VIRGINIA, 



unfunded bonds reduced one third for West Vir- 

 was $l.o. amount of 



interest outstanding '1. $1.- 



624,252.67; toUl, $5,652,4 7(Ul M held 



C nited States Government, in tni.it for 

 certain Indian triUs, l'oii<ls .,f the > 

 irinia, which, with interest to .Inly 1. 

 amounted to $1,493,678, two thud- of which, de- 

 ducted from (if ,' amount of > 



..* $1,655,3:. 1.7 I. The I.it.-rarv fund 

 :..tal in U.ndsand a loan of $ 



Valuations t'nd.-r the reassessment < 

 the total value of land, town 1..I-. and buildings 

 wa fixed at $189.571.111!! in the counties and 

 a?! r:.i'.)rt..V-.M in the cities, an aggregate of $802,- 

 068.140. The land books of 1H1>5 fixed this total 

 at $313.182.840, of which $302,753,610 was 

 charged agnin-t white persons and $10.1 . 

 against colored. The total assessed valuation 

 of personal property was $88,132.476, of which 

 $79.958,026 was charged against white persons 

 and $3.174.450 against colored persons. Of the 

 aggregate tax assessed ($1.!- he amount 



against white persons was $1.808,234.21, and 

 against colored persons $174,80*' 10, 



Banks, On Oct. 81, 1895, there were 37 na- 

 tional banks in operation and 1(5 in liquidation, 

 banks had a combined capital of $4,- 

 796300; United States bonds on deposit, $2,- 

 096,750; outstanding circulation. $1,992,339; 

 excess of United States bonds over the amount 

 required, $1,061.500; loans and discounts. $15,- 

 67T.OI>:; coin and coin certificates, *- 

 deposits, $18329.545; reserve remiired, $2.<>7 1 

 488; and reserve held, $3,314,248. Th. state 

 banks on July 11, 1895, numbered 85, and had 

 an aggregate capital of $6,503,896; loans and 

 discount*, $17.898,196; resources, $25,040,095; 

 deposits, $14,604,673; and surplus and iindi- 

 Vidtd profits, $2,520,908. The State banks held 

 a total of $1.4!i3.63H in specie, paper currency, 

 and unclassified cash. The aggregate banking 

 lie State was $11,800,196. 



Education. The school census of 1895 

 re were in the State 665,533 

 children of school age, of whom 3U7.030 were 

 white and 268,503 colored. The enrollment in 

 the public schools was 285,588 white children 

 : 20,458 colored total, 855,986: and the 

 average daily attendance was 187,880 whites and 

 64,700 colored total, 202,580. There were 8,278 

 public schools in operation, 6.085 for white chil- 

 dren and 3348 for colored. The teachers nu in- 

 hered 8#B. of whom 6.211 were white, 2,081 

 colored, 8.089 males, and 5,258 females. Th. 

 estimated value of school property owned by dis- 

 tricts vat $SJ06228.98 ; revenue of the school 

 - - ' -MI. f l.*2 1.2*7.77: and expenditures for <ur- 

 mit expenses, $1,622392^4 . for permanent im- 

 provements, $185,199.46: total, $1,807, V 

 At the close of the school year 1894 there were 

 9 UBfftnfeto and colleges of liberal arts, with a 

 Iwafm processors and instructors aad 

 todetiU m ^i depart roentm of whom 



* and 208 females. These in-: it ut ion 



volume* in their libraries, $403.200 in- 

 ****d in *cientiflc nppara' i- and iibr 

 000 in grounds and building!i. and fl 

 B prr-lu-tivo funds, and from 



|S4.17r>. from productive funds 

 id from Federal, State, and other ap- 



propriatioiis $40.000 total income. $!}'.' 

 and benefactions, s. 'he pnbli. 



31) instructor- and 



pupil- : If .id. -lilies, semilw- 



.ind other pm Ian s.-ho. 



with MS in-trn B pupils in sec. 



grades, of wh< 



\olume- in the libraries: and the colic- 

 clu-ively for women. 11. \\ith I IU msiii 

 tudeilts in all d.-partmcnts. ami H.'.'i. 

 nines in the library-. Ti,, 

 mal schools, with 21 in-tructors ami 27-1 -in- 

 dents in the normal course and 2'.! in the 

 noiiprofrwsional course ; and 2 pn\ 

 Hampton Normal ami 



ii>t 



Institute and Hartshorn Memorial Coll.--' 

 s7 in-true 1 >I5 students in I he i 



course and 423 in the noiiprofi-.-ional 

 Commercial and business colleges numb- 

 and had 13 inMrudoi- ami ">I'J -tudi-nt- in day 



classes an ning classes. The flnancisl 



re|>ort of the Virginia Agricultural and M> 



ical Colle-e foi-tliex-hool \ear Is'.U '.: sli 



pts from the State". *lv m the 



Tnited Si,. nm.-iil. under tin- 



Congress of 18(52. $20,5(il>: under the . 

 1890, > .ml for support of experiment 



station, $15,000: anil from fees and ail 



source,. *;-, 



tures for the college proper, $6<i. 



periment station. ^(..V.M tot., 



Hampton Normal and Agricultural In-titute 



for co],,|-el viu.lents and Indians had w.-.. 



the same period of $10,32!) from th, I 



Stale- (Government under the H 



$6,068 under that of 1890, and $121>|s fn.ii. 



fees and all other sources total, with balance 



of $6,168 from 1894, $145.013; and expenditures 



for all departments, $128,852. 



The main building of the Univer-ity of \"ir- 

 .u r inia. at Chariot t.-sville. v.a- dest roy.-ol b\ : 

 .'7. The institution had 46 professoi 

 instructors, 567 students, 53,000 volumes in its 

 library, $274,600 invested in productive 

 income of $136,000, and benefactions $.". 



Used the friends of tiie ii 



sity everywhere and elicited prompt and liberal 

 means for rebuilding and refurni-fiinir. 



>I incral Uc-oiirce-. According t i he re- 



: the I'llited States (icoloLTJcal Silt - 



"Mineral Ke-ources of the 1'nited St;; 1 

 1894," i-siied in 1 ><!."). X'irL'inia's pnxlue; 

 coal ;,. -h..rt tons val I 



. iiM-reascof 408.711 tons in .juantity 

 and $240,82^ in value over the output of the 

 previous year. The number of per-on<emi 

 in the mines was 1,635. and the number ol 



i in the year two hundred and thirty- 

 four. Because of its exemption from the min- 

 ers' strike, the I'H-ahoi,ta- field increased i 1 

 put neai ly .">( per c.-nt. over that of the pr 



: from 77!i..V.0 -l.ort tons to 1,15 

 the total product oft!.- nr>.713shot 



were lojuled at the mines for shipment. 2 1 . Hi-' 

 were sold to local tr i by em; i 



4,090 were used at the min 

 and 1" ; burned ii 



: and HX> build- 

 ing, used 2' !' coal, and had 

 - I.OIH .|,ort tons of coke, valued 

 at $2tT>:717. T: -.inked fourth in the 



