MAINE. 



495 



The number of depositors in these banks 

 during the year increased 7,512, the total num- 

 ber being 95,487, of whom 76,602 were depos- 

 itors of sums not exceeding $500 each. The 

 average amount to the credit of each depositor 

 was $308.87. 



STATE INSTITUTIONS. On December 1, 1881, 

 there were in the Insane Hospital 450 patients 

 (240 men and 210 women) ; admitted during 

 the following year, 194 (114 men and 80 wom- 

 en) ; in all, 644; discharged, 183 (103 men 

 and 80 women) ; remaining December 1, 1882, 

 461 (251 men and 210 women). The hospital 

 has been in operation forty-two years, during 

 which 5,953 patients have been admitted and 

 5,492discharged. Of the latter 2,272 recovered, 

 1,089 improved, 979 did not improve, and 1,154 

 died. The daily average number of patients 

 for the year 1881-'82 was 449. 



The number of prisoners in the State-Prison 

 November 30, 1882, was 147, a falling off of 

 37 since the corresponding date of 1881 . There 

 is a marked increase in the number of life-sen- 

 tences. In 1870 the number was 10, or 6 per 

 cent of the whole number of convicts; in 1876 

 it was 18, or 10 per cent ; now the number is 36, 

 or 25 per cent. The net cost to the State for the 

 past two years above earnings has been about 

 $90 per annum to each convict. The manufac- 

 ture of shoes, being a losing business, has been 

 abandoned, and that of carriages increased. 



During the eight years that the Industrial 

 School for Girls has been in operation, 148 girls 

 have been admitted to the institution. Of this 

 number, 81 are now in good homes provided 

 for them, 8 have been returned to friends, 2 

 sent to the Orphan^ Home at Bath, 3 have es- 

 caped, 6 have been dismissed and 4 have de- 

 ceased, leaving 44 now in attendance. The 

 average attendance for the years 1881 and 1882 

 was 39 and 40 respectively. 



The commission appointed to investigate the 

 State Reform School found the buildings and 

 other property in good condition, the boys well 

 fed and comfortably clad, but the discipline 

 harsh, the punishments extremely severe in 

 some instances, and the mingling of bad and 

 depraved boys with the better class of boys 

 in the institution an evil of large proportions. 

 Very little complaint is made of the care be- 

 stowed upon the sick. 



The whole number of boys who have been 

 received into the institution since it was opened 

 is 1,711; 1,084 were committed for larceny, 

 190 for truancy, and 104 for being common 

 runaways. 



Number of boys in school December 1, 1881 113 



" committed the past year 24 



" previously out on leave, returned 4 



" previously escaped, returned 2 



"Whole number in school during the year 143 



discharged 6 



allowed to go on trial 22 



indentured 1 



died 2 



" illegally committed 2 



Number of boys remaining, December 1, 1882 110 



The total receipts from December 1, 1881, 

 to December 1, 1882, were $21,742.60; expen- 

 ditures, $21,716.40. 



EDUCATION. The number of scholars in the 

 State in 1881 was 213,927; in 1880, 214,656; a 

 decrease of 729. The whole number attending 

 school in 1881 was 150,067 ; in 1880, 149,829 ; 

 an increase of 240. The decrease in the num- 

 ber of children of school age has been constant 

 since 1870, with the exception of one year, and 

 in eleven years amounts to the aggregate of 14,- 

 240. While there has been a decrease in school 

 population, there has been a steady gain in at- 

 tendance upon the schools. The number of 

 school districts in the State is 3,966 ; 39 towns 

 have abolished the district system. There are 

 4,308 school-houses, 3,039 of which are reported 

 in good condition. During the year 57 school- 

 houses were erected, at an aggregate cost of 

 $95,347. The estimated value of all the school 

 property in Maine is $3,026,395. The number 

 of male teachers employed in summer schools 

 is 305 ; male teachers in winter schools, 2,257. 

 Number of female teachers employed in sum- 

 mer schools, 4,638; in winter schools, 2,431. 

 Total number of teachers in summer schools, 

 4,988; in winter schools, 4,688. Of these 

 teachers, 457 are graduates of normal schools, 

 and 4,713 of them have had previous experi- 

 ence. The average wages of male teachers per 

 month, excluding board, is $28.23 ; of female 

 teachers, $14.52. The number of towns elect- 

 ing supervisors was 274, an increase over 1880 

 of 22 ; number electing school committees, 223, 

 a decrease of 19. The total school resources 

 for the year were $1,047,229. Of this amount, 

 $706,521 came from town treasuries; $316,439 

 from the State, and $24,269 from local funds. 

 The amount expended for common schools 

 current expenses was $965,697, leaving an 

 unexpended balance of $81,532. 



The average number of scholars per teacher 

 in the summer schools throughout the State 

 was 24, and 26 in the winter. This includes 

 both graded and ungraded schools. 



There are 101 towns in the State where free 

 high-schools are maintained, an increase of 15 

 over 1880. The total cost of these schools was 

 $69,469, of which the State paid $16,910. 



The State Agricultural College has an endow- 

 ment from the national Government of $232,- 

 500, yielding an annual revenue of about 

 $7,500. It has received from the State $187,- 

 218. It has buildings, grounds, library, appa- 

 ratus, farming-tools, stock, etc., valued at $145,- 

 000. It has required from the State, in addi- 

 tion to the income from the national endow- 

 ment, less than $3,500 a year for the purposes 

 of instruction and for all current expenses, and 

 has graduated 180 students and given instruc- 

 tion to 201 other students in special or partial 

 courses varying from a single term to three 

 and a half years. The present freshmen class 

 numbers 18, a number estimated at less than 

 one half what it would have been if free tui- 

 tion had been maintained. 



