PENNSYLVANIA. 



Ho institution in England assigned to that sub- 

 ject, llr devoted himself in toil position, and 

 iilso by liis writings, to the promotion of edu- 

 cation, making the improvement of methods 

 of teacliinu' Ins special object. He was the au- 

 thor of " Lectures on Education," and numer- 

 ous lectures ami pamphlets on allied subjects. 

 He also took an active part in the work of the 

 Women's Education Union. Mr. Payne con- 

 tributed several papers to the "Proceedings" 

 of the Philological Society, chiefly on English 

 dialects, and the relation of Old English to 

 Norman French. Among his other publica- 

 tions were school-books in English literature, 

 entitled: "Studies in English Poetry" (fifth 

 edition, 1804), u Studies in English Prose" 

 (1867), and u Select Poetry for Children " (fif- 

 teenth edition, 1868). 



PENNSYLVANIA. The funded debt of 

 the State of Pennsylvania amounts to $22,- 

 865,021.58, and there is $118,929.11 of un- 

 funded debt, making the total indebtedness on 

 November 30, 1876, $22,978,950.69. The as- 

 sets of the sinking-fund amounted to $9,054,- 

 910.92, leaving $13,924,039.77 as the public 

 debt unprovided for. The receipts of the sink- 

 ing-fund for the year amounted to $2,462,599.- 

 28, aud the payments from it to $1,622,607.03, 

 leaving a balance of $839,992.25 in cash in the 

 fund. The rest of the fund consisted of bonds 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ($4,- 

 914,1)18.67), and bonds of the Alleghany Val- 

 ley Railroad Company ($3,300,000). The bonds 

 of the State become due as follows: 



Over-duo, not presented for payment and up in 



which interest is stopped $5,921 53 



Five per cont. gold loan, payable August, 187T. 8,245,500 00 

 Five psr cent, gold loan, payable August, 1ST 3. 273,000 00 

 Six per cent, gold loan, payable August, lS7i>.. 4'IO,OOl) 00 

 Five per cent, gold loan, payable August, 1S82. 8J5,000 00 

 Four and one-half per cent., payable August, 



1832 87,00000 



Blx per csnt. currency, redeemable February, 



1817, and payable within five years 7,882,800 00 



Six per cent, currency, redeemable February, 



18S2, and payable within ten years 9,995,800 00 



Six per cent, currency Agricultural College 



Loan, payable 1922 500,000 00 



Total $22,865,021 53 



It is probable that a new five per cent, loan 

 will be issued, to take the place of a consider- 

 able portion of the bonds which mature in 

 the next five years, the aggregate being nearly 

 $12,000,000. 



The receipts and disbursement of the Treas- 

 ury for the last fiscal year were as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



In Treasury November 30, 1875. . . . $W8.207 27 



6.078,890 87 



Total $7,072,097 64 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Ordinary expenses $4,505.513 82 



Loans redeemed 25H-T o:, 



Interest on loans 1,327,89915 



$6,087.100 08 



Balance in Treasury November 29, 1876. ... $984.997 62 



The receipts of the general fund, from which 

 all expenditures of the government are made 



except those on account of the public debt, 

 were $4,670,842.72, and the estimated receipts 

 lor 1H77 fell to $8,890,251.87. A portion of 

 this is derived from the tax on the stock of 

 corporations. Heretofore one-third of the rev- 

 enue from this source has gone to the sinking- 

 fiind, and two-thirds to the general fund, but 

 an act of February last reversed the propor- 

 tion, and now the general fund receives but 

 one-third. The receipts of the general fund 

 from the corporation stock tax in 1876 were 

 $1,432,141.58 ; estimated receipts for 1877, 

 $650,000. 



The railway system of the State consists of 

 5,585| miles of main and branch roads, and 

 2,748J- miles of side-track. There is also 840 

 miles of projected road, making the total length 

 of track laid and in contemplation 9,174^ miles. 

 There are also 429 miles of street railways in 

 cities, and 425 miles of underground railway 

 in the anthracite coal-regions, not included in 

 this statement. The total length of canals in 

 the State is 784 miles, and of telegraph-wire 

 in use 20,340 miles. 



The number of insane persons in this State 

 is 4,625, of whom 1,167 were in April sup- 

 ported in the State asylums. Of these there 

 were three then occupied : that at Dixmont, 

 containing 491 inmates; that at Harrisburg, 

 416 ; and that at Danville, 200. The Danville 

 Asylum is not yet completed, and will ultimate- 

 ly have accommodations for 700 patients, and 

 that at Warren, now in course of construction, 

 will have the same capacity. The total ca- 

 pacity of the four asylums, when finished, will 

 be 2,300. 



8CBUYLKILL BRIDGE. 



The schools for soldiers' orphans, which 

 were established in 1864, have had 8,580 chil- 

 dren in their charge, and have cost the State 

 over $5,000,000 for maintenance. The number 

 of pupils remaining in the schools on the 1st 

 of September was 2,641. The annual expense 

 for several years has been about $400,000. 



The prison accommodations of the State are 

 reported to be altogether inadequate to its 

 needs. The Eastern Penitentiary at Philadel- 

 phia, which has only 580 cells, contained 944* 

 convicts at the close of the year. 



The National Guard of the State consists of 

 870 officers and 8,996 enlisted men. 



The annual session of the Legislature began 

 on the 4th of January, and reached a final ad- 

 journment on the 5th of May. 



The general appropriations for the ordinary 

 expenses of the government, common schools, 

 and interest on the public debt, amounted to 

 about $3,800,000. The principal items wore, 

 $1,325,000 for interest on the debt, $1,000,000 

 for common schools, $510,000 for the judicial 

 department of the government, $475,000 for 



