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its share, and makes no report of funded in- 

 U-lit od ness. The condition of the Treasury 

 fur the lust two fiscal years is shown in t he- 

 following statement: 



Balance tn tho Treasury, October 1, 1874 $282,865 12 



Kecelved from all sour-ton during fiscal year rml- 



i.ii'inber 80, IbTS 647,426 40 



Total receipts $829,791.68 



Disbursement!) fur all purposes during the fiscal 

 year ending September 30, 1676 670,171 97 



Balance In the Treasury, October, 1875 $258,019 01 



Received from all soum-s during the fiscal rear 

 ending September 30, 1&70 080,88482 



Total receipts $890,454 18 



Disbursements for all purposes during the fiscal 

 year ending September 80, 1876 082,391 48 



Balance in Treasury, October 1, 1870 $207,562 05 



At the close of the last fiscal year the 

 general fund, from which all ordinary expenses 

 must he paid, was exhausted, and the Governor 

 borrowed $70,000 under authority conferred 

 upon him hy law $24,000 from the banks in 

 "WheeJing, and $46,000 from the school - fund. 



These are to he paid from appropriations of 

 1877. The deficiency making it necessary to 

 borrow for current expenses was occasioned 



by delinquency in the payment of taxes. There 

 was due on the 1st of October, on account i.f 

 taxes of 1875, the sura of $117,849.10. 



Tin! system of public schools of the State is 

 gradually improving. The expenditures for 

 school purposes during the year amounted to 

 $1,000,938.16 against $921,778.90 in 1875. 

 The number of children enrolled was 184,760; 

 number attending schools, 128,540; average 

 daily attendance, 70,112. There were 8,127 

 school-houses, valued at $1,660,407.38; and 

 8,683 teachers, to whom was paid over $588,- 

 400 in salaries. These figures show a substan- 

 tial increase over those of 1875. 



The Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and 

 Blind, at Romney, is supported at a cost of about 

 $30,000 a year. The attendance during the 

 year was 65 deaf-mutes and 19 blind persons. 

 In connection with the school are four shops 

 in which shoemaking, tailoring, mattress-mak- 

 ing, broom-making, etc., are taught. 



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STATE SEAL OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



The Hospital for the Insane, at Weston, had 

 897 inmates on the 30th of September, of whom 

 222 were males and 175 females. Accommo- 

 dations for 90 patients have been added during 

 the year, and a new brick building erected for 

 colored patients. The average cost, per week, 

 for each inmate of the hospital was $2.38. 

 The appropriation asked for, for current ex- 

 penses for 1877, is $60,840. The institution is 

 now crowded, and an extension is urged by 

 the superintendent. 



The penitentiary, at Moundsville, contained 

 157 State and 32 United States prisoners at 

 the close of the year. The latter are taken on 

 contract with the Federal Government at forty 

 cents per day. The cost of feeding prisoners 

 during the year was on an average 10.95 cents 

 per day, per capita. The penitentiary is not 

 self-supporting, and appropriations are asked 

 for, amounting to $42,000 for 1877, and $25,- 



000 for 1878. Of the former sum $15,000 

 is wanted to complete and equip the work- 

 shops. 



A convention of the Democrats of the State, 

 held at Charleston, on the 8th of June, made 

 nominations for State officers and presidential 

 electors at large ; chose delegates to the Na- 

 tional Convention of the party; appointed a 

 State Central Committee ; and adopted a dec- 

 laration of principles. The State ticket was as 

 follows: For Governor, H. M. Matthews; for 

 Attorney-General, Robert White ; for Auditor, 

 Joseph S. Miller; for Treasurer, Thomas J. 

 West; for Superintendent of Schools, AV. K. 

 Pendleton ; for Judges of Supreme Court of Ap- 

 peals, A. F. Haymond and Okey Johnson for 

 the full term, and T. C. Green for the nnexpirol 

 term of Judge Panll. Majority and minority 

 reports were made by the Committee on Reso- 

 lutions. The former consisted of four resolu- 



