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WEST INDIES. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



23 square miles and 14.389 inhabitants ; and 

 St. John, with an area of 21 square miles and 

 944 inhabitants. The islands are populated with 

 free negroes, who cultivate the sugar-cane. The 

 annual export of sugar amounts to 16,000,000 

 Ibs. , besides a large quantity of rum. 



The French Islands. The French colonies 

 are : the island of Guadeloupe with its depen- 

 dencies, having an area of 720 square miles and 

 165,154 inhabitants ; and Martinique, with an 

 area of 380 square miles and 175,863 inhabitants. 

 The imports of Guadeloupe in 1889 were 10,919,- 

 000 francs from France, 1,192,000 francs from 

 French colonies, and 12,581,000 francs from for- 

 eign countries ; and the exports were 24,691,000 

 francs to France, 438,000 francs to French colo- 

 nies, and 722,000 francs to foreign countries. 

 The imports of Martinique in 1888 were 7,959,000 

 francs from France, 664,000 francs from French 

 colonies, and 14,293,000 francs from foreign coun- 

 tries ; and the exports were 22,249,000 francs to 

 France, 106,000 francs to French colonies, and 

 1,100,000 francs to foreign countries. 



The Dutch Antilles. The Netherlandish 

 colony of Curacoa consists of the islands of Cu- 

 raoa, Bonaire, Aruba, a part of St. Martin, St. 

 Eustache, and Saba. They lie off the coast of 

 Venezuela. uragoa has an area of 210 square 

 miles and 26,245 inhabitants ; Bonaire, area 95 

 square miles, has 3,821 inhabitants ; Aruba, area 

 69 square miles, has 7,743 ; the southern, or 

 Dutch portion of St. Martin, the rest of which is 

 French, has an area of 17 square miles and 3,882 

 inhabitants ; St. Eustache, 7 square miles in ex- 

 tent, has 1,588 ; and Saba, area 5 square miles, 

 has 1,883. The Colonial Council consists of 8 

 nominated members and the 3 members of the 

 Governor's Council. The revenue for 1891 was es- 

 timated at 661,000 guilders and the expenditure 

 at 681,000 guilders. The Netherlands Govern- 

 ment makes a grant to cover a deficit that occurs 

 in the budget. The value of the imports for 

 1890 was 3,441,508 guilders. The principal prod- 

 ucts are Indian corn, beans, pulse, cattle, salt, 

 and lime. In 1890 there were 2,801 vessels, of 

 1,327,506 metric tons, entered at the ports of the 

 colony. 



WEST VIRGINIA, a Southern State, admit- 

 ted to the Union June 19, 1863 ; area, 24,780 

 square miles. The population, according to each 

 decennial census since admission, was 442,014 in 

 1870 ; 618,457 in 1880 ; and 762,749 in 1890. 

 Capital, Charleston. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, A. B. Flem- 

 ing, Democrat ; Secretary of State, William A. 

 Olney ; Treasurer, William G. Thompson ; Audi- 

 tor, Patrick F. Duffey ; Attorney-General, Al- 

 fred Caldwell ; Superintendent of Free Schools, 

 Benjamin S. Morgan ; Adjutant-General, B. H. 

 Oxley; President of the Supreme Court. Daniel 

 15. Lucas; Judges Henry Brannon, J. W. Eng- 

 lish, H. A. Holt ; Clerk, O. S. Young ; State 

 Librarian, C. L. Hagan ; Bank Examiner, C. 

 W. Young. 



Finances. At the beginning of the fiscal year 

 1890-1 there was in the treasury the sum of 

 $451,580.83. The receipts from all sources, 

 during the year, amounted to $1,351,722.67, so 

 that the total in the treasury during the year was 

 $1,803.303.50. The amount disbursed for all 



purposes was $1,811,828.54, making the balance 

 in the treasury on Oct. 1, 1891, $491.974.96. 

 This balance was made up of the following dis- 

 tinct funds : the State fund, $44,857.66 ; the 

 General School fund, $320,383.37 ; and the 

 School fund uninvested, $126,974.96. 



At the beginning of the fiscal year 1892-3 

 there was in the treasury $491,974.96. The 

 receipts from all sources during the year were 

 $1,257,908.03, making the total in the treasury 

 during the year $1,749,882.99. There was dis- 

 bursed during the year $1,267,278.58, making 

 the balance in the treasury on Oct. 1, 1892, 

 $482,604.41. This balance was made up of the 

 following distinct funds : the State fund, $36,- 

 567.71 ; General School fund, $291,480.95; 

 School fund uninvested, $154,555.75. 



The bonded State debt has been discharged 

 since the beginning of the last fiscal year. This 

 amounted to $101,170, due the irreducible or 

 permanent school fund, the balance of tempo- 

 rary loans negotiated several years ago to meet 

 casual deficits in the treasury. The State debt, 

 amounting to $184,511.48, has been discharged. 



Education. According to the report sub- 

 mitted to the Governor, the whole number of 

 school -houses in the State in 1892 was 5,004 ; 

 the school population, 276,452 ; the average 

 daily attendance, 128,044 ; the teachers em- 

 ployed, 5,747; the average length of term in days, 

 110 ; value of school property, $2,746,234.00 ; 

 invested school fund, f 706, 025. 75 ; the general 

 school fund, $336,389.64 ; the total cost of edu- 

 cation, $1,436,062.53. 



In accordance with the provisions of chapter 

 65 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1891, the 

 Board of the School Fund purchased 30 acres on 

 Kanawha River eight miles west of Charleston, 

 and constructed thereon buildings for the West 

 Virginia Colored Institute, the total cost of 

 grounds and buildings aggregating $9,546. The 

 institute was opened in the spring, twenty stu- 

 dents entering. 



The total enrollment for the year ending June, 

 1890, in West Virginia University was 208. For 

 the year ending June, 1891, the total was 205, 

 and for the year ending June, 1892, it was 224. 

 For\he current year the enrollment is 207. 



In the six Normal schools of the State the 

 total number of students enrolled for 1891 was 

 9,241, and the number of graduates was 59. 

 The total number enrolled for 1892 was 1,015, 

 and the number of graduates was 72. The at- 

 tendance for 1892 shows an increase of 175 over 

 the enrollment of 1890. 



Prisons. Of the 347 male convicts confined in 

 the State Penitentiary, 267 are employed in the 

 manufacture of whips, brooms, and fly-nets, at 

 42 cents per man per day. The contract was 

 let after repeated advertisements made, as the 

 law directs, and was the only proposal received. 

 This leaves 80 male convicts not under contract, 

 of whom 55 are needed for cooks, etc., 25 being 

 available for contract. On Sept. 30, 1880, there 

 were 260 convicts in the prison. On the same 

 date in 1890 there were 306, making a total 

 increase of but 46 in ten years. On Oct. 1, 1892, 

 there were 352 inmates in the prison. There 

 were at the last report, Oct. 1, 1892, 219 white 

 men, 128 colored men, and 5 colored women in 

 the prison , making a total of .352. 



