 in 1860. The natural increase of the population 

 during the year was 12,290. The average age 

 of those who died was 30.05 years, which was 

 somewhat less than in 1866. 



The report further states that, by estimating 

 the increase of population by immigration at one 

 per cent, of the whole population, for the two 

 years since the census of 1865, and adding it 

 to the 23,000 natural increase, it is supposed 

 that the total population of the State at the 

 close of 1867 was 1,300,000. 



During the year there were 1,007 stillborn 

 children. The birth-rate, excluding these, was 

 2.76 per cent. At the rate of increase shown 

 by the year 1867, it was supposed that by 

 1869 the old rate of 2.87 to each hundred per- 

 sons would be reached. The proportion of 

 male'births to females ranged from 116 to 100 

 in Franklin, to 92 to 100 in Barnstable, only 

 the latter county and Plymouth exhibiting an 

 excess of females. An interesting table is that 

 showing the parentage of the children born. 

 It appears that the births from wholly Ameri- 

 can parents have decreased by 318, the births 

 from mixed parentage have increased by 289, 

 and those from wholly foreign parentage have 

 increased by 922. The children born of for- 

 eign parents exceed those of American parents 

 by 2,215. The fact appears that the marriage- 



