NEW JERSEY. 



NEW MEXICO. 



570 



-i, leaving a balance on hand Oct. 31 of 

 $40,908.58, 



At the InMitution for Feeble-minded Women 

 there were 46 patients at tin- elo>e of tlio fiscal 

 e of 17 over the previous \ear. 

 The Mini of ss.'.iCO.-Jl \\a- received from various 

 which tin- Stall- paid *S, \(\ 1..JI!. The 

 institution expended x^.."is:i.i;s. '|'lu- last Legis- 

 lature amended tin- law so as to give this insti- 

 tution the care of feeble-minded girls of the age 

 of twelve years and upward. Additional accom- 

 modation for 50 inmates has been provided. At 



the School for Deaf Mlltes there Were i:i!) pupils 



during the fisral year, an increase of 20 over the 

 pivviou- \ear. The a \erage attendance was 124. 

 The Slate pays to maintain the institution $76 

 uarter for each pupil, making a total of 

 $37,'J:M for the last fiscal year. 



Soldiers' Home. On Oct. 81 there were 457 



inmates in the Soldiers' Home at Kearney, a de- 



e of 6 from the preceding year. During 



the year 350 were admitted, 262 discharged, 19 



.led. Ki died, and 'J'.i were dropped from the 



rolls. The average number per day was 472. 



Since the home was opened- there have been 17,- 



oldiers cared for by the institution. The 



total receipts for the year were $83,188.12, and 



the diMiiir.-ements were $72,986.32, leaving a 



balance in the hands of the treasurer of the home 



of $10,201.30. 



Prisons. The daily average of prisoners con- 

 fined in the State Prison during tne last fiscal 

 year was 951, of whom 919 were males and 32 

 females. This is a decrease of 22 in the daily 

 average. The number of prisoners at the close 

 of the fi-eal year was 980, an increase of 77 over 

 t lie previous year. The expense of maintaining 

 the institution was $173,869.31, of which $79,- 

 Hi!.31 were paid from the receipts for labor. 



At the State Reform School there were 346 

 IM>VS at the opening of the fiscal year. During 

 the year 202 were received and 219 discharged, 

 leaving 329 remaining on Oct. 81. The receipts, 

 including a balance of $5,318.23, were $60,211.11 

 and the expenses were $55,980.81. 



On Oct. 31, 1890, there were 63 girls in the 

 State Industrial School for Girls and 16 out at 

 service. On Oct. 31, 1891, there were 70 girls in 

 the school and 20 under indenture. The total 

 receipts from all sources during the year were 

 $13.516.47; the expenditures were $12,301.71. 



Militia. The National Guard consists of 325 

 officers and 3,909 enlisted men. This force is 

 organized into 57 companies of infantry and two 

 Gatling-gun companies. The expenditures for 

 National Guard purposes for the last fiscal year 

 amounted to $124,418.68. 



The State now owns a tract of 119 acres at Sea 

 (lirt, which is expressly reserved for the encamp- 

 ment and other uses of the Guard. 



Savings Banks, etc. Twenty-five savings 

 banks reporting to the Secretary of State show on 

 Ian. 1. is'.M, total deposits amounting to $32,462,- 

 <>o:'>. :!."> due to 125.073 depositors, and a surplus of 

 *.'.'.>>( !.:;<>:!. On Jan. 1, 1890, the number of de- 

 positors was 117,999. Reports to the State Bu- 

 reau of Statistics show that during 18!) 1 24 new 

 building and loan associations were incorpo- 

 rated, making a total of 270 associations now in 

 active operation, with a net capital approximat- 

 ing $23,500,000 represented by 410,000 shares 



and 77,000 shareholder-, of whom probably 18,- 

 000 arc paying for home* with money IMM 



from the respeetiM- a--oeiat Ion--. 'III. I! 



of the net eapital of these asttociat i<>n- during 

 1891 was approximately #l,(NiO,(MM); in the num- 

 ber of shares, 30,000 ; in the innnlicr of hliare- 

 holders, 5,000. 



Abandoned Farms. Statistics collected j ( , 

 1890 show a total of 313 abandoned farms in the 

 State covering 18,487 acres. In Atlantic County 

 there are 55 abandoned farms, covering an acre- 

 age of 2,755 ; Cape May, 15. covering 2,(MX) acres ; 

 Monmouth, 5, 215 acres; Ocean, 16, 916 n< n - : 

 Camden, 4, no acres given: I'a-ai--. MI, l.-JM; 

 Bergen, 20, 836 ; Cumberland, 21. 57(1; M.ner. 

 10, 688; Middlesex, 12, 456; Morris 5. 1,270; 

 Burlington, 32,993; Gloucester, 3, 150; Somer- 

 set, 60, 2,090; Hunterdon, 1, 73; Su~, 

 8,238 ; Warren, 8, 956. Considering that there 

 are a total of 34,807 farms in the State with an 

 area of 2,929,773 acres, the percentage of tho-e 

 abandoned is very small. Almost one third of the 

 farms reported abandoned are located in the 

 counties of Somerset, Sussex, and Warren. 



Political. One third of the Senators and all 

 of the members of the Lower House of the Leg- 

 islature were chosen at the November election of 

 this year. Seven Democrats were elected to the 

 Senate, and that body in 1892 will contain, U> 

 Democrats and 5 Republicans. Eighteen Re- 

 publicans and 42 Democrats were elected to the 

 lower house. 



NEW MEXICO, a Territory of the United 

 States, organized Sept. 9, 1850 ; area, 122,580 

 square miles. The population, according to 

 each decennial census, was (i 1.547 in 1850; 93,- 

 516 in 1860; 91,874 in 1870; 119,565 in 1880; 

 and 153,593 in 1890. Capital, Santa Fe. 



Government. The following were the Ter- 

 ritorial officers during the year : Governor, L. 

 Bradford Prince, Republican : Secretary, Ben- 

 jamin M. Thomas ; Auditor, Trinidad Aland, 

 succeeded by Demetrio Perez ; Treasurer, Antonio 

 Ortiz y Salazar, succeeded by Rufus J. Palen ; 

 Solicitor-General, Edward It. 'Bartlett ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction (an office created 

 by the Legislature in Februarv), Amado Chavez ; 

 Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration. Max 

 Frost ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 James O'Brien ; Associate Justices. William D. 

 Lee, Edward P. Seeds, John R. .Mo Fie, and 

 Alfred A. Freeman. 



Finances. The total expenses of the Ter- 

 ritory for the fiscal year ending March 3. 1891, 

 were $178.679.23. On that day the Territorial 

 debt amounted to $866,433.04,'of which $720,- 

 000 was a bonded debt, and $146,433.03 a float- 

 ing debt represented by outstanding warrants. 

 The credit of the Territory has appreciably ad- 

 vanced since the funding act of 1889 has become 

 operative, but taxation under it is burdensome. 

 The tax rate leviH forTerritorial purposes in 1891 

 was 9 15-100 mills, in addition to which a 2 mill 

 tax for schools is levied uniformly in each county. 



The total assessed valuation of property in 

 the Territory in 1889 was $46,041,010, and in 

 1890 $45,199,847.91. This decrease was caused 

 by a reduction in the value of cattle made 

 generally throughout the territory in 1890. 



Legislative Session. The twenty-ninth Ter- 

 ritorial Legislature convened at Santa Fe, on 



