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made, but the receipts of the institution met 

 them. 



The appropriation for the fiscal year 1881 to 

 this institution was $45,000 ; $20,000 of which 

 was to be expended in the erection of addi- 

 tional workshops and for the purchase of land, 

 thus leaving $25,000 for the support of the in- 

 stitution proper, and in addition there was ap- 

 propriated $400 to pay insurance on buildings. 

 The tables of the Comptroller show that $30,- 

 400 was paid out of the Treasury on this appro- 

 priation. 



The report of the treasurer of this institution 

 shows that the total expenditures for its support 

 for the fiscal year 1831 were . $29.894 91 



Total receipts from labor, etc 4,158 76 



Balance of expenditures $25,736 15 



This shows an excess of $736.15 over the 

 appropriation. 



There was $6,687.50 paid for the purchase of 

 land ; no additional buildings were erected, 

 leaving the balance of the appropriation of 

 $20,000 untouched. 



There were during the year 414 prisoners 

 received and 405 discharged, but one having 

 died, and there remained September 30, 1881, 

 179 prisoners ; of the 414 so received 202 were 

 white males and 44 white females, 128 colored 

 males and 40 colored females. 



The Penitentiary paid into the Treasury over 

 and above all expenditures, for the fiscal year 

 1880, the sum of $13,001.85, and for the fiscal 

 year 1881, $7,326.43. The report made by the 

 president and directors of the Penitentiary for 

 the fiscal year 1880 shows that there were in 

 prison on November 30, 1880, being the end of 

 the fiscal year for that institution, 591 prison- 

 ers, of whom 191 were received during the year. 



The amount of State taxes assessed upon cor- 

 porations in Maryland was $112,504 a consid- 

 erable gain over the figures of any preceding 

 year since the passage of the law by which such 

 properties are made to contribute a share of 

 the expenses of government. The increase 

 has principally been made by bringing within 

 the reach of assessment the capital stock of 

 corporations that had previously escaped taxa- 

 tion. The total assessed value of the shares of 

 stock of all the corporations in Maryland is 

 $59,166,806; they hold $20,302,619 worth of 

 real property ; the amount of credit for invest- 

 ments paying taxes is $1,363,051 ; the invest- 

 ments in mortgages on real property liable to 

 taxation foot up $4,415,245, and the State tax 

 on the balance is $62,137. The savings-banks 

 held in 1881 $24,582,591 of deposits; but only 

 about one fourth of this sum was liable to taxa- 

 tion, yielding a revenue of $12,373. The total 

 assessed value of real and personal property 

 was $461,459,939 ; the net basis of assessment 

 of corporations was $61,311,375, and when 

 from these showings are subtracted $20,831,846 

 for the real property of corporations, it leaves 

 as the full amount liable to State taxes, $501,- 

 939,468, of which $225,877,908 is located in 

 the city of Baltimore. 



A division exists in the Democratic party of 

 this State between Governor Hamilton and 

 his supporters on the one hand and the party 

 organization as now controlled on the other. 

 It is contended that the organization is in the 

 hands of a few men who manage it for the ad- 

 vancement of their personal interests, and that 

 their management has led to extravagance in 

 the government and electoral abuses, especially 

 in the city of Baltimore. The matter of the 

 registration of voters has aroused wide-spread 

 interest. No new and systematic registration 

 has been made for years, and it is contended 

 that the lists are encumbered with the names 

 of non-residents and dead men, giving ready 

 opportunity for fraud. 



According to the census of 1880, there were 

 employed in cotton manufacturing in Maryland 

 2,325 looms and 125,014 spindles, with 4,159 

 hands. Coal produced, 2,228,917 tons. The 

 tobacco-crop in 1880 aggregated 26,082,147 

 pounds, against 15,785,339 pounds in 1870, an 

 increase of 10,296,808 pounds, or nearly 70 

 per cent. The crop of wheat in 1880 was 

 8,004,484 bushels, produced on 569,246 acres, 

 and showing an average of a little over 14 

 bushels per acre, which is a great improve- 

 ment. In 1870 the wheat-crop was 5,774,- 

 504 bushels, showing an increase of 40 per 

 cent for 1880. The corn-crop in 1880 was 

 16,237,621 bushels, against 11,701,817 bushels 

 in 1870, an increase of 40 per cent, with a yield 

 of 24 bushels per acre. The oats-crop was 

 1,794,872 bushels, yielding 17 bushels per acre 

 only a little more than half as much as was 

 produced in 1870. The crop of rye was 288,371 

 bushels, against 307,08tf bushels in 1870. The 

 culture of tobacco is being resumed in the 

 southern Maryland counties. Anne Arundel 

 and Calvert have increased their crops 30 per 

 cent; Charles County, 150 per cent; and both 

 Prince George's and St. Mary's have nearly 

 doubled theirs. In other words, the effects of 

 the war and the changes in the labor system 

 are nearly all readjusted. The table on the fol- 

 lowing page gives the yield of the chief crops 

 by counties. 



According to the census, the whole number 

 of elementary schools in the State is 2,020 ; 

 schools for colored children, 390 ; number of 

 school-buildings, 1,934 ; total seating capacity 

 of the schools, 150,832. The number of white 

 male teachers is 1,079 ; of white female teach- 

 ers, 1,613 ; of colored male teachers, 232 ; of 

 colored female teachers, 157 total, 3,081. Of 

 these teachers, 1,185 have high-school educa- 

 tion ; 424 normal-school training ; and 213 col- 

 lege education. The average salary is $31.89 

 per month. The number of pupils in attend- 

 ance during the year 1880 was: white male, 

 65,256 ; white female, 57,346 : colored male, 

 13,366; colored female, 13,167 total attend- 

 ance, 149,135. Sources of income : State taxes, 

 $551,924.32 ; county, town, and city taxes, and 

 other special taxes, $733,250.71 ; tuition fees, 

 $6,423.17; all other sources, $87,992.56 total, 



