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 f Kducalion, 

 ml. and P. /.ameny : 

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i : Uttaoouor, James L. Wolcott; 

 t h*f Justice, Charles R lxre ; Associate Jus- 

 Hot* Ijpatlus r. Urubb, Charles M. Cullen, and 



riMMML The sutrmrnt of the Treasurer 

 at the frtgteftfrg of the year shows that the 

 ssou of tie 8t2e amounted to $1,081.842, and 



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the liabilities by $847.092. Of the 



771 paid t.. Delaware at it due in the repay- 

 meotof the direct tax, $59.995.24 has been 

 distributed, leaving the State over $10,000, 

 which more than covers the cost of distribut ,. 

 The Treasurer My*: - During my im-umbeney 

 of this ottos the expenditures have largely in- 

 rratssil both from regular and special appro- 



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To the regular appropnations have been added 

 registration expenses, aggregating $15.000, and 



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Hospital at Farnhurst, aggregating, including 

 special appropriation for improvement fund. 

 $155.000. The renult of the |ymcnt of these 

 large sums of money has been to deplete the 

 general fund to an eitent that makes it abso- 

 lutply neeessary for our revenue to be increased. 

 I have been enabled to meet the demands made 

 fund during the past two 



years by borrowing from the school fund/ 



Bants, The report of the national banks of 

 the Sut in March showed the total resources 

 to be $a,7H6ttJ, and the surplus fund 



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lamraaoe. During 1808, 98 insurance com- 

 panies were authorised to do business in the 

 Stale n Are. 22 life, 6 assessn Dually 



and guarantee, and 6 accident insurance >m'- 

 panie*. Last Tear 108 oompanies were author- 

 iCMl-W to, ft life, 8 assessment, 12 casualty 

 and guarantee, 6 accident, and -j livestock in- 

 SSJTISJOS eompaniea. Five of the oompanies are 

 isjoorporated by the State. Four of them pay 

 an annual tax of $100, and one company is ex- 

 rmpt from taxation. Since the preceding bi- 

 etaie! report 14 oompanies have been admitted 

 to do bvsmeai in th- : >.>nng 1894 the 



<<nepanies incorporated by the State collected 

 bvesiiucms in the Sute amounting to $89.995.19, 

 aa4 incurred losses amounting to $88.r, 

 and the companies of other States and f 



received premiums amounting to 

 I, and incurred loans amounting to 

 I, showing the total premiums rs- 

 ealjed for the wr to have been $899,1 W.87, 

 aod total loam Incurred $214.666.90. 



Utltatlon.-An addition to the 

 Asylum is to be built, and to raise 

 the purpose $X 



i of bonds 



whiafc mn sold at $ 

 f boar 3* per cent intenwt. are payable in 

 yeer*. and MtaMMble at the option of 

 Slat** -rJan.1.1906. Tne plans 



call for th orccUoa of S fhfw *.n IMC 



at the hospital 



in February was 226, of whom 98 were worn. n. 

 In July there were 248 inmates. During tin- 



us year 90 were discharp-d. f \\IMMH :,o 

 had recovered and J 1. I >i . 



annual rost of support is f 1IW for enrh |i:it lent. 



following . ird I" tho 



prison system and <li- -iplim- of the St;r 

 made in an address to the Legislature l>v iln> 

 Clu.-f .lustico in advocacy of a bill t< , 

 a State workhouse : 



At j-rvM-nt in tho jails .,f the 3 countioi 

 Suto there are 21<> |.n-.m-r>, of nil iw. 



riinr. i-r. \\.lr.l tojfeth- 

 -. lis IM^' in iiJlriicj-.s, l, 

 habita. ana bev-inim: <luil\ m< 

 (Vom such onviromnonto. \\ Maud ah 

 -tnt< -.H .,t tlir rni<iii in keeping uj. . 

 t<-in timt "liL'inat- .i in tlu- oentunes long ago at 



not rhiin^fl hundred \ear- 



lll pM|NK.I MOO, I "II til.' 



:ill<l ]>r<>Yi<le> tr III'- l'.-i;il'i !' TrilKtOO* Of 



arc State \V..rkh-iu>e, t-> ' 



unt\. \v)i... \\ith. .in i 



-, are to exiM-iul the NOtyOOO provided 

 bill in erecting a State WOfkhonse, In tlii.s h- 

 priBonora of the State nliall >>e put t \\rk in 

 lirectioii of the Noard. I 



ti.,1 mid separated the men from tin- \\-iu.- 

 Uiono of teii.l. r \ ars ami new in .-rune from 

 lianleui-<l criminals. Obedience t< the nil. > jml dili- 



!i \\ork will inure to tlie l-em -tit of ti 

 OIKT l>y liort'iiin^ his term. 



I. duration. Delaware Coli- .vark, 



reported TO students for the venr. and II 

 ates. Th<- Inspector General, wlm reviewed the 

 cadets, commended their appcaran< 

 " It is my opinion that, the improved asi)c< 

 relations of the military department of tl 

 stit ut ion amply warrant its nintinuanee." The 



l-y-laws were so changed as to require all -tu- 

 dents receiving free tuition to take military 

 drill during the freshman, sophomore, and jun- 

 ior (lasses, unless excused on account of 

 ical disability or religious objection. 



The State Principals' Association and the 

 State Board of Kduration have bcm working 

 for sucli additi<.ns t.. the s<-hool laws as will in- 

 sure a substantially uniform curriculum in tin- 

 schools of the State: it is also a part oi 

 plan to have central high schools established in 

 the rural distn 



At the Educational Conrention of colored Citi- 

 zens of the State, in hover, Feb. 7, it wa 

 that there are about 6,000 colored c-hil-: 

 school age in the State that never have seen the 

 : M-hoolhous.-. The chairman of t he 

 < 'onim , -|<.ke of the \vr - ' 



fonilitioii of the srhnoN in the c(,m. 

 dilapidated buildings, many almo-t un 1 

 school purposes, the remainder IM in- I 

 or halls; of the sh,,rt terms; of the meatrer sala- 

 ries paid to teachers : of the almost total 

 school appliances and facilities: of the alarming 

 "f illiteracy in the State. II- 



the fact" that during the past decade 

 illiteracy among the colored people < 

 had decreased proportionately less tl 



Mate of the I'tiion similarly conditioned. 



\\ .ltd- >Vuy. The appropriation made by the 

 Government for dredging and decpcnir 

 harbor at Wilrni' jidingthe low 



of the river, has been expended, and a - 

 has been made by United States Engineer W. 



