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948,446.78 ; number of passengers carried, 18,- 

 886,888; tons of freight carried, 26,589,562; 

 grow earnings on 9,678.53 miles operated, 

 138,175,332.39; net earnings, $10,873,44- 



The railroad mortgages recorded in the sev- 

 eral counties, amounting to $901,487,240.83, 

 arc lions upon the entire length of the respec- 

 tive roads; whereas the amount of funded 

 and other debt, $140,248,445.78, is the aggre- 

 gate proportion of indebtedness, according to 

 the mileage of the roads within the State of 

 Ohio. 



Canali. There are 658 miles of canals prop- 

 er, 91 miles of the Muskinguin shickwuter 

 improvement, 36 miles of feeders and side-ruts, 

 and 11 miles of reservoirs in Ohio, making a 

 total of 796 miles, all navigable, with 806 lift 

 and 10 guard locks. The first canal was com- 

 menced in 1825, and the last one completed in 

 1842. The total cost, $14,688,666.97, being 

 an average cost per mile of $18,458.09. 



County liiiiltli ngt, etc. The number of 

 county buildings in the State, erected prior to 

 July 1, 1872. is as far as reported, 251 ; value 

 of same, $6,751,200. County buildings erected 

 prior to July 1, 1872, is as far as reported, 

 251 ; value of same, $6,751,200. County build- 

 ings erected within the year ending June 80, 

 1873, 21 ; value of same, $418,300. Number 

 of buildings destroyed by fire, flood, etc., 618 ; 

 value of same, $831,887. Average value of 

 county buildings erected the last year. $19,919; 

 average value of buildings destroyed the last 

 year, $1,85C. 



A'eie Struettiret. The reports of new build- 

 ing* are made by the county auditors. The 

 reports for the year ending April 30, 1873, 

 compared with those for the years 1871 and 

 1872, show an increase in the number of new 

 structures, of 2,754, and in their cost, of $1,- 

 467,449. 



Deed*, Leatft, and Mortgage*. Number of 

 deeds recorded in 1873, 82,161 ; number of 

 leases, 2,676 ; number of mortgages recorded, 

 46,990 ; amount of money secured by mort- 

 gages, $64,141,480.54; number of mortgages, 

 other than railroad mortgages, canceled, 23,- 

 174 ; amount of money released by same, $30,- 

 981,690.77. 



l''tnperitm and Crinw. Paupers supported 

 by counties, 6,959 ; persons supported by the 

 State in insane asylums, 857 ; to reform schools, 

 188; total, 1,046. Number of persons prose- 

 : in the year ending July 1, 1872, 2,408. 

 This shows a decrease of 277 as compared 

 with 1872, and of 491 as compared with 1871. 

 Indictment* were pending ngninst4*W persons, 

 Julv 1, 1*7:!, for crimes against the person, 

 ana during the year following, indictments 

 were found against 1,009 persons for this class 

 of crimes, making a total of 1,469 cases. Of 

 these cases, 1,038 were disposed of, and 431 

 are still pending. There were under indict- 

 m>t for murder in the first degree, July 1, 

 1878, 11 persons; for murder in the Moond 

 degree, 3$ ; and for manslaughter, 20. Dur- 



ing the year ending July 1, 1873, indictments 

 were found against 27 persons for murder in 

 the first degree ; against 22 for murder in the 

 second degree; and against 82 persons for 

 manslaughter. The total number of persons 

 under indictment 1'or these three classes of 

 crime in the year is, therefore, 184. < M t : 

 indictments are still pending against 4K 

 the cases of 86 were disposed of as follows : 

 executed 1; imprisoned in penitentiary 81; 

 sentenced to county jail or fined 6; sentenced 

 to reform farm 1 ; acquitted 22; indictments 

 quashed and cases dropped 25. 



Social and Vital Stutistiet. The statistics 

 of births, marriages, and deiiths, lire inaccu- 

 rate, the returns not U in}: complete. So far 

 as they go they show the following for the 

 year ending March 81, 1878: births, G8,'.'T7; 

 marriages, 26,460; deaths, 27,112. Divorces 

 for the year ending July 1, 1873, were as fol- 

 lows: suits pending July 1, 1872,988; suits 

 brought in year, 1,049; total cases, 2,587. 

 The number granted was 1,124. Of the total 

 number of divorces granted, 796 were on ap- 

 plication of the wife, and 328 on application 

 of the husband. The ratio of total number of 

 divorces to marriages in 1873 is 1 to 28. The 

 ratio of divorces to each specific cause to total 

 number of marriages is as follows : adultery 

 of husband, 1 to 210; do. of wife, 1 to 190; ab- 

 sence and neglect of husband, 1 to 74 ; do. of 

 wife, 1 to 171 ; cruelty of husband, 1 to 166 ; 

 do. of wife, 1 to 1,764; drunkenness of hus- 

 band, 1 to 210 ; do. of wife, 1 to 8,807 ; fraud 

 of husband, 1 to 4,410 ; do. of wife, 1 to 4,- 

 410; miscellaneous causes by husband, 1 to 

 1,102; and do. by wife, 1 to 4,410. 



Katvralization. The number of persons 

 naturalized in Ohio (in 87 counties reported), 

 in the year ending March 81, 1878, is 7,171, 

 of which number 8,486 were from Germany, 

 1,696 from Ireland, and 994 from England and 

 Wales. 



Ciril Judgmentt. Number rendered, 1878, 

 15,013; amount of money adjudged due, $8,- 

 619,808.27 ; average amount of each judgment, 

 $574.12. 



Education, The following is a summary of 

 the school statistics of Ohio for the year end- 

 ing August 81, 1878: Primary schools, 14,198; 

 hijji-schools, 860 ; teachers in primary schools, 

 21,401; teachers in high-schools, 498; schol- 

 ars enrolled in primary schools, 682,340 ; schol- 

 ars enrolled in high-schools, 21,678; amount 

 paid teachers in primary schools, $8,950,rr>:. ; 

 in high-schools, $855,171 ; paid for sites and 

 buildings, $1,487,655.94; paid for fuel and 

 other contingent expenses, $1,097,989.28, 

 paid on bonds and interest, $590,594.88; total 

 amount paid, $7,431,975.60; total enumera- 

 tion of youth, six to twenty-one years of age, 

 991,708; number of universities and coll< 

 80; number of academics, normal schools, 

 etc., 44. 



The following account of the Governors of 

 Ohio, from the organization of the first civil 



