:. : 



M-:\V HAMI'SIIIKK. 



ul <f I.27S.OOO). In the same time there has 

 lrn * decrease in ' money on band, at interest, 



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he the law requiring sworn inventories went 

 IMIO tfbflt and wa* universally enforced, to 



it $6.000.000 in 1804, when In a lam por- 

 Uoa of cities and towns it has practically become 

 adeadWUer. I nine past four yean the equalised 

 iSSSaSil* the lo'ciUi* of theStatenas ad- 



$|ftJ88H or more than three fifths of 

 ireborease 



tcrease previously shown. The de- 

 iffriruliiiral properties in the State 

 year by year more apparent, The 

 ESe poll* has riWfrom 86,837 in 

 -:H. With a State tax of 



fMQUOOO, which has been the regular annual 



-;nce 1888, the amount required ot 

 $1.000,000 of valuation, under t he new appon i<>n- 

 SMQt, >ll I* fl. ::; with the last apportion- 

 .ont (1H90) it was slightly in excess of $1,900. 

 Kd oration. The forty-eighth annual report 

 of the schools of the State, issued in October, 

 1W4. gives the number of schools as 2,222 ; the 

 av*ra length of school sessions in weeks, 24-95 ; 

 the average attendance, 42,030; the average to 

 each school. 181)1 ; the percentage of average 

 dance to the whole number, 67 :? : the num- 

 aUendinsr private schools, 7,425; 

 ir of male teachers, 280; female 

 teachers, 2.907; average wages of the former, 

 $49178 a month: of the latter, $27.36. There 

 _-h schools and 22 pri- 

 vate schools of similar grade. The State Nor- 

 mal School at Plymouth has about 75 students. 

 The Legislature passed an act establishing a 

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practical and theoretical 

 agriculture, a department of horticulture, and a 

 system of pr* ruction and manual 



training at the College of Agriculture, to which 

 students shall be admitted who can pass a fair 

 and reasonable examination in reading, spelling, 

 writing, arithmetic, English grammar, and the 

 geography and history, of the United States. 

 This act was the result of the agitation in ref- 

 ereoce to the college which has been going on 

 for tome time. It was claimed that th< 

 tees and instructors were devoting their efforts 

 mainly to building up a classical, scientific, and 

 polytechnic institution. The Legislature 

 propriated $2.500 a year for two years, " 

 purpose of carrying the act into effect 



The class from Dartmouth Medical w _ 

 umbering 88, wan the largest ever graduated 

 to tfcat department. 



TW term at Dartmouth College opened in 

 with a freshman class of 130, while 



Tbe standard for admission has been 

 in all department* and also the rank for 

 work. State aid to the amount of 



ap- 

 for the 



tM a Mar wms continued to the college by 

 *SSR5Of* * biennial jSioi 



Finale convalescents was opened in 

 ' . ,,mmo- 



The cost was nearly $19,000, 

 ibingand heating/ the old 



The mortality in 



1894 was a little over 6 per cent . Tin \ 

 age of recoveries was 28-J:{. a >ii-hi i 

 OVef thiit -f tl>' previous \ 



Tin- r.-j-Tt of the Orplmns' ll<>ni-at Fr.. 

 . year n.lm^ May 31, sho\\> thai :, 

 received .luring the year and 1 n-iurn. 



on tr a total i-f i::.~>. The r, 



were $11,044.7^. and the expnulilur,- sin.. 

 796.05. Tin- profit from th.- farm wits $!. 



The S..MI.TS' HOMK- rerri\ril an appi 

 f $15,000 for two years, in addi 

 uins as the Slut.- may I., fniiilrd 

 from the (Jeneral Government in 

 the support of disabled soldiers and 

 that period, and $10,000 was apim-pria!. 

 luiililiiig and furnishing; a hospital. 



The report of the State I'MM.M f,r th 

 en. ling Nov. 80, 1894, shows that tin 



mates, of wh-.m 4 were women. 

 earnings from all sources were $11. iu 

 expenditures $24,597.20. This in, hides 

 f.r the purchase of a shop. Whih- i 

 of the prison were more than $1,000 les 

 in 1893, there was a large d< -fi -it < -an-. <! 

 loss of earnings during the months fr< : 

 uary to May, and to the lower pi 

 for convict labor since that time. In !><< 

 1895, it was decided to continue the H^^H 

 with the chair manufacturer*, l.ut they 

 pay an increase of lo < -nt> a day. 



Insnrancp. The rommi i<.n.-r'- < 

 li-h.-l in -Inly, gives statistics as follows : 



home-tic fire com pan 

 $42,243,566.44; premiums n-ceiveil, | 

 losses paid, $283,580.08. These fifftn 

 decrease of risks written, $1 

 premiums received, $88,24412: and an increase 

 in losses paid of $37,328.57. ! 

 shire business of companies of other 

 countries was: Risks written, $8:< 

 premiums received, $492,9^6.33; losses Psm 



The number of authori/ed life i 

 panics May 1, 1895, was 22, an in. r. 

 over the previous year. The principal it-in 

 are: Number of policies issued. "J.ol t : .uuount. 

 $3^)45,677; policies in force Dec. :*: 

 606; amount, $24.800,011; amount of 

 rniutns received, $884,442; losses and C^^H 

 $871^08, 



The l.iiincs of the casualty nnd snr-i;. 

 panics within the State for the y. ar i-ndinc 

 Dec. 81, 1894, was: Risks written. $'.' 

 premiums received, $64,432.91 ; lossc 

 611.99. 



Sjmnir* Hanks.-- In January th.- larp-st 

 the Concord banks annoiinc-eil a rediu- 

 dividends from 4 to 3 per cent., and was fol^^H 

 by the others. The reason given was th- 

 drawal of deposits consequent n the op- 

 of the income-tax law. Tw.. of tl 

 banks l-.-t in 1- 



jK.sits. The Nashua Savin-- Hank, th- 

 largest in the State, closed it- doors Man : 

 injunction having been issued against it 

 plication of the liank commis-ion. Tli 

 drawals were very heavy after the, red. 

 Kijrht savings banks were under injunction at 

 the close of the year. The net decrease - 

 posits in the savings banks for the ye:.. 

 $3,870,240.79. The guarantee fund and 



