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large portion to Pawtucket since 1870. Of 

 the total population of 258,132, the number of 

 colored persons is 6,271 ; the number of per- 

 sons born in the United States, 186,609 ; those 

 of American parentage, 134,630; of foreign 

 parentage born in the United States, 51,979 ; 

 born in foreign countries, 71,630. The growth 

 of cotton manufactures is shown in the follow- 

 ing comparative statement of the increase of 

 population and of spindles since 1860 : 



The increase and increase per cent, in each 

 of the three periods of five years were as fol- 

 lows: 



The total valuation of property in the State, 

 on which the tax levy is based, is $328,538,- 

 559, of which $168,547,726 belongs to the city 

 of Providence. The total indebtedness of cities 

 and towns is $9,869,757.11, of which $8,818,046 

 is of the city of Providence. The bonded debt 

 of the State at the beginning of 1876 was $2,- 

 565,500, and the sinking-fund contained $181,- 

 000. The State Treasury, on the 30th of April, 

 contained a balance of $475,850.23; the re- 

 ceipts from that date to November 30th were 

 $438,645.24, and the payments $640,255.32, 

 leaving a balance of $274,238.15. From Novem- 

 ber 30 to January 11, 1876, the receipts were 

 $471,003.33, and the payments $268,002.67, so 

 that the balance at the latter date was $477,- 

 238.81. 



The number of savings-banks in the State 

 on the 27th of November was 38 ; whole num- 

 ber of depositors 101,635; total amount due to 

 depositors, $51,311,330.32 ; average to each 

 depositor, $504.85 ; largest amount due to one 

 depositor, $45,113.16 ; increase in deposits over 

 the previous year, $2,539,828.76 ; average divi- 

 dend, seven per cent. The total resources and 

 liabilities of the 62 national banks in the State, 

 on the 17th of December, was $49,660,441.14. 

 The resources and liabilities of State banks 

 were $5,091,697.20. The capital stock of rail- 

 roads, the whole or a portion of which are lo- 

 cated in this State, amounts to $37,247,315. 

 The total indebtedness is $15,427,385. The 

 net earnings for the year were $2,131,002. 

 Total number of passengers transported during 

 the year, 20,575,973; number of passengers 

 killed by accidents during eight months, 6 ; 

 number of passengers injured, 13 ; number of 



employes and others killed 29; number of 

 employes and others injured, 25. 



The school statistics for the year are as fol- 

 lows: 



DAY-SCHOOLS. 



Number of different pupils enrolled 88,554 



Average number belonging to schools 80,102 



Average attendance 26,163 



Number of schools (graded, 436 ; ungraded, 801) 787 



Number of teachers regularly employed. 



Amount paid male teachers $93,617 70 



Average wages paid male teachers per month ... 85 18 



Amount paid female teachers 289,666 44 



Average wages paid female teachers per month. 46 17 



EVENING-SCHOOLS. 

 Number of different pupils enrolled 



Average attendance. 



Number of schools 



Average length of schools, 12| weeks. 



Number of children in the State from five to fif- 

 teen years of age, State census, June, 1875 



Expenditure per capita of school population, five 

 to fifteen years of age 



Expenditure per capita of pupils enrolled 



Expenditure per capita of average attendance.. . 



4,600 

 2,256 

 39 



53,316 



'$9 17 

 12 24 

 18 04 



The number of inmates of the institutions on 

 the State-farm, on the 1st of January, 1876, was 

 616, of whom 279 were in the workhouse, 173 

 in the insane asylum, and 164 in the almshouse. 

 Of the 279 in the workhouse 206 were men, 

 and 73 women ; the increase for the year was 

 64 men, and 16 women. In the insane asylum 

 there were 86 men, and 87 women, a decrease 

 of 1 man and an increase of 2 women dur- 

 ing the year. In the almshouse the total was 

 made up of 61 men, 62 women, 20 boys, and 

 21 girls, being an increase during the year 

 of 8 men, 13 women, and 2 boys, the number 

 of girls being the same at the end as at the 

 beginning of the year. A considerable addi- 

 tion has been made to the insane asylum. The 

 amount paid on account of appropriations for 

 the State-farm during the year was $635,500. 



The number of convicts in the State-prison 

 at the beginning of the year was 67 ; during 

 the year 24 were committed, 29 discharged, 

 3 pardoned, and 3 removed by death, leaving 

 56 at the end of the year. The Providence 

 County jail contained 135 inmates on the 31st 

 of December, of whom 71 were committed by 

 the State. The total receipts from labor and 

 other sources were $10,796.45 for the prison, 

 and $13,101.47 for the jail; the expenditures 

 were $7,131.55 for the prison, and $16,772 for 

 the jail, showing a balance of $3,664.90 in fa- 

 vor of the prison, and $3,670.53 against the 

 jail. A new State-prison is in process of con- 

 struction on the State-farm. It will contain 

 252 cells. The amount thus far appropriated 

 for the building is $175,000, of which $138,- 

 214.97 has been expended. A farther appro- 

 priation of $160,000 is required for its com- 

 pletion. 



The militia of Rhode Island has been reor- 

 ganized under a law passed at the close of the 

 January session, requiring an assignment of all 

 companies to battalions under a uniform sys- 

 tem, instead of permitting the independent or- 

 ganization previously maintained. Three com- 

 panies, the Newport Artillery, the United Train 



