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report by the trustees was to increase the per- 

 centage of woman students from 15 to 20. 



The one hundred and ninety-ninth commence- 

 ment of Yale University took place June 27. The 

 number of graduates in each department was: 

 Academic, 324; scientific, 132; medical, 28; law, 

 52; music, 12; candidates for doctorate, 36. The 

 president's address reported changes in the courses 

 of study, notably an increase of elective work. 

 The entire work of the senior year is now elective. 

 The study which lias most generally grown in 

 favor is English. At the Sheffield Scientific School 

 an independent course in sanitary engineering has 

 been established, and a special course preliminary 

 to the study of forestry. The Peabody Museum 

 has received from London a collection of Egyptian 

 antiquities presented by the Connecticut members 

 of the American Arclueological Association. The 

 treasurer's report to the corporation in November 

 showed that for the fiscal year ending July 31, 

 1900, the permanent funds of the university have 

 been increased by $427,336.59. Salaries to profess- 

 ors, instructors, and others for tuition amounted 

 to $361,395.15; salaries and wages other than for 

 tuition were in amount $114,742.82. Assistance 

 paid to students amounted to $58,411.82. 



The enrollment at Hartford Theological Semi- 

 nary in September was as follows: Senior class, 22; 

 mid'dle class, 22; junior class, 18; special mission 

 class, 3; post-graduates, 3; fellows, 3; candidates 

 for degree of Ph. D., 1 ; special, 1 ; total, 73. 



Corrections. The report of the State Prison for 

 the year ending Sept. 30, 1899, showed 503 inmates. 

 The average for the year was 507.38. Of the 

 $95.000 appropriation granted the institution by 

 the Legislature of 1897, there remained an unex- 

 pended balance in the State treasury of $10,585.45. 

 The average number of officers and employees is 

 53. The total earnings from all sources for the 

 year ending at this date were $48,088.63. 



Insurance. The premium receipts increased in 

 1899 over 1898 as follow: Connecticut companies, 

 $1,365,430.73; companies of other States, $19,420,- 

 051.28; industrial companies, $6,802,517.99; a total 

 increase in 1899 of $27,588,000. Receipts of interest 

 on mortgages and collateral loans of Connecticut 

 companies decreased in 1899 $433,203.45, while 

 companies of other States increased $392,952.66, 

 and industrial companies received $201,648.86 more 

 than in 1898. Receipts of interest and dividends 

 on bonds and stocks increased in 1899 over 1898 

 '._'.<)."> 1.4 4. Income exceeded disbursements in 

 1899 $110,937,969.64, an increase over 1898 of $13,- 

 2N3.946.64. The Connecticut companies reduced 

 their loans on bond and mortgage during 1899 

 $1,823,61 1.44, while companies of other States in- 

 creased their loans on the same security $9,679,- 

 :!(i2. .Id. and the industrial companies $3,435,890.65. 



Banks. The number of institutions in the 

 State under the supervision of the Bank Commis- 

 sioners is 117. These include the savings banks, 

 the State banks, and the trust companies. The 

 amount of deposits in the Coimci-ticut savings 

 banks Jan. 1, 1900. was $176.275.463.60. There 

 was an increase of $10,228,336.75 in deposits in 

 ]H<)!. The assets of the banks at the beginning 

 of the year were in round numbers $185,000,000. 



Railroads. The length of main line and 

 branches in the State is 1,013.35 miles, an increase 

 of 5.10 miles, and a total, including sidings, etc., 

 of 1,819.21 miles. The property accounts of all the 

 companies amount to $174.688.387.44. a decrease 

 of $1,040,481.79. The funded debt per mile of 

 road is $26.S01.09. The current liabilities of the 

 companies show a net innva-i- <>f $2.29!>. 138.48, 

 and now amount to $8.002,023.36. being $5.471.1:5 

 per mile of road. The gross earnings of the com- 



panies were $38,663,732.27, an increase of $1,169,- 

 987.17. The operating expenses of the year were 

 $20.669,1 15.65, an increase of $403,331.04. 



The total length of street railways is26,351 miles. 

 The total amount of capital stock authorized is 

 $23,328,000, and the amount issued is $12,715,948, 

 an increase of $2,264,908 during the year. The net 

 earnings for the year were $1,121,508.59. The total 

 number of passengers carried was 59,084,702. The 

 number of passengers carried by the steam rail- 

 roads during this same period was 50,269,468. 



Labor. The thirteenth annual report of the 

 Factory Inspector, covering the year ending Sept. 

 30, 1899, says that 1,466 factories, employing 

 151,152 persons, and 214 bakeshops were visited 

 by agents of the department, besides many places 

 where the manufacture of clothing, cigars, and 

 artificial flowers is carried on, the inspection of 

 which was added to the duties of this department 

 by the General Assembly of 1899. At that session 

 a law was passed regulating the manufacture of 

 coats, vests, trousers, knee pants, overalls, skirts, 

 shirts, ladies' waists, artificial flowers, purses, 

 cigars, cigarettes, or any articles of wearing ap- 

 parel intended for sale. This law was intended 

 to regulate manufacturing of such goods in tene- 

 ments. It was said that the sweatshops located 

 in New York city were being moved into Con- 

 necticut and practicing the same system of sweat- 

 ing as was carried on in New York city. C'aref 

 inquiry failed to substantiate these statemen 

 The law of 1897 requiring bakeshops to be properl 

 drained, plumbed, lighted, and ventilated, and kept 

 in sanitary condition, with proper regard to the 

 health of operatives and the production of whole- 

 some food, has had the effect of bringing many 

 former cellar bakeshops above ground. No ne\\ 

 ones are allowed to start in underground rooms. 



Building and Loan Associations. At th 

 date of the last report, for the year closing Sep 

 30, 1899, there were 15 associations, all of t 

 State, the foreign associations having withdraw 

 There were 7 mortgage investment companies, a 

 but 2 of which are closing up their business. On 

 went out of business in the year. The total asse 

 of the 15 associations for the year ending Sept. 3 1 

 1899, are $3,774,526.40, which shows an increa 

 over Sept. 30, 1898, of $245,452.11. The liabiliti 

 in installments paid and earnings credited of d 

 mestic associations show an increase of $187,611.0 

 and a decrease of liability on single payment sha 

 of $83,478.32. Estimates from returns received in 

 dicate that 2,000 homes have been built with th 

 assistance of the associations since their orgaiv 

 ization. 



Historical. Anniversaries of some of the ol 

 towns of the State were celebrated this yea 

 Middletown is two hundred and fifty years old. 

 The date of its settlement is given as 1650. al- 

 though a gravestone in the cemetery is marked 

 1648. It was first called Mattabeseck, but in is:-.' 

 the name was changed to Middletown. 



East Haddam celebrated its bi-centennial June 6, 

 and also the birthday of Nathan Hale, who was born 

 June 6, 1755. After his graduation at Yale he 

 taught in East Haddam in a little schoolhousc. 

 which was presented on this anniversarv to the 

 Connecticut Society, Sons of the Revolution, by tin; 

 Sons of the Revolution of New York. It was pur- 

 chased by Richard II. (Jrccnc and moved to a plot 

 of ground on a bluff overlooking the 1o\\n and th 

 Connecticut river. Ex-Gov. Bulkeley bought som ' 

 of the surrounding land, the whole to be knowi 

 as Nathan Hale Memorial Park. 



The Sons of the Revolution of New York State 

 have since relieved Mr. Greene of his personal re- 

 sponsibility in the matter. 



