KANSAS. 



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KANSAS, a Western Stair, admitted to the 

 I'nion Jan. 2!), 1861; area, 82,080 square miles. 

 Tht- population, according to each deeennial cen- 

 iOB,waa 107.206m lst;<>: :!i;i.::'.i!in ls;n : <)96,096 

 in ISMI; ami l.l-Jr.(i!M! in 1890. Capital, Topeka. 



(iuvernment. The following were the State 

 oilieers during the year: Governor, Lyinan U. 

 Humphrey. Republican; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 Andrew ,}. Felt; Secretary of State, William 

 Hiu'i:in>: Auditor, Charles M. Ilovey; Treas- 

 urer, S. G. Stover; Attorney-General, John N. 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 je \V. \VinaiiN : Superintendent of Insur- 

 ance, William II. McBride; Railroad Commis- 

 sioners, George T. Anthony, Albert R. Greene, 

 and William M. Mitchell ; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, Albert II. Horton ; Associate 

 Just iees. William A. Johnston and Daniel M. 

 Valentine: Supreme Court Commissioners, Ben- 

 jamin V. Simpson, J. C. Strang, and George S. 

 Green. Attorney-General Ives was elected on 

 the Democratic and Farmers' Alliance tickets; 

 the other elective State officers are Republicans. 



Finances. The total bonded State debt at 

 the close of 1892 was $801,000, of which $9,000 

 is held by the State University fund, and $536,- 

 000, by the permanent school fund, leaving only 

 $256,000 in the hands of individuals. The total 

 municipal indebtedness is $37,817,755. Wyan- 

 dotte County leads with a total debt of $2,624,- 

 654. Leavenworth County is next, with $1,823,- 

 510, while Atchison and Sedgwick Counties have 

 the same amount, $1,117,000. 



Valuation. The assessed valuation of the 

 State for 1892 was $342,580,471.82, against $342,- 

 631,307.85 for 1891. In the assessment of 1891 

 were included 44,700,020 acres of land valued at 

 $170,160,308.68; 1,231,143 town lots valued at 

 $74,203,946.58 ; personal property valued at 

 $47,401,227.25; and railroad property valued at 

 $50,865,825.34. The rate of State taxation for 

 1892 was 3-5 mills for current State expenses 

 and 0-2 mill for interest on the State debt. 



Education. The number of children of school 

 age in the State in 1892 was ascertained to be 497,- 

 022. There was apportioned among the several 

 counties from the State school funds the sum of 

 $263,421.66 for support of public schools, or an 

 average of 53 cents for each pupil. At the State 

 Agricultural College more than 500 students 

 were enrolled in February, and at the State Uni- 

 versity the enrollment for the year was over 600. 



Charities. The Legislature of 1891 made an 

 appropriation for a new building at the Ossa- 

 wattomie Insane Asylum calculated to accommo- 

 date 300 patients. While this addition will af- 

 ford some relief, yet after it is filled there will 

 still remain in the homes, poorhouses, and pri- 

 vate asylums of the State from 300 to 400 insane 

 people. For the biennial period ending June 80, 

 1892, the average number of patients at the To- 

 peka Asylum was 748, and at the Ossawattomie 

 Asylum 510. The average per capita cost of 

 maintaining the former institution was $154.43, 

 and $159.19 for the latter. At the Asylum for 

 Idiotic and Imbecile Youth the average number 

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of inmates for the same period was 101, and the 

 average per capita cost $179.65. The Institu- 

 tion for the Deaf and Dumb had an average of 

 228 pupils, the average jur rnjnla co>l being 

 $166.50. At the School for the I'.lind the aver- 

 age number of pupils was 82, and the average 

 per capita cost $251.15. Tho Soldiers' Orphans' 

 Home during the period cared for 120 chil- 

 dren on an average, at an average per capita 

 cost of $155.32. The amounts appropriated by 

 the Legislature and expended at then- institu- 

 tions for the biennial period are shown in the 

 following table : 



Prisons. The appropriations for the State 

 Penitentiary were $373.200.27 for the two years 

 ending June 30, 1892. For the same period the 

 expenditures were $297,409.47, leaving a balance 

 of $75,790.89. The coal mine still furnishes 

 profitable employment for many convicts and is 

 in good condition. The output of coal during 

 the two years was 3,350,411 bushels. In 1891 

 the sales of coal amounted to $67,639.45, and in 

 1892 to $54,379.66. The value of coal furnished 

 to State institutions was $42,533.68. At the 

 State Reform School there was an average of 214 

 inmates for the biennial period, who were sup- 

 ported at an average per capita cost of $143.50. 

 At the Industrial School for Girls the average 

 number of pupils was 85, and the average per 

 capita cost $180.40. 



State Banks. The total resources on Sent. 

 1 of the 286 State banks doing business in the 

 State were $24.431.081.97. Their liabilities in- 

 cluded the following items: Capital stock, 

 $8,150,588.19; surplus, $723,896.31; undivided 

 profits, $361,649.58; individual deposits, $9,860.- 

 354.13; bank and bankers' deposits, $148,261.50; 

 demand certificates, $1,613.995.50; time certifi- 

 cates, $2,535,013.71. 



Railroads. For the year ending June 80, 

 1891, the total income of Kansas railroads was 

 $136,038,151, and the total expenses $126,882,- 

 092 net income, $9,156.059. There were paid 

 out in dividends $7.623.864. leaving a surplus of 

 s 1 .."i::2,195 from the year's operations. The divi- 

 dend was but 1-46 percent, of the total capital 

 stock. The railroad mileage of the State is 

 about 8,900 miles. 



Coal. The coal output of Kansas for 1891, 

 the largest ever recorded, amounted to 68,848,- 

 114 bushels, the estimated value being $8,946,- 

 920. Crawford County was the largest producer, 

 putting out over 28,000,000 bushels. 



