\ ERMONT, 



The Congress having unanimously null. 

 the appointment of ooinintssionei 



mionnl line between Hi 



t \ ... . !, Ill app.-inte.l a eom- 



inissinn onmntnrH as follows: Justice Da 

 Brewer, of the I'mird Suites Supt 

 Chief-Just i ' ' "f A pj teals of 



. , , i.ia: \ndrew I . \N hit''. ,,f 



Frederick ft.Coudert.of N.-w V.-rk; 



..man. President 'f Johns II. .j.- 



-. admitted 



:i Mnn-h 4. 17JM ; area, 9,565 square 

 1iW The populan 



oaanlil census since admission, was 154,465 in 

 1800; SI 7395 in i-i: -j; ::..!;; 

 in 1880; 881,948 ... 1 



09*inl880;850,v.l m IHI -U in 1880; 



and 888,488 in 1890. Capital, Montpelkc. 



mill. ni. -The following wen tin- stair 



officer* during the year: Governor, t 'rl.an A. 



ileiianl <i.\ernor. /"phar .M . 



Maa*t. 



! rnell, -Ir.: 1 

 I; Auditor. Franklin D. 

 Adjutant < Jem-nil. T. >. Peck; Superin- 

 tendent of ! Mas,.,, S. - ,nk In- 

 spector, Frederick K. Smith; Railroad Commis- 

 sioner mil. < ri..n M. harles 

 J. Bell: Cliii-f .Justice <>f the Supreme Court, 

 Jonathan Ross; Associate Justice-, .lohn \V. 

 Kowell. Russell S. Tuft. Henry K. Start. 1, 11. 

 Thompson. J nines M.Tyler, Loveland MUII-...H 

 all Republicans. 



I manoes. The total State expenses for the 

 par ending June 30, 1895, were $683,863.67. 

 t of the ire of 1894 was $58,- 



815.04. The payments into the treasury l.y 

 towns of all profits upon the sales of liquors in 

 excess of 10 | r oent, according to the law of 

 1894, amounted to only $54436, many towns 

 having reduced the selling prices. Th* >-! nuat .- 

 i.f the IMC..III.. for the year 1895-'96 from State 

 and corjH .ration taxes place it at $520,000. 



Education. The number of public schools 

 in the ,'X ; t he aggregate cost ii 



was $476.478.08; in 1892 it hao! ri*,-n to 

 480.18, and in 1894 to $788.^ this 



amount, $561.809.89 was fiaid to teach 

 1894, The number of children in parochial 

 bS.Ha In 1^-J it wn- Iheex- 



peoditore per capita of population in 1H90-'91 

 was $2.18. The total valuation of school prop- 



11.032.086.95. 



< Rarities. Preparations for th. completion 

 of the insane asylum at Waterbury were finished 

 ariy in the year, and the contract was let. The 

 KUie has bought a farm of 60 acres ad join in- 

 tlss asylum prot- rtv for $7,000. The cost or 

 finishing the building* will be about $90.000. 



The report of the Soldiers' 1 1 ... ing- 



Urn, shows that the number cared fordurii. 

 fear W M 127; the number ,f inmates June 30, 

 ** 104. Poor had died, and 18 were in 

 The receipts for the year end ing June 



duding t2.065.65 cash on h 

 UM beinnntnf of the fiscal year, were $18,- r > 



WBoant on hand was $800.64, from whi-h 

 ^^ars that th current expenses and ordi- 

 amountl to $17^17^7. The cost 

 as $22$.0& 



Insurance, l-'in- Insurance r..mj.anie< havo 



1 that l ln-ir l<'sx rs ineurrnl in 



'lit ami I! ' In- liii-iiH-ss 



largely exceed the iin-iniuin-. In I S| .M tho 



pnmiomi ainoimi,.,| to > .: lli.- losses 



incurred were $7Hl.:. ; 



ol l In- I'l-i-iiiiuiii-. Individual iiotanci-s ai 



of losses In :..|. in 



: - :nj.ani". .li.iii- 



ness in the Slate, the losses exceed thr prciniuins 

 in vary in- aiii<:. 



Thr" n-jMirt "f the National Life In-. 

 Compa rmont, \\lueh has hern in 



ness for forty- five years, shows that the : 

 sets aggregated at' the i,. f thu year 



'i.\635.60. It hat! recei\e.l durin- the year 

 It had paid in .1. 



ired rlldoWlnrllt^ a I. 



remlereil jHiliei- 111 Mir|. 



turned. ^rj-J.i;:. ng $1.206,1 



n-turnecl t<> |ioliryholdn>. The total ex 

 had heeil $651,171.63. ! 

 crued. unrr|M,rted anl defrrn-d prnniiiii 



Rrriniuin <n stork- ami h..nl. a-u r r _ 

 11.11. iiiakin- the gross assets $11 

 Thr total liabilities as to poliryhol.i 

 ing computed reserve (actuaries 4 per < i . 

 216.920.10. and . lile-ralr , 



menu, x:r,j.-jK;.:,j. v, 

 a -in-plus i .| p,. r cent) of xl.l-ii.Tl l .. 

 putrd at 4j prr cent., 

 now iii fo] .Mirin- ^ ( ' 



!."(>. In new ln>ine>x tin- foil,, win- i- t 

 on! for isJM: I'ilieies i u.-d and n-vive.i 

 in-urin- .^ 11. ;i;:i. '.'!; ; increase in gross 

 assets, $1,158,824.70: increase in surplus. $396.- 

 621.66; increase in intn-r-t rrceivrd. 

 The -airi durin- the year of the nun; 1 

 policir- in foi-r. ;n insurance in force, 



: in receipts from premiums, $83,- 

 Thi- payment for death claims wa 

 !::i.l! Isfll than in ls!:{. hut pavmeiits t<. i 



holders $117,968.18 more. 



Industries and rrodnrls. The rep 



\'i<-tor 1. S: -ary of the lioard of 



culture, shows that $1,142,650 was inv-'cd dur- 

 ing 1894 in new manufacturing enterprises and 

 that employment is pvi-n hy them to l.::r,7 p,.r- 

 The amount <.f new capital in\r-trd is 

 nearly three times the amount for l s '.<:!. with 

 more than douhle the niimher <>f employees. 

 Durin- the four years just past $3,10K: 



: was inv.-ird. ^ivin- emp|o\ ni'-nt to 

 5.264 persons. The 1 indu>tn- 



dertaken wen- tin- c.,nmi mill at Burlington and 

 the furniture facto! ,,111. the f..ninT 



with a capital of $400,000, and the latter with 

 $250,000. 



numtjcrof farms sold in ]s(i4 was 

 of which l.V) were unoccupied. The tola 

 of this class of farms in t 

 Th-"- 



dwellin-s oj.rn for guests during the 

 summer. 



:i- of the year then- w.-re 11>0 

 dairy factories in the g ^' u\\\\< from 



a I . ,ii t 1 00,000 cows, and several 

 during the year. The largest is at St. Alhans, 

 where 11 tons of butter were made in a single 

 dav in 1895. 



uont is interested in the sugar bounty, as 



