552 



MICHIGAN. 



The mines which produced each an ore- 

 product valued at over $1,000,000, were: Lake 

 Superior, $2,834,835; Eepublic, $2,351,109; 

 Chapin, $2,103,810; Cleveland, $1,958,140; 

 Champion, $1,590,090 ; and Norway, $1,076,- 

 055. The Florence put out a valuation of 

 $960,930 ; the Jackson, $919,885 ; the Vulcan, 

 $799,357; the Commonwealth, $752,503; the 

 Perkins, $626,008; and the New York, $539,- 

 657. No other mine produced half a million. 

 The product of the Indiana dropped from 

 $1,024,500, in 1881, to $36,380. 



The product of the copper-mines is stated as 

 follows, in pounds : 



Houghton Company's mines 50,770,719 



Keweenaw Company's mines 5,462,648 



Ontonagon Company's mineg 1,025,770 



Total 57,259,137 



Compared with 1881, the output of the 

 mines producing over one million pounds each 

 was as follows : 



The next largest producing mines were: 

 Massachusetts, 837,928 pounds; Conglomerate, 

 793,100; Grand Portage, $710,192; Copper 

 Falls, 695,808; Hancock, 672,009; and Phce- 

 nix, 531,472. 



The average price of copper during the year 

 was 18-41 cents per pound, which would give 

 an approximate value of $10,541,407.12. 



EDUCATION. The Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction furnishes the following statistics of 

 the primary schools in advance of his annual 

 report : 



Whole number of school districts. . . 



6,630 

 104 



6,728 

 153 



588,802 



year 



Whole number of school-houses ,....'...'..'. 



Increase over preceding year ' 



Number of children between five and twenty 



years of age MOO, 



Increase over preceding year 20,508 



Number of children attending public schools. . . 885.504 



Increase over preceding year 



Number of private and select schools 



Number of pupils attending private and select 



schools 



Number of teachers employed in public schools 



Number of teachers' employed' in'public schools 

 women . . . 



Total wages paid teachers 



Increase over 1881 



Estimated value of school property 



Amount on hand from preceding year 



Amount received from one-mile tax 



Amount received from primary-school interest 



fund 



Amount received from tuition of non-resident 



pupils 



Amount received from district taxes 



Amount received from all other sources . . . 



168,983 94 



9,848,493 00 



876,882 28 



514,504 56 



626,673 56 



40,513 18 



2,269,504 47 



406,948 69 



Total of both sexes. 

 Decrease since 1881.., 



Total receipts for the year $4,735,026 74 



Total expenditures for all purposes $3,789,290 98 



Amount carried forward to next year 945,785 81 



Total $4,735,026 74 



The annual report of the Acting Principal of 

 the State Normal School gives the following 

 summary of students in attendance during the 

 school year 1881-'82 : 



In Normal department 880 



Practice school Grammar department 77 



Primary department 112 



"519 

 Counted twice by transfer 8 



Total 511 



Number graduated during the year: Com- 

 mon-school course, 43; English courses, 18; 

 language courses, 21. Total, 82. The dis- 

 bursements for the year were : On account of 

 salaries and current expenses, $26,650.72 ; for 

 new building and special purposes, $24,839.49. 

 Total, $51,490.21. The receipts, exclusive of 

 balances, Sept. 30, 1881, were $48,266.57 : $3,415 

 came from tuition, laboratory, and diploma fees, 

 and $44,851.57 from the State Treasury. 



The report of the President of the State 

 Agricultural College makes the following show- 

 ing for 1881-'82 : Number of students, 221 (a 

 decrease of seven from the preceding year). 

 Classification: Resident graduates, 2; seniors, 

 29 ; juniors, 31 ; sophomores, 56 ; freshmen, 

 82 ; specials, 21. The number of ladies in the 

 several classes increased from seven to nine 

 (one senior, two sophomores, two freshmen, 

 and four in select studies). At the annual com- 

 mencement, August 15th, the degree of Bachelor 

 of Science was conferred upon 28 graduates, in- 

 cluding one lady, the first daughter of the col- 

 lege. During the year 10,225-99 acres of col- 

 lege lands were sold for $51,129.25; also 

 1,637 '01 acres of forfeited college lands for 

 $8,335.05 ; leaving unsold 124,886-74 acres that 

 have never been sold, and 10,583-13 acres for- 

 feited or once-sold lands in all, 135,469-87. 

 At the same price the sales were made during 

 1882 $5 per acre these lands have a cash 

 value of $677,345, and may be expected to in- 

 crease the present endowment fund of $224,- 

 868.15 in that amount. The expenses of the 

 last two years (reported together) were $167,- 

 069.61, and cash balance, September 30, 1882, 

 $7,211.32. 



The annual report of President Angell, of 

 Michigan University, evidences a prosperous 

 year. The number of students enrolled was 

 the same as last year, classified by departments 

 as follows: Department of Literature, Science, 

 and the Arts, 513; Department of Medicine 



