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number of depositors at the same date was 155,- 

 :!:{;{, milking a net pi in of N,(Hi."> for tin- year. 

 Tin' average rato of dividend was 4'(M per cent. 



Tin' '.".I building and loan associations had re- 

 sources to the amount of $1.4(50,19:3.40. The 

 numli.T of shareholders was 7,897: of borrowers, 

 l.ti.">s; of outstanding shares, 39,090 ; of shares 

 pledged for loans, 7,8uO ; of loans, 1,949. 



Railroads. The returns of railroad corpora- 

 tions for the year ending June 30, 1893, show 

 that tin- milt-ago of steam railroads in Maine 

 was. at that date, 1,399-14 miles. The extension 

 of the Portland and Rumford Falls Railway, 

 14-73 miles, furnishes the only additional mileage 

 to that of 1892. The gross earnings show a 

 marked increase over the previous year. The 

 number of passengers carried in 1893 was 6.332,- 

 :>:::>. against 6,178,076 in 1892. The number of 

 tons of freight carried in 1893 was 4,188,948, 

 against 3,694.934 in 1892. 



The street-railroad mileage, June 30, 1893, was 

 ?(H4, an increase of 17'88 over that of 1892. 

 The number of passengers carried was 7,600,002, 

 un increase of 1,728.52:}. 



Education. The Superintendent's report 

 shows a falling off in the number of pupils in 



1892 from the figures of the preceding year. 

 Then- is an increase of the number of weeks in 

 which schools were held, due to the increase of 

 $80,264 in the resources, consequent upon the 

 increase in State valuations. The free text-book 

 law has been generally complied with, and there 

 is practically uniformity of books. The expense 

 of the plan was very much less than was antici- 

 pated, the average cost per pupil for the two 

 years having been less than one dollar a year. 

 The average for the past year was 58 cents. 



The whole number of pupils in the State is 

 210,472, a decrease of 525; attending school 

 during the year, 136,634, decrease, 4,799 ; average 

 registered attendance, 113,692, decrease, 9,074; 

 average daily attendance per term, 90,191, de- 

 crease 12,871. 



Average wages of male teachers per month, 

 excluding board, $35.75, increase, 85 cents ; aver- 

 age wages of female teachers per month, exclud- 

 ing board, $17.32, decrease, 24 cents. 



The whole amount expended was $164,342, in- 

 crease, $16,767; paid by towns and districts, 

 $124,111, increase. $16,057: paid from State 

 treasury, $40,231, increase, $710. 



The amount apportioned to the schools for 



1893 was $505,600.81, exceeding that of 1892 by 

 $17,706.33. 



The three normal schools had a total attend- 

 ance of 374, and 98 graduates. The Madawaska 

 Training School had 64, and graduated 6. 



The State College, at Orono, reported receipts 

 for the year ending June 30, 1892, of $111,862.54, 

 and expenditures, $111,137.53. It receives from 

 the United States Government $17,000 a year, 

 under the Morrill act, for the department of ag- 

 riculture. The senior class numbered 16. 



Charities. The inmates of the insane hos- 

 pital, Dec. 1, 1892, numbered 685, of whom 328 

 were women. Two hundred and sixty-nine were 

 admitted and 257 discharged during is'.t:!. 



The balance on hand, Deo, 1, 1891, was $2.- 

 125.15; the receipts for the year, $108.lsVi;.-. : 

 the disbursements, $161,226.62. The hospital 

 was filled to its utmost capacity, but the finish- 



ing of two new pavilions has relieved tin 

 dit ion. Twelve insane criminals were removed 

 during the year to the insane department of the 

 State Prison, at Thomaston. 



The Military and Naval Orphan Asylum haa 

 49 children under its care. 



According to the directors' report, issued in 

 November, the General Hospital had a total 

 number of patients during the year amounting 

 to 1,069. Of these, 221 were free patients and 92 

 paid in part. 



Reform Schools. The visiting committee 

 made the following report of the Boys' Reform 

 School in December: Whole number of boys re- 

 ceived into the institution since it was opened, 

 2,056; present number, 122; number committed 

 during the past year, 36. A cottage, finished 

 during the year, accommodates 30 boys of the 

 higher grade. The work required of the boys in 

 the chair shop is easily performed. What they 

 do beyond that amount they receive compensa- 

 tion for. 



The annual report of the Girls' Industrial 

 School at Hallowell showed that all departments 

 were in a prosperous condition. Three hundred 

 and seventy-five girls have been committed to 

 the school since its organization, in January, 

 1875. Sixteen have been admitted during tHe 

 past year, and the average number at the school 

 was 60. 



Labor Interests. The report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Industrial Statistics gives the total cost 

 of factories completed, enlarged, or in process of 

 erection in 1892 as $2,128.000, and the number 

 of persons employed as 4,312. The list of em- 

 ployments in which women are engaged num- 

 bers 155. The deputy commissioner made 330 

 visits during the year, and took from the mills 

 104 children. He thinks the age limit should be 

 fourteen. 



Strikes took place in 1692 in the cotton mills 

 at Biddeford and in the shoe fat toriesat Auburn, 

 where about 3,000 men are employed. 



Machias. Exercises commemorative of the 

 first naval battle of the Revolution were held, 

 Aug. 11-13, at Machias, including a reception to 

 the officers of the ship " Machias." In recogni- 

 tion of the name given to the shin, and in com- 

 memoration of the early settlers of the town who 

 took part in the battle, a gift was made to the 

 ship by the people of Machias of a massive silver 

 bowl, with date of the battle inscribed on one 

 side, and a picture of the " Margaretta " and sloop 

 "Unity" hauling alongside the war ship, ana 

 men leaping on board, all ready to haul down 

 the British flag. 



Blaine Memorial. At a public meeting in 

 Augusta, March 14, a Blaine Memorial Associa- 

 tion was organized, for the purpose of collecting 

 funds by voluntary subscription for a suitable 

 memorial to James G. Blame. Provision was 

 made for the appointment of a subscription com- 

 mittee, and a committee of five to be appointed 

 by the officers and the subscription committee, 

 when, in their judgment, sufficient funds shall 

 have been subscribed, this committee of five to 

 be fully empowered to invite designs and pro- 

 posals for a portrait statue in bronze of Mr. 

 Blaine, and to make final decision, and be author- 

 ized to contract for the execution and erection of 

 the work. The statue is to be at Augusta, 



