NEW JERSEY. 



or, " that the provisions of the Constitution, 

 and the laws passed thereunder, are not obeyed, 

 and can not be obeyed, unless there is further 

 legislation to compel localities to act. The 

 Legislature must provide means for defaulting 

 localities to borrow money to build more school- 

 houses, where it is practically impossible, or 

 unwise, to burden the local tax levy with the 

 amount necessary to give ample school accom- 

 modations." 



The school fund amounts to $3,676,017.22, 

 and consists of $1,095,714.45 of riparian leases 

 and $2,580,302.77 of United States bonds, mort- 

 gages, cash balances, and other securities. Its 

 income during the year was $196,862,26, being 

 an increase over the previous year of $6,234.15. 



The sum of $2,678,185.17 was expended by 

 the State and localities for public schools dur- 

 ing the year. This is an increase of 249,169.56 

 over the amount expended the previous year 

 for the same purpose. The total amount of 

 city and district taxes, for the building and 

 repairing of school-houses, was $628,893.57; 

 which amount is $60,504.89 in excess of the 



Erevious year. The school property of the 

 tate is valued at $7,263,039, being an increase 

 over the valuation of 1885 of $438,113. The 

 school census shows a decrease for the year of 

 2,161 children between five and eighteen years 

 of age over the census of the previous year, 

 but there were 424 more children in attend- 

 ance at the schools. The number of male 

 teachers is 826, and female teachers, 3,069. 

 The male teachers received an average monthly 

 salary of $63. 99, and the female teachers $36.04. 



At the Normal School during the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1886, 245 pupils were in attend- 

 ance, the average attendance being 196|. For- 

 ty-four pupils graduated and are engaged in 

 teaching. Many of the pupils in attendance 

 are unable to remain a sufficient time to grad- 

 uate, but are holding positions as teachers. 



The number of pupils enrolled in the Model 

 School during the year was 491, with an average 

 attendance of 394^. Ten pupils graduated. 



The amount expended for the schools dur- 

 ing the year was $33,338.91. The State an- 

 nually appropriates for maintenance $15,000, 

 and $5,000 for scholarships and other purposes. 

 There was received from scholars for tuition, 

 $16,669.80. 



School for Deaf-mutes. The average number 

 of pupils in this school during the year was 

 100, of whom 56 were males and 44 females. 

 The expenditure for maintenance and other 

 expenses was $24,293.58, and for repairs, al- 

 terations to buildings, and construction of sew- 

 ers, $5,967.38, a total of $30,260.96. There 

 was appropriated $10,000 for needed repairs to 

 the building, the purchase of school apparatus, 

 and the construction of a main sewer. 



Blind and Feeble-minded Children. The blind 

 and feeble-minded children of the State are 

 supported and instructed in institutions in 

 other States. During the year there were 91 

 feeble-minded and 38 blind children so support- 



ed at an expense to the State for the former of 

 $23,983.70, and for the latter of $8,310.56. 



Reform School for Boys. There were 435 in- 

 mates in the institution during the year ending 

 Oct. 31, 1886. The number remaining at the 

 end of the year was 288, an increase of 19 over 

 the previous year. The amount of money re- 

 ceived from the State for maintenance was 

 $39,303.62, and from the sale of the products 

 from the farm and the labor of the inmates 

 $7,814.83, making the total receipts $47,118.45. 

 The total expenditures, including the amount 

 spent for improvements, was $45,556.19. 



Industrial School for Girls. This institution had 

 at the close of the year 37 inmates, an increase 

 of six over the previous year. The average 

 age of the pupils is fourteen years. The cost 

 for the maintenance of the institution for the 

 year was $6,429.73, of which amount the State 

 paid $5,500. There was received from farm 

 sales $155.40, and from the work of the pupils 

 $199.70. ^The real and personal estate con- 

 nected with the school is appraised at $48,- 

 707.50. The trustees recommend additional 

 legislation, so that girls may be committed to 

 the institution until they reach twenty-one 

 years of age instead of the present limitation 

 of eighteen years. They ask for an appropria- 

 tion of $6,000 for maintenance and repairs. 



Insane Asylums. There were 857 inmates in 

 the institution at Morristown at the close of 

 the fiscal year, an increase over the same period 

 the year previous of 31. Of the inmates 415 

 were males and 442 females, and the private 

 patients numbered 145. The total cost for the 

 maintenance of the institution during4he year 

 was $253,958.42, being an increase over the 

 expenditure of the previous year of $50,186.46. 

 There was a balance in the hands of the man- 

 agers at the close of the year of $22,517.02. 

 The balance last year was $20,805.31. The 

 private patients paid $60,419.47. The annual 

 inventory of the personal property shows 

 valuation of $121,777.59, an increase of $4,845.- 

 34 over 1885. 



The number of patients in the institution at 

 Trenton at the close of the fiscal year was 691, 

 of which number 342 were males and 349 were 

 females. This is an increase of 45 inmates over 

 the previous year. There were 88 private pa- 

 tients Oct. 31, 1886. The private patients paid 

 during the year $25,568.30. The cost for the 

 maintenance of the institution for the year was 

 $155,612.01, being an increase over the previ- 

 ous year of $157.51. The cash balance in the 

 hands of the managers at the close of the fis- 

 cal year was $22,193.01. The balance for the 

 previous year was $24,866.45. The annual in- 

 ventory and appraisement of personal property 

 was $131,925.93, an increase over the previous 

 year of $13,554. 



Home for Disabled Soldiers. This institution at 

 the close of the year had 302 inmates, and dur- 

 ing the same period 617 were cared for, of 

 which number 487 served the Government in 

 New Jersey regiments. Fourteen thousand and 



