NORTH CAROLINA. 



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to the regulation of the board, and who shall, on ap- 

 plication, grant licenses to individuals to use exclu- 

 sively portions of flats outside such public grounds for 

 the private cultivation of shell-fish. 



Revising the system of collection of taxes. 



Authorizing the owners and agents of vessels to re- 

 fuse payment to a stevedore until satisfied that all 

 laborers hired by him upon the vessel have been paid, 

 and making such owners or agents who neglect to 

 comply with this statute liable to such laborers for any 

 unpaid wages. 



Providing for the employment of convicts upon cer- 

 tain railroads. 



Requiring incorporated and private bunks in the 

 State to make reports to the State Treasurer. 



Providing that appeals to the Supreme Court in 

 criminal cases shall not have the effect of vacating the 

 judgment appealed from, but only of staying execu- 

 tion, and authorizing the sheriff to carry out the judg- 

 ment at once on receipt of notice from the Supreme 

 Court that the appeal is not sustained. 



Making the same provision regarding appeals in 

 civil cases. 



Declaring it unlawful to purchase seed-cotton in 

 smaller quantities than what is usually baled, unless 

 a public record of such purchase is kept by the pur- 

 chaser. 



To prohibit the advertisement of lotteries. 



Amending the local option law by providing that 

 elections shall not be held oftener than once in two 

 years. 



Abolishing free tuition at the State University, and 

 reducing the tuition-fee to $60 per annum. 



Requiring marl-pits to be fenced. 



To establish a legal oyster measure. 



To provide a method "for the drainage of low lands. 



To prevent the poisoning of cattle. 



To provide for the working of convicts upon the 

 public roads of the State. 



To establish a reformatory in connection with the 

 State Penitentiary for convicts under fifteen years of 

 age. 



Requiring license from the county commissioners in 

 order to sell dynamite and other explosives. 



A large number of railroad companies were incor- 

 porated. 



Increasing the annual appropriation for the Colored 

 Normal Schools from $2,000 to $6,000. 



Appropriating $100,000 annually for the State Peni- 

 tentiary, $37,000 for the School for the Deaf, Dumb, 

 and Blind, $56,000 for the Insane Asylum, and $65,- 

 000 in 1887 and $85,000 in 1888 for the Western In- 

 sane Asylum. 



Finances. At the close of the fiscal year end- 

 ing Nov. 30, 1886, there was in the treasury a 

 balance on account of educational fund of 

 $23,223.38 ; of public fund $172,327.06. Dur- 

 ing the year ending Nov. 30, 1887, there was 

 received on account of educational fund $6,- 

 920.48 ; on account of public fund $850,177.70, 

 making the total funds of the State for the 

 year ending Nov. 30, 1887, $1,052,648.62. Of 

 this fund there was disbursed during the year 

 on account of educational fund $5,524.21 ; on 

 account of public fund $885,389.78, making 

 the total disbursements $890,913.99, and leav- 

 ing a total balance in the treasury on account 

 of educational and public fund on Nov. 30, 

 1887, of $161,734.63. The valuation of as- 

 sessed property in the State for 1888 is esti- 

 mated at $209,000,000. 



Banks. In accordance with the law of this 

 year, requiring incorporated and private banks 

 to report their condition to the State Treasurer, 

 the following summary of the standing of the 



incorporated class (twelve in number) and of 

 six private banks has been ascertained. In- 

 corporated banks: total resources $2,492,552,- 

 52, in which is included loans on real estate, 

 $161,636.30; other loans, $1,520,432.51 ; State 

 bonds, $34,100; gold 'coin, $47,262; silver, 

 $37,273.18; legal-tender and national-bank 

 notes, $184,788.23. Among the liabilities are: 

 $697,401.94 for capital stock paid in, and $55,- 

 578.33 in undivided profits. The resources 

 and liabilities of the private banks amount to 

 $510,248.47. Their capital stock paid in is 

 $148,770.55, and their undivided profits $15,- 

 903.18. 



Cotton. The first report of the State Bureau 

 of Statistics, published at the close of the year, 

 presents the following facts regarding the cot- 

 ton-manufactures of the State: In 1880 the 

 number of establishments was forty-nine, with 

 a capital of $2,855,800 and 92,385 spindles. In 

 1887 the number of mills had increased to 

 about eighty, with a capital of over $4,000,000 

 and operating over 200,000 spindles. The 

 quantity of cotton consumed annually by these 

 establishments is estimated at 30,000,000 

 pounds. The average number of hours a day 

 required of operatives is from 10 to 12. Men 

 get from 50 cents to $1.50 a day; foremen 

 from $1.00 to $2.66; women from 35 cents to 

 $1.00; boys, 25 cents to 65 cents, and girls 

 from 30 cents to 55 cents. The State has need 

 of a law regulating the number of hours that 

 shall constitute a day's labor. 



NOVA SCOTIA. Government. The Lieutenant- 

 Governor is Matthew Henry Richey. Executive 

 Council : President and Provincial Secretary, 

 W. ' S. Fielding ; Attorney-General, J. W. 

 Longley ; Commissioner of Works and Mines, 

 Charles E. Church ; without portfolio, Thomas 

 Johnson, Angus Macgillivray, and Daniel Mc- 

 Neil. 



Commerce. The following table shows the 

 imports and exports of the province for five 

 years : 



EXPORTS OF HOME PRODUCE. 



Finances. The total expenditure of the prov- 

 ince for 1886 was $656,348.53, and the total 

 revenue was $23,203.10 less. The provincial 

 debt on Dec. 81, 1885, was $700,000. The 



