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amounted to $10,320.517.98, an increase of 

 10'822 per cent; the freight earnings to $33,- 

 415,533.28, an increase of 9'753 per cent ; the 

 mail earnings were $1,047,698.55, an increase 

 of 13*986 per cent; and the express earnings 

 were $832,994.67, an increase of 26-995 per 

 cent. From "other sources" the receipts 

 were $862,704.22, an increase of 9-137 per 

 cent. 



It will be seen that while the increased mile- 

 age is not quite 3*5 per cent, there was an in- 

 crease in the various classes of receipts from 

 9 to 26 per cent, averaging nearly 11 per cent. 



There was expended in the maintenance of 

 way and structures the sum of $14,059,005.10, 

 an increase over the previous year of 20-329 

 per cent. This may be in part attributable to 

 the increased cost of material and labor, but 

 largely to the fact that railroad managers have 

 been actively engaged during the year in bring- 

 ing their roads up to the proper condition to 

 bear the increased demands of traffic. 



The cost of transportation was $23,768,604.- 

 45, an increase of 16-618 per cent. This cost 

 has increased in greater ratio than the gross 

 receipts. The employes, including officers, 

 number 32,207, an increase of 9-529 per cent. 



An inspection of the railroads was made 

 during the summer and autumn by three com- 

 petent civil engineers. They report great ac- 

 tivity upon most of the roads, in the work of 

 bridge-building, replacing wooden with iron 

 bridges, and trestles with embankments, re- 

 ducing the grades, increasing substantial bal- 

 lasting, and a general tendency toward lasting 

 improvements. They represent that there is 

 generally a most excellent and safe condition 

 of railway. When faults have been found by 

 the inspectors, immediate assuring promises of 

 prompt repair have been made by the managers 

 or superintendents. 



According to the returns made to the State 

 Bureau of Statistics of Labor, the year 1881 

 was a very successful period for both manu- 

 facturers and working-men. Of the 463 re- 

 turns by working-men, 177 report an increase 

 without resorting to strikes, while 25 report 

 an increase secured by means of strikes. 



The Board of Public Works report their 

 gross receipts for the fiscal year to be $259,- 

 106.37; expenditures, $213,705.97; net gain, 

 $45,400.40. 



The report of the Adjutant-General shows 

 the present force of the Ohio National Guard 

 to consist of ninety-three companies of infan- 

 try, two troops of cavalry, and nine batteries 

 of light artillery, and a total number of men, 

 including officers, of 7,808, being a redaction 

 of 698 during the year. 



The total number of insane persons in the 

 State is estimated at about 6,000. Of this 

 number about 1,400 may be classed as chronic 

 insane, and about 600 as epileptics. Of tho 

 total number, 3,583 are cared for in the asy- 

 lums, leaving about 2,500, including epileptics, 

 not cared for by the State. 



On the morning of the 18th of November 

 the main building of the State Institution for 

 Feeble-minded Youth, at Columbus, was burned 

 down, involving a loss of probably $250,000. 

 Nothing was saved from the burned portion of 

 the building, but the children were all removed 

 without injury. 



There are six asylums for the insane. The 

 number of patients in each, November 15, 1881, 

 with the per capita cost per annum on daily 

 average of patients actually in the asylums, 

 were as follow : Athens, 616, $170.87 ; Cleve- 

 land, 622, $180.92; Columbus, 980, $185.00; 

 Dayton, 596, $174.13 (exclusive of salaries); 

 Longview, 651, $122.94; Toledo, 118, $185.55. 

 At the same diite the numbers in the other 

 benevolent institutions of the State, with the 

 actual cost per capita of the inmates, were as 

 follow: Asylum for the Blind, 180, $206.85; 

 Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 432, $175.84; Sol- 

 diers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, 603, $158.- 

 24. In the five reformatory institutions in the 

 State there was, November 15, 1881, a total of 

 1,332 boys and girls. At the same time there 

 were in the Penitentiary 1,152 prisoners. The 

 cost per inmate for the year was $150.10. The 

 institution was more than self-supporting, the 

 current expenses, including salaries, having 

 been $187,625.76, and the earnings $190,614.- 

 23. 



The crop statements of the State Board of 

 Agriculture place the number of acres sown to 

 wheat in 1881 at 2,856,609, with a total crop 

 harvested of 38,010,057 bushel*, being an aver- 

 age of 13-3 bushels per acre. The crop in 

 1880 was 52,500,000 bushels. The report of 

 oats, partly estimated, was 22,500,000 bushels 

 against 21,000,000 in 1880 ; of corn, 74,000,000 

 bushels, against 105,000,000 in 1880. 



The number of animals returned to the 

 Auditor of State's office shows a falling off 

 from the previous year in all classes but sheep, 

 in which there is an increase. The figures for 

 the two years are as follow : 



The Legislature opened the adjourned ses- 

 sion January 4th, and concluded ita labors 

 April 20th. Proceedings were temporarily 

 suspended in the early part of March, in ac- 

 cordance with a resolution to attend the in- 

 auguration of President Garfield at Washing- 

 ton. A large part of the session was spent in 

 fruitless endeavors to pass measures affecting 

 the trade in liquor. A constitutional amend- 

 ment, local-option bills, and a bill taxing the 

 sale of liquor, were hotly debated through the 

 greater part of the session, but none of them 

 were finally adopted. A bill for the more 

 rigid observance of Sunday was also under 

 discussion from the beginning of the session 



