NEBRASKA. 



NETHERLANDS, THE. 



533 



PENITENTIARY BUILDING FUND. 



Warrants outstanding... $47,694 76 



Interest on warrants registered 8,600 88 



Total liabilities $51,195 59 



RESOURCES. 



Cash in State Treasury, held in trust for notified 



holders of registered warrants $2,862 56 



Delinquent State taxes as per last report 12,629 81 



Tax of 1874, now due 40,376 94 



Total $56,869 31 



Less taxes paid from date of last report 3,378 26 



Total resources $58,496 05 



STATE BUILDING FUND. 



Warrants outstanding $43,812 19 



Interest on warrants registered 19,976 87 



Total indebtedness $63,788 56 



The report of the State Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, dated December 26, 1874, 

 states the number of children of school age in 

 the State to be 72,991, and the whole amount 

 of school-moneys in the hands of the State 

 Treasurer, and subject to apportionment on 

 December 19, 1874, to have been $184,758.76. 

 All of this sum, except $3.65, was then distrib- 

 uted among the several counties in proportion 

 to their respective number of children, the rate 

 of apportionment having been a little more 

 than two dollars and a half for each scholar. 

 The school-moneys were derived from the fol- 

 lowing sources : 



Private securities $ 2,310 00 



Unpaid principal, school-lands 52,547 34 



Kent of school-lands 13,268 67 



Two-mill tax 102,437 08 



Othersources 14,198 10 



Fractional remainder 6 22 



Total $184,76241 



The crops of Nebraska in 1875, though de- 

 ficient in some localities, were generally re- 

 ported fair, and considered on the whole as 

 rather exceeding an average crop. 



To help in supplying the wants of a large 

 number of people inhabiting the sections de- 

 vastated by the locusts in 1874, several promi- 

 nent citizens of Nebraska formed themselves 

 into a body called " The Nebraska State Aid 

 and Eelief Society," whose object it was to 

 solicit, from all benevolent people in the State 

 and abroad, contributions in money as well as 

 food or clothing, and distribute them where 

 most needed among the sufferers. Their ap- 

 peal was liberally responded to by individuals 

 as well as corporate bodies of Nebraska and 

 other States. From the reports of the proper 

 officers, it appears that the total of the opera- 

 tions of the society covered about half a mill- 

 ion dollars. The whole number of cars of pro- 

 visions and supplies of all sorts, moved by the 

 society, was nine hundred and fifty. The value 

 of supplies sent into the State from all sources 

 was estimated at from $350,000 to $400,000. 

 The donations in money which came into the 

 hands of the society amounted to $67,612.31 ; 

 of which sum $67,147.25 had been disbursed. 



The following is a complete and correct ab- 



stract of census returns of Nebraska for 1875 

 as far as returned. When no returns were 

 made, estimates were made by adding a frac- 

 tion less than 9 per cent., which is the gain for 

 the State over 1874 : 



NETHERLANDS, THE, a kingdom in Eu- 

 rope. King, William III., born February 19, 

 1817; succeeded his father, March 17, 1849; 

 sons: 1, William, Prince of Orange, and heir-ap- 

 parent to the throne, born September 4, 1840 ; 

 2, Alexander, born August 25, 1851 ; brother of 

 the King, Henry, governor of the grand-duchy 

 of Luxemburg. The area of the kingdom is 

 12,679 square miles.* 



The population was, in December, 1874, of- 

 ficially estimated at 3,767,263. The following 

 table gives the population of the several prov- 

 inces, and the percentage of Protestants and 

 Catholics, leaving out of account the Israelites 

 and the minor sects : 



The Israelites and the minor sects constitute 

 two per cent, of the population. The Protes- 

 tants are a majority in nine, and the Eoman 

 Catholics in two, provinces. The population 

 of the larger cities in December, 1874, was as 

 follows : 



* For the area of the several provinces see ANNUAL CYCLO- 

 PEDIA for 1872. 



