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ance was 122,093. The number of teachers 

 employed was 3,773, an increase of 89 over the 

 preceding year ; and the number of schools was 

 8,562, an increase of 80 over 1883-'84. The 

 amount of funds available for school purposes 

 during the year 1883-'84, the latest period for 

 which reports are attainable, was $515,580.38. 

 The Institution for the Education of the 

 Deaf and Dumb and Blind had an enrollment 

 during the year of 85 pupils, a considerable 

 increase. 



Olaflin College was founded in 1869, and is 

 desigued for the higher education of colored 

 youth of both sexes. The total enrollment for 

 the year was 405. There are five distinct 

 courses of study, eleven teachers, and four su- 

 perintendents of industrial departments. 



The Military Academy has four classes, the 

 full number provided for in the course of in- 

 struction, and during the coming year it will 

 send forth its first class of graduates. 



The number of matriculates of South Caro- 

 lina College reported to the end of November 

 (206) was larger than the total enrollment dur- 

 ing the entire period of any preceding session 

 since its reorganization. The increase in the 

 number of post-graduate students in the college 

 is still more significant. Sixteen graduates of 

 this and other colleges are pursuing post-grad- 

 uate courses. 



The Penitentiary. The number of convicts in 

 confinement during the year was 1,453. The 

 number on Oct. 31 was 945, a decrease of 11. 

 Of this number 826 were colored males, 39 

 colored females, 75 white males and 5 white 

 females. The cash receipts for the fiscal year 

 were $65,532.16. To this amount must be add- 

 ed $10,917.64 due by contractors, making $76,- 

 449.80 as the total income for the year. The 

 disbursements to Oct. 31 were $67,631.55. To 

 this sum should be added $5,000 due in bank, 

 making the disbursements for the year $72,- 

 631.55. The work on the north wing of the 

 main building has been pressed vigorously, and 

 it will soon be completed. There will then be 

 500 cells. 



The Lunatic Asylum. At the beginning of the 

 last fiscal year there were 628 patients in the 

 institution and 15 absent on trial. During the 

 year 216 were admitted, making the whole 

 number under treatment 859. 



Manufactures. In 1880 there were in the 

 State 2,078 manufacturing establishments, 

 having a capital of $11,205,894, employing 

 22.128 hands ; and the value of the products 

 of these establishments was $16,738,008. At 

 the close of 1885, the number of establish- 

 ments (including phosphate-mines) in the State 

 was 3,256, having a capital of $23,367,510, and 

 the value of their products was estimated at 

 $38,403,257. 



t Agriculture. In 1877 the area in cultivation 

 m the principal crops was 2,383,780 acres, and 

 the value of the productions was $28,186,080. 

 In 1885 the area was 3,707,532 acres and the 

 value of the productions was $41,031,195. The 

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total value of these crops in 1885 was as fol- 

 lows : 



$11,987,576 

 1,804,503 

 1,819,106 



Irish potatoes... $484,949 



Hay 480,000 



Cotton 24,995,061 



Total $41,081,195 



Communications received from prominent 

 planters in all sections of the State show that 

 the price of land has gradually increased ; that 

 there is practically little land on the market ; 

 that there is a strong disposition to greater 

 diversity in crops, and the impression is gen- 

 eral that the crop of 1885 was produced at less 

 cost than any crop made since the war, and that 

 the financial condition of the farmers is improv- 

 ing. 



Rice. The following is a comparative state- 

 ment of the total rice-crop of the United States 

 for the past two years : 



Railroads. In 1880 there were 1,403 miles of 

 railroads in South Carolina. Since that time 

 240 miles have been completed, and many other 

 important enterprises are in progress or pro- 

 jected. The new roads traverse the following 

 counties: Abbeville, Barnwell, Chesterfield, 

 Clarendon, Colleton, Edgefield, Georgetown, 

 Laurens, Marlborough, Spartanburg, Sumter, 

 and Williamsburg. 



Charleston* The subjoined statement shows 

 the amount of the business in the principal 

 articles of trade in Charleston during the year 

 ending Aug. 31. In the case of cotton and 

 other staples the receipts at this port are 

 given, while in cotton goods, fertilizers, and 

 vegetables the amount of the shipments is re- 

 ported : 



At the close of 1885, Charleston had a total 

 population of 60,145, against 49,984 in 1880; 

 an increase of over 20 per cent. The white 



