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MICHIGAN. 



can read only, 3-2; married, 93; unmarried, The following is a summary exhibit of the 



194; second conviction, 11; third, 1; fourth, financial transactions of the Stutu Tr 



3. The females in the prison have been trans- iliirini: the fiscal twelve months closing on 



ferred to the Detroit House of Correction. September 30, 1878 : 



The general health of the prisoners has been Grow receipts to the state Treasury js.iw.43i w 



good; the inspectors report their condition Balance in Treasury October i, 18TS msa* oa 



and discipline as satisfactory, and that there Total for period $3, '.69.655 55 



has been an absence of severe punishments. Grow expenditure* during the tame time.. ^j 



The convicts are allowed to be worked ten Balance September 80, 1878 $864,71844 



hours a day only. A prison library is being 



collected, and is made good use of and books t ^tfgSS&^S& 



and magazines have been generally substi- ing the period, of. $138,51054 



tuted for the allowance of tobacco with the ^, uted . We . thc ^.. TrMraryrccclpt .- 



consent of convicts. The agent reports on wera * ... $8,198,431 53 



this subject. "The idea that it " (tobacco) " is This corera the price of Slate sw>mp-land, 



essential to the health of any man, and more &$$, ^not''^ ""^ 888.no ot 

 especially for those who may have indulged in 



it for years, is one that I have but little re- Le e ^| for nct CMh rccelp ". . dar | ns . . tbe $1,959,86! 51 



spect for. After closely watching its effects of cash, ibere WM recclVed in 



for over two years, my convictions are only trust ....$489,10880 



strengthened that it has no business in a HmSlwSl^.^f..*^ ia,B 68 



prison, and, nest to whiskey, I would prohibit 448,803 48 



it entirely It has nothing to do with any ^ ^ ^ u {nm ." 



man's health, only to destroy it, as most cer- mate sources of revenue $1,516,459 08 



tainly tlie health of many of our men has im- To this amount >hnnid )>< ddi amount re- 



proved, and not one, to my knowledge, has ^^^ff^l^SSS^ ,he 



ever been injured by losing it." from 



The report of the management of the Asy- for mUn ^ aTallabiC for - 



lum for the Insane at Kalamazoo shows: eralpnrposes $1,588,001 18 



The net cash revenue receipts were : 



From direct taxes, $928,458 S3 



Patients on January 1, 1878 184 140 81S Specific taxes **>* 



Admitted during the year. . . 89 75 164 Trust funds 198.184 99 $J ^ ^ w 



Whole Dumber treated MS 884 477 Miscellaneous 54.805 01 



_, . ' Total ordinary reTenne re- 

 Discharged, recovered celp , B ' $1,516.45908 



Improrcd T,, wh j ch add reimbursements 



nnhnproTod 15 5 SO M aboTO 11,54815 



~ ~ ~ Giving for receipts for the flscnl period 



luJ^pe^r-si:::::::::::: 18 i5 S ** *. 



The receipts were, through funds, as follows: 



The number at the beginning of the year Qematttaitmit 



was all the institution could accommodate, but ordinary sources $0*2. im 74 



its capacity was increased by the partial open- d- reimbursed n.54 i .p^-jjoj 



ing of a new building erected as a " depart- n VKac T , Fnnd.TTT 8S8,' 80 



ment for males," which was rendered neces- internal improvement Fund.. 



wry by the policy of the State, that aU the fe mul : ";::::: ^ ?i 



insane shall be treated in public institutions. Primary school Fund 127.810 o 



The building is expected to be completed and ^5 ricultu ' ( ' n ."^-- Fllml - ; ; S9 - 688 47 



fully occupied within 1874, and thereafter the Fl F n t d rj 9choo . 1 . fl . TC ."!?:.??".': ss.881 r,i 



two sexes will be treated in two separate and Echots v:v 10 



distinct buildings. There will then be accom- M JJi|^ Fnnd (Ml M M 



modations for 815 female and 288 male pa- ' $1,588,001 18 



tients ; the relative accommodations being pro- The cash receipts in trust were, through 



portioned to the demands made upon the asy- funds, as follows: 



lum in previous years. Provision has also oners! Fund :.. $sn,68A 88 



been made for the construction of a second Rnociflc Tax Fund 



A-ylnm for the Insane at some point in East- fcElyWBBffi^: turn 



crn Michigan, which, when completed, will Swamp-Land Fund 88.80097 



accommodate about 800 patients more The ^i^rS.?^: ; ?$ g 



Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, had in Normal soh..,,i i.,t,T.-t Fnn'i. i .'-] 08 



attendance, at the close of the year, deaf and Primrr School interest Fund 61,807 89 



dumb pupils, 1S4, of whom 72 were girls and *VSSl^ .' Mc ^. In{mrt . n 



83 boys; blind pui)ils, 41, of whom 18 were A.yinm Fund 8,41594 



girls and 28 boys. There is nothing new or ^^S^S^i- 8.$ 8 



peculiar in its workings. $489,106 go 



