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VIRGINIA. 



mmonwealth: Balance on hand M. i. 1806, 

 $231 eived in fiscal year 1896- : 



2S&85; total. $a,8e24KW.l;cfUbund in fl^cai year 

 L894 ':. tUAEueUlj bWi on band >, ;. i. 



It97.td07.50b.' Invrary fun.!: 



Halance on hand 1896. $288,080.52: reccivctl 1896- 

 :.^;.:.j;i'.M;t..:a:.*:,oi..;oo..:.;.,;. | .-.,,. *>!, 

 MftgO; I-.....!, ..-,-:, IftMlfWUOan, OB .... -:.: 

 tewet oo public debt: Balamv at, lmii.1, 1890. 



weired 18M-*97. $7l:,y28.82; 



jaoidkbmwd, $706^96.48; balance on lm...l. 



IMtUfc On i .:.- f - :.,.- | fund; Balaam 



,,. hfldl8M,tt*0 NftJTj n eived 1896 -.;. *::.- 



BUI; :. M:. *::i 67.80; dii ira i. |57L*5; b*l- 



.... ;;,. ,; ,, ,, , ,,,! of Miller 

 fund: Balance on hand 1896. $17.900.03: >,.,n,.i 

 1896-V7. $7*168.05; total. $90,068.06: 

 fSl.OWJtt; baUooeonhand, $8,C:{]' Tin total 

 balance in the treasury t- t of the set 



fUId WMf8UM0l. in :,.|,||t ; 1 I.lt- 



ftindhadtoiUK 



amount of interot j.ai.l out on the Kid- 

 dJeberger and oentury bonds and Kinds held by the 

 college* of the State wan. for 1896, *71-""".' At 

 the preceding session of the General Assembly a 

 law was enacted under which the Commissioners of 

 the Sinking Fund were authorized to i-M-hanp- 

 coupon bonds of the State. issued under tin- act ..f 

 1898, into registered in.nd-. and to arrange for the 

 



issued in exchange a fee of 50 cents was 'to be paid 



to the Second Auditor, and by him turned over to 



the Treasurer for the credit of tin- -inkin- fund. 



f time under this art was limited t< 



.'1.1896. I'ud.-r this law State bonds aniount- 



.- | irayMLH PI bum i vn r tin >< oond 

 tor,whoev urybond- 



in the same proportion as those foumlcd under the 

 law of 1892. Nearly all the exchan-- 1 bonds con- 

 sisted of tax-receivable coupon bonds. This ex- 

 change made quite a clean sweep of that class of 

 bonds, which have caused the State a LT. at deal of 

 troub were left only about $12.">.(NK) worth 



of tax-recivable bonds out -tandini:. and it was as- 

 sumed that a numU-r of them had been lost. 



( i im ina I IZMBMiV Serenl counties were 

 charge<i upon the books of t IK* Auditor with greater 

 sums for criminal expenses than the amounts tin v 

 naid in as taxes on real and personal property. 

 Figures from the Auditor's report show that I'.u- 

 chanan Countv ex|K-nd-<l $5,808.57 for puiiislniirnt 

 itne. while the largest sum to have been col- 

 lected from taxes was but $6.886.32. The county 

 of Carroll expended more than half of the total 

 amount of taxes leseescirt. In Dickin-.n County 

 the sum of iseeseod taxes was only $2,957.:'.4. and 

 (5.179.64 was consumed by criminal expenses. 

 Patrick County called on tli, state for *7..|:.1.::;. 

 and was ames^ed for onlv $6.!'<;:.!M. Th- whole 

 mount paid by the State for criminal expenses was 



Tfc I BMmr. Inmate* under care and treatment 

 in the State hospitals. Sept 80. 1*'.7. numbered in 

 all 2.568. divided a* follows: West*-: uth- 



western, 825; Eastern. .V,7: Central, 849. Of these 

 209 died. The cost of *upjort /*r capita was re- 

 ported: Western, $12'i.!ni: Southwestern, $11 

 Eastern, fW" 



Kiliiration. ! ' y, ,, r 



closing Julv 81, 1897. was 665.865 

 and 268,708 colored: there were 8.529 school* in 

 operation 6.250 white and 2.271* colored : the total 

 of white and colored pupil* enrol'. -i wa* :;>;7*17 

 244,588 white and 128^84 col. 

 age daily attendance numbered 213,421 14i 

 white and 68.208 colored; the total of pupils study- 

 ing the higher branches was ll&Jft; total supplied 



with text-books at public exj .-rage 



nuinU-r of months M-hooi pen. mil ; t,,t;il 



numU-r of tea. . . u.ll^ \Miite and 'J.rjr 



.: monthly .salaries male teftOOen 

 $!il.llh. female ..f tuition p,-r 



month per pupil enrolled, (it cciii>: e.stimatr<l value 

 Of School propn-ly. s ,,,. ,,f i| M . 



school system was reported a-s follow > : State funds. 

