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NEW MEXICO. 



Education. In 1898 the amount raised for 

 schools was $182,172.18; the number of teachers 

 was 541; the average daily attendance for each 

 school was 30 pupils; the average daily attend- 

 ance for the Territory was 10,558 pupils; and 

 the average number of months taught was five. 



There are in successful operation the follow- 

 ing Territorial institutions: The Agricultural Col- 

 lege, at Las Cruces, with two substations, one 

 at Las Vegas and one at Aztec; the University of 

 New Mexico, at Albuquerque; the School of Mines, 

 at Socorro; the Normal University, at Las Vegas; 

 the Normal School, at Silver City; the Mili- 

 tary Institute, at Koswell ; and the School for 

 the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, at Santa Fe. These 

 institutions during the last past school year have 

 had 405 students. The Catholic Church has 

 18 schools in operation, attended by 1,602 

 pupils, employs 72 teachers, and has school prop- 

 erty to the Value of $231,700. The Methodist 

 Church supports 11 schools, attended by 462 

 pupils, and has school property valued at $10,000. 

 The New West Educational Commission supports 

 5 schools, attended by 219 pupils, employs 7 

 teacher^, and has school property to the value 

 of $44,000. The Presbyterian Church supports 25 

 schools, attended by 1,105 pupils, employs 25 

 teachers, and has school property to the value 

 of $37,900. The total average daily attendance 

 for the Territory is 20,273 pupils, counting all 

 educational institutions. 



The New Mexico Military Institute was first 

 opened for students in September, 1898. It is 

 at Roswell, 3,700 feet above the level of the sea. 

 It receives about $12,000 annually from the Ter- 

 ritory, and during the session of 1898-'99 earned 

 $9.500 additional in tuition fees, enrolling 105 

 cadets. 



Penitentiary. The number of inmates dur- 

 ing the past two years varied but little. Its 

 highest number in 1897 was 215, and its highest 

 number in 1898 was 222. 



Insane Asylum. The number of patients re- 

 maining at the asylum Nov. 1, 1896, was 59 

 3<> males and 23 females. There were admitted 

 during the two years 37 patients 23 males and 

 14 females, who, added to the 59 patients re- 

 maining in the institution Nov. 1, 1896, made a 

 total of 96. 



Irrigation. The improved systems of irriga- 

 tion are developing rapidly. The Springer system 

 of irrigation is in operation, with 50 miles of 

 ditches and 5 reservoirs, covering 22,000 acres. 

 The Vermejo system of irrigation, which controls 

 57 miles of ditches and 10 reservoirs, supplies 30,- 

 000 acres. In the northwestern portion of the 

 Territory there are 200 miles of ditches, watering 

 24,000 acres. Here are several tracts of fertile 

 soil, accessible to streams that will afford an am- 

 ple water supply. Also extensive ditch systems 

 are in operation in the Mimbres region of Grant 

 County. 



Railways. There .were 290 miles of new rail- 

 road constructed within the Territory during the 

 year by the following companies: El Paso and 

 Northeastern, 152; Pecos Valley and Northeast- 

 ern, 100: Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain, 

 20; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, 18. 



Arrangements are being made for a new rail- 

 road to be constructed from Las Vegas through 

 the Mora valley to Taos, 100 miles. A company 

 has also been organized for constructing a new 

 railroad from Durango, in Colorado, through San 

 Juan County, New Mexico, to Albuquerque or 

 Gallup. 



State Capitol. Senator Elkins introduced a 

 bill in the United States Senate to authorize the 



NEW YORK. 



New Mexican Teritorial Legislative Assembly to 

 contract a debt not exceeding $60,000, for comple- 

 tion and furnishing of the Territorial Capitol, at 

 Santa Fe. 



Statehood. In the annual report, 1899, of 

 Gov. Otero to the Secretary of the Interior, the 

 Governor estimates the population at 285,829, 

 and makes an urgent appeal for statehood. He 

 says : " Our assessed value for taxation has in- 

 creased, and it is now more than $40,000,000, and 

 constantly growing, while the population, owing 

 to immigration, is also increasing rapidly. New 

 Mexico sold more than 18,000,000 pounds of wool 

 this year, which is 3,000,000 pounds more than 

 ever before in her history, while her mines of 

 copper and gold are being developed in a manner 

 never before known. More capital has been in- 

 vested in their development during the past year 

 'than previously." 



Political. The Territorial Legislature has 6 

 Democrats and 30 Republicans in the two 

 branches, 



NEW YORK, a Middle State, one of the origi- 

 nal thirteen, ratified the Constitution July 26, 

 1788; area, 49,170 square miles. The population, 

 according to each decennial census, was 340.120 

 in 1790; 589,051 in 1800; 959,049 in 1810; 1,372,- 

 111 in 1820; 1,918,608 in 1830; 2,428,921 in 1840; 

 3,097,394 in 1850; 3,880,735 in 1860; 4,382,759 in 

 1870; 5,082,871 in 1880; and 5,997,853 in 1890. 

 According to a State census taken in 1892, the 

 population was 6,513,344, and according to an 

 estimate made at the close of 1899 the population 

 was 7,100,000. Capital, Albany. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Theodore 

 Roosevelt, Republican; Lieutenant Governor, 

 Timothy L. Woodruff; Secretary of State, John 

 T. McDonough; Comptroller, William J. Morgan; 

 Treasurer, John P. Jaeckel; Attorney-General, 

 John C. Davies ; State Engineer and Surveyor, 

 Edward A. Bond; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, Charles R. Skinner; Superintendent of 

 Insurance, Louis F. Payn; Superintendent of 

 Banking Department, Frederick D. Kilburn; Su- 

 perintendent of State Prisons, Cornelius V. Col- 

 lins; Superintendent of Public Works, the va- 

 cant office was filled early in January by the ap- 

 pointment of John N. Partridge; Commissioner 

 of Labor Statistics, John T. McDonough, who 

 w r as succeeded on Jan. 23 by John McMackin; 

 Railroad Commissioners, Ashley W. Cole, George 

 W. Dunn, and Frank M. Baker; Chief Judge of 

 the Court of Appeals, Alton B. Parker; Associate 

 Judges, John C. Gray, Denis O'Brien, Celora E. 

 Martin, Edward T. Bartlett, Albert Haight, and 

 Irving G. Vann. 



Finances. The State Treasurer reported a 

 balance of $3,973,804 in the treasury on Oct. 1, 

 1899, compared with $1,654,225 on Dec. 31, 1898. 

 The receipts for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 

 were $25,837,136, which, with the balances of the 

 preceding year, gave a total of $29,810,941. The 

 total payments amounted to $25,306,126, leaving 

 a balance in the treasury of $4,505,814.- The pres- 

 ent valuation of the State is $5,076,396,824. The 

 amount received for corporation and organization 

 taxes was $2,741,318. The amount in 1898 was 

 $2,497,247, showing an increase of $244,071. The 

 amount received for tax on inheritance was 

 $2,194,612, an increase of $197,402. The amount 

 received from the Excise Department was $4,231,- 

 278, an increase of $15,417. The State tax rate was 

 2.49, compared with 2.08 for 1898 and 2,67 in 1897. 

 This increase is considered due to the fact that 

 in 1898 there was a large surplus of the Raines 

 law revenue. It is distributed as follows: Gen- 



