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Industrial School at Lancaster ; and the School 

 for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth at South 

 Boston. The value of the real estate of these 

 establishments is $2,642,149.66, an increase of 



$241,238.27 within the year; personal prop- 

 erty, $605,705.42, a decrease of $3,243.65. The 

 cost to the State of these institutions for 1875 

 is shown in the following statement : 



The various agencies supported in connection with them, with their cost, are as follows: 



The number of convicts in the State-prison, 

 on the 1st of October, was 689, an increase of 

 six, 169 having been received and 163 dis- 

 charged during the year. The total expendi- 

 tures were $24,264, receipts $56,526, showing 

 a deficit of $67,738 against a deficit of $42,- 

 574 in 1874, and a surplus of $23,427 in 1873. 

 The Workhouse at Bridgewater contained 422 

 inmates, against 375 in 1874, 570 having been 

 admitted and 523 discharged, including 55 by 

 death, during the year. The receipts were 

 $42,670.37 ; expenditures, $42,323.31. 



At the Worcester Insane Asylum there were 

 478 patients, a decrease of seven, 358 being 

 admitted and 365 removed during the year. 

 The total receipts were $386,688.65 ; expenses, 

 $364,831.48. At the Taunton Asylum there 

 were 602 patients, against 508 in 1874, 477 

 being admitted and 383 removed during the 

 year. The receipts were $133,227.43 ; dis- 

 bursements, $132,194.24. At the Northamp- 

 ton Asylum there were 476 patients, 143 being 

 admitted and the same number removed; 

 receipts of the institution, $102,386.66 ; ex- 

 penses, $101,258.53. The Tewksbury Alms- 

 house had 792 inmates, 286 of whom were 

 insane and 506 not insane, against 805, in- 

 cluding 319 insane and 486 not insane, in 1874. 

 The receipts of the institution were $104,909.- 

 23 ; expenses, $104,130.90. The State Primary 

 School at Monson for dependent and neglected 

 children contained 512 inmates on the 1st of 

 October, against 493 in 1874, 292 being re- 

 ceived and 273 removed ; receipts for the year, 



$46,115.98; expenditures, $46,115.98. The 

 Reform School at Westborough had 353 in- 

 mates, an increase of 37 during the year, 178 

 being received and 141 removed ; receipts, 

 $79,920.51 ; expenditures, $76,681.23. The 

 Industrial School for Girls at Lancaster had 

 105 inmates, against 82 in 1874, the number 

 received being 70, and discharged and other- 

 wise removed 47; receipts, $36,881.41; ex- 

 penditures, $33,451.83. The School for Idiotic 

 and Feeble-minded Youth had 102 pupils at 

 the beginning of the year, and 120 at the end. 

 The total receipts were $39,452.52 ; expendi- 

 tures, $29,327.57. The agency for the sick 

 poor attended to the cases of 2,409 patients 

 during the year. The State agency for dis- 

 charged convicts dealt with 365 cases, at a cost 

 of $3,053.66. The temporary asylum for dis- 

 charged female prisoners at Dedham cared for 

 136 women and 41 children during the year, at 

 a cost of $5,715, only $1,500 of which was de- 

 rived from the State. The Massachusetts Infant 

 Asylum at West Roxbury had 37 children under 

 its care. Its expenses were $10,366.09, of which 

 $6,000 were covered by State appropriations. 

 The Disabled Soldiers' Employment Bureau at 

 Boston furnished employment to 676 appli- 

 cants, at a cost of $3,355.12, the State appro- 

 priating $3,000. The Eye and Ear Infirmary 

 at Boston treated 8,122 cases. Its receipts 

 were $17,206.37, of which $7,500 was derived 

 from the State ; expenses, $15,595.31. 



The average number of inmates in the county 

 * Deficit. 



