MARYLAND. 



son's Bay. Little of this domain is suitable for 

 agriculture, but it is rich in minerals, timber, 

 fish, and furs. The population of the province 

 is composed almost exclusively of Indians, who 

 live by fishing and the sale of furs. The small 

 white population consists almost entirely oi 

 Hudson's Bay Company traders and agents, men 

 engaged in timbering operations, missionaries, 

 and justices of the peace, the latter being spe- 

 cially appointed to administer law in the dis- 

 tricts assigned to them. In his last annual re- 

 port Lieut.-Gov. Schultz mentioned the entire 

 absence of crime in the province during 1892. 

 He reported further that the clauses of the 

 Keewatin act relating to intoxicating liquors 

 had been enforced, and that permits were issued 

 only on paper certificates for sacramental or 

 medicinal purposes. The Lieutenant-Govern or 

 also stated that the destruction of their food 

 supplies at many points on the seacoast had 

 driven the Indians inland, where game and fish 

 abound. The practicability of successfully grow- 

 ing barley, oats, northern wheat, and the com- 

 mon vegetables in various sections of the coun- 

 try was also reported. 



MARYLAND, a Middle Atlantic State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 April 28, 1788; area, 12,210 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 317,728 in 1790 ; 341,548 in 1800 ; 380,546 in 

 1810; 407,350 in 1820; 447,040 in 1830: 470,019 

 in 1840; 583,034 in 1850; 687,049 in 1860; 780,- 

 894 in 1870; 934,945 in 1880; and 1,042,390 in 

 1890. Capital, Annapolis. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Frank 

 Brown, Democrat ; Secretary of State, B. W. 

 Le Compte : Attorney-General, John P. Poe ; 

 Comptroller, Marion D. Smith; Treasurer, 

 Spencer C. Jones; Insurance Commissioner, J. 

 P. C. Talbot; State Tax Commissioner, Frank 

 T. Shaw : Adjutant-General, H. Kyd Douglas ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, E. B. 

 Prettyman ; Chief Justice, Richard II. Alvey ; 

 Clerk of the Court of Appeals. J. F. Ford. 



Finances. The report of the Comptroller for 

 the year ending Sept. 30, 1893, shows the balance 

 on hand at beginning of year, $482,048.46 ; re- 

 ceipts during the year, $2,533,611.48; total 

 amount available for 1893, $3,015,659.94. The 

 amount of disbursements during the year was 

 $2,446.609.36 : leaving a balance. Sept. 30, 1893, 

 of $569,050.58. The disbursements for the fis- 

 cal year 1892 were $3,065,833.02 ; deducting the 

 expenses of the biennial legislative session, 

 amounting to $142,738.77, the ordinary dis- 

 bursements for 1892 were $2,923.094.25'; the 

 ordinary disbursement for 1893 were $2.446,- 

 609.36. The indebtedness of the State is as fol- 

 lows: Original loans issued of 1886, $1,898.- 

 829.10 ; original loans issued of 1889, $3.079,400 : 

 original loans issued of 1891, $706.757.14; de- 

 fense redemption loans issued of 1892, $3,000,- 

 000. From this deduct the amount of said loans 

 bought and held as sinking funds to meet loans 

 at maturity, $2,185.706.71 ; Baltimore city stock 

 and Frederick City bonds owned and held by the 

 State to meet loans (face value), $715,381.32 : and 

 the account will stand : Liabilities, $8,684,986.24 ; 

 amount of liabilities held by State, $2,901,088.03 : 

 liabilities not thus provided for, $5,783,898.21. 



Insurance. For the year ending May 31, 

 1893, the Insurance Commissioner reports in- 

 surance business done in Maryland : Fire insur- 

 ance premiums received, $1,881,275.11 ; losses 

 paid, $1,143,907.21. Marine insurance premi- 

 ums received, $269,992; losses paid, $129,960. 

 Steam-boiler insurance premiums received, $13,- 

 556.83 ; losses paid, $779.41. Plate-glass insur- 

 ance premiums received, $5,629.25 ; losses paid, 

 $1,058.98. Accident insurance premiums re- 

 ceived, $94,082.46; losses paid, $29,810.53. 

 Guarantee insurance premiums received, $65,- 

 667.74; losses paid, $2,764.34. Assessment life 

 insurance premiums received, $663,781.41; 

 losses paid, $380,776.08. Premiums received, 

 $5,897,787.50; losses paid, $3,249,168.13. 



Taxation. The State taxes are levied as fol- 

 low : For public schools, 10 cents on $100 ; to 

 pay the interest and create a sinking fund for 

 defense redemption loan. 5 cents ; to pay the in- 

 terest and create a sinking fund for the exchange 

 loan of 1886, one fourth of 1 cent : and to pay 

 the interest and create a sinking fund for the 

 treasury relief loan, 1-J- cent; total, 17f cents on 

 $100. Although the Treasury Relief loan has 

 been redeemed, the act creating it is still in 

 force, and the tax collected is invested in the 

 several sinking funds. 



Education. By the Legislature of 1892 the 

 Maryland School Tax Commission was created, 

 its duty, broadly stated, being to investigate the 

 present method of distribution of the State 

 school tax, to consider what legislation on the 

 subject is needed, and to report to the General 

 Assembly of 1894. 



A majority report was prepared, and also a 

 minority report. The minority report stated 

 that, except the adoption of the statistical state- 

 ments, the only portion of the majority report 

 in which all the commission was able to concur 

 was the statements that they were " unable to 

 agree upon any recommendation for a change in 

 the present method of distribution of the school 

 tax, and that each member of the commission 

 shall have authority to make such recommenda- 

 tion to the Legislature as he may see fit." From 

 the statistical statements of the commission the 

 following figures are taken : Total number of 

 children from five to twenty years of age, 370,- 

 892; number of white children in 1892, 226,806; 

 number enrolled in the public schools, 154,635 : 

 average attendance, 88,342 ; number of teachers 

 in white schools, 3,330 ; amount of salaries paid 

 them, $1,284,609.66. The number of colored 

 children in 1892 was 68,409 ; number enrolled, 

 34,274; average attendance, 17,056: number of 

 teachers in colored schools, 663 ; amount of 

 salaries paid them. $190,485.71. The amount of 

 school tax apportioned for white schools for 

 1892, at about $1.43 per capita was $418.480.72 ; 

 the amount apportioned for colored schools at 

 the same rate was $123,000. 



The disbursements for public schools, includ- 

 ing the academic fund, for 1893, were $644.- 

 798.16. The total receipts, upon the taxable 

 basis of the State, at 10| cents on $100, for 1893. 

 for public schools, was $591,075.89 ; balance from 

 1892, $256,606.10. 



The State Normal School reports that there 

 are 350 students on the roll, and that applica- 

 tions for admission largely exceed the capacity 



