UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (FLORIDA.) 



709 



Iry, Horace E. Simpson, M. D., N. B. Broward; 



Jhief Justice of the Supreme Court, R. F. Taylor; 

 sociate Justices, Milton H. Mabry (succeeded 

 by W. A. Hocker), Francis B. Carter; Supreme 

 Court Commission, W. A. Hocker, J. G. Glen, E. 

 C. Maxwell. The Supreme Court Commission was 

 abolished in November by law, and three addi- 

 tional justices of the Supreme Court appointed, 

 as follow : Evelyn C. Maxwell, Thomas M. Shack- 

 leford, Robert S. Cockerell. Supervisor of Con- 

 victs and Convict Camps, Robert F. Rogers. 



The term of the State officers is four years. 



They are elected in November of the years of the 

 presidential elections. The Legislature meets bi- 

 ennially on the first Tuesday after the first Mon- 



" ty of April of the odd-numbered years. The 

 sion is limited to sixty days. 

 Valuations. The assessed valuation on prop- 

 erty of all kinds for 1901 was $97,551,192.17, an in- 

 crease of $864,238 over the assessed valuation for 

 1900. The following data are given by the Comp- 

 troller in his last report: Number of acres, 25,- 

 567,728; number under cultivation or improved, 

 1,117,697; valuation of improvements (exclusive 

 of town or city lots), $36,400,470; valuation of 

 town and city lots with improvements thereon, 

 $23,660,288; aggregate value of real estate, $60,- 

 060,758. Number of horses, asses, and mules, 57,- 

 174; number of cattle, 493,941; number of sheep 

 and goats, 114,343; number of swine and dogs, 

 212,571. Full cash value of all animals, $5,239,- 

 958; value of personal property other than ani- 

 mals, $12,604,864. Aggregate value of real estate, 

 $60,060,758 ; aggregate value of personal property, 

 $17,844,822; aggregate value of railroads and roll- 

 ing-stock, $19,383,481.77; aggregate value of tele- 

 graph-lines, $262,130.40. Taxes for State pur- 

 poses, $487,808.96; taxes for county purposes, 

 $1,265,879.66; school subdistrict taxes, $70,744.16. 

 State license tax (not included in State tax), 

 $201,043.77. 



Banks. On Jan. 1, 1902, 25 incorporated banks 

 were doing business under the laws of Florida. 

 At the close of business on December 31, 1901, 

 their assets amounted to $6,149,852.82, an increase 

 over the assets of Jan. 1, 1901, reported as 

 $4,773,016.11, of $1,376,836.75. Five of the State 

 banks are savings-banks or have savings depart- 

 ments. On Jan. 1, 1902, these reported assets of 

 $2,632,928.31. The following figures indicate the 

 condition of the banks of the State on Jan. 1, 

 1902: The resources were: Loans and discounts, 

 $3,590,298.93; overdrafts, $93,014.51; stocks, secu- 

 rities, judgments, etc., $382,116.80; due from pri- 

 vate banks, $4,527.44; due from incorporated 

 banks, $1,069,093.90; banking-house furniture, 

 $173*,780.18; other real estate and mortgages, 

 $195,949.20; checks and other cash items, $84,- 

 236.56; cash in bank, $556,835.34; total, $6.149,- 

 852.86. Liabilities: Capital stock paid in, $832,- 

 200; surplus, $194,095.11; undivided profits, $143,- 

 350.59; dividends unpaid, $815; individual depos- 

 its, $4,492,741.28; demand certificates of deposit, 

 $38,091.75; notes and bills rediscounted and other 

 liabilities, $197,198.44; time certificates of de- 

 posit, $197,724.40; certified checks, $13,559.20; 

 cashier's checks outstanding, $2,055.29; due to in- 

 corporated banks, State or national, $38,021.80; 

 total, $6,149,852.86. 



