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WISCONSIN. 



til 1874, when, most of the orphans having be- 

 come able to support themselves, the Board of 

 Trustees was directed to find places in private 

 families for those who remained. The number 

 of orphans who have received the benefits of 

 the institution exceeds six hundred. The total 

 cost to the State for the purchase of buildings 

 and the maintenance of the institution has been 

 about $342,000. 



The Legislature has authorized the transfer 

 of the buildings and grounds of the Soldiers' 

 Orphans' Home to the Regents of the State 

 University for a medical college. 



The State census, taken in 1875, shows the 

 total population to be 1,236,579, or a gain of 

 181,909 since 1870. The following is a com- 

 parative statement, by counties, of the State 

 census of 1875, and the Federal census of 1870 : 



The population 'of 'the cities of the State and 

 the larger incorporated villages was as follows : 



Returns, generally complete but some quite 

 defective, show the acreage of the leading 

 crops in 1874 and 1875 as follows: 



* New counties. 



The railroad companies operating roads in 

 Wisconsin, with the number of miles in the 

 State, are as follows : 



Chicago & Northwestern 564.52 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 724.00 



Green Bay & Minnesota 213.50 



Madison & Pottage 89.00 



Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western 126 . 60 



Mineral Point 49.00 



Prairie du Chien & McGregor 1 .75 



Sheboygan & Fond du Lac 78.40 



Superior & St. Croix 15.75 



West Wisconsin 217.50 



Western Union 85.20 



Wisconsin Central 828.00 



Wisconsin Valley 89.00 



Total 2, 527 . 22 



* Decrease. 



