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ment, and they point to the entire success of 

 a similar experiment in respect of those parts 

 of India which are administered by the French 

 and Portuguese Governments. The petitioners 

 represent that about sixteen members elected 

 for the whole of India would at present suffice 

 in the following proportions : four for Bengal, 

 four for Bombay, four for Madras, two for the 

 Northwestern Provinces, and two for the Pun- 

 jab; and the electoral qualification might be 

 the payment of fifty rupees as annual rates 

 and taxes. 



On May 13th a disastrous fire broke out in 

 the city of Peshawer. Thirty-three moliullas, 

 or wards, including the wealthiest portion of 

 'the city, sustained more or less damage. The 

 number of houses destroyed is supposed to ex- 

 ceed 1,000, while upward of 800 detached 

 shops were also burnt down. Nearly one-third 

 of the inhabitants of the city were rendered 

 houseless. The hill-station of Murree also 

 suffered severely from a fire, which is said to 

 have been the work of an incendiary. Two of 

 the main streets in the bazaar, containing 300 

 houses, were completely destroyed. 



INDIANA. At the beginning of the last 

 fiscal year in Indiana, November 1, 1874, the 

 State Treasury contained $244,203.78. The re- 

 ceipts of the year following amounted to $4,- 

 441,288.67, including $2,176,410.19 belonging 

 to the general fund, $1,992,315.26 to the school- 

 fund, $24,642.80 to the college-fund, $1,738.25 

 to the swamp-land fund, and $1,978.39 to a 

 fund of unclaimed estates. The disbursements 

 amounted to $4,019,893.82, of which $1,997,- 

 244.86 was from the general fund, $1,999,595.75 

 from the school-fund, $20,355.74 from the col- 

 lege-fund, $1,724 from the swamp-land fund, 

 $852.90 from that of unclaimed estates, and 

 $120.57 for excess of sinking-fund sales. This 

 left a balance November 1, 1875, of $421,394.85. 

 The total value of real and personal property 

 for 1875 was $897,739,783, showing a decrease 

 of $57,117,692 from the preceding year. The 

 public debt amounts to $5,003,538.34. Of this 

 amount $1,098,755.12 is classified as foreign 

 debt, as follows : 5 per cent, certificates, State 

 stock, $16,469.99; 2|-per cent, certificates, State 

 stock, $3,285.13; war-loan bonds, 6 per cent., 

 $139,000; temporary loan bonds, 7 per cent., 

 due April 15, 1876, $510,000 ; temporary loan 

 bonds, 8 per cent., due December 1, 1876, $200,- 

 000; temporary loan bonds, 7 per cent., due 

 April 1, 1878, $200,000; internal improvement 

 bonds, due April 1st, $30,000 : total, $1,098,- 

 755.12. The domestic debt is classified as fol- 

 lows: School-fund bond No. 1, January 1, 1867, 

 $709,024.85; school-fund bond No. 2, January 

 20, 1867, $2,658,057.30; school-fund bond No. 3, 

 May 1, 1868, $184,234; school-fund bond No. 4, 

 January 20, 1871, $177,700; school-fund bond 

 No. 5, May 3, 1873, $175,767.07 : total, $3,904,- 

 783.22. The redemptions of the year amounted 

 to $274.000. The receipts of the Wabash & 

 Erie Canal, for the year ending April 1st, were 

 $71,188.73; disbursements, $6,678.30. 



The forty-ninth session of the Indiana Leg- 

 islature began on the llth of January. The 

 legal limit was reached March 8th, but as the 

 two Houses had failed to agree on several im- 

 portant measures, the Governor called a special 

 session to begin on the 9th, which came to a 

 final adjournment on the 15th. On the 20th 

 of January a vote was taken for a United States 

 Senator to succeed Mr. Pratt. The vote in the 

 Senate was 24 for Joseph E. McDonald, 15 for 

 Mr. Pratt, and 9 for other candidates ; in the 

 House 54 for Mr. McDonald, 28 for Mr. Pratt, 

 and 13 for other candidates ; Joseph E. McDon- 

 ald was declared elected in a joint convention 

 of the two Houses. 



The measure which occupied the largest 

 share of attention was a new law for regulat-' 

 ing the traffic in intoxicating liquors. The Su- 

 preme Court had decided that the existing law 

 afforded no restraint upon the sale of liquors on 

 Sunday, in the night-time, or on election-days, 

 except in cases where the same were to be druuk 

 on the premises. Two bills on the subject 

 were reported from a committee of the House, 

 on which there was a good deal of discussion. 

 One of these was a license act, and the other 

 provided for local option. The license act 

 finally passed by a vote of 56 to 39. It met 

 with strong opposition in the Senate, and was 

 a good deal amended. It finally passed both 

 Houses in amended form at the special session. 

 It prohibits the selling, bartering, or giving 

 away of any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, 

 in quantities less than a quart at a time, or to be 

 drunk on the premises, without a license to be 

 obtained from the county commissioners. Per- 

 sons applying for licenses must give twenty 

 days' notice of their intention, and any voter 

 may remonstrate in writing against the grant 

 of their application on account of immorality 

 or unfitness. Persons receiving licenses are 

 required to give bonds in the sum of $2,000 to 

 keep an orderly house, obey the provisions of 

 the law, and pay all fines and damages assessed 

 against them. Fees of $100 for license to sell 

 spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, and $50 to 

 sell vinous and malt liquors alone, must be paid 

 to the county treasurer for the benefit of the 

 school-fund, and cities and incorporated towns 

 may require an additional fee of $100. All li- 

 censes are to be granted for one year, and one 

 year only. Penalties are affixed for selling 

 liquors on Sundays,, legal holidays, and elec- 

 tion-days, and between the hours of 11 p. M. 

 and 5 A. M., and for selling to any person after 

 the wife, child, parent, brother, sister, or trus- 

 tee of the township has given notice in writing 

 that such person is in the habit of being intox- 

 icated ; also for selling or giving to any person 

 under twenty-one years of age, or in a state 

 of intoxication. Selling adulterated liquors is 

 also made a misdemeanor punishable by fine 

 and imprisonment, and keeping a disorderly 

 house where liquor is drunk forfeits the license 

 and incurs a fine. 



An effort was made in the early part of the 



