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MAINE. 



640.72; average rate of income.. 3.45. This year, 

 for 'the first time since 1892, there has been a 

 net "ain in new deposits over dividends On 

 net "'. 1S98, the amount of deposits in the trust 

 and' banking companies of Maine was $9,182,- 

 )!7.:,(). while in April, 1890, the amount was $10,- 



!' number of school children who deposited 

 in the <a vim's banks of the public schools m 

 tanp'r was\4<>0. From Nov. 15, 1898, when 

 the system was inaugurated to June I/, 1899, 

 the -urn of $-M5-21.05 was received by the teachers 

 for deposit.' and of this amount only $68 was 

 withdrawn The number of children m the pn- 

 iimrv department who deposited their pennies was 

 31)8." while in the ninth grade there were only 

 IS depositors. 



Finances. The amount of cash in the State 

 tn-a>ury .Ian. 1. 1900. was $154,723.73; temporary 

 loan. $150.000: due from United States Govern- 

 ment. $S(J, (((); receipts for the year, about $1,689,- 

 210; first appropriation bill for expenses, $1,605,- 

 790.3S; regular appropriations provided for in 

 MH-ond bill. $143,3.30; bonded indebtedness, $2,- 

 203.000. 



The amount of State taxes assessed for the 

 year was $007.050.50, being 2f mills on each dol- 

 lar of valuation; poll tax, 1 cent per poll; express 

 tax. $5.213.015: savings banks' tax for six months 

 ending April 10, 1899, $198,574.83; ending Nov. 

 30, 1800, $204. 163.30; tax on building and loan 

 associations, $255.78; telephone and telegraph 

 companies. $15,605.52; railroads, $160,118.11; for 

 expenses of Railroad Commissioners, $11,200; on 

 electric-light companies, $220,545; water com- 

 panies, $524,765; gas companies, $314,125; rail- 

 road bonds, $14,850; amount of school and mill 

 tax, $573,933. Four notes of $25,000 each were 

 destroyed by fire in the presence of the State 

 Treasurer, representing the temporary loan of 

 $100,000 made April 1, 1897, for one year, and 

 paid by a second temporary loan for three 

 months, which was paid at maturity, together 

 with a registered bond for $5,000, a bond for 

 $28,000, and a registered bond for $17,000, with 

 coupons amounting to $444, all paid during the 

 year. The sale of townships on which taxes of 

 1897 or before had not been paid took place in 

 October, and brought prices just sufficient to pay 

 the taxes due. The Land Agent reported the 

 income from sturnpage sold as $8,000, which 

 amount goes to the support of schools in the 

 towns and plantations where the lumber is cut. 



Valuation. The total valuation of real and 

 personal property of the State, as gathered from 

 the assessors' reports from 385 towns on Dec. 

 27, 1800. was $287,691,790, an increase of $2,787,- 

 444 in real estate and $404,088 in personal prop- 

 erty. Money at interest was taxed to the amount 

 of $0,754.475, and live stock at $12,316,049. The 

 total number of polls taxed was 181,110; number 

 not taxed, 11.172. The total number of horses 

 reported was 131,003, with a total value of $6,- 



'8.507: total number of three-year-old colts 

 value $107,736; two-year-old colts 2,671, 

 ralue $70.844: one-year-old colts 2,003, value $39,- 

 W5; cows 143.833, value $3,124,379; oxen 9,444, 

 alue $452,738; three-year-olds 28,830, value $586,- 

 two-year-olds 39,745, value $578,806; year- 

 lings 55.454, value $444,055; sheep 256,577, value 

 $641,024; swine 37,080, value $202,626; total val- 

 '.316.040, against $11,832,904 last year, 

 valuation of bicycles was $312,392; car- 

 riages, $1. 257.3(54: musical instruments, $1051- 

 furniture. $1,209,291; shipping, $2072385- 

 and lumber, $1,496,704; wood and bark, 



38,491. There were 435,720 bushels of oats on 



10,893 acres of land, at a value of $209,146; oats, 

 5,047,812 bushels on 140,270 acres, value $1,716,- 

 256; wheat, 35,256 bushels on 1,808 acres, value 

 $31,378. The valuation of Portland in 1859 was 

 $21,000,000, and in 1899 $37,801,200. 



