INDIANA. 



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845. The average daily attendance in the not sustained. No action was taken by the 



U during tho year was 812,143. The Legislature. 



total number of white pupils admitted into the The office of State Geologist was abolished 

 schools during the year was 496,066; of col- by the Legislature. Some of the result* of tho 

 orod pupils, 7,826. Teachers to the number geological survey have been very valuable, 

 of 13,490 were employed, the average compen- Before tho survey, the coal lands of the State 

 sation of men in the townships being $1.86 were worth from $2 to $10 per acre. They 

 per day; of women, $1.64. In cities the mole now sell readily at from $60 to $200 per acre, 

 teachers were paid $3.64, female teachers while Indiana cool is used to a very largo ex- 

 $2.10. The total school revenue was $4,902,- tent by railroads and manufacturing establish- 

 163.77; the total expenditures were $3,002,- nients, and also for fuel, and still more exten- 

 617.94. Tho school fund consists of assets sively abroad. The reports issued showing the 

 valued nt $9,000,000. The value of permanent good quality of the coal have either suggested 

 school property is $12,000,000. An invostiga- or aided the construction of four or five im- 

 tion of the high schools in some twenty cities of portant railroads, and prepared the way for 

 the State showed the following average results : others. Placing the average extent of conn- 

 Percent, of patrons who pay no property tax 18 ties included in the coal regions at 260,000 



Per cent paying on less than $500. 86 ac res, the increased value of previously unpro- 



KSS&SS^re::::::::::::::::::;; S Active land would exceed $30,000,000; and 



Per cnt. paying on more than $io,ooo 8 adding the benefits derived from the setting 



Percent, of children of widows or parentless 16 nnnffnrtroa fnrnn/o f</>rnrip nn<l mills nH 



Per cent, of children of manual laborers 40 U P J V?^ 68 ' rn ' es > m "2J^ ' '." ' . ';' 



Percent, of children of agents, clerks, and others on salary 20 the building of railways, it IS estimated Within 



Per cent, of children of professional men ii the mark to state th at the aggregate increase 



The debt of the State on October 31, 1879, in values resulting from the development of 



was as follows : the coal-fields has reached $100,000,000. This 



FOREIGN DEBT. great benefit to the State has been brought 



rive per cent certificates, State about to a very great extent, if not altogether, 



stock $14,46909 by the labors of the geological survey. The 



^Stafte!S! r . ^.!T!ff 2,925 is money invested in operating the coal-fields is 



"War loan bonds, c per cent." '..'.'.'. 189^000 oo largely foreign capital, which has been brought 



T Trfn% I r i i^ nd9 ' 5 P" cent " wo MA m within reach for the purposes of taxation. The 



dM April 1. 1884 010,00000 . , ,. . n ., 



Temporary loan bonds, registered 6 increased shipments from the town of Brazil, 



per cent, due December i, 1879. 200,00000 \ n Clay County, represent annually more 



T Turun?[-erty^ d perten b t y ,^e money than the entire cost of the- survey. 



April i, 19S1 200,000 oo Ten years ago a few car-loads per annum con- 



Internal improvement bonds 27,00000 ^^ ^ 8tituted the entire export trade . ^Q tbo 8ame 



DOMESTIC DEBT. statement holds equally true in regard to tho 



School fund bond No. i, January i, Washington mines, in Daviess County. The 



. I s6 !-;-- yv -yu-- / $709,02485 annual shipments are now from 250,000 to 



sflsIS?. * . ! . '. . a ! ia ! 7 2,653,067 80 800,000 tons, and the proprietors of mines are 



School fund bond No. a, May i, ' glad to arm themselves with analyses and let- 



r,-W,l i-und'bondNo.i.'jan'uary WM< ter8 from th State Geologist showing the pn- 



ji. i-Ti 177,70000 rity and excellence of Indiana coal, by means 



8c i878 ftmd b nd No< 5 ' May 8 ' 175 767 07 f w *" cl1 thov have built U P an extensive ship- 



_J $3,904,788 22 ping trade, while the cannel coal of Daviess 



County, by reason of its superiority as a grate 



Totaldebt $4,998,178 I fug] and for its illuminating qualities, now oom- 



The receipts and expenditures of the State mands a full market in all directions out&ide of 



during the year were as follows : the State. 



Net cash receipts during year $8,187,22187 The quarries of building-stone in the State 



Deduct net cash disbursements during year . . . 8,127,825 91 nre estimated to COVer a surface of more than 



Leaves excess of receipts over disburse- 200 square miles. This stone has been found 



ments.......^. .......... $50.89fl 4 j n great variety of color and grade, and the 



Add balance cash in Treasury October 81, 1878. _624,854 ^ ^.^ JJ^ ^^ ^ ^ Qf ' guch ^ 



Makes cash baianca chargeabio against during strength as to create a large demand. 



Treasury October 81, 1879 $588,751 w The p rO( i uct o f the ouarries, which a few years 



An investigation was made by a committee ago did not exceed $30,000 per annum, during 



of the Legislature of charges made against the 1879 amounted to at least $500,000. The citi- 



President of the Board of Benevolent Institu- zens of Owen, Monroe, Lawrence, Washington, 



tions and the Superintendent of the Hospital Harrison, and other counties consider that in 



of the Insane Asylum. The majority reported the near future the increase of Indiana's wealth 



charges made for extra services, and the mi- from her stone-quarries will be equal to that 



nority reported the application of some funds resulting from the successful working of her 



contrary to the meaning and intent of the coal-mines. 



statute. Both found that the charges of cruel- An officer to bo known as a Mine Inspector 



ty and neglect of the inmates in general were was created by the Legislature. Among bene- 



