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counties reported $104,164.17 paid for teach- 

 ers' wages during the year. If the average for 

 the other counties is the same, the total amount 

 paid in the State is about $171,000. In forty- 

 counties, $71.861.35 were paid for white 

 schools, and $27,256.19 for colored schools. 

 This indicates about the ratio in which the 

 school-fund is applied throughout the State. 

 The condition of the Insane Asylum is shown 

 by the following table : 



The expenditures, on account of this insti- 

 tution, amounted to about $70,000. During the 

 year, an investigation was had into the man- 

 agement of the penitentiary, by a committee of 

 the Legislature, who found that for about a year 

 the convicts had been suffering from an insuf- 

 ficiency of clothing, and of good and whole- 

 some food, particularly from lack of vegetables. 

 They recommended the passage of an act regu- 

 lating the daily rations of the prisoners. 



According to the census of 1870, the popu- 

 lation, over ten years of age, was 769,629. 

 The number of persons engaged in all occupa- 

 tions was 351,299. There were 269,238 en- 

 gaged in agriculture, including 168,978 agri- 

 cultural laborers, 98,290 farmers and planters, 

 336 turpentine-farmers, and 1,332 turpentine- 

 laborers ; 51,290 in professional and personal 

 services, of whom 861 were clergymen, 26,- 

 659 domestic servants, 16,830 laborers not 

 specified, and 1,143 physicians and surgeons ; 

 1,798 teachers not specified; 10,179 in trade 

 and transportation, including 2,175 clerks in 

 stores; 2,175 employe's (not clerks) of railroad 

 companies, and 1,574 traders and dealers not 

 specified ; and 20,592 in manufactures, me- 

 chanical and mining industries, including 3,154 

 carpenters and joiners, and 1,508 millers. 



In 1870 the State contained 5,258,742 acres 

 of improved land, 12,026,894 of woodland, and 

 2,549,774 of other unimproved land. The 

 cash value of farms was $78,211,083 ; of farm- 

 ing implements and machinery, $4,082,111 ; 

 total amount of wages paid during the year, 

 including value of board, $8,342,856; total 

 (estimated) value of all farm productions, in- 

 cluding betterments and additions to stock, 

 $57,845,940 ; orchard - products, $394,749 ; 

 produce of market-gardens, $48,499; forest- 

 products, $1,089,115 ; home manufactures, $1,- 

 603,513 ; value of animals slaughtered or sold 

 for slaughter, $7,983,132; of all live-stock, 

 $21,993,967. There were 102,763 horses, 50,- 

 684 mules and asses, 196,731 milch-cows, 45,- 

 408 working-oxen, 279,023 other cattle, 463,- 

 435 sheep, and 1,075,215 swine. The chief 

 productions were, 405,238 bushels of spring, 

 and 2,454,641 of winter, wheat, 352,006 of rye, 

 18,454,215 of Indian-corn, 3,220,105 of oats, 



3,186 of barley, 20,109 of buckwheat, 532,749 

 of peas and beans, 738,803 of Irish, and 3,071,- 

 840 of sweet, potatoes, 83,540 tons of hay, 

 144,935 bales of cotton, 2,059,281 pounds of 

 cotton, 11,150,087 of tobacco, 799,667 of wool, 

 4,297,834 of butter, 75,185 of cheese, 59,552 

 of flax, 21,257 of maple-sugar, 1,404,040 of 

 honey, 109,054 of wax, 35 hogsheads of cane 

 sugar, 62,348 gallons of wine, 33,888 of cane, 

 621,855 of sorghum, and 418 gallons of maple 

 molasses. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments in 1870 was 3,642, having 306 steam- 

 engines of 6,941 horse-power, and 1,825 water- 

 wheels of 26,211 horse-power, and employing 

 13,622 hands, of whom 11,339 were males 

 above sixteen, 1,422 females above fifteen, and 

 861 youth. The capital invested amounted to 

 $8,140,473 ; wages paid during the year, $2- 

 195,711 ; value of materials used, $12,824,693; 

 products, $19,021,327. 



The total number of libraries reported by 

 the census of 1870 was 1,746, with 541,915 

 volumes. Of these 1,090, containing 339,264 

 volumes, were private, and 656, with 202,651 

 volumes, other than private ; among the latter 

 were 3 State libraries, with 16,303 volumes; 

 3 town, city, etc., 2,316 volumes; 24 court and 

 law, 4,119 volumes; 14 school, college, etc., 

 77,050 volumes; 500 Sabbath-school, 74,160 

 volumes ; 109 church, 26,951 volumes, and 3 

 circulating, with 1,752 volumes. 



The total number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 64, having an aggregate circulation 

 of 64,820, and issuing 6,684,950 copies annual- 

 ly. Of these, 8 were daily, with a circulation 

 of 11,795 ; 3 tri-weekly, circulation 800 ; 5 

 semi-weekly, circulation 5,750; 44 weekly, 

 circulation 43,325 ; 1 semi-monthly, circulation 

 1,250; and 3 monthly, circulation 1,900. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 2,683, having 2,497 edifices with 718,310 

 sittings, and property valued at $2,487,877. 

 The principal denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population 1,071,861 



Number of persons receiving support during the 



year ending June 1, 1870 1,700 



Cost of annual support $136,470 



Total number receiving support June 1, 1870 1,652 



Native 1.647 



White 1,119 



Colored 528 



Foreign 



Number 6~f persons convicted during the year. . . 1,311 



Total number of persons in prison June 1, 1870. . 468 



Native 463 



White 



Colored 830 



Foreign 



