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of 1884 there were 20,788 depositors of more 

 than $500 each ; now there are 22,827. 



The investment in United States bonds has 

 decreased during the year from $4,739,840.58 

 to $4,421,784.12. There has been an increase 

 of holdings in State, county, and city bonds of 

 $1,145,471.90. 



The aggregate of railroad bonds owned by 

 the savings-banks is $5,329,536.47 a gain dur- 

 ing the year of $966,155.01. 



The amount invested in railroad stock, and 

 stock and bonds of other corporations, is $1,- 

 322,366.78. This shows a slight increase. 



The loans on mortgages of real estate have 

 increased during the year from $5,216,929.17 

 to $5,645,969.08; while all other loans show a 

 decrease of $389,105.57 ; the aggregate being 

 $4,219,574.47. 



Patrons of Husbandry. There is a total of 184 

 subordinate granges, with an average member- 

 ship of 73 for each grange, and an aggregate 

 membership in the State of 13,531. There are 

 two granges less than reported last year, but a 

 net gain of 336 in members during the year. 



Industrial School for Girls. The annual report 

 for 1885 shows the following facts: In 1885, 

 16 girls were admitted to the Industrial School 

 at Hallowell, making a total since the organi- 

 zation of the school of 197. Number in the 

 school Dec. 8, 1884, 47; average number dur- 

 ing the year, 49 ; number committed during 

 the year, 16 ; returned to the school, 5 ; sent 

 to homes, 22 ; married, 1 ; deaths, 9 ; number 

 now in homes, 95; married before reaching 

 majority, 19 ; reached majority while unmar- 

 ried, 16; returned to friends, 7; dismissed as 

 incorrigible, 4; dismissed as unsuitable, 3 ; de- 

 ceased, 6 ; escaped, 1 ; present number, 46. 



Insane Hospital. The following are the statis- 

 tics of this institution for the year: On Dec. 1, 

 1884, there were in the hospital 460 patients 

 232 men and 228 women ; 249 have been ad- 

 mitted since 153 men and 96 women; making 

 the whole number 709. Of these there have 

 been discharged 223 144 men and 79 wom- 

 en, leaving at the close of the year 486 241 

 men and 245 women. Condition of those dis- 

 charged : recovered, 80 47 men and 33 wom- 

 en; improved, 5439 men and 15 women ; un- 

 improved, 12 8 men and 4 women ; died, 77 

 50 men and 27 women. There were 28 in- 

 sane criminals in the hospital. 



Liquor-Sales. The State liquor agent reports 

 liquor sold to cities and towns as follows : whis- 

 ky, 6,876 gallons; brandy, 454 gallons; gin, 

 1,284 gallons; alcohol, 5,368 gallons; rum, 

 8,342 gallons; wine, 949 gallons. In addition, 

 liquors in quarts and pints have been sold as 

 follows: whisky, 949 quarts, 76 pints; bran- 

 dy, 26 quarts; gin, 24 quarts, 18 pints; cham- 

 pagne, 7 quarts, 30 pints ; porter, 301 quarts, 

 89 pints; ale, 236 quarts, 162 pints; wine, 35 

 quarts ; beer, 72 quarts, 1,632 pints. The ex- 

 penses of the office for the year were $2,219.80. 



Ship-building. The ship-building interests of 

 Maine have been depressed, the net tonnage 



having decreased from 46,401.87 in 1884 to 

 23,053.98 in 1885. There has also been a great 

 change in the character of the vessels built, the 

 majority being under 100 tons and designed for 

 the coasting-trade, instead of from 300 to 800 

 tons, as in former years. Schooners are be- 

 coming more popular. There has not been a 

 brig built in a Maine ship-yard for two years, 

 and the number of barks shows an annual de- 

 crease. There has been no such decline in ship- 

 building since 1861. 



Ice. The ice business of Maine showed the 

 following summary for the season of 1885 : 

 tons of old ice, 108,500; new ice, 1,319,400; 

 water-shipments, 62,500. Total, 1,490,400 tons. 



Fisheries. The following table gives the sta- 

 tistics of Maine fisheries in the different cus- 

 toms districts. The first column gives the 

 number of vessels registered ; the second, the 

 tonnage ; and the third, the estimated number 

 of men employed : 



The average wages per month is $31.25 ; 

 total amount invested, $3,278,000 ; estimated 

 value of all products of fisheries, $3,886,375. 



Lumbering. The cut of the winter of 1885 

 on the Penobscot and its tributaries may be 

 summarized as follows : West Branch, 25,000,- 

 000 feet; East Branch, 20,000,000; Mattawam- 

 keag, 28,000,000 ; Piscataquis, 15,000,000; Pas- 

 sadumkeag, 5,000,000; Main river (brooks), 

 5,000,000 ; total, 98,000,000 feet. Of this, about 

 58,000,000 is spruce, 25,000,000 pine, and 15,- 

 000,000 hemlock, cedar, etc. Of the pine cut, 

 12,000,000 comes from the Piscataquis, and is 

 all second-growth box-board stuff. 



MANITOBA. Government. The Lieuten ant- 

 Governor is James Cox Aikens; Premier, Pro- 

 vincial Treasurer, and President of the Council, 

 John Norquay; Minister of Agriculture, Sta- 

 tistics, and Health, A. A. C. La Riviere ; Min- 

 ister of Public Works, J. P. Brown ; Provin- 

 cial Secretary, W. H. Wilson, M. D. ; Attorney- 

 General, 0. E. Hamilton, Mayor of Winnipeg. 



Exemption Law. The Manitoba Legislature 

 enacted this session an exemption law so lib- 

 eral to debtors that a great outcry was raised 

 in the older provinces, where the Boards of 

 Trade and merchants made vigorous protests 

 and demanded the disallowance of the new 

 law by the Dominion Government. Among 

 other things exempted from seizure may be 

 mentioned real estate in any town to the value 

 of $2,500, household effects to the value of 

 $500, and in the country 160 acres of land and 



