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was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Among new monuments is 

 one by William W. Bosworth, at the tomb of Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who 

 planned the city, in Arlington Cemetery, unveiled May 22, 1911. On April 17, 1912, 

 a statue of John Paul Jones was unveiled in Potomac Park. The corner-stone of 

 Gibbons memorial hall of the Catholic University of America was laid October 12, 1911. 



Appropriations were made for the establishment in 1913 of a park in the south- 

 eastern part of the city, including Forts Davis and Dupont, and to extend Rock Creek 

 Drive from Massachusetts Avenue to Montrose Park. Proposed parks, for which no 

 appropriations have yet been made, are Klingle Ford Valley (28.5 acres), Mount 

 Hamilton (81 acres) and Piney Branch. 



The Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia has urged an annual 

 appropriation for permanent works of improvement beginning in 1913 with $1,230,000 

 and increasing annually by not less than $100,000, this work to include the reclamation 

 of the Anacostia Flats and the converting of this section into a public park, extension 

 of the improvements of Rock Creek Valley, improvement of the harbour by means of 

 public wharves and completion of the park system. 



Finance. On June 30, 1912, the debt of the Federal District was 110,240,500, of which 

 $8,258,550 was bonded. The cash balance at the beginning of the fiscal year was $337,712, 

 and at its end, $398,753; the receipts for the year were $14,868,722 and the expenditures 

 $14,807,681. In the year an elaborate inventory of district property was begun. An Act 

 of Congress dividing certain fees collected in the District between the District and the United 

 States will probably reduce the District revenues about $65,000 a year. The assessed valua- 

 tion of real property for 1912 was $330,332,487, and for 1913 was $339,198,990; and for the 

 former year the real-estate tax was $4,954,987, and the personal tax levy, $1,131,946. The 

 tax for national banks and trust companies is 6 % on gross earnings, on gas companies, 5 % 

 on gross earnings, on incorporated savings-banks, electric-light companies, telephone com- 

 panies 4 % on gross earnings, and on street railways, 4 % on gross receipts. 



Education. For the school year ending June 30, 1912, the school population (6-17 years) 

 was 65,867; the enrollment, 57,781 (18,663 negroes); average daily attendance, 46,231; 

 average length of the school year, 36 weeks; the school revenue, $3,180,378, and expenditures, 

 $3,050,031. In 1910 the percentage of illiteracy of the population over 10 years was 4.9 

 (in 1900, 8.6) ; among negroes 13.5; foreign-born whites, 8.2; native whites, 0.5. The percent- 

 age of illiterates between 10 years and 20 was only I. 



Charities. On February 15, 1912, the penal farm at Occoquam, Virginia, the workhouse 

 of the District of Columbia, was formally placed under the supervision of the District board 

 of charities, taking the place of a workhouse in the city. An institution for feeble-minded 

 negro children is projected. 



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Population (1910) 752,619; 41% negroes, 54.5% native whites (4.8% of foreign 

 parents), and 4.5% foreign born whites. : The average number per sq. m. was 13.7%. 

 In 1910,; 23 cities and towns, each with 2,500 or more, made up 29.1% of the total; in 

 1900, 12 municipalities of the same class contained 20.3 %. The semi-urban population 

 in 125 places in 1910 (79 in 1900) each with less than 2,500 made up 11.6% (10.1% in 

 1900). The rural population decreased from 69.6% of the total in 1900 to. 59.3% in 

 1910. The rate of increase during the decade was:. 42.4% for the whole state; 73.5% 

 for urban territory 111,4% for cities having more than 25,000 and 52.4% for cities 

 and towns between 2,500 and 25,000; and 32,6% for the rural remainder. There were 

 10 cities each with more than. 5,000: Jacksonville, 57,699 (28,429 in 1900); Tampa, 

 37,782 (15,839 in 1900); Pensacola, 22,982; Key West, 19,945; West Tampa, 8,258 

 (2,355 in 1900); Gainesville, 6,183 (3.633 in 1900); St. Augustine, 5,494; Miami, 5,471 

 (1,681 in 1900); Lake City, 5,032; and Tallahassee, 5,618 (2,981 in 1900). 



Agriculture. The acreage in farms increased ^0014,363,891 to 5,253, 538 between 1900 and 

 1910 and the improved land in farms from 1,511,653 to 1,805,408; the average farm acreage 

 fell from 106.9 to 105.0 and the value of farm property increased from $53,929,064 to $143,- 

 183,183 ($93,738,065 land; $24,407,924 buildings; $4,446,007 implements and $20,591,187 

 domestic animals). Of the land area 15% was in farms. The average value of farm land 

 per acre was $17.84. Farmswere operated largely by owners (35,399 by owners and 13,342 by 

 tenants). In 1912 (preliminary estimates) the principal crops were: Indian corn, 8,515,000 



1 See E. B. x, 540. 



