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ALABAMA. 



of the State. Mobile is still first with 38,469, 

 against 31.076 in 1890. Birmingham has risen to 

 38,415 from -Jti. ITS in 1890. The territorial limits 

 of Birmingham have been enlarged since 1890. 

 Montgomery, which had 21.883 in 1890, has now 

 30,346. The population of the other larger places 

 is: Anniston, 9,695; Selma, 8,713; Huntsville, 

 8,068; Florence, 6,478; Bessemer, 6,358; Tusca- 

 loosa, 5,094: Kufaulu. 4.532: New Decatur, 4,437 ; 

 (ia.lsden, 4.2S2: djielika. 4.2.14: Phoenix, 4.163; 

 Troy, 4,095; Girard, 3,840; Pratt City, 3,485; 

 Shcilield, 3,333; Dothan. 3.275; Greenville, 3,162; 

 Dt-.-atiir, 3,114; Avondale, 3,060. 



Of the 66 counties, 2, Cleburne and Lawrence, 

 have decreased slightly in population since 1890; 

 all others have grown. The figures for the two 

 dates are as follow : 



Finances. The statement of the Auditor for 

 the fiscal year, issued in October, showed a deficit 

 of $184,564.22. During the past four years the 

 revenue has increased by about $1,000,000 in all, 

 and the deficit has been reduced $168,389.35. The 

 receipts for the seven months ending April 30 

 were $2,243,191.53, and the disbursements $1,428,- 

 179.28. 



The valuations for the current year were: Real 

 estate. $158,025,028; personal property, $108,- 

 218,142; total, $266,243,170. The tax on real 

 estate was $874,573.42, and that on personal 

 $595,102.87. This does not include the figures 

 for Winston County. 



The last Legislature imposed an additional mill 

 for the public schools, estimated to amount to 

 about $250,000, and an additional half mill for 

 soldiers and widows of soldiers. The amount 

 placed to the credit of the school fund Oct. 1 was 

 $442,810.19. 



The State Supreme Court declared the revenue 

 law passed in 1899 unconstitutional. 



Education. The number of school children 

 by the last census was 633,546, of whom 282.879 

 were colored. The amount appnrt imidl for public 

 schools for the year ending Oct. 1 was .S<i72.239.47. 

 The contingent fund was $1,000, and the Win-Inn 

 County special appropriation $800. Amounts ap- 

 propriated to higher institutions were as follow: 

 Troy Normal (nil,.-,.. $5.000; Florence Normal 

 College, $7,500; Livingston Normal College, 



$2,500; Jacksonville Normal College, $2,500; 

 Montgomery Normal College, $7,500; Tuskegee 

 Normal College, $3,000; Huntsville Normal Col- 

 lege, $4,000. The total for distribution was 

 $710,817.62, of which $4,778.25 was unappropri- 

 ated. For the year ending Oct. 1, 1901, the 

 amount for distribution was $794,858.91, an addi- 

 tional mill having been added to the State tax 

 for the support of schools. The average school 

 year is about four and a half months. 



Records of attendance at the various institu- 

 tions for higher education have been published, 

 as follow: Alabama Polvtechnic Institute, at Au- 

 burn, 384 for the session 1899-1900; Southern 

 University, at Greensboro, 150 at the opening in 

 September; Lineville College, at Ashville, 300 in 

 1899-1900; Troy Normal College, 250 in Septem- 

 ber; West Alabama Agricultural School, 150 at 

 the same date; Florence Normal College, 39 

 graduates in June; Tuskegee Normal and Indus- 

 trial Institute, more than 800 enrolled by Sept. 

 29; State University, at Tuscaloosa, 233 by Sept. 

 28, not including the medical department, at 

 Mobile. 



The sale of university lands at prices believed 

 to be far below their value was declared by the 

 trustees to be illegal, and suit was brought to 

 annul it. 



Military. From the statement issued by the 

 Adjutant General it appears that the organized 

 military force of the State is 2,471, while the 

 number of men available for military duty, but 

 unorganized, is 165.000. The Adjutant General 

 estimated in the summer that about 80 per cent, 

 of the State Guard would volunteer for service in 

 China if called upon. The State appropriated 

 $12,500 for encampment expenses, and the entire 

 amount was used, together with funds subscribed 

 in Mobile and Birmingham. 



The number of persons allowed pensions this 

 year was 11,214; in 1899 it was 9,628. The 

 amounts available for distribution were $105,506 

 the former year and $244,303 the present. 



The Governor and other citizens of the State 

 made a trip to New Hampshire in September, on 

 the occasion of the presentation of tablets to the 

 battle ships Kearsarge and Alabama. The Gov- 

 ernor of New Hampshire gave to Gov. Johnston 

 two Confederate flags captured by two New 

 Hampshire soldiers in front of Petersburg the 

 only captured flags that had not been turned over 

 by the State to the National Government. The 

 regiments and States to which they belonged were 

 unknown. The Governor and members of his 

 staff sent afterward to the Governor of New 

 Hampshire a loving cup bearing the motto " Non 

 Armis sed Amore Victi." 



Talladega. The Andrew Jackson Chapter of 

 Daughters of the American Revolution asked and 

 received permission to remove from the battlefield 

 of Talladega the remains of the 17 Tennessee sol- 

 diers who fell there Nov. 9, 1813, and to reinter 

 them in the city cemetery. The battlefield has 

 passed into the possession of a coal and iron com- 

 pany, and the Talladega furnace stands on the 

 grounds. 



Mobile. The increase of the commerce of Mo- 

 bile during the past decade is given as bcint,' 

 nearly threefold from $3,479,444 to $10,485,072. 



Insurance. From the report of the Insurance 

 Commissioner it is learned that 115 companies are 

 doing business in the State. Five retired during 

 the year and 16 came in. The net gain to the 

 State from the office was $50,000. 



Products. In the production of iron ore in 

 1899 Alabama took the third place among the 

 States, with 1,009,327 tons. 





