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DELAWARE. 



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 about the Darwinian hypothesis. 



DELAWARE. STATE GOVERNMENT. The 

 State officers during the year were as follows : 

 Governor, John W. Hall, Democrat ; Secretary 

 of State, James L. Wolcott; Treasurer, Rob- 

 ert J. Reynolds ; Auditor, John F. Staats ; Ad- 

 jutant-General, J. Park Postles ; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, James H. Graves ; 

 Attorney-General, George Gray; Secretary of 

 Board of Agriculture, Richard Harrington ; 

 State Librarian, R. R. Kenney. Judiciary : 

 Chief-Justice, Joseph P. Comegys ; Associate 

 Justices, L. G. Wales, John W. Houston, and 

 Edward Wootton ; Chancellor, Willard Sauls- 

 bury. 



STATISTICS. The State debt may be stated as 

 follows : 



The bonds designated as " Series A," 



payable on the first day of July, 1886, 



but redeemable at the option of the 



State at any time after the first day 



of July, A. D. 18S2 $250,000 00 



From which deduct amount redeemed 



January 1, 18S3 90,000 00 



Balance due "Series A " $160,000 00 



The bonds designated as " Series B," payable on 

 the first day of July, 1891, but redeemable at 

 the option of the State at any time after the 



first day of July, 1836 $300,000 00 



The bonds designated as u Series C," payable on 

 the first day of July, 1901, but redeemable at 

 the option of the State at any time after the 

 first day of July, 1891 165,000 00 



Total amount of bonded debt of the State on the 

 first day of January, 1883, exclusive of the 

 school-fund bond 625,00000 



Bond of the State to the school fund, bearing 

 interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, 

 payable on the first day of July, 1906 156,750 00 



Certificate of indebtedness held by Delaware 

 College 83,000 00 



Total amount of State debt, January 1, 1883. . . . $864,750 00 

 ASSETS. 



The semi-annual interest-bearing investment 

 is as follows, viz. : 



Mortgage on Junction and Breakwater Kailroad. $400,000 00 

 Mortgage on Breakwater and Frankford Kail- 

 road 200,000 00 



1,275 shares of Farmers 1 Bank stock, at $50 63,750 00 



20 shares of National Bank of Delaware stock, at 

 $465 9,800 00 



Total $673,050 00 



The aggregate investments for the benefit of 

 the school fund amount to $495,749. 



Total investments belonging to general fund .... $573,050 00 

 Aggregate investments for the benefit of school 



495,749 00 

 76,884 88 



Amount due the State from all sources January 

 1 , 1 883 



Cash in the Treasury belonging to the general 

 fund, exclusive of the amount required to pay 

 interest and redeem bonds called for January 

 M888 19,501 60 



Total amount of assets ... $1,264 684~98 



Total debt after January 1, 1883 864J50 00 



Excess of assets over liabilities ..... $399,934~98 



According to the report of the State Treas- 

 urer, the receipts and expenditures, present 

 and anticipated, for the year 1882, were as 

 follow : 



RECEIPTS. 



Total amount of actual receipts $141,238 19 



Total amount due the State from various 



sources, not payable until January 1, 1883. . . . 87,497 72 

 Amount due the State from the Breakwater and 

 Frankford Railroad Company, January 1, 1882, 

 arrears of interest on mortgage 38,886 66 



Total $217,622 57 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Total amount actually disbursed $94,259 24 



Amount set apart for the redemption 

 of bonds called for January 1, 1883. 90,000 00 



Amount set apart to pay interest on 

 four per cent bonds, due January 

 1,1883 14,300 00 



Amount applicable to school fund 

 derived from investments for the 

 benefit of said fund 14,991 50 



Amount set apart to pay interest on 

 certificate of indebtedness to Dela- 

 ware College 2,490 00 



Total $216,040 74 



Balance of receipts, present and anticipated.. $1,581 83 



The general balance in the Treasury, belong- 

 ing to the general fund, including all moneys 

 due the State, was $95,885.98. 



Of this amount, $56,999.32 was presently 

 available. 



The school fund was augmented by the con- 

 version of the certificates of loan to the Phila- 

 delphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad 

 Company into cash, $46,750. 



" Without increasing the present rate of tax- 

 ation," says Governor Hall, in his message to 

 the Legislature, "the school fund may be still 

 further augmented by transferring to the same 

 a certain portion of the revenues of the State 

 belonging to the general fund. The rate at 

 which the bonds of the State are being extin- 

 guished warrants the conclusion that, on the 

 first day of January, 1885, after defraying the 

 ordinary expenses of the State government, 

 and redeeming all the bonds embraced in ' Se- 

 ries A,' there will be a surplus in the Treasury 

 belonging to the general fund. The bonds em- 

 braced in ' Series B ' will not be redeemable 

 until July 1st, A. D. 1886, during which time 

 the surplus will steadily increase by the semi- 

 annual receipts. N"ow, in order to avoid the 

 existence of an idle and inactive fund in the 

 Treasury, and to utilize the moneys as they are 

 received, I recommend that a portion of the 

 revenues now belonging to the general fund be 

 appropriated toward the support of the free 

 schools of the State. This can be done with- 

 out postponing the payment of the four per 

 cent bonds beyond the period of their maturity 

 or redeemability." 



The Legislature of 1880-'81 made an in- 

 creased appropriation for colored schools, and 

 during the year ending June 30, 1882, there 

 was an increase of 33 per cent in the number 

 of schools and of 1,124 in the number of pupils. 

 There is a school for colored pupils in every 

 hundred except one in the State. Excluding 

 the city of Wilmington, the receipts for col- 

 ored schools amounted to $5,329.02 ; number 

 of schools, 65 ; of pupils~enrolled, 3,067. These 

 schools are under the charge of the Delaware 



