598 



NEW HAMPSHIEE. 



Luther McOutchins, 151. For Eailroad Com- 

 missioner, Alvah W. Sulloway, 181 ; Gran- 

 ville P. Conn, 163. For Secretary of State, 

 William Butterfield, 185 ; Benjamin F. Pres- 

 cott, 158 ; for State Treasurer, Josiah C. Dear- 

 born, 180; Solon A. Carter, 158. For State 

 Printer, Charles C. Pearson, 180 ; Edward A. 

 Jenks, 154. For Commissary-General, Tobias 

 D. Foss, 180 ; Charles F. Montgomery, 157. 



The finances of the State appear to be sound 

 and satisfactory. The debt on June 1, 1874, 

 was as follows : Liabilities, $4,102,166.49; as- 

 sets in the Treasury, $275,576.47: net indebt- 

 edness, $3,826,599.02. On June 1, 1873, it had 

 been: Liabilities $4,191,965.48; assets in the 

 Treasury, $59,805.04 : net indebtedness, $4,- 

 142,160.44 snowing the reduction during the 

 last fiscal year to have been $315,561.42. 



The State debt is funded, and will mature 

 within thirty-one years in about equal install- 

 ments. 



The total revenue of the State during the 

 same year amounted to $740,062.24; of which 

 $600,000 were collected from the State tax, 

 the remaining $140,062.24 from all other 

 sources. The amount of the public expenditures, 

 ordinary and extraordinary, was $434,491.32, 

 including $250,798.77 paid as interest on the 

 public debt. Of the excess of revenue over 

 expenditure a large portion was paid for re- 

 ducing the principal of the debt; the rest was 

 cash on hand. 



From carefully-prepared estimates, based 

 upon an economical administration of the gov- 

 ernment, it is apparent that an annual State 

 tax of $400,000 for a few years, with the in- 

 come from other sources, will be adequate to 

 meet the current expenses of the State, to- 

 gether with her obligations as they mature, 

 and leave a handsome margin besides. 



There is only one bank of discount in New 

 Hampshire doing business by State authority ; 

 while there are forty-six national banks and 

 private banking-houses in successful operation. 

 The number of savings-banks in the State is 

 sixty-four, their deposits amounting in the 

 aggregate to $28,829,376.83 ; which is an in- 

 crease of nearly $367,000 over last year's de- 

 posits. The whole number of depositors own- 

 ing the money kept in these banks is 92,788. 

 Three of these banks were chartered and or- 

 ganized last year. 



Public instruction for the education of youth 

 is commendably attended to by both the local 

 government and the people. There are nearly 

 4,000 schools maintained in New Hampshire, 

 and the Normal School designed to prepare 

 thoroughly trained and educated teachers for 

 them is in successful operation. 



The changing and in many towns greatly 

 reduced population has left a very small num- 

 ber of pupils for the public schools, and in 

 some there are none. 



The charitable and benevolent institutions 

 are well cared and provided for. In the New 

 Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, on April 



30, 1874, there remained 281 patients, their 

 average number in the whole year, ending that 

 day, having been 268. The average number 

 of the inmates of the asylum, including the 

 employes of every description connected with 

 the institution, is about 300: 138 indigent 

 patients were more or less aided during the 

 year. The most indigent were aided to the 

 extent of half the cost of their board, the regu- 

 lar price of which is $5 a week for each pa- 

 tient, medical attendance included. 



The receipts of the institution from all sources 

 during the year, amounted to $86,580.01 ; its 

 expenses to $84,871.46 ; leaving a surplus of 

 above $1,700 in the treasury. 



The legacies and donations to the New Hamp- 

 shire Asylum for the Insane during the time 

 elapsed from its establishment to April 30, 

 1874, amount in the aggregate to $244,179.95. 

 The asylum is possessed of a farm containing 

 125 acres, well stocked, and producing, besides 

 what comes from the kitchen-garden, a variety 

 of crops, among which, in 1874, have been 

 " 900 bushels of potatoes, 200 bushels of corn 

 in the ear, 80 tons of hay, 20 of corn-fodder, 

 and. 18 of straw." 



The inmates of the New Hampshire Peni- 

 tentiary at the beginning of June, 1874, were 

 more numerous than ordinarily, which seems 

 to have been regarded as beneficial to the 

 State, Governor Weston saying, in his message 

 to the Legislature: "By the reports of the 

 warden and the committee of the Council on 

 the State-prison, it will be seen that its affairs 

 are in a prosperous condition, particularly 

 those pertaining to its finances. There is now 

 a much larger number of convicts in this in- 

 stitution than usual, and hence a proportional- 

 ly larger income, as the State receives a per 

 diem compensation from the contractor for all 

 the convicts who are able to attend the work 

 assigned them. The net receipts for the past 

 year are $10,611.61, which, added to previous 

 earnings, makes a balance in favor of the prison 

 of more than $30,000. This is principally in- 

 vested in the bonds of the State." 



The Reform-School for the correction and 

 education of wayward boys is in successful 

 operation, and kept under excellent discipline. 



The geological survey of New Hampshire, 

 which has been going on since 1869, will be 

 completed in 1874, and the first volume of the 

 final report be ready for distribution in July, 

 1874, the second and last volume within a year 

 thereafter. The entire work will occupy some 

 1,400 pages, illustrated by numerous plates, 

 and accompanied by an atlas. The cost of the 

 printing alone, including plates and maps, is 

 estimated at $10,000. 



The legislative body were in session about 

 five weeks, till the 10th of July. Numerous 

 acts of public interest were passed. Among 

 the most important laws. of a general character 

 was that relating to the judiciary, under the 

 title "An act to abolish the present judiciary 

 system, and establishing a new one," going into 



