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(578.73. During the same period $834,042.55 proved, 105 not improved, and two not in*ane. 

 was received on account of the benevolent in- The expenses of the institution for two year* 

 Btitutions. being derived from the earnings of were $290,038.24. A new and extensive build- 

 inmates and the contributions of counties, ing, consisting of six distinct hospitals con- 



Daring tin-si- two years the payments from 

 t!i.- Tiv.-isury amounted to $2,408,718.25, be- 

 isi'U-s $73,679 in redemption of bonds. The 

 State debt now amounts to $1,097,755.12, con- 

 sisting of $510,000 six per cent, bonds, due 

 April 1, 1879; $200,000 six per cent, bonds, 

 due December 1, 1879; $200,000 seven per 

 cent, bonds, due April 1, 1878; $139,000 six 

 per cent, war-loan bonds, due in 1881 ; $29,000 

 old bonds, required to be redeemed under the 

 act of 1872 ; $16,469.99 five per cent, certificates 

 of State stock, and $3,285.13 two and a half 

 per cent, certificates. The indebtedness of the 

 State to the school-fund amounts to $3,904,- 

 783.21, and consists of five per cent, non-nego- 

 tiable bonds ; the common-school fund held 

 by the counties amounted to $2,523,988.33 in 

 June, and the congressional township school- 

 fund was $2,442,100.89, making the total per- 

 manent fund for educational purposes $8,870,- 

 872.43. The revenues to be used in support of 

 the schools realized during the year ending 

 June 30th amounted to $3,174,156.77. There 

 are 9,434 school houses in 

 the State, valued at $11,- 

 548,993.67. The number 

 of teachers employed is 

 13,411, of whom 13,317 

 are white and 94 colored 

 7,852 male and 5,559 

 female. The number of 

 children enrolled in the 

 schools during the year 

 was 516,270, of whom 

 509,307 were white and 

 6,963 colored. The total 

 number of children of 

 school nge in the State 

 was 668,969 whites and 

 10,201 colored, or 679,280 

 in all. The average num- 

 ber of school days in the 

 year ending August 31st 

 was 129. 



The number of children 

 provided for in the Sol- 

 diers' Orphans' Home dur- 

 ing the year was 294. There were 303 inmates 

 in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at the close of 

 the year. The expenses of this institution for 

 the year ending March 31st were $63,553.66. 

 The number of pupils in the Institute for the 

 Blind during the year ending October 31st was 

 106. The expenditures for two years were 

 $65,518.36. 



The Hospital for the Insane contained 482 

 patients on the 1st of November, 1874. Dur- 

 ing the two years following 927 were admit- 

 ted and 696 discharged, leaving the number at 

 the close of that period 713. The number 

 of deaths was 47 in 1875, and 79 in 1876. Of 

 those discharged 616 were recovered, 50 ira- 



nected by towers, is in process of construction. 



On the 15th of December the Northern 

 Prison contained 608 convicts, an increase dur- 

 ing the year of 92. The revenues of the prison 

 for two years amounted to $145,712.59, no part 

 of which came from the State Treasury. The 

 ordinary expenses during the same period were 

 $130,059.16. The prisoners are let out to labor 

 on contracts at 45 cents each per day. The 

 average number of convicts in the Southern 

 Prison during the year was 531. The contract 

 for labor with the Southwestern Car Company 

 at 60 cents per day for each prisoner was can- 

 celed near the beginning of the year on ac- 

 count of the bankruptcy of the company. 

 New contracts entered into since have been 

 on the basis of 45 cents per day for each pris- 

 oner. 



The political canvass of the year opened 

 early with the Republican Convention, which 

 was held at Indianapolis on the 22d of Feb- 

 ruary. Delegates to the National Convention 

 were chosen and candidates nominated for 



PURDUE UNIVERSITY BUILDING, LAIATBTTK. 



presidential electors as well as for the State of- 

 fices to be filled in October. The State ticket 

 was as follows : Governor, Godlove S. Orth ; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Robert E. Robertson ; 

 Secretary of State, Isaiah P. Watts ; Auditor, 

 William M. Hess ; Treasurer, George F. Her- 

 riott ; Attorney -General, Jonathan W. Gor- 

 don ; Judges of the Supreme Court, W. P. 

 Edson, A. 0. Vorhis, John F. Kibby, and H. 

 0. Newcomb ; Reporter of the Supreme Court, 

 L. S. Miller; Clerk of the Supreme Court, 

 Charles Schull; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, Oliver II. Smith. The declaration 

 of principles adopted consisted of twenty-one 

 resolutions. The first expressed fidelity to the 