 $7^7. reel appropriation by the (ieii.ral 



Aembly. $200.<NNi : interest on invi-Mmetit ..fthe 

 literary fund. $41 -muty funds. *v 



.iMrict funds. .- I : city funds, $815,680.56; 



oth.-r fund- .I.H-ah. , : total, > 



'I'll-- total cost to all sources for all pmp< 

 ing balances due for the rear were: Correnl ex- 

 pensespay of teachers, $1,4(M>,28U; pay of super- 

 intendents, $50,660.1";; pay ..f district clerk-. 

 $n.4:5.W: nay of treasurers, $1 rent, 



-1.44: fuel and lights, $:,<. insar- 



ance, $4,790.87; tcxt-liook. for indigent pupils. 



.< 1. '.'!>. - s : i KDODfJl - "I' county and deet,.ral hoards. 



other contingent expenses, | 



ol Journal." $.">!'..>. 40; expenses, cent ral oilic, . 

 $5,647..")!: summer normal school-. s^.oOO; total 

 amount c\pen-c-. *l.r,.V,.: I', i inan.-nt im- 



rnent real e-tate. biiildinp<. furniture, and 



repairs. $1 I7.nl -j.s-j : school app-n, 

 total. yt\ 7 l.osi .:,(). T..tal c..>t for all purposes, $1,- 

 Thc amount dm- teacher* at close of 

 II \\as S-J7.1;i. 



Agrirult urc. The general average of crop 

 1897 was given as follow-: Wheat. '.!: oon 

 oats, 85; hay. 71: cotton. '.(: tobacco, 98; Irish 

 potajtoei|87; iweet potatoef,8S; peanut-, mi: pa 

 tures, 85;ap|les. 7:5: jn-a^ 



84. Acreage: Wheat, 93; corn. !ts : oats, Mi: Lay. 

 89; cotton, 95; tobacco, 97; Irish potatoc 

 sweet potatoes. 68 ; peanuts, 90 : pa -t u r. 



The <hxtcr Industry. The State has 201.-.'1; 

 acres of natural oyster beds, and 400,000 acres of 

 planting ground. From this immen-e area she 

 received as revenue for the four yean IS'.M '!i7 the 

 small Mini of $131,630, and t: of main- 



taining police vessels and executing the laws 

 amounted to $116,Hs."). leaving a DftUooe of only 

 $14,745. In 1896-'07 the receipts from theoyster 

 tax were $29,985; expenditures. $81,603. 



K'.iil roads. There are :J7 lines of railroad in (he 

 Slat.-, the total mileage beinj; 1,499.05; the gross 

 earning- and ineome of these roads amounted to 

 sl!.7i;::.::r,7.4*: operalin- expenses, taxes, ami other 

 deductions *:!<>.*! 7.0SO.JI7: interest. $1 1.: . 

 total killed during year. TJI: total injured, l.ir,.'). 



st.it.- I .inn. l''ndT an act of ls!.} H farm con- 

 taining 952 acres. Ivinu' on .lame* river, was pnr- 

 d for the employment of short-term coii\ids 

 The investment i- reported to have increa-ed in 

 value 200 per cent. that the farm could now be 

 sold for $50,000. During the year it produced: 

 r..rn. 20.000 bushels: wheat. lj;:, l,uv|,el- : 

 l.T,M l.u-hel< : . l.u-l.eN: peas, 800 hu-h- 



eN: tobac. - pound*: suirar l>eets, 24^ ' 



and truck in larjr- (pianti: Mini:. 



<'ii an 1-VI -ick and di*al.lcd and l.">0 



-nvict*. the farm fiirni-hed the Penitent iarv 

 with pnKlucts w(,rth $10,000. 



Militia. The volunteer militia 

 officer* and 2.-">l* men. compri-iiiL' }'' companies of 

 infantry. *J trop8 of cavalry, and '.', bat ten- 

 artillery. ( f the infantry. Her, inpanie- are colored. 

 In 1*!r, and 1^!7 the militia ua* u*e,l in aid of the 

 civil authorities in the cities of Portsmouth and 

 i.-d out by the mayor- thereof, and 

 in the counties (.f AlU-marle. Shenandoah. Fairfax. 

 and CulpejM-r. called into -ervjce by the sheriff* 

 tliereof. The entire cost, including transportation. 

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