618 



MICHIGAN. 



subject to sale September 30, 1879, was 1,104,- 

 302-98. The 69,044-58 acres disposed of dur- 

 ing the year were sold for $125,508.32, of which 

 $95,876.81 was paid and $29,631.51 is due. 

 The entire receipts of the office during the year 

 were $246,257.28. The collections for trespass, 

 including those for conveyance, amounted to 

 $15,878.89. The expense incurred was $12,- 

 803.58. Homestead licenses to the number of 

 897, covering 27,326-82 acres of land, were is- 

 sued. The sales of land have been mostly in 

 small parcels, and to parties who will in most 

 instances become actual settlers. The sales of 

 Agricultural College land show a great increase 

 over former years. There is now a large in- 

 quiry for State lands from the older portions 

 of the State, from the Middle States, and from 

 Canada. 



The two following tables from the annual 

 report of the Auditor-General are of more than 

 ordinary interest. By classes of institutions 

 the receipts and expenditures of the year 



RECEIPTS. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



The disbursements from the State Treasury 

 eince the organization of the State, for the sup- 

 port of educational and reformatory institutions 

 and asylums, have been as follows : 



The State taxes for the current year, levied 

 tinder legislative acts of 1879 and former years, 

 were apportioned to the counties by the Audi- 

 tor-General on the 4th of October, and were 

 for the following purposes : 



University, buildings and aid $93,750 00 



Normal School, buildingp and support , 



.Agricultural College, building, etc 



State Public School, maintenance 



State Reform School, building and expenses. . . 



Institution for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind 



Michigan Asylum for the Insane 



Eastern Michigan Asylum for Insane 



New School for the Blind (building) 



Reform School for Girls (new) 



State House of Correction 



State Prison, buildings, etc , 



New State Capitol grounds 



Military purposes 



Pish Commission. 



81,178 00 

 21,040 12 

 43,950 00 

 48.815 00 

 46,700 00 

 26.588 00 

 83,209 00 

 85,000 00 

 20,000 00 



8,600 00 

 20,080 00 



4,500 00 

 71,691 



5,000 00 



Genera.\v\iTpoa6S............... .............. 643,000 00 



Total State taxes $1,153.096 21 



Add for indebtedness of counties 264,594 69 



Aggregate apportionment $1,417,690 90 



The State taxes are apportioned on an aggre- 

 gate equalized valuation of real and personal 

 estate (made in 1876) of $630,000.000. The 



per cent, is a fraction less than 1 T 9 7 mill, or a 

 fraction over 18 cents on each $100. 



The fourth annual reports of the County 

 Treasurers, made under the liquor-tax laws of 

 1875-'77, show 41 wholesale and 2,281 retail 

 dealers in distilled liquors, and 122 manufac- 

 turers, 25 wholesale, and 1,734 retail dealers in 

 malt liquors ; total, 4,203. Taxes paid : 



By manufacturers $7,82226 



" wholesale dealers 18.788 51 



" retail dealers 851.810 88 



Interest paid on overdue taxes 1,072 98 



Total $874,489 13 



Uncollected taxes, $35,545.61. These taxes do 

 not go into the State Treasury, but belong to 

 the municipalities in which they are collected, 

 and are generally used for the support of the 

 poor. 



The preliminary report of the Commissioner 

 of Insurance for the year ending December 

 31, 1879, shows the financial condition at that 

 date of each of the stock fire and marine in- 

 surance companies doing business in the State. 



