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tioned mines has amounted to nearly ninety- 

 one million dollars, and every one ot' them to- 

 day is in better condition to produce plenti- 

 fully and profitably than ever before.'' 



In advance of his annual report the Secre- 

 tary of State furnishes the following crop and 

 farm statist k-s. The first table compares the 

 products of 1879 and 1880 ; and the second, 

 1880 with 1881 : 



PRODUCTS. 



Wheat, acres harvested. : 



Wheat, bushels raised 



Wheat, average bushols per acre 



O>rn, acres harvested 



Corn, bushels raised 



Corn, average bushels of ears per aero 



Oata, acres harvested 



Oats, bushels raised 



Oats, average bushels per acre 



Clover-seed, acres harvested 



Clover-seed, bushels raised 



Clover-seed, average bushels per acre. 



Barley, acres harvested 



Barley, bushels raised 



Barley, average bushels per acre 



Peas, acres harvested 



Peas, bushels raised 



Peas, average bushels per aero 



Potatoes, acres harvested 



Potatoes, bushels raised 



Potatoes, average bushels per acre. . . 



Hay, acres harvested 



Ilay, tons raised 



Hay, average number of tons per acre 



Sheep, number sheared 



Woof, pounds sheared 



Wool, average number Ibs. per head.. 



Apples, bushels sold 



Peaches, bushels sold 



Grapes, pounds sold 



Cherries, currants, plums, and berries, 

 bushels sold 



1880. 



1,768,475 



80,008.073 



17-80 



741,404 



45,505,111 



61-33 



466,245 



13,914,738 



29-S5 



71,492 



82,824 



1-16 



34.302 



652,693 



19-08 



27,833 



406,793 



14-60 



83,298 



8,315,737 



98-84 



943,426 



1,146,784 



1-21 



1,965,952 



10,724,107 



5-45 



1,605,686 



80,983,340 



19-80 



742,859 



42,764,128 



57-57 



440,728 



15,089.855 



84-25 



194.399 



813,063 



1-61 



44,0(17 



991,659 



22-53 



83,079 



537,732 



15-95 



89,441 



8,025,475 



89-18 



943,371 



1,051,115 



I'll 



1,828,530 



9,582,084 



5-23 



1,831,910 



229,570 



2,956,437 



161,316 



Fruit statistics not compiled at date of Sec- 

 retary's communication, but the product of 

 1880 was much larger than that of 1879. 



Varnum B. Cochran, appointed by the Gov- 

 ernor to be Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, vice Superintendent Gower, resigned, to 

 accept the superintendency of the State Re- 

 form School for Boys, furnishes the following 

 school statistics from the advance-sheets of his 

 annual report : 



Number of districts, September, 1881 6,524 



Increase over previous year 172 



Number of school-houses 6,578 



Increase over previous year 173 



Number of children between five and twenty years 



of age 518.317 



Increase during the year 12,096 



Number of children "attending public schools 871.618 



Increase over previous year 9,057 



* Does not include live-stock in cities, except in a few cases. 



Number of sittings in public schools ................ 454,514 



Increase over Infill ............................... -,W> 



Number of private and select schools ............... _."'J 



Number of teachers em|>loyeil, male- ................ 4.0-24 



Number of teachers employed, female ............. 10, -I4."> 



I norease over 1880 ................................. 520 



Wages paid teachers ........................ $H,024,86 :i:t 



Increase over l-^o ........................... lOCi.tU:! on 



Estimated value of school property ........... '.i.'i^V.i.M no 



Amount on hand from previous year ....... . 657,035 50 



Amount received from one-mill tax .......... 507,111 88 



Amount received from primary -school fund. . . 612.2ml 44 



Library moneys ............................. 1>. 



Amount received as tuition of non-residents. . 85.1 111 02 



Amount received from district taxes .......... 2,288, 



Amount received from all other sources ...... 2SV200 60 



Total receipts of the year $4.801,813 92 



Amount carried forward to next year 684,215 44 



Expenditures, including wages of teachers, 

 payments on debts, buildings, etc 8,417,598 48 



Total expenditures of the year $4,301,813 92 



The attendance of students at the State Nor- 

 mal School during the school year 1880-'81 

 was 492; number of graduates in 1881, 90; 

 number of instructors, 12. Ordinary receipts, 

 $23,835.02; expenditures, $24,066.62. Addi- 

 tional buildings and permanent improvements, 

 $24,066. Students thoroughly prepared to take 

 work in the higher classes can complete the pro- 

 fessional course in one year, though the author- 

 ities advise that the courses marked out for the 

 last two years be pursued in the school. 



The President of the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege gives the number of students in attendance 

 during the year as 228, classified : Resident 

 graduates, 4 ; seniors, 35 ; juniors, 33 ; sopho- 

 mores, 53 ; freshmen, 90 ; in select studies, 13. 

 The number of graduates, 13. An additional 

 professorship was created and filled that of 

 History and Political Economy. A library and 

 museum-building, an enlargement of the chem- 

 ical laboratory, and several farm-buildings are 

 in process of construction, appropriations hav- 

 ing been made by the Legislature of 1881. The 

 appropriations for buildings and current ex- 

 penses were $50,969.50. The trust fund, Sep- 

 tember 30th, was $173,4-78.88, having increased 

 during the year $20,341.18. The interest 

 from the trust fund and on the part-paid lands 

 amounted for the fiscal year to $20,000.30; 

 6,528*97 acres of Agricultural College lands 

 were sold, during the year ending September 

 30th, for $26,007.25. The number of acres 

 remaining unsold at same date was 146,803'97. 

 The price of the college lands has been in- 

 creased to $5 per acre. 



The annual report made by the acting pres- 

 ident to the Board of Regents of the Michigan 

 University chronicles a very prosperous year. 

 The number of students registered and cata- 

 logued was 1,534, an increase of 104 over the 

 preceding year. These students are classified : 

 Department of Literature, Science, and the 

 Arts, 521 ; Department of Medicine and Sur- 

 gery, 380; Department of Law, 371 ; School of 

 Pharmacy, 88 ; Homoeopathic Medical College, 

 88; College of Dental Surgery, 86. In the 

 Department of Literature, Science, and the 

 Arts, there were 7 candidates for the degree 

 of Civil Engineer, 28 for that of Bachelor of 



