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Census. The following shows the population 

 of the State by counties, as determined by the 

 national census of 1900, compared with the popu- 

 lation for 1890: 



* Decrease. 



t Created in 1898. 



Insurance. The annual report showed 253 

 fire, marine, life, and casualty companies doing 

 business, with assets of $1,943,004,411, and liabili- 

 ties, except capital stock, of $1,515,309,737, and 

 capital stock of $105,122,017. These companies 

 "eported a surplus of $353,326,119, and risks in 

 wee $32,925,249,575. There are 55 fraternal bene- 

 iciary societies which show receipts of $33,074,- 

 548, 'and disbursements of about $31,000,000. 

 fifty-three nonfraternal associations show re- 

 oipls of $11,382,831, payments for claims $7,- 

 ""j'i.so.!. and for expenses $3,398,026. The work 

 >f the department is constantly on the increase, 

 nd unusual efforts are necessary in order to pro- 

 ect the rights of the policy holders and members 

 'f beneficiary associations. 



Excise. The commissioner's annual report 

 ives the following items for 1900: Amount col- 

 d, $12,622,957 ; expenses of the department, 



- I ected 



$280,995 ; number of certificates of all kinds issued 

 during the fiscal year, 31,530; number of certifi- 

 cates in force Sept. 30, 1900, 27,747; ratio of ex- 

 pense collection to gross amount collected, 2.66 

 per cent. Besides the transactions of the fiscal 

 year, the report gives a review of excise matters 

 for the past five years, and briefly discusses the 

 question of liquor traffic and legislation bearing 

 thereon in the past. It gives results of prohibitory 

 laws in States where the same have been tried, 

 compared with high license; gives extracts from 

 colonial statutes showing that the people of the 

 State are wrestling with the very same questions 

 and difficulties as their ancestors in trying to re- 

 strict the trade in the interest of good order and 

 morals. The report also says: " The law has from 

 time to time been amended to meet apparent de- 

 fects, more particularly in its administrative fea- 

 tures, until it is now working smoothly and satis- 

 factorily. No radical change in its main features 

 or general scope has been made, nor are any such 

 changes desirable." 



Education. The superintendent's report for 

 1900 shows that there was expended in support 

 of the public schools $33,421,491.37, an increase 

 over the previous year of $5,368,500.88, about 

 $4,500,000 of which is shown in New York city 

 alone. There was paid for teachers' salaries $19,- 

 218,898.63, and the average annual salary paid 

 to teachers was $604.78. There were employed 

 31,768 teachers, an increase of 1,269. Of the 1,569,- 

 653 pupils of school age residing in the State, 

 1,200,574 attended public schools some part of the 

 year and 163,946 attended private schools. This 

 shows that 88 per cent, of all children of school 

 age in this State attended either a public or a 

 private school some part of the year. The report 

 shows that there were 217 fewer men employed in 

 the teaching force of the State than during the 

 previous year, while there were 1,703 more women. 

 The increase in the value of school property is re- 

 ported as $6,614,880. The entire public school 

 property is valued at $81,768,493. The annual 

 report of the State Board of Regents shows that 

 the total number of schools was 705, of which 

 104 are incorporated academies, 565 high schools 

 and academy departments. During the year end- 

 ing July 31, 1900, 24 academic departments were 

 admitted, and 6 academies were chartered. The 

 number of secondary schools has increased 110 per 

 cent, in the past ten years. There were employed 

 in secondary schools 1,369 men and 2,519 w r omen. 

 There were 34,105 boys and 42,260 girls instructed 

 in secondary institutions, a total of 79,365 stu- 

 dents, which was an increase of 9,589, or 13.7 per 

 cent. The total property of secondary schools is 

 $28,412,184, and the expenditures by the schools 

 during the year was $6,036,374. The total amount 

 apportioned to secondary schools was $212,667 

 and 672 schools took examinations, while" 511,020 

 examination papers were written, of which 345,117 

 were accepted, 29,275 being rejected. The report 

 of the public library division contains returns 

 from 1,035 libraries. Of these 460 free for lend- 

 ing to the public and containing 2,187,125 vol- 

 umes, circulated last year 8,402,445 volumes. The 

 free libraries lent to the people an average of 23,157 

 books daily, 1,163 for each 1,000 of the popula- 

 tion, 387 for each 100 books in the libraries. 



Charities. These are under the care of a 

 board, whose annual report is prepared from the 

 sworn statements filed by the treasurers or other 

 responsible officers of the charitable institutions, 

 societies, and associations subject to the board's 

 supervision. This board consists of 12 members. 

 During the year the board visited and inspected all 

 the institutions, societies, and associations, more 



