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TEXAS. 



Agriculture. The State Bureau of Agricult- 

 ure reports thn following statistics for 18!)0: 

 Wheat, acres sown, 1.306,228, yield. 3,587,980 

 bushels; corn, 3,410.526 acres, yield, 55,269,865 

 bushels; cotton, 820,719 acres, yield, 344.385 

 bales; tobacco, 34,966 acres, yield, 22,080,844 

 pounds; pea-nuts, 18,012 acres, yield, 17,440.- 

 969 pounds. The live stock on farms in April, 

 1890, was as follows: Horses, 289,057, value, 

 $21,879,907; mules, 190,542, value, $15,307,559;, 

 cows, 342,508, value, $6,477,252; other cattle, 

 474,656, value, $4,773,491 ; sheep. 427,623, value, 

 $832,330; hogs, 1,916,363, value, $5,835,430. 



Coal. The product during the year ending 

 June 30, 1880, as reported to the tenth census, 

 was 495,131 short tons, valued at $629,724 at the 

 mines, an average of $1.27 a ton. During 1889 

 the total production was 1,925,689 short tons, 

 valued at $2,338,309 at the mines, an average of 

 $1.21 a ton. The number of mine employes in 

 1889 was 4,108, and the wages paid $1,609,310. 

 The mining expenses were $2,113,292, and the 

 capital employed, $4,362,711. 



Pensions. Under the pension law passed by 

 the General Assembly this year the board of 

 pension examiners had received 816 applications 

 up to Nov. 25. Of these, 367 were allowed, 351 

 rejected, and the others are pending. The pen- 

 sions already allowed aggregate $42,320 yearly. 



TEXAS, a Southern State, admitted' to the 

 Union Dec. 29, 1845 ; area, 265,780 square miles ; 

 population, according to the census of 1890, 

 2.235,523. Capital, Austin. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, James S. 

 Hogg, Democrat ; Lieut enant-Governor, George 

 C. Pendleton; Secretary of State, George W. 

 Smith; Treasurer, W. B. Wortham ; Comptrol- 

 ler, John D. McCall ; Attorney-General, Charles 

 A. Culbertson ; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, II. C. Pritchett to August, when J. M. 

 Carlisle was appointed ; Adjutant-General, W. II. 

 Mabry; Commissioner of General Land Office, 

 W. L. McGaughey ; State Health Officer, Dr. R. 

 M. Swearingen ; Commissioner of Insurance, L. 

 L. Foster, succeeded in August by J. E. F. Hol- 

 lingsworth ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 John W. Stayton ; Associate Justices, Reuben R. 

 Gaines and John L. Henry ; Court of Appeals, 

 Presiding Judge, John P. White; Judges, Sam- 

 uel A. Willson and James M. Hurt. D. P. Marr 

 was appointed on the commission of the Court 

 of Appeals Jan. 30, and C. C. Garrett, May 7. 



Finances. The receipts for the year ending 

 Aug. 31, 1891, were $2,561,069.42. exclusive of 

 the transfers. This was derived principally 

 from the following sources: Taxes of 1889, $24.- 

 351.55; of 1890, $1,974.696.76: of 1891, $148.- 

 979.42 ; special taxes and fees collected by Comp- 

 troller, $127,330.13 ; refunded by United States 

 frontier protection, $145,037.18; refunded to ap- 

 propriations, $86,835.65 ; half of land sales, act 

 of July, 1879, $75,110.87; office fees. State De- 

 partment, $48,878.59 : office fees, General Land 

 Office, $21.980.81 ; office fees. Insurance Depart- 

 ment, $14,034.70 ; half of land sales, act of March, 

 1887, $15,647.11. 



The disbursements for the year were $2,167,- 

 498.21, exclusive of transfers. The balance in 

 the treasury Aug. 31. 1890. was $618,622,66, and 

 Aug. 31, 1891, it was $1.007,193.87. 



The bonded debt of the State remains the 

 same as last year, $4.237,730. The redemption 

 of the $41,700 of the 6-per-cent. funding bonds 

 of act of May 2, 1871, held by individuals, and 

 of the $207.000 of 7-per-cent. revenue deficiency 

 bonds of act of Dec. 2, 1871, also held by indi- 

 viduals, has been provided for by the general ap- 

 propriation act, approved April 16. 1891, which 

 provides for their payment by an issue of 5-per- 

 cent, bonds, to be sold to the permanent school 

 fund. The total amount held by individuals is 

 $1,019,590. No provision has been made for the 

 redemption of the $200.000 6-per-cent. revenue 

 deficiency bonds of act of Feb. 13, 1885, held by 

 special funds, which fell due Jan. 1, 1890. 



The total assessed value of real estate was 

 $577,621,608, and of personal property $278,578,- 

 675 ; total, $856,200,283, showing an increase over 

 the preceding year of $58.344,398 in real estate 

 and $20,744,002 in personal property, or a total 

 increase of $74,088,400 over the values of 1890. 

 The rate of tax was 20 cents on each $100. 



Education. The latest available, report of 

 the common schools gives the following summa- 

 ry: Number of schools taught, 9,065; number of 

 graded schools, not including cities, 307 ; number 

 of high schools, not in cities, 109 ; average school 

 term in months in cities, 7'62 ; in district coun- 

 ties, 5'01 ; in community counties, 4'83 ; total 

 number of pupils enrolled, 466,872 ; number of 

 teachers employed in 90 cities and 193 counties, 

 10,980; number of public school-houses belong- 

 ing to the State, 5,326 ; number rented or leased. 

 2,998; number of public-school libraries, 103; 

 number of volumes, 16,107 ; average monthly 

 salary in cities and independent districts, $59.39. 

 The total amount paid to teachers was $2.583,- 

 644.62. and the total amount of expenditures, 

 $3.178,299.96. 



The latest biennial report of the University of 

 Texas, at Austin, gives the number of the faculty 

 at 17, and the total number of students at 307, of 

 whom 4 are in the post-graduate course, 79 are 

 in the law course, 87 are irregular and special 

 students, and the remainder in the regular 

 under-graduate course. The estimated income 

 for 1890-'91 from interest on State bonds, lease 

 of lands, interest on land sales, and fees, was 

 $52,983.54. 



The university received in December the 

 proffer of a valuable library from Tank Kee, 

 a lecturer on China. This library embraces 

 38,000 volumes, some of them rare old manu- 

 scripts, but most of them in English print, and 

 all valuable bound books, which he has been 

 twenty years collecting, and are valued at from 

 $120,000 to $150.000. They all refer to China, 

 and are represented to be the most complete col- 

 lection of the history, literature, religion, arts, 

 etc., of the Chinese in the world. 



A medical branch of the university was 

 opened at Galveston, Oct. 1. The sum of $52,- 

 000 was appropriated for its equipment and 

 maintenance. 



In May, $200.000 was given by W. M. Rice, of 

 New York, formerly of Houston to establish in 

 Houston the William M. Rice Institute for the 

 Advancement of Literature, Science, and Art. 



The Sam Houston Normal Institute at Hunts- 

 Anile had an enrollment of 313. The State ap- 

 propriation in 1890 was $20,000, and the total 



