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perior schools ; secondary schools. 277,049; 

 t-lt m, -titan- schools, 12,405.528. Of th- 1,491,- 

 rolled in private schools, 99,565 arc credited 

 to Mipi-riur schools, 277,241 to secondary schools, 

 l.(i::i.:;s'J to elementary schools, and 79.960 to 

 riinimiTt-ial schools. Of tho total parochial school 

 enrollment (7I17.1H2), 567,555 are Catholic pupils 

 and 141,388 Lutheran. It is noted that all 

 figures given in these educational reports arc 

 sulijrrt to n vision in the final volume. 



Religion. In the "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 1891 statistics were given showing the member- 

 ship and property of each sect so far reported. 

 A statement has since been issued with reference 

 to numerous other denominations. 



Finance. In previous articles the finances 

 of States and Cities were shown (Annual for 1890), 

 In the "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 1891 figures 

 were given showing the financial condition of tho 

 United States as a unit ; of the States ag- 

 gn -gated; of the counties aggregated; and of 

 important municipalities. The aggregated as- 

 valuation of real estate and personal prop- 

 iTty was also given. Since that time reports 

 have l>een furnished giving a revised summary 

 of National, State, and Local Indebtedness, and 

 also giving the annual Interest Charge on Bond- 

 ed Indebtedness. 



National, State, and Local Indebtedness. 

 The revised figures, 1090, of the debt of tho 

 United States as a unit, less sinking fund, are 

 $891,91)0,104 ; decrease since 1880, $1,080.557,- 

 260 ; revised State debt, separately considered, 

 $68,246,706 : revised county debt, separately 

 considered, $145,048,045, an increase of $20,943,- 

 018 since 1880 ; revised municipal debt, sepa- 

 rately considered, $724,463,060. an increase of 

 $40.114,217; school district debt, $36,701,948, 

 an increase of $19,121,266, since 1880. It is 

 noted that the average annual decrease in tho 

 national debt of the United States during the 

 decade exceeded $100,000,000 ; tho decrease per 



capita of combined National. State, and Local 

 debt during the same period was from $60.73 

 to $32.87, while other statistics show that the 

 value of property assessed for taxation increased 

 meanwhile from $17,000,000.000 to $25,500,000.- 

 000, or 50 per cent., "indicating a reduction of 

 public debt and an increase of wealth for the 

 country unprecedented, at least in modern times." 



In the separate tabular statements it is shown 

 that the aggregate debt, less sinking fund, of 

 municipalities having 4,000 or more population, 

 1890, was $646,507,044 as against $623.784,262. 

 The debt per capita is given as $31.89; 1880, 

 $45.06. The aggregate debt, less sinking fund, 

 of municipalities having less than 4,000 popula- 

 tion, 1890. is given as $77,955.416, as compared 

 with $60,564.581 iii 1880. The per capita of 

 debt in these latter municipalities, 1890, is $1.87 ; 

 1880, $1.68. 



Interest Charge on Bonded Indebtedness. 

 The Annual Interest Charge on the national 

 Bonded Debt, 1890, ($711,313,110,) is shown as 

 $28,997,603, the average rate of interest being 

 4.08, and the interest charged, per capita, $0.46. 

 The annual interest charged on the combined 

 State and Local bonded debt, 1890, ($1,243,268,- 

 399.) of which $5,333,716 bears no interest, is re- 

 ported as $65,541,776 ; the average rate of interest 

 is given as 5.29 per cent., and the interest charged, 

 per capita. $1.05. 



Agriculture. In the Annual for 1891 there 

 appeared statistics on Hops ; Truck Farming ; 

 Floriculture; Viticulture; Irrigation in Arizona, 

 Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah ; 

 Horses, Mules, and Asses on Farms ; Live Stock on 

 Ranges ; Nurseries, Seed Farms, and Tropic and 

 Semi-tropic Fruits and Nuts. Since the pub- 

 lication of figures under the above headings 

 numerous other bulletins have appeared, with 

 statistics as under : 



Irrigation. For Nevada, 224,403 acres are 

 reported as used for crops raised by irrigation in 

 the Census Year ending May 31, 1890. The num- 

 ber of farms irrigated is given as 1,167 out of 

 1,841. The figures for other States are as fol- 

 lows : Idaho, 217,005 acres irrigated, on 3,208 

 farms out of 6,654 ; Montana, 850,582 acres, on 

 8,706 farms out of 5,664. In addition to the acre- 

 age above given for Montana, 217,000 acres were 

 returned as irrigated, 1890, for grazing purposes; 

 Washington, 48.799 acres on 1,046 farms out of 

 11,287 farms in 13 counties where irrigation is 

 practiced ; Oregon, 177,944 acres on 3,150 farms 

 out of 10,513 in 16 counties. 



Now that tho irrigation reports are practically 

 all in, it may be useful to include in tabular form 

 the net results of the inauiry on Irrigation in 

 Arizona. New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Mon- 

 tana, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon. (See 

 table on page 764.) 



Artesian Wells. The total number of arte- 

 sian wells on farms in June, 1890, in the States 

 and Territories forming the western half of tho 

 United States, was 8,097, representing an esti- 

 mated aggregate investment of $1.988,461.26. 

 It is reported that complete statistics concerning 

 the depth, cost, discharge, and other features of 

 only 2,971 of such wells, fairly distributed 

 through the various counties and btates through 

 which they are reported, have been obtained. 

 From the averages derived from these statistics. 