Insurance. The last statement of the Treas- 

 urer gives the number of insurance companies au- 

 thorized to do business in Florida as 80. Of these 

 50 were fire-insurance companies, 12 life-insurance 



ampanies, and 18 miscellaneous (accident, ma- 

 rine, surety, boiler, plate-glass, etc.). The aggre- 



ite losses of the fire-insurance companies in 1901 



fere $3,990,080.45, and the receipts for the same 



period $939,080.77, a loss for the year of $3,050,- 

 999.68. Twelve life-insurance companies report 

 losses in 1901 as $385,383.66; receipts as $1,040,- 

 363.48, a profit for the year of $654,979.82. Eight- 

 een miscellaneous companies report losses of $37,- 

 948.47, receipts as $78,138.80, a profit' of $40,- 

 190.33. The heavy loss of the fire-insurance com- 

 panies was owing to the great conflagration at 

 Jacksonville, May 3, 1901, when a large part of 

 the city was destroyed, causing a total loss of 

 from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. 



Railroads and Telegraphs. The last report 

 of the Florida Railroad Commission gives the fol- 

 lowing figures: Railroad mileage for the year 

 ending Feb. 28, 1902, 3,466.45 miles, divided as fol- 

 lows: Main track, 2,774.35 miles; branches and 

 spurs, 403.19 miles; yard tracks and sidings, 

 288.91 miles. The valuation of railroad property 

 assessed for taxation was $18,925,178.16; capi- 

 tal stock and bonds of roads, $70,330,201.05. Gross 

 earnings for the year ending June 30, 1901, 

 $9,179,133.85; operating expenses, $6,915,296.32; 

 income from operation, $2,263,837.53. Gross earn- 

 ings for the year ending June 30, 1902 (with the 

 exception of 4 smaller roads that have not re- 

 ported) are $10,079,802.23; operating expenses, 

 $7,481,648.24; net earnings, $2,598,153.99. 



The assessed valuation for the telegraph-lines of 

 the State was $261,134.20; length of telegraph- 

 lines assessed, 1,566.32 miles, ranging from 3 to 55 

 wires to each pole. 



Education. The report of the Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction for the school year ending 

 in 1902 gives the following data: Total enrol- 

 ment of students, 112,384; number of white stu- 

 dents, 69,541; negroes, 42,843; white males, 35,- 

 374; white females, 34,167; negro males, 20,000; 

 negro females, 22,843; average daily attendance 

 during the year of both races was 76,104; of 

 whites, 46,284; of negroes, 29,881. The average 

 number of days of schooling was: Both races, 49; 

 whites, 55; negroes, 41. The number of teachers 

 employed was 2,799, divided as follows: Whites, 

 2,129, of whom 623 were men and 1,506 \vomen; 

 negroes, 670, of whom 276 were men and 394 

 women. The highest monthly salary paid to 

 white men was $150, to white women $90 ; to ne- 

 gro men $100, and to negro women $50. The aver- 

 age salary was $35.57; to white men $44.49, to 

 white women $35.44; to negro men $29.89, to 

 negro women $28.78. The amount paid to all 

 teachers was $569,733.33. The value of all prop- 

 erty used for school purposes was $1,066,904; val- 

 ue of buildings owned by county boards, $646,- 

 482; value of grounds owned by county boards, 

 $783,861. 



The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind had 

 enrolled for the school year ending June 30, 1902 : 

 Whites, 47; negroes, 26. White deaf boys, 15; 

 white deaf girls, 22 ; total, 37. White blind boys, 

 6; white blind girls, 4; total, 10. Negro deaf 

 boys, 13; negro deaf girls, 7; total, 20; negro 

 blind boys, 4; negro blind girls, 2; total, 6. 



The Legislature appropriated $12,000 for its sup- 

 port during the year ending June 30, 1902. Addi- 

 tional appropriations of $4,700 were made for 

 building and other expenses. The expenditures 

 for the year were $15,493 ; the balance in the treas- 

 ury, June 30, 1902, was $1,700. 



Corporations. In the first six months of 1902 

 54 corporations were chartered by the State of 

 Florida. The capital stock represented by these 

 companies aggregates $4,734,000. 



Manufactures. The United States Govern- 

 ment statistics give the following figures: Value 

 of manufactured products in 1890. $18,222,890; 

 in 1900, $36,810,243. Number employed in man- 



