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15, 1870; and $300,000 at 8 per cent., payable 



iilu-r 1, IsTti. HcMtluM this, $UN.:. 



was rcciM\i <l mi account of benevolent iu>ti- 



1 niii-s df tin- inmates and 



;<>in iii'iivi'luals and counties. Aside 



i'nmi tlii- i.-itt. r -inn, tlio total revenue was 



$2,410,Ul7.nl. Tho payments from theTreas- 



iriiifMhis ,-amo period for revenue refund- 

 id, ir ordinary expenditures, and for the be- 

 nevolent institutions, amounted to $1,544,- 

 i! I'''.!-. The object of the temporary loans 

 was chiefly to provide funds for redeeming 

 I'M i >ld bonds issued prior to 1841, as required 

 by act of the Legislature of December 12, 

 1 >:_'. Ninety-seven of these bonds have been 

 Mirn ink-rod and paid, amounting to $495,- 

 487.80. The surplus remaining in the Treas- 

 ury on the 81st of October was $244,203.78. 

 The State debt is $1,172,755.12, consisting 

 of 



Five per cent, certificates, State stock 



Two and one-half percent, certificates, State 



etock 8,285 13 



War-loan bonds, six per cent., due 1881 139,000 00 



Temporary loan made under Act of March 



10, 1873, which I have before mentioned 



more in detail 910,000 00 



Ninety-four old bonds required to be paid 



by the Act of December 12, 1872 94,000 00 



Total $1,172,755 12 



Besides this, the State is indebted to the 

 school-fund to the amount of $3,904,783.22, 

 represented by five non-negotiable bonds. The 

 entire school-fund is as follows : 



1. The amount which the State owes it, and 

 which is evidenced by her non-negotiable 

 bonds bearing interest at the rate of six 



per cent $8,904,783 21 



Additions from fines and other sources 67,197 24 



Amount held in the counties, and loaned 

 by the auditors on mortgage security at 

 eight per cent., and for the preservation f. 

 of which the constitution makes the coun- 

 ties liable 2,841,267 12 



2. Congressional township fund, being the 

 proceeds of the sales of the school-sec- 

 tions 2,295,778 63 



Estimated value of 13,453 acres of unsold 

 school-lands 102,293 40 



Total permanent fund $8,711,819 60 



The revenue realized during the year ending 

 November 15, 1874, to be used in the support 

 of schools, was as follows : 



Interest on permanent fund $407,839 46 



Derived from school-tax 1,018,463 42 



Unclaimed witness-fees and other sources. 72.804 96 



Total $1,493,597 57 



To this sum is to be added the Interest on 



the congressional township fund 172,209 83 



And the amount received from local taxa- 

 tion 651,78574 



Six thousand two hundred and sixty-five dol- 

 lars and four cents were not distributed, but 

 remained in the Treasury. There was received 

 and distributed during the year, for the support 

 of schools, $2,211,328.18. The number of chil- 

 'dren in the State, between the ages of six and 

 twenty-one years, is 654,364; enrolled in the 

 schools, 489,044 ; average attendance, 311,272 ; 

 total number of teachers, 12,655. By an act 

 of March, 1873, $15,000 of the school revenue 



is set apart for the benefit of the Normal 

 School at Terre Haute. The total receipt* of 

 institution for two years amounted to 

 $29,706.85; expenditures, $39,186.88. There 

 were enrolled during the year 304 different stu- 

 dents ; and during the past two years 187 male* 

 :MI<| ill I females have enjoyed the advantages 

 of the school. 



During the two collegiate years from June 

 28, 1872, to June 28, 1874, the revenues of the 

 State University amounted to $109,800.46, of 

 which $90,500 was appropriated from the State 

 Treasury. The number of students in attend- 

 ance in 1874 was 871, of whom 108 were con- 

 nected with the medical school, 120 were pur- 

 suing the preparatory and select course, and 

 146 were in the literary and law departments. 

 The college for education in "branches re- 

 lated to agriculture and the mechanic arts," 

 for which the grant of land-scrip was made 

 by Congress in 1862, was opened on the 16th 

 of September, near Lafayette, where suitable 

 buildings have been provided. It is called 

 " Pardue University," on account of a large 

 donation made to the college by John Pardue, 

 Esq. The permanent fund derived from the 

 sale of land-scrip and the investment of the 

 proceeds now amounts to $856,502.92. Forty- 

 six students were admitted at the opening of 

 the institution. 



The Soldiers' Orphans' Home, near Knights- 

 town, contained 290 children on the 81st of 

 October, who are provided for and educated 

 mainly at the expense of the State. The ex- 

 penditure from the State Treasury on its ac- 

 count for the year ending October 81, 1873, 

 was $33,977.98 ; for the year ending October 

 81, 1874, $35,508.56. The Institution for the 

 Blind had 113 pupils in attendance during the 

 year ending October 31st, and the expenses for 

 that year were $38,235.55, against $38,674.29 

 for the year previous. The Institute for the 

 Deaf and Dumb, at Indianapolis, had 354 pupils 

 during the year, and its expenses amounted to 

 $68,960.88, against $70,584.57 in 1873. The 

 Hospital for the Insane, located on a tract of 

 160 acres of land two miles west of Indian- 

 apolis, contained 474 patients on the 31st of 

 October, 1873, and during the year following 

 573 were admitted and 865 discharged. Of 

 those discharged, 194 were considered cured, 

 45 improved, and 92 unimproved and incura- 

 ble. The expenditures for 1873 were $209,- 

 839.47; for 1874, $195,702.52. Substantial im- 

 provements and repairs have been made to the 

 buildings during the last two years. 



In the Northern State-prison, on the 15th of 

 December, there were 455 convicts, an increase 

 of 85 during the year. During the two years 

 ending with that date there was received from 

 the income of the prison $128,200.40, while 

 the current and ordinary expenses were $104,- 

 034.26. There has been expended on perma- 

 nent improvements, during the same period, 

 $14,060.96, and increased accommodations are 

 now needed, as there are but 885 cells for the 



