KHODE ISLAND. 



731 



$44,266,882.30, the number of depositors being 

 93,053. There was a decrease of $5,301,115 in 

 the amount of deposits for the year. 



The school statistics for the year ending 

 April 30th are as follows : 



sary delay, of all our bonds, thus relieving labor 

 from an intolerable burden of interest accruing at 

 the rate of $3.17 every second of time ; stopping the 

 premium of greater profits on money invested in 

 such bonds than could be realized upon it if invested 

 in business ; restoring real property to its legitimate 

 place as prime security for savings-bank deposits 



and for loans ; breaking up the present bondhold- PAY SCHOOLS. 



ing combination, the personification of the money Number of different pupils enrolled 41,003 



power now so destructive of private and public mo- Average number belonging .'..'.'. 8IU17 



rality, corrupting to the public press and to other Average attendance 20,014 



instrumentalities by which the public intelligence -^ uml)er , of schools g,i 



and public opinion are molded and so full of men- v u e m $>g* ^gulariy employVd/ ^ "^ * *ffi 



ace andpenlto every liberty ot the American people Amountpaid male teachers..... P . .' $98,619 SO 



4. That the purity of the ballot shall be protected Average wages paid male teachers per month. ... $75 00 



by the condign punishment of any person or persons Amount paid female teachers $309,760 52 



guilty of the crime of trafficking in votes. Average wages paid female teachers per month.. $45 bo 



5. That the far-reaching hand of the money power, 



as it appears in the withholding by the Associated EVENING SCHOOLS. 



Press of telegraphic news from publications which Number of different pupils enrolled 4.536 



it dislikes or fears, shall be torn from the throat of Average number belonging 3,057 



public intelligence by law, and telegraph companies S^Sv;;;;;;;;. .Y/.V *> l $ 



be forced to sell the public news on equal terms to Average number of teachers employed. . .' . 174 



anybody. Average length of schools 12 weeks 



6. The adoption of land-limitation laws, and the 



policy of selling publio lands to actual settlers only. RECEIPTS. 



7. The establishment of national and State bureaus state appropriation for day and evening schools. $92,806 51 

 for the collection and publication of reliable data as Town appropriation for day and evening schools. 8ttl,498 68 

 a basis for sound public opinion and intelligent Town appropriation for land, buildings, and fur- 

 legislation upon industrial and financial questions, niture 113,18812 



and that the officers of such bureaus shall be persons 5 18t " ct taxation ; f 6,543 20 



having the confidence of the industrial classes. Registry taxes, school funds, and aU other sources. _65,y_57_9I 



8. Equal taxation of all property of individuals or Total ..$709,44448 



corporations. 



Besolyed, That we call upon Congress to enforce a EXPENDITURES. 



republican form of government in Khode Island Teachers' wages and other current expenses of 



Resolved, That the National Greenback -Labor day schools $471,98343 



party is the party of the whole people, and that we Teachers 1 wages and other current 'expenses of 



point witli confidence and pride to every plank in evening schools 22,223 41 



our platform, as corroborative of our declaration School supervision 10,20131 



that that party seeks no special privileges for any Land, buildings, furniture, and apparatus 175,362 81 



class or interest, but plants itself upon the firm Total | 6 - 9 ^- 9g 



ground of justice and right, immutable and eternal, 



and calls upon our brethren, the honest masses of COST OP INSTRUCTION. 



all parties, to unite with us to make our govern- Current expenditure for day schools per capita 



ment " the government of the people, by the people of pupils enrolled $11 74 



and for the people" a democracy in fact as well Current expenditure for day schools per capita 



as in name. . of average attendance 18 09 



Current expenditure for day schools for each pu- 



The total vote for members of Congress in _ P 11 ' 8 instruction per month.. l 92 



the two districts was 18,454, the Republican *^jgStS^.!^*^?Z. 490 



majority being 4,620. In the First District, Current expenditure in evening schools, per capita 



Nelson W. Aldrich, Republican, received 5,968 ; . of avera * e "'tendance 10 52 



Thomas Davis, Democrat, 1,332 ; and Lycurgus TAXATION. 



Say les, National Greenback, 627. In the Sec- Average town tax for public schools on each $100, 



ond District, Latimer W. Ballon, Republican, SS!?.?;?.^.?.^.^/!!??^? 10 



received 5,569 ; I. B. Barnaby, Democrat, 4,435 ; 



and J. F. Smith, National Greenback, 311. The State Normal School had 134 pupils 



There were 119 scattering votes. during the term ending January 24, 1879. 



The condition of the State Treasury at the The State institutions under the care and 



end of the year is shown in the following state- management of the Board of State Charities 



ment : and Correction the Prison and Providence 



Balance in Treasury April 30tb $22,87115 County Jail the Workhouse and -House of 



Receipts from May 1st to December 3ist 872,69359 Correction, the Asylum for the Incurable In- 



$395 564 74 sane ' an ^ ^ Almshouse are now all located 



Payments from May 1st to December 3ist 496,90586 on the State Farm in the town of Cranston, 



and contain altogether about 850 inmates. 



Ful.SS'eSro'j'rsute.-.-.-.-.-.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V JtS$& oo The new prison and jail has been completed 



Paid from the Treasury to the Commissioners and delivered up to the btate Board, and the 



of Sinking Funds ........ 543,000 00 pr i SO ners were transferred from the old insti- 



*&ySfi^lnS^. . " I! 52,901 28 tution in Providence in the latter part of No- 



vember. The number of inmates of the pris- 



Leaving the net funded debt of the State $1,938,59812 Qn flt the end Qf the yeap Wftg 553. o f t he 



The total amount of deposits in the 39 sav- Workhouse and House of Correction, 220 ; of 



ings banks in the State on November 20th was the Insane Asylum, 216 ; of the Almshouse, 



