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FLORIDA. 



two Meissoniers, " L'Escalier " and " Condottier 

 Franc.ais." 



The Metropolitan Museum has received, through 

 the munificence of Mr. Marquand, 7 paintings of 

 the Dutch school two portraits by Frans Hals, 

 a portrait of Cranmer (?) attributed to Holbein, 

 " The Old Mill " by Rembrandt, a " Landscape 

 with Cattle " attributed to Cuyp, a portrait by 

 Maroni, and " The Music Lesson " by Gabriel 

 Metsu. The opening of the museum on Sunday 

 afternoons was apparently a popular success, the 

 average attendance being nearly 10,000 a day. 



One of the most remarkable pieces of art work 

 ever produced is a sitting statue, heroic size, of 

 Washington Irving, which was completed in 

 1891 by a blind sculptor, Johnson M. Mundy, of 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. Under certain conditions of 

 light, with an opera-glass, Mr. Mundy can see a 

 little ; but his work on this statue was all done 

 by the sense of touch. The plaster model, a view 

 of the head of which is here presented, is at Tarry- 

 town ; the bronze casting has not yet been made. 

 Philadelphia. The sixty-first annual exhi- 

 bition of the Academy of Fine Arts was one of 

 the largest and best in the history of the society. 

 Many New York artists were represented, some 

 of them by more pictures than were contributed 

 to their home exhibition. The Temple gold 

 medal was awarded to Abbott II. Thayer for his 

 "Winged Figure," a girl angel with-wings and 

 drapery of white against a blue background. 

 The Temple silver medal was given to Kenyon 

 Cox for his portrait of a young lady. 



Chicago. The Art Institute's fourth annual 

 exhibition in November was of exceptional ex- 

 cellence. It comprised 250 paintings and 14 

 pieces of sculpture. Of the paintings, 24 were 

 sent from Paris, representing the American 

 colony there. Thirty-nine of the exhibitors were 

 Chicago artists, and most of the remainder were 

 from New York studios. The J. W. Ellsworth 

 prize of $300 for the best work by an American 

 artist painted in America was awarded to Frank 

 Benson for his " Twilight," and the Art Institute 

 prize of $250 for the second best to Gari Melchers 

 for " The Pilots." The latter picture was painted 

 in Holland and not eligible for the first prize. 



FLORIDA, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union, March, 3, 1845 ; area, 58,680 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census since admission, was 87,445 in 1850; 

 140,424 in 1860; 187,748 in 1870; 269,493 in 

 1880, and 391,422 in 1890. Capital, Tallahassee. 

 Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Francis P. 

 Fleming, Democrat ; Secretary of State, John L. 

 Crawford ; Comptroller, William D. Bloxham ; 

 Treasurer, Frank J. Pons; Attorney-General, 

 William B. Lamar ; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction. Albert J. Russell ; Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, Lucius B. Wombwell ; Railroad 

 Commissioners, George G. McWhorter, who died 

 on May 21, Enoch J. Vann, and William Himes 

 (on June 13 the Railroad Commission was abol- 

 ished by act of the Legislature) : State Board 

 of Health, Richard P. Daniel, William B. Hen- 

 derson, William K. Hyer; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, George P. Raney; Associate 

 Justices, Milton II. Mabry and R. F. Taylor. 

 Justice Mabry was elected in November, 1890, to 

 succeed Justice A. E. Maxwell. Justice Taylor 



was appointed by the Governor late in 1890 to 

 fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of 

 Justice H. L. Mitchell, who accepted a seat on 

 the bench of the United States Circuit Court. 



Population by Races. The following table 

 shows the white and colored population of the 

 State in 1880 and 1890, according to the Federal 



In 1890 there were also in the State 101 Chi- 

 nese, 14 Japanese, and 168 Indians. 



Finance. The following is a summary of the 

 operations of the State treasury for the two 

 years ending Jan. 1, 1891 : Balance on Jan. 1, 

 1889, $109,813.08 ; total receipts for the year en- 

 suing, $680,528.19; total expenditures, $713,- 

 251.20; balance on Jan. 1, 1890, $77,090.07; 

 total receipts for the year ensuing, $760,128.65 ; 

 total expenditures, $751,356.39; balance on 

 Jan. 1, 1891, $85,862.33. The general revenue 

 fund statement for the two years included in 

 the above summary is as fojlows : Balance on 

 Jan. 1, 1889, $33,053.59; receipts for the year 

 ensuing, $513,760.12 ; expenditures, $538,912.80 ; 

 balance on Jan 1, 1890, $7,900.91; receipts for 

 the year ensuing, $550,303 ; expenditures, 

 $550,078.90 ; balance on Jan. 1, 1891, $8,125.01. 

 Of the general revenue fund receipts for the year 

 1889, the sum of $262,795.26 was derived from 

 the tax on property, $148.843.08 from license 

 fees, and $95,500 from borrowed money. For 