State Institutions. The Industrial School 

 for Girls was established as a State institution 

 by act of the Legislature approved March 17, 

 1899, though the history of the school dates from 

 1867. The first building was erected in 1875, 

 Erskine Hall was opened in January, 1886, and 

 Baker Hall in December, 1898. The first build- 

 ing Flagg-Dummer Hall was damaged by fire 

 on Feb. 2. The managers obtained an appropria- 

 tion to remodel instead of repairing the build- 

 ing, but the appropriation was not used, as funds 

 were received from other sources enough to put 

 the building in good condition. The number of 

 girls in the school in December, 1899, was 75; 

 average number during the year, 70; committed 

 during the year, 11; married, 9; discharged to 

 friends, 6; total number received since 1895, 547, 

 from 128 cities and towns; now in homes, 109; 

 dismissed as incorrigible, 9; deceased, 27; es- 

 caped, 8. The expenditures during the year were 

 $15,999.80; balance from 1898, $2,650.52; State 

 appropriation, $10,500; in the treasury Decem- 

 ber, 1899, $4,653.47. 



The total number of students in the Madawaska 

 Training School in the autumn term of 1899 was 

 84; spring term, 105. The whole number of grad- 

 uates is 139, while the number graduated this 

 year was 23, of whom 22 are teaching. 



The number of insane increased in the year 

 from 733 to 747, of whom 416 were men and 331 

 w T omen. There were admitted during the year 

 249 patients; died, 103; discharged as cured, 48; 

 as improved, 37 ; total number treated during 

 the year, 982. The special appropriation of $15,- 



000 was used for the construction of a steam 

 tramway and coal pocket. A stone crusher has 

 also been purchased and put in operation at an 

 expense of $1,470, the crushed rock being used 

 to improve the streets and driveways of the 

 grounds. A large crop of corn fodder was raised 

 on the farm, and 3,300 bushels of potatoes. The 

 hay crop fell short about 100 tons. The herd 

 of cows numbered 150. The cash on hand and 

 the receipts during the year amounted to $203,- 

 810.99; balance at the close of the year, $7,047.72. 



The net loss in the State Prison for the cur- 

 rent year was $9,092.29; gain in the carriage 

 department, $3,237.27; in the harness depart- 

 ment, $2,987.27; in the broom department, 

 $193.05; in the furniture, $87.35; loss in the sub- 

 sistence department, $8,115.14. The number of 

 commitments in the year was 60, of whom 31 

 were natives of Maine and 7 from Canada. Two 

 were sentenced for life, 1 for thirty-eight years, 



1 for ten years, 15 for two years, and 13 for one 

 year. On Nov. 30, 1898, there were 213 prison- 

 ers, since which time 52 have been discharged, 

 59 committed, 7 have been pardoned, and 4 have 

 died, leaving 204 in the prison, with 23 in the 

 insane department, 8 of whom are convicts. The 

 sanitary conditions were found nearly perfect. 

 The jail inspectors reported the total number 

 of prisoners in the jails of the State on Dec. 30, 

 1899, as 526, against 750 last year; the number 

 arrested for drunkenness, 2,901 ; for selling liquor, 

 200; for nonpayment of fines, 1,824; number of 

 one-month sentences, 3,253; number of prisoners 

 escaped, 13, of whom 8 were recaptured. 



In 1807 and 1898 the State Library received 

 4,752 volumes; spent for law reports, about 

 $4,000 ; spent for other works, $3,000. The library 

 already contained 12,000 law reports and text- 



