NEW JERSEY. 



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The outstanding indebtedness of the State 

 (war fund) on the 30th November, 1869, 

 was $3,096,200 00 



From which deduct assets in hands of com- 

 missioners , 1,044,92992 



Leaving an indebtedness beyond assets of 



the sinking fund of $2,051,270 08 



SCHOOL FUND. 



The receipts of the school fund were $137,681 11 



Distributed to public schools $10),000 00 



Invested for the fund 28,393 44 



Balance in bank 9,287 67 



$137,681 11 



The aggregate of the school fund, January 

 1, 1870, was five hundred and seventy thou- 

 sand three hundred and twenty-one dollars 

 and seventeen cents ($570,821.17), against five 

 hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred and 

 sixty dollars and one cent ($560,760.01) at the 

 same time in 1869. 



The receipts from all sources for the support 

 of public education during the year were : 



From State $99,815 35 



Township-school t,ax 423,868 86 



District-school tax 915,354 39 



Surplus revenue 27,539 46 



Tuition fees collected 75,55769 



Appropriation Normal School 11,200 00 



$1,553,335 75 



The buildings occupied by the State Normal 

 School of New Jersey are two in number, one 

 of which is devoted exclusively to the Normal 

 School proper, the other to its adjunct, the 

 Model School. The lot includes over four 

 acres of ground. The original cost of lot and 

 buildings was $72,000. They are now valued 

 at $100,000, and are the property of the State. 

 The receipts of the school for the year were 

 $23,350.27, and the disbursements $23,344.18. 



The number of pupils attending the Normal 

 School and its adjuncts, the Model School and 

 the Farnum Preparatory School, during the 

 year, was as follows : 



There have been admitted to the asylum 

 since it was first opened, 3,499 patients ; of 

 that number 542 have died, 1,322 have been 

 restored to mental health, and 931 have been 

 discharged more or less improved. The above 

 statistics show that 65 per cent., or nearly two- 

 thirds of the whole number of patients admit- 

 ted to the asylum, are either completely cured 

 or greatly benefited by the curative system 

 pursued in the institution. 



The valuation of taxable property, together 

 with the amount of the State and county taxes 

 for the various counties in the State, is given 

 in the following table : 



The following tables show the number of 

 patients treated at the State Lunatic Asylum, 

 and the expenses of the institution : 



Cash on hand December 1, 1868 $1,942 74 



Receipts up to November 30, 1869 145,216 72 



Total .. $147,159 46 



Disbursements 144,911 68 



Balance on hand .... 

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The report of the Adjutant-General shows 

 that the entire militia force of the State 

 amounts to 202 officers and 2,442 men. 



The State Eeform School for the Eeforma- 

 tion of Juvenile Delinquents has proved re- 

 markably successful. The number of inmates 

 during the year was 98, the average number 

 was 67, and the total expenses $19,989.46. 



The geological survey of the State was ac- 

 tively prosecuted during the year, great atten- 

 tion being paid to the reclamation of the im- 

 mense marshes of the State, which comprise 

 295,474 acres of land, of which 270,000 acres 

 are still unimproved. 



The Camden and Amboy Eailroad and Dela- 

 J^_ ware and Earitan Canal, after forty years of j oint 

 monopoly, have surrendered their reserved 

 rights, and thrown open the carrying-trade 

 from north to south across the State to the 

 competition of rival lines, the Legislature hav- 

 ing, as previously stated, repealed the transit 

 duties. The companies have two main lines of 

 railway between the two largest cities of the 

 Union, which, with their lines, cover 165 miles 

 of roadways, 104 of which are double and 61 

 single track, with 60 miles additional of sid- 

 ings, and holds controlling interest in 260 

 miles of auxiliary railroads in all 485 miles 

 $2,247 78 of track. Over and above all this they have ter- 



