711 



1M.ANK 



after which ho is eligible f t he grade 



of second assistant engineer, with a -n < 'f 



$1.20" ollegeaii. I Mates obtain 

 a bulletin i>f the vacancies in 



.iiiviii.-ni day. and pout it conspicuously to 

 .stimulate -ns of the student* Th. 



engineers of the Revenue-cutter Service, wh 

 ceure a compensation of *: i"ii 



!> the President and confirmed by tin- * 



uTadea are filial % examinations always 

 The new office of engineer in chief In* recently 

 been created by act of Congress, upon the recom- 

 nienilati..i: tAIJ OtfBdt, who propond tilt 



name of John W. Collins (one of the twenty-eix chief 

 engineer*) to hold this responsible post, on account 

 of his exceptional fitness. Mr. Colhns's connection 

 with the MTvit> began diirinu' il' 'ivil war. and a 

 he is acquainted with its every grade by per 

 experience, he has proved himself very energetic in 

 raising the standard of efficiency throughout the 

 ,at all applicants be found 



both practically an.! Iv ...ni|.etent by the 



*,-., r- -' f e-:-. 11- deetgMfJ] tin- machinerv for the 



The following are the names of the Teasels in the 

 [bury," "Dallas,* 1 "D Man- 



hat in- r.iwford." "Wi- 



Boutwell, WM McL 

 -ward." "Galreston." "Wol 



Cnrwin." "lVrry." 



"Hamlin." "Ilu.i 



:.. r." - V, .,.* "(Juthrie." " Smith." 



" Hit:' im< '." "TyU- -." " IVnr, 



.'1 " Wind.. in." 



Illlnhl |s| \\|>. Now England State, one of 



il ion Ma\ 



-jiiare miles. The poppktiofl, 



ial census, was 68.82") in 



in 1810; 83,01", n, 



'.7.199 in 1880; 108,880 in 1M<>: 1 17..vr> in 

 171.630 in 1860: 217.:r>:{ in 1*70 : ,'7;,-,:;i in 

 and 345.506 in 1890. By the State cen- 

 it was 884,758. Capitals, Providence and 

 Newport 



rnment, The following were the - 



officers during the year: Go baiiei \\ . 



Lij.pitt, succeeded in May by Elisha Dyer : Lien- 



teiiant (J : \ :; K. A lien, succeeded Inr 



Aram J. Pothi .irv of State, Charles P. 



Bennett; Treasurer. BpflMWl Clark, who <li <i 



27, and was succeeded by Clinton D. Sellew; Attor- 



ney-General, Kdward C. I n I.., is succeeded bv \\ . 



inner; Adjutant General. l\ M. S.u kett ; 



\. C. lenders; Superintendent nf Kdur-H- 



- H-kwell; Chief .Illstic.- <,f the Ml- 



preme Court, Charlc- : Associate Jus 



li. stiness, Pardon K. Tillin^hast, George A. 

 Wilbur. II.. ratio Rogers, W. W. Douglas, and Ben- 

 iaroin BL Boswortb ; Clerk. I'.. S. lilai-lrll. All are 

 Republicans. 



Pinaireft. By the Auditor's rerK.rt in April it 



1880 

 1805 



was shown that the receipts for the preceding 



$1.458*48.82. Included in this amount is 



which represents the proceeds of 1 

 receipts of the year showed an increase of 

 v $27,000. The expenditures were $2.031.- 

 luded in this amount is $642.060.19, 

 paid on account of the construction of th> 

 Statehouse. which is provided for by the issuing 

 of bonds. The additional sum of $52.*500 for inter- 

 est on these bonds, ami $20,000 paid for the sink- 

 ing fund established for ; option are also 

 included in the amount exp< -suming a 

 deficit of nearly $91.000 on the first day of the 



\penditnres of the State were met. 

 I dne.ition. ri the public 



schools in 1896 was 59,241 ; the average number 



. Hi/Jlil : the average attendance. -}1.n!M ; 

 the nnnili' with an 



1..V.1 : and the total e\|.endii nr. - sl.'.ii.', 

 which Jf'i irai !! I'l-nnaneiil imj 



re were 47 free public libraries, \\hi.-h re- 

 ceive.! L to the amount of $6 V 888.7& The 



EI.IHHA DYER, OOVERNOH OF IMI|)K ISLAND. 



nuinlivr of volumes in them was 2fU f i* I, and the 

 niimlNT of patron- \v 



At the Au r riMilt nral College a i v. >nrso 



in roadmalnng has been estalili-h-d. including 

 Kni:li-li literature, p-orni-try. triironomri ; 



lectrical mechanica, phy-ie.-ii geography, 



mineralogy, geology, and -team en^inerrii 

 a month's work ea -h -prini: at actual roadmakinir. 

 ten hour- a day. The rolle^e graduated ID Mu- 

 ilent- in .Inne. 



The Fri.-nd-' S-hool held its on-- hundred ami 

 thirteenth commencement in .June, with a gradual - 

 iti^ class of -J7. 



The re-ignition at Brown l*niver>it\ 



-. inclii'lini: t lie 1 V.i <.n t he roll of the Women's 

 College. Al'otit pjn wen L'l-.iduated at the com- 

 mencement. There We' I I he 

 Won I'emlm.ke Hall, it- new build- 



Miidi in< -liown thr'.ii'jh'.iit the eoiin- 



try in the re-i^nation .,f hr. K. II. And?. 



.'it of the prin- 

 ciple invlved. ird to 

 the f|. ilver. which were jud-ed |. lie 

 injiiriou- to the jnjer--i- "f the nniver-ity. the 

 latioii appointed a committee io confer with 

 him concerning hi* public utterances on the -uli- 



oiitcomo <.f the conference wa- hi- 

 nation. The m-tion of the corporation wa- critici.-ed 

 as an attempt to interfere with the freedom of 

 individual opinion. At length the corporation re- 

 d him to withdraw his resignation, and it 

 was withdrawn Sept. 14. 



I in connection with the dedication "f 

 an hi-Torical tablet placed on the Fir-t Uapti-t 

 Church of Warren were held May 25. The tablet 



