MINNESOTA. 



561 



PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND. 



Cash 176,390 15 



Land contracts 403,644 65 



$230,000 railroad adjustment bonds 280,000 00 



Fruit-farm I,3u9 10 



Experimental farm 8,5<JO 00 



Total $769,843~90 



INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT LAND FUND. 



Cash $136,846 33 



Land contracts 1,380,514 45 



$322,000 Minnesota railroad adjustment bonds . 822,000 00 

 Interest overdraft 11,266 32 



Total $1,850,627 ]0 



Less adjustment bonds canceled 322,000 00 



Total $1,528,627 10 



These statements show an increase in these 

 funds in two years of $1,382,610.84, and an ag- 

 gregate accumulation of $9,601,637.14. There 

 yet remains unsold of the congressional grant 

 of land from which these funds are derived 

 (estimating the full grant to common schools 

 at 3,090,000 acres) 1,887,571 acres in the com- 

 mon-school grant, 89,823 acres in the univer- 

 sity grant, and 175,317 in the internal improve- 

 ment land grant. 



The indebtedness of the State is $4,026,000. 

 The State debt has been reduced in two years 

 $457,000 by the redemption of $139,000 of 

 revenue bonds, and the cancellation of $322,- 

 000 of adjustment bonds, held by the internal 

 improvement land fund. The balance of the 

 revenue bonds, $61,000, will be redeemed from 

 the revenues of the current fiscal year. 



The receipts for the county treasuries of 

 the State for the year ending in February, 1886, 

 were in excess of $9,000.000. 



Education. There was expended for the sup- 

 port of schools, the last two years, $6,122,077, 

 as follows : 



700. The Winona school also asks an appropria- 

 tion for a ladies' home. The enrollment was : 



The enrollment in the public schools was 

 225.215 in 1885 and 243,059 in 1886. 



The State University had 310 students in 

 1885 and 406 in 1886. Additional appropria- 

 tions to the amount of $150,000 are required 

 to provide needed buildings. There was ex- 

 pended for new buildings during the past year 

 the sum of $38,000. For current expenses 

 $40,000 per annum will be required for the 

 ensuing two years. 



The high-schools of the State have increased 

 to 59 and their enrollment to 3,195. The nor- 

 mal schools have increased their enrollment 

 until the capacity of the Mankato and St. 

 Cloud buildings is insufficient, and appropria- 

 tions are asked for their enlargement. The 

 requirements of the three schools in addition 

 to the annual appropriations for their support 

 as reported by the board, are as follow : Wino- 

 na, $6,000 ; Mankato, $67,000 ; St. Cloud, $47,- 

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A normnl school is soon to be established 

 at Moorhead. 



Under the provisions of chapter 146 of the 

 General Laws of 1885, which provides for a 

 State school for neglected and dependent chil- 

 dren, there has been established and recently 

 set in operation in the city of Owatonna, an 

 institution of the character contemplated. A 

 site including 160 acres of land was given by 

 the city, upon which have been erected three 

 cottages, furnishing accommodations for about 

 sixty pupils. 



The reform school had under its care, July 

 31, 191 inmates. During the two years there 

 were committed to the institution 168, and 

 discharged therefrom 96. The expenses of 

 maintenance were $29,467.03 for 1885, and 

 $32,564.62 for 1886. Additional accommoda- 

 tions are required at this institution, but be- 

 fore appropriations are made for the purpose 

 of increasing them, the Governor suggests the 

 advisability of a change of location. 



Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, the Blind, and 

 the Feeble-minded. At the State institution for 

 defective children, embracing the schools for 

 the deaf and dumb, for the blind, and for the 

 feeble-minded, during the past year, there have 

 been in attendance : 157 pupils in the school 

 for the deaf and dumb, 36 in that for the blind, 

 and 78 in that for the feeble-minded. For ad- 

 mission to the latter there are on file 70 appli- 

 cations in excess of accommodations furnished 

 by the present buildings, and the Board of Di- 

 rectors therefore ask for an appropriation for 

 their enlargement. 



The disbursements on account of the insti- 

 stute the past two years were $172,597.58. 



Insane Hospitals. At the end of the last fiscal 

 year there were 1,479 patients under treatment 

 in the two insane hospitals of the State, 874 at 

 St. Peter and 605 at Rochester, an increase of 

 286 since the last biennial report of the trus- 

 tees. There was expended for the mainte- 

 nance of the insane $223,905.71 in 1885, and 

 $228,696.97 in 1886, and for new structures 

 and improvements at the two institutions $1 12,- 

 674.41 for the two years. 



A third hospital has been located at Fergus 

 Falb and will be soon conducted. 



State Prison. The capacity of the State Prison 

 has been enlarged since 1885 by the addition 

 of 150 cells, at a cost of $56,500. It now af- 

 fords accommodation for 600 inmates. The 

 population of the institution numbered 386 at 

 the date of the inspectors' report, July 31, 

 1886, which has been increased to 407 since 

 that time. The current expenses were $65,- 



