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NEW JERSEY. 



The war account indebtedness has been re- 

 duced $100,000, being the amount of bonds 

 redeemed Jan. 1, 1884, leaving the balance of 

 war bonds outstanding $1,596,300, of which 

 amount, $100,000 falls due Jan. 1, 1886. 



The State fund holds securities to the amount 

 of $1,127,487.11; and the school fund to the 

 amount of $2,001,182.50. 



The report of the Commissioners of the 

 Sinking Fund shows that the assets of the fund 

 amount to $968,027.57; of which $332,348.09 

 represent the cost of real estate that the com- 

 missioners have been compelled to take be- 

 cause of non-payment of interest and princi- 

 pal of mortgages. 



The proper income of the school fund from 

 all sources is about $165,000. Of this income 

 $100,000 is annually appropriated for the sup- 

 port of schools. This leaves about $65,000 

 per annum, which is added to the principal of 

 the school fund, but adds little to its income, 

 because of the difficulty of investing in any se- 

 curity now allowed by law, that will yield even 

 2 per cent, interest. 



Schools. During the last fiscal year there 

 was expended for public schools the sum of 

 $2,413,876.10, being an increase of more than 

 $98,000 over the amount expended by the 

 State and the localities for educational pur- 

 poses during the preceding year. The school 

 property is valued at $6,350,807. The number 

 of pupils in attendance during the year was 

 216,792, an increase of 4,887 over the preced- 

 ing year. The school census of children be- 

 tween five and eighteen years of age is 356,061, 

 being an increase of 6,819 over the preceding 

 year. The number of male teachers is 837, and 

 female teachers 2,850. There has been a steady 

 decrease in the number of male teachers and a 

 steady increase in the number of female teach- 

 ers during the past ten years. In 1884 the 

 district and city tax for building school-houses 

 was $17,092.33 in excess of that raised in 1883. 



The average attendance in the Normal 

 School during the year ending June, 1884, was 

 165$, and in the Model School 345. The num- 

 ber of pupils graduated from the Normal 

 School was 27. Nearly five sixths of those at 

 the Normal School are not graduated. 



The amount expended by the State during 

 the year for the maintenance of this institu- 

 tion, in addition to that paid by pupils for 

 boarding, is $15,000. There was also expended 

 $5,000 for additions to and improvements in 

 the boarding halls. 



School for Deaf-Mutes, The act of April 14, 

 1884, provided that any indigent deaf-mute, of 

 suitable capacity, who should be a legal resi- 

 dent of the State, and not less than eight nor 

 more than twenty-one years of age, should be 

 admitted to the benefits of this institution. 

 Three years is provided as the term of instruc- 

 tion, but it may be increased to eight years by 

 the trustees. The building, repairs, and altera- 

 tions have been completed out of the fund re- 

 alized from the sale of the Stevens battery under 



the act of March 5, 18S3. The number of pu- 

 pils in the institution at the close of the year 

 was 110, being 62 males and 48 females. The 

 expense during the year was $27,550.58. 



Blind and Feeble-minded. There were 69 fee- 

 ble-minded and 40 blind pupils supported in 

 institutions of other States during the year. 

 The amount paid for the feeble-minded was 

 $16,148.89, and for the blind $11,536.29. 



Reform School for Boys. The number of in- 

 mates in this school, Nov. 1, 1884, was 275, 

 being 55 fewer than the number in the school 

 Nov. 1, 1883. The average number during 

 the year was 323-j^-. The State paid for main- 

 tenance of the institution, $40,969.25. 



The institution received from the sale of 

 farm produce, the labor of the boys, and miscel- 

 laneous sources $17,149.29. The total amount 

 of liabilities incurred for maintenance for the 

 fiscal year was $46,239.67, and there was also 

 paid an overdraft at the date of the trustees' 

 last report in 1883 amounting to $11,507.65. 

 The trustees report that 78 per cent, of those 

 discharged from the school have been redeemed 

 from the error of their ways. 



The average number of hours in school is 

 three, and for work six, and the remainder 

 of the day is devoted to amusement. 



Industrial School for Girls There were 27 in- 

 mates in this institution at the close of the 

 year. The cost of maintenance was $5,827.28. 

 The trustees ask for legislation that would in- 

 crease the number of inmates to 40, that being 

 the limit of accommodation in this institu- 

 tion. 



Morristown Insane isylnm. The number of pa- 

 tients in this asylum at the close of the year 

 was 745, of whom 156 are private patients. 

 The expense of maintenance was $193,947.50. 

 The balance in the hands of the management 

 at the close of the year was $10,287.81. Dur- 

 ing the year the managers purchased 55 acres 

 of land for $6,875, to perfect the disposal of 

 waste water and sewage of the asylum. 



Trenton Insane Asylum. The number of pa- 

 tients in this asylum at the close of the year 

 was 663, of whom 97 are private patients; of 

 these 4 are non-residents of this State. The 

 expense of maintenance was $157,401.86. The 

 balance in the hands of the managers at the 

 close of the year was $23,246.07. the mana- 

 gers report that the institution is overcrowded. 



National Guard. The National Guard of the 

 State consists of 279 officers and 3,054 men, 

 organized into fifty companies of infantry, and 

 two Gatling-gun companies. The entire force 

 is thoroughly armed and equipped, and fur- 

 nished with the State regulation service uni- 

 form, with the exception of Gatling-gun compa- 

 ny A, which still continues to wear the Zonnvo 

 uniform used by its members during the war. 



Home for Disabled Soldiers. The number of 

 inmates of this institution at the close of the 

 year was 248, and the average number of bene- 

 ficiaries per day 223. In addition to the regu- 

 lar appropriation'of $25,000, the State appro- 



