VERMONT. 



793 



Brought forward-Total net $2;590,632 38 238,929 ; value of home manufactures, $181,- 



?S^r r o L%Tp3sS!:::::tSo7 268; of animals slaughtered or sold for 



slaughter, $4,320,619; of all live-stock, $23,- 



Thenet being $3,590,63283 888,835. There were 65,015 horses, 252 



The proportion of expense to earnings being mules and asses, 180,285 milch-cows, 27,809 



69|- per cent. working-oxen, 112,741 other cattle, 580,347 



The interest paid on bonds during the last sheep, and 46 345 swine. The chief productions 



two years, according to tlie Treasurer's were: 438,loo bushels ot spring, and 16,548 Of 



Report, amounts to. . . . . . $860,468 67 wintei^ wheat, 73,346 of rye, 1,699,882 of In- 



2,097,145 00 dian-corn, 3,602,430 of oats, 116,333 of barley, 

 415,097 of buckwheat, 72,671 pounds of tobac- 



He . egBduriporo. < 3,102,137 of wool, y boad. of pea, 



! 1 and beans, 5,157,428 of Irish potatoes, 1,038 



Deficit $366,981 29 gallons of wine, 17,844,396 pounds of butter, 



1,295,665 55 4,830,700 of cheese, 3,835,840 gallons of milk 



sold, 1,020,669 tons of hay, 785 bushels of 



Excess of expenditures over net earnings... $1,662,646 84 C l over - S eed, 4,013 of grass-seed, 527,927 



The bonded debt, June 1, 1872, was as fol- pounds of hops, 12,899 of flax, 444 bushels of 



lows: flax-seed, 8,894,302 pounds of rnaple-sugar, 



Equipment bonds, 8 per cent $2,000,000 12,023 gallons of maple-molasses, 142,932 



First mortgage bonds, 7 per cent . . 3 '2^ooo pounds of honey, and 5,235 of wax. 



KSS^SSSfffS^Sf^y^ The total mber of manufacturing estab- 



cent 443,800 lishments was 3,270, using 186 steam-engines, 



$6 239 300 f 6,425 horse-power, and 1,984 water- wheels, 



Second-mortgage bonds i,*5ob.'ooo of 44,897 horse-power, and employing 18,686 



._ n,oa 0fM , hands, of whom 16,301 were males above six- 



' otal $7,7d9,300 teenjl>872 females above fifteen, and 513 youth. 



The assets to meet this debt were stated by The total amount of capital invested was $20,- 



the treasurer to amount to $11,255,164. 329,637 ; wages paid during the year $6,264,- 



To provide for disposing of the present 581 ; value of materials consumed, $17,007,- 



floating debt, authority has been granted to 769; products, $32,184,606. 

 the trustees and managers to issue their notes The whole number of newspapers and peri- 



for $2,500,000, payable in thirty years with 8 odicals was 47, having an aggregate circulation 



per cent, interest, and constituting them a o f 71,390, and issuing annually 4,055,300 



special lien upon the trust property and in- copies. There were 3 daily, with a circula- 



come of the road. Of this sum $700,000 is to tion of 3,190 ; 43 weekly, circulation 56,200 ; 



be deposited with the New England Trust i monthly, circulation 12,000. 

 Company, for the purpose of retiring the first There were 1,792 libraries, having 727,263 



equipment loan for that amount, which ma- volumes. Of these, 1,056, with 405,536 vol- 



tures in 1875. The balance $1,800,000 is U mes, were private, and 736, with 321,727 



to be disposed of for the purpose of retiring volumes, were other than private, including 33 



the floating debt of the trust. circulating libraries, with 20,676 volumes. 



According to the census of 1870, of the total The total number of religious organizations 

 population (258,751). ten years old and over, wa s 699, having 744 edifices, with 270,614 sit- 

 there were engaged in all classes of occupations tings, and property valued at $3,713,530. The 

 108,763 persons, of whom 95,263 were males leading denominations were : 



and 13,500 females. There were engaged in . 



agriculture, 57,983, including 57,889 males and DENOMINATIONS. organizat'us. sittings. 



94 females ; in professional and personal ser- ~ 43245 



vices, 21,032, including 9,680 males and 11,- christiaV.;""""""!".'.'.;'.";'."'. 14 



352 females; in trade and transportation, 7,- Congregational 183 



132, including 7,101 males and 31 females ; in KSK:.7:".V;.V:^!::'::;!'!".::::' 180 & 



manufactures, and mechanical and mining in- Roman Catholic 40 25,ooo 



dustries, 22,616, including 20,593 males and *g**Jgg#< Jg ^go 



2,023 females. 



The State contained 3,073,257 acres of im- Th oondition of pau p eri sm and crime is 



proved land, 1,386,934 of woodland, and 68,613 ^ b h followi ^ 4 ti8tics . 

 of other unimproved land. The cash value of 



farms was $139,367,075; of farming imple- Total population 



ments and machinery, $5,250,279;. total *^B^T^^^ 8 



amount of wages paid during the year, mclud- cost of annual support - JM wig 



ing value of board, $4,155,385; total (esti- Total number receiving support June 1, 1870.. 



mated) valueof all farm productions, including white.'.'.'.'!.'".'.\.".'.'.'.'.'!.'.'.'.''''-''.''--"------' i- 231 



betterments and additions to stock, $34,647,- Colored 5 |J 



027; orchard-products, $682,241 ; produce of Na j b e r r e of n pe r son 8 ' conVicted during 'the 'year.'.': 



market-gardens, $42,225 ; forest-products, $1,- Total number of persons in prison June 1, 1870. . 



