MAINE. 



521 



traffic, and has correspondingly increased the wealth Total current school resources $ 1,065,789 



of the State by increasing the sobriety of the people Decrease $25,275 



and saving the fruits of industry. One evil, insepa- To ff } current expenditures $1,006,077 



^Jfe.tfts^ts:isa?s.'s: ~^^>^. 



to enforce its provisions; whereas every law should Whole number of pupils in the State..'. ....... 2ui21 



be as binding upon those who opposed its enactment Increase over 1884 ..'.'. 597 



as upon those who labored for it. The experience of Average daily attendance in winter schools 99,964 



Maine for the past thirty years abundantly justifies , ir ? e p rease 666 



the adoption of the prohibitory system, and it" will be W j h n le number of different schools 4,832 



the duty of the Legislature to add to its efficiency in Number Q f different teachers employed during the 



whatever way, after full and impartial investigation year.... 7596 



may be found practicable, always remembering that Increase'. . '. ".'.'! '. '. '. '. '. '. ' ' ! '. '. '. '. '. '.'.'.'. ' '. '. '. \ '. \ '. '. '. \ '. '. '143 



le^al penalties must be kept inside, and not pressed Average wages of male teachers per month, ex- 



bevond, the bounds of public opinion. elusive of board $32 07 



Decrease $052 



Sayings-Banks. The fifty-four savings-banks Av %tus8bo a f r f; ma ! e . . t . e . achers per month ' e *- 



show that a large surplus is in the hands of the Decrease .....'..'..........'.".'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.' $o 44 



mass of the people. On November 1 the ag- The condition of the normal schools varies 



gregate deposits in those banks were in excess of but little. Following are statistics : 

 $38,000,000. The wide distribution of owner- 



ship of this large sum of money is shown by SCHOOL Number Number Largest 

 the fact that the number of depositors was 



114,691; and of this number more than 90,- Castine 85 40 



000 owned less than $500 each. The increase ^gg* * J g JJ 



of deposits in the past year was more than 



$2,000,000 ; of depositors, 5,293. Totals 267 99 844 



EdncationaL-Popular education is making appropriation of $21,500 for 



good progress. The percentage of illiteracy m l hool J^J^ of $26 r * ma ned un _ 



The State appropriations have amounted to The laws for the preservation and increase of fish 



<&91 9 fll ft Thfl Knildinmj nrp vnlnprl nt <fc1 9?S and ame m fche State should be rigidly enforced, and, 



,12,618. ihe DuilOl ,120,- if ne * essary additional provisions should be enacted. 



000 ; the apparatus at $15,000 ; the library at j call you r attention to tne report of the commission- 



$7,000; the farm-tools, stock, carriages, etc., ers on this subject. The laws already enacted are 



at $18,000; making a total of $165,000. The valuable and beneficent in their operation and effect, 



amount from the State devoted to instruction , Un . der the . ir enforcement fish and game are both rapid- 



rp, ly increasing in the State. The opposition to these 



has averaged approximately $3,500 a year The and tl f e determination to violate them, led to a 



number of graduates is 238 ; non-graduates, deplorable crime in the county of Washington in No- 



263. The latter class has pursued studies at vember last, but I trust such an occurrence will stim- 



tlie colleo-e through periods ranging, in indi- ulate and not discourage the enforcement of the law. 



vidual cases, from one term to three and a half ^^^S'Z^^f jMi!TS 



years, averaging one and a half year. These the two men who lost their lives in tlie n ne O f t h e i r 



numbers do not include the 103 students now duty while enforcing the laws of the State. It is im- 



catalogued, and it appears that 604 students portant to have a proper public sentiment on this ques- 



have enjoyed, or are enjoying, the advantages 'ion. Those who oppose these laws and insist on fish- 



f . ing and hunting m unlawful ways and without regard 



Of the courses of instruction. ^ to seasons are as unwise as those would be who, with 



Ihe number of graduates prior to June, 1885, a famine impending, should insist on devouring the 



was 222. Of these, 11 have died, leaving 211. seed-corn. Unless these laws be rigidly maintained, 



An examination made in July disclosed the fact there is danger that we shall ultimately have no fish 



that of these 18 are farmers, and 11 specialists in our waters and no S ame in our forests - 



in agriculture ; 38 civil engineers, 22 mechani- Butter and Cheese Factories, An account of 



cal engineers, and 15 engaged in manufactur- the dairying operations of the State for the 



ing, making 49 per cent, engaged in these forms year is given. The following are returns from 



of industry. Of the 107 graduates remaining, cheese-factories: 



30 are teachers and 31 engaged temporarily in - 



miscellaneous callings. Of the living graduates Lbs. ofmiik Poundsof ^2J?fcT 



under notice, 9 per cent, are engaged in the FACTORIES. used during chee made> manufactured 



professions, and 31 employed in other indus- product. 



tries. Of the living non-graduates whose oc- Nortli Newb ~ $2,704 oo 



cupations are known, 13 per cent, are in the Milo 72,857 



professions, and 87 per cent, in industries. _ ^ a a 8t n s e anserville gjjg g'g? \ X 70 



The latest published School Statistics, being North^ivermoVe ." ' 157^369 16.369 1^63690 



those for the years 1884-'85, include the fol- North Turner '. 70,000 7,000 oo 



lowing items Buckfield and Turner. . . 118 54 



