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ber 21st, $3,000, and November llth, $1,470.74, 

 on account of the permanent school fund, and 

 on November 30th, $843.47, on account of lands 

 reserved for public uses. 



The disbursements of the State College 

 amounted to $16,815.14; total receipts, $18,- 

 401.42; the resources of the college amount to 

 $131,161.38. The total number of graduates 

 is 156, besides whom nearly 200 students have 

 been connected with the institution for a 

 greater or less length of time. 



There are now 181 prisoners in the State 

 Prison. The total number of convicts con- 

 victed since the erection of the prison, in 1826, 

 is 2,550. Of the present inmates about 40 are 

 under sentence for life for murder and arson. 

 Of the convicts, 23 work in the wood-shop, 15 

 in the paint-shop, 34 in the blacksmith- shop, 

 10 in the shoemaker's shop, 45 in the harness- 

 shop, 8 at trimming, 3 at tailoring, and 43 at 

 other employments. 



In the Insane Hospital, on the 1st of Decem- 

 ber, 1880, there were 436 patients 226 men 

 and 210 women. There were subsequently ad- 

 mitted 215 persons 129 men and 86 women, 

 making a total number under treatment of 651 

 355 men and 296 women. Of these there 

 were discharged 201 115 men and 86 women 

 leaving in the Hospital on the 1st of Decem- 

 ber, 1881, 450 patients 249 men and 210 

 women. The record of deaths varies but little 

 from previous years, being but about ten per 

 cent of the daily average resident. Many of 

 these were old residents at the Hospital, ad- 

 vanced in years and worn with disease. The 

 average age of those who died was 51 '7 years 

 the youngest eighteen and the oldest eighty- 

 seven. The whole number of patients admitted 

 and discharged since the Hospital was first 

 opened, in 1840, is as follows: 5,759 admitted, 

 and 5,309 discharged. Of the latter, 2,201 recov- 

 ered, 1,054 improved, 943 did not improve, and 

 1 , 107 died. It is expected that the new pavilion 

 for females will be completed and ready for oc- 

 cupancy during the coming year. This will 

 accommodate 45 patients. The cash receipts 

 have amounted to $108,023.15; the disburse- 

 ments to $100,869.65, leaving a balance of 

 cash on hand of $7,156.50. The resources, in- 

 cluding this balance, and the value of various 

 supplies on hand, are $40,888.25 ; the liabili- 

 ties, comprising dues for various supplies, and 

 due to employes, are $16,058.81. 



The aggregate liabilities and resources of the 

 savings-banks of Maine, at the close of the year, 

 were as follows : 



LIABILITIES. 



Deposits $26,474,554 97 



Reserved fund 871,015 88 



Special reserved fund 162,204 04 



Profits 871,03217 



Other liabilities 182,545 85 



Total $28,361,401 86 



RESOURCES. 



Cash $1.237.221 8fi 



United States bonds 6,802.259 09 



State of Maine bonds 55.875 00 



Other public funds 7,709,853 77 



Brought forward $14,804,709 71 



Railroad bonds 2,541,579 88 



Bank stock 1,199,463 88 



Real estate 1,200,438 19 



Other investments 664,047 8!> 



Loans on mortgages of real estate 4,984,511 18 



Otherloans 2,766,652 28 



Total $28,861,401 86 



Other important facts are given below : 



Present number of savings-banks 55 



Number of depositors 87,977 



" not over $500 each 60,797 



" " over $500 each 27,180 



Net increase of deposits the past year $2,860,898 87 



" reserved fund 263,38570 



Amount of dividends paid depositors the past 



year 1,006,493 85 



Amount of State tax paid the past year 174,226 04 



Increase of investments in United States bonds 



thepastyear 1,636,34799 



Decrease of investments in State of Maine 



bonds the past year 12.250 00 



Increase of investments in other public funds 



the past year 563,577 97 



Increase of investments in railroad bonds tho 



past year 174,491 11 



Increase of investments in bank-stock the past 



year 424567 50 



Decrease of loans on mortgages of real estate.. 254,1)52 10 



The number of savings-banks is the same as 

 in 1880. The number of depositors has in- 

 creased 7,030. The deposits have increased 

 $2,860,898.37, showing a marked increase of 

 general prosperity in the State. In the hard 

 times of 1878 the deposits of the savings-banks 

 decreased $3,725,320. In 1879 they decreased 

 $186,363. In 1880 prosperity began to revive, 

 and the deposits in the savings-banks at the 

 end of the year had increased $1,968,183. This 

 year the increase has gone on. 



The Fish Commissioners report that the run 

 of salmon commenced unusually early in 1881, 

 and was remarkable for the large size of the 

 fish. As to numbers, the run was the smallest 

 of the past three years, but the largest for the 

 previous ten or twelve years. There has been 

 a distribution of over half a million salmon in 

 the Penobscot, Kennebec, Androscoggin, Saco, 

 Presumpscot, and Machias Kivers. 



For the year's result, the contribution to 

 the Bucksport and Orland salmon-works was 

 $2,000 ; dividend of salmon-eggs, 1,080,000. 

 The contributions to the Orland works were as 

 follows: by Maine, $2,000; dividend of eggs, 

 1,080,000: by Massachusetts, $500; dividend 

 of eggs, 270,000 : by Connecticut, $300 ; div- 

 idend of eggs, 162,000 : by the United States, 

 $1,757; dividend of eggs, 950,000. Total- 

 money, $4,557 ; eggs, 2,462,000. The Penob- 

 scot is the only river on the Atlantic coast of 

 the United States from which a supply of sea- 

 salmon eggs can be obtained for propagation. 



The commissioners reported that they had 

 but 60,000 landlocked salmon-eggs from a $300 

 contribution. There are two great hatcheries 

 in the State owned by the United States and 

 associated States, one at Orland and the other 

 at Grand Lake Stream. The contributions to 

 the Grand Lake Stream fund were as follows : 

 Maine, $300; dividend, 60,000 eggs. New 

 Hampshire, $250 ; dividend, 50,000 eggs. Mas- 

 sachusetts, $500 ; dividend, 100,000 eggs. Con- 



