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ment for the fiscal years ending Nov. SO, 1885, and 

 Nov. 30, 1886. Their estimate is about $590.000 a 

 year or $1,180,000 for the two years. The Treas- 

 urer had cash on hand, on Nov. 30, 1884, $926,086.98. 

 The receipts from sources other than taxes on proper- 

 ty amounted in the aggregate the last year to $176,- 

 933.95. There is some increase in the receipts from 

 this source, because it is a tax upon the business of the 

 State, and that is steadily increasing. So it is safe to 

 calculate that receipts from this source will not be less 

 than $175,000 a year, or $350,000 for the two years. A 

 tax of ten cents on the hundred dollars' worth of prop- 

 erty will raise $200,000. Thes^ three amounts added 

 together make the total receipts for the two years 

 $1,476,086.98, which will be ample to meet all the ex- 

 penses of the State government for the two fiscal years 

 ending Nov. 30, 1885, and Nov. 30, 1886, and leave 

 quite a large surplus. 



The new consolidated 4 per cent, debt is 

 $2,803,796.25; old bonds still outstanding, 

 $2,999,600. The act under which these bonds 

 could be funded expired on Jan. 1, 1885. The 

 old bonds taken up and burned amounted to 

 $9,627,445, for which there has been issued in 

 consolidated bonds, bearing interest at 4 per 

 cent., $2,803,796.25. There has been exchanged 

 of the construction bonds, issued for the con- 

 struction of the North Carolina Railroad, $2,- 

 030,000, leaving still outstanding, $765,000. 



The Courts. The Governor says: "The 

 crowded condition of our dockets, with aged 

 suits and the long delays in obtaining a trial, 

 are so generally known, and in some counties 

 have become such intolerable evils, that the 

 necessity for some action on your part is im- 

 perative. An increase in the number of judges 

 of the State is so imperatively demanded, that 

 I do not think it can be longer delayed with 

 a proper regard for the best interests of the 

 State. The number of Superior Court judges 

 was reduced ten years years ago from twelve 

 to nine. During that ten years there has been 

 a wonderful increase in the population and 

 business interests of the State." 



Department of Agriculture. Since its last re- 

 port, this department has made magnificent 

 displays of the State's resources at the Boston 

 Exposition and at the State Exposition, and is 

 now making one at New Orleans. Thousands 

 of settlers and hundreds of thousands of dollars 

 have already been attracted to the State by 

 them. In addition to these exhibitions, the 

 board has conducted two important surveys 

 one in the east for phosphate rock, and the 

 other in the center of the State for coal ; and 

 both have been successful. 



Public Institutions. There are three Insane 

 Asylums, a Penitentiary, and an Institution for 

 the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. The Peni- 

 tentiary has 1,000 convicts, and an expendi- 

 ture of nearly $200,000 a year. The convicts 

 are employed mainly in railroad-construction, 

 swamp-drainage, and other public works. The 

 Insane Asylums are insufficient to meet the 

 demands upon them, and even witht he comple- 

 tion of the Western Asylum, the accommoda- 

 tions will still be insufficient. 



The management of the Institution for the 

 Deaf and Dumb and the Blind has been 

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economical, and its work beneficial for the 

 pupils. 



Education. The summary of school statistics 

 for the year 1884 shows the total receipts to 

 be $765,032.16; and the disbursements $535,- 

 205.03 ; balance on hand Dec. 1, 1884, $229,- 

 827.13. 



The number of children in the State between 

 the ages of six and twenty-one is : 



"White : Males . . 163,081 



Females 151,212 



Total 814,293 



Colored : Males 99,710 



Females 90,278 



Total 189,988 



Grand total, as reported by 92 counties . . . 504,281 



The number of children attending public 

 schools at any time from Nov. 30, 1883, to Dec. 

 1, 1884, was: 



White: Males 91,044 



Females 76,015 



Average reported by 92 counties 104,291 



Colored : Males 54.606 



Females 56,688 



Average as reported by 92 counties 65,403 



Grand total enrolled in public schools 278,298 



Total average attendance 169,694 



The number of teachers that were attending 

 normal schools was : 



White: Males 532 



Females 890 



Model primary 80 



Total whites 1,002 



Colored : Males 276 



Females 296 



Total colored 572 



Grand total, white and colored 1,574 



AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS, 1884. 



White (as reported by 90 counties) $24 16 



Colored (as reported by 87 counties) 22 00 



There are colored normal schools at Salis- 

 bury, Franklinton, Newbern, Plymouth, and 

 Fayetteville, and white normal schools at Frank- 

 lin, Newton, Wilson, Elizabeth City, and in 

 connection with the State University. 



The Colored People. The Governor says : " In 

 1879 the colored people of this State organized 

 a State Industrial Association for the encour- 

 agement of thrift and industry among the col- 

 ored people, especially in agricultural and me- 

 chanical pursuits. This Association has held 

 a State fair each fall since its organization. 

 These fairs have been very creditable to the 

 Association, have been a means of improve- 

 ment among the colored people, and are there- 

 fore beneficial to the State. I cheerfully bear 

 testimony to the fact that the colored people 

 of this State, with rare exceptions, have been 

 orderly, law-abiding citizens during my term 

 of office. I have been received by them with 

 the greatest deference and respect, and have 

 had the cordial support of the better element 

 of them in the administration of the law." 



