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these is the enlargement of the Capitol, which 

 alone calls for $200,000 ; the deficiency in the 

 State institutions and the appropriation for the 

 Industrial School for Girls are also important 

 items which bring up the aggregate. 



FINANCES. The financial condition of the 

 State is very satisfactory. The cash in the 

 Treasury on the 30th day of September, 1881, 

 belonging to the general fund, was $287,953.- 

 32 ; the receipts of this fund for the fiscal 

 year were $1,263,074.90, and the disburse- 

 ments were $1,186,807.54, and the cash in the 

 Treasury, September 30, 1882, was $364,220.68. 



The receipts of the trust funds during the 

 fiscal year were $1,060,954.31 ; the cash in the 

 Treasury, September 30, 1881, was $548,346.- 

 88; the disbursements from the trust funds 

 during the fiscal year were $1,446,888.21, and 

 the cash in the Treasury on the 30th day of 

 September, 1882, was $162,412.98. 



The receipts during the year for the school 

 fund are given at $326,159.60, of which amount 

 $130,000 was for United States bonds which 

 had been called ia during the year. The dis- 

 bursements from this fund are reported at 

 $470,961.12, all of which, except the sum of 

 $387.62 refunded for overpayments, is invest- 

 ed according to law in interest-bearing securi- 

 ties. The total amount of school fund now at 

 interest is $2,805,278.23, and the cash balance 

 belonging to the fund is $7,767.35. The school- 

 fund income during the year amounted to 

 $197,333.30, of which amount the sum of 

 $185,166.42 was apportioned to the different 

 counties for school purposes. 



There was paid during the year the sum of 

 $24,483.81 to the University fund, nearly all of 

 which was in payment of interest-bearing se- 

 curities falling due ; and there was invested of 

 this fund during the year, in United States 

 bonds, the sum of $52,862.50. At the end of 

 the fiscal year there was of this fund $228,- 

 438.83, all of which was at interest save $2,- 

 966.39 cash on hand. 



The Agricultural College fund, which now 

 inures to the benefit of the university, amount- 

 ed, on the 30th day of September, 1882, to 

 $279,689.84, of which $274,385.37 was bear- 

 ing interest. 



The Normal-School fund, on the 30th day of 

 September, 1882, amounted to $1,165,041.20, 

 all of which save $17,969.62 was invested in 

 interest-bearing securities. The income from 

 the fund during the year was $85,594.98, all 

 of which was disbursed for the benefit of the 

 normal schools. 



The receipts of the drainage fund for the 

 year were $85,012.93, almost entirely derived 

 from the sale of lands, and the disbursements 

 were $48,542.59. 



The receipts of the year ending September 

 30th aggregated $2,324,029.21, and the dis- 

 bursements, $2,633,695.75 a deficiency of 

 $309,666.54. But there was a balance in the 

 Treasury, September 30, 1881, of $836,300.20, 

 covering the present deficit, and leaving a bal- 



ance in the Treasury, September 30, 1882, of 

 $526,633.26. The Secretary of State estimates 

 that the expenditures during the years begin- 

 ning January 1, 1884, and January 1, 1885, 

 will be $1,041,720.88, and the revenues, $941,- 

 720.88. 



The bonded debt of the State, created in 

 1861-'63, has now all been paid or converted 

 into certificates of indebtedness to the trust 

 funds, except $2,000, $1,000 of which falls due 

 July 1, 1886; the other $1,000, July 1, 1888. 

 The distribution of the debt, on the 30th of 

 September, was as follows : 



War bonds outstanding $2,000 00 



Certificates of indebtedness, school fund 1,562,700 00 



Certificates of indebtedness, Normal - School 



fund 515,700 00 



Certificates of indebtedness, University fund. . 111,000 00 

 Certificates of indebtedness, Agricultural Col- 

 lege fund 60,600 00 



Currency certificates 57 00 



Total ....$2,252,057 00 



The total State-tax levy for 1882 was $710,- 

 220.88. Following are interesting items from 

 the receipts of the fiscal year: Railroad li- 

 censes, $586,328.58; plank-road licenses, $107.- 

 16; telegraph licenses, $3,417.60; fire-insur- 

 ance licenses, $40,727.26 ; life-insurance li- 

 censes, $10,994.26 total from corporations, 

 $641,574.26; hawkers and peddlers paid in 

 $14,086.36. 



Under the head of assessment of property, 

 there are in the State 355,901 horses, 1,004,- 

 064 neat-cattle, 7,574 mules and asses, 1,258,- 

 131 sheep, 782,617 swine, 212,944 wagons and 

 carriages, 26,223 watches, 23,878 musical in- 

 struments, and 32,083 shares of bank-stock, 

 $27,203,123 worth of merchants and manufac- 

 turers' stock, and $28,956,730 worth of all 

 other property, making a total of $100,507,690 

 worth of personal property in the State sub- 

 ject to taxation. There are 27,142,837 acres 

 of taxable lands in the State. The total val- 

 uation of the State, as returned by town as- 

 sessors, is $446,760,585. 



Indebtedness of towns, cities, villages, and 

 school districts : Railroad aid, $2,642,609.85; 

 bridges, $117,417; -other purposes, $2,862,- 

 771.34; interest unpaid, $608,008.10; school 

 districts, $179,227.23 ; total, $6,410,133.52. In- 

 debtedness of counties: Railroad aid, $930,- 

 212.29 ; interest unpaid, $52,341 ; all other 

 purposes, $466,792.06; total, $1,769,605.35. ^ 



The account between the State of Wisconsin 

 and the United States for the direct war-tax, 

 as shown by the statement of the First Comp- 

 troller of the United States Treasury, stands 

 as follows: Amount due the United States, 

 September 30, 1881, $207,685.16. During the 

 year there was placed to the credit of the 

 State, $156,539.59, leaving a balance due the 

 United States of $51,145.57. There are now 

 claims before the departments for adjustment, 

 which will be allowed and credited to the 

 State, amounting to $20,000. 



The sale of public lands during the fiscal 

 year was 218,395.84 acres, at prices varying 



