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CALIFORNIA, 



etndlet tre now given there. The two buil-1- 

 ingt proridrd ' it have been com- 



pleted, nd their soluble equipment it now in 

 profrrcae. The nnmber of instructors them 

 employed U eighteen, and the number of stu- 

 dent* enrolled at the beginning of the present 

 college yew WM one hundred and ninety-nine, 

 of whom thirty-two arc ladiet. Instruction of 

 hiirh order U given in literary and historical 

 stodiea and in science, with (pedal reference 

 to the agriculture, the mine*, and the engineer- 

 ing work* of the State. A system of manual 

 labor hat been inaugurated. 



The biennial re|>ort of the Trustee* and 

 Principal of the Atrium for the Deaf and 

 Dnmb. and the Blii. sting, not only 



exhibiting the condition of the asylum, but 

 dlaontthig with intelligence and accuracy the 

 mental disabilities of the unfortunate claatee 

 for whom it U provided, and the bent method* 

 for their care and education. 



The Mylnin it free from debt, the appropria- 

 tion made by the latt Legislature baring proved 

 ennVient tor onrrent ezpeneea. 



In addition to the appropriation for current 

 expense*, one of $8,000 it atked for to com- 

 plete the entrance front, and for improvement 

 of ground*. On July 1, 1873, there were 03 

 pnpila in the institution. 



On the tabject of provision for the insane, 

 California hat pursued a conrte directly the 

 reverie of that of the older State*. They rec- 

 ognize the neeetafty of having the counties 

 . le fur the incurable and idiotic pauper 

 huane, after the effort hat been made to bene- 

 fit them in the Bute aaylnmt without tnooem; 

 but California hae opened her State atyluint 

 to tbete, and hat accumulated a large number 

 '>ete incurable and hopeleet caaee there, 

 while the hat alao received ail new caeet freely, 

 and, at a result, the hat the Stockton Asylum 

 full to overflowing, and the new Napa Asylum 

 will be filled from the start. The St. 



im contain* eleven hundred and tiny-nix 

 j nti. nts more than one superintend! nt. how- 

 ever able and vigorous, can pro;., rh ntt. -ml. 

 Thee* have been maintained durinc the two 

 year* at an average cost of forty-five c. nt a 

 day tor each patient. This include* nalariit 

 iisiclans, wage* of employe*, and every 

 expense payable oot of the appropriation for 

 ..... 



The history of the Sute-prtoon it not credit- 

 able to the State. There hae been no eettled 

 policy In regan! to it. The treatment of the 

 priaoneii la humane ; they have a tnffi< 

 of coarse, healthy food, and no greater punish- 

 ment U inflicted than it deemed catentixl t.. 

 maintain discipline. The hygienic co, 

 of (be prison it at (food at it can be, where the 

 pfieoneri are eonflned twelve bonrt in twenty- 

 foor in imperfectly- ventilated relit and rooms, 

 with an average of not more than one hundred 

 and flfty cubic feet of air to the Inmate. That 

 there there ahonld be to little sickness, and n 

 average mortality lett than that of the 



tnoail highly for tho healthfnlncss of the loca- 

 tion, and the skill and care of tho surgeon. 

 The prisoners who are able are kept employ rl. 

 when not at work fur contractors, about tho 

 (round* and buildings. This is all it is possihlo 

 to tay in favor of the mnii:.i;i n . in of prison 

 where 850 convicts are confined in 8 rooms, 

 192 in 48 cell*, and 132 in 66 cells, without a 

 potability of classification. 



The price paid by contractors for convict- 

 labor forty cents per day inside the walls 

 teems to be much under its value, but DO ad- 

 ministration bat been able to get more. The 

 hut advanced the price to filly cents, but were 

 compelled to recede to forty, or allow the 

 prisoners to be unemployed. The present. 

 Hoard of Directors have nmde no contracts not 

 terminable on six month*' notice, but have re- 

 ceived no higher application, from responsible 

 parties, for enough men to justify the enlarge- 

 ment of shops. Acting upon the j oliry of 

 keeping prisoners at work, the directors have 

 made some improvements in necessary build- 

 ings for officers*, laying out roads, and building 

 reservoirs; but have employed no more free 

 labor than was necessary to direct that of the 

 prisoners. The supply of water at the prison, 

 except in the rainy season, has always been 

 short and of poor quality. In the summer, 

 much of it had to be hauled long distances ; 

 there was no protection against fire, nnd there 

 was always a dread of a water-famine. The 

 Board, therefore, contracted with the Mnrin 

 County Water Company for a snpply of filty 

 thousand gallons a day, for the sum of $1,000 

 per month, until December 1, 1875. The cani- 

 tary condition of the prison has been improved 

 by the introduction of water, and the risk of 

 destructive fires has been greatly diminM.i .1. 



The State Geological Survey has made nn.ny 

 valuable contributions to science. 



In establishing and continuing this work, the 

 State hat appropriated $240.600, MM! lie State 

 Geologist now reports $100.000 DS the minimum 

 appropriation adequate to the publication of 

 tin- work in hand. 



The State Geologist, February 12. 1672, 

 stated that the volumes of ornithology, botany, 

 ology, and possibly paleontology, would 

 ) robnbly in the publisher's hands within a 

 j-nr. Hv hi" report it will be seen that, not- 

 withstanding the lapse of nearly two years, 

 and the expenditure of $84,000, no new maps 

 have been published which were not exhibited 

 in proof-sheets in 1872, and no new volumes 

 havo been published, nor have nny been sent 

 to the printer, except a portion of that on bot- 

 any, "which will be in type, if no unexpected 

 delay occurs, before tin- end of 1874." 



'I In- present condition of the survey is, that 



tin re have been published one volume of peo- 



two volumes of pnli ontology, one vol- 



f ornithology, the Yoscmitc 'books, map 



of the vicinity of the l!av of San Francisco, map 



of tin- sierra Nevada adjacent to the Yosnuiie. 



map of the Yoscmitc valley, nnd a portion of 



