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phans' Home, at Madison, at the date of the last 

 report, was 265. Since then, 45 have been ad- 

 mitted, making 310 in all ; of these, 96 have 

 been discharged, leaving the number present, 

 September 30, 1871, 214. At the session of 

 1871 the sum of $40,000 was appropriated for 

 this institution, to meet the expenses of the 

 year. The expenditures of the Orphans' Home, 

 for 1871, were $38,196.68. For current ex- 

 penses of 1872 the trustees ask an appropria- 

 tion of $30,000. 



The Eeform School for Boys, which was first 

 opened in 1860, contained, on October 1, 1871, 



239 inmates, 74 of whom were committed 

 during the year. The current expenses of the 

 institution during the fiscal year amounted to 

 $32,387.95. Its expenses for the year 1872 

 are estimated at $35,056. An appropriation 

 of $29,000 is demanded, the balance of $6,056 

 being received by the institution from special 

 tax from counties. 



The Legislature of 1871 appropriated for the 

 Eeform School $53,000 $16,000 payable in 

 1872 for the erection of another family build- 

 ing. The managers had that building nearly 

 completed before the end of 1871. 



CENSUS OF 1870. 



Included in the census are 1,206 Indians. 

 The number of tribal Indians is 10,315. The 

 total taxation includes $339,297 not distributed 

 among counties. The true value of property 



was $702,307,329. The public debt, county, 

 city, town, etc., amounted to $3,651,475. The 

 value of farm-products, including betterments 

 and additions to stock, was $78,027,032: 



