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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (MAINE.) 



951.41; public lands, income, $13,408.08; shore 

 rents for Penobscot Indians, $3,474.50; tines and 

 licenses, fish and game, $8,582.SS; from United 

 States, account Spanish War, $28,263.21. The re- 

 ceipts from dog licenses amounted in 1901 to $28,- 

 980; payments for damage to domestic animals 

 by dogs aggregated $4,808. The remainder of the 

 fund goes back to the town treasuries. 



Valuations. In 1901 the total valuation of the 

 State, except the wild lands, was $317,067,894. 

 The wild lands were valued in 1900 at $19,127,- 

 407. The money at interest in the State, so far 

 as the assessors were able to ascertain for taxa- 

 tion for 1902, amounts to $11,308,877. 



The total debt of all the towns is given as ap- 

 proximately $8,780,100, or 2.7 per cent, of valua- 

 tion. This does not include the plantations. 

 More than two-thirds of the total is owed by the 

 cities; 132 towns are free from debt, and 12 

 have a surplus. The real and personal property of 

 the 20 cities as locally assessed amounts to $141,- 

 894,429; the valuation by the State assessors is 

 larger, amounting to about $150,000,000. 



Education. The number of illiterates of ten 

 years and over in the State, as shown by the cen- 

 sus of 1900, was 29,060. By the percentage of 

 those between ten and fourteen who were able to 

 lead and write, Maine stood twenty-eighth in the 

 list, with 97.92 per cent. 



The apportionment of the school fund and mill 

 tax for 1902 disposed of $590,280.77, which is an 

 increase of $28,118.59 over the amount apportioned 

 in 1901. The returns to the superintendent of 

 public schools show the total number of pupils in 

 the State to be 212,965, the towns therefore receiv- 

 ing a fraction over $2.77 for each pupil. The num- 

 ber reported in 1901 was 211,834, which gave a 

 fraction over $2.65 per pupil. 



Half of the savings-bank tax goes to the 

 schools. The increase of this and of the State 

 valuation has largely added to the school fund 

 in recent years. The cost of providing free text- 

 books averages about 98 cents to a pupil. The 

 law compels towns to furnish them ; the State pro- 

 vides for unincorporated places. The average 

 wages of male teachers in 1901 were $35.66 a 

 month ; of female teachers, $6.72 a week. 



The class of 1902 at the Castine Normal School 

 numbered 50. In 1901 211 free high schools were 

 receiving aid from the State. 



The State University, at Bangor, at its thirty- 

 first annual commencement in June, graduated 54 

 in the academic department, 14 in the law schools, 

 and 3 in the short course in pharmacy. It opened 

 in September with 136 registered. 



The centenary of the opening of Bowdoin Col- 

 lege was celebrated in June. Every class grad- 

 uated since 1842 was represented at the celebra- 

 tion, and several earlier classes. The oration was 

 delivered by Hon. Thomas B. Reed, LL. D., class 

 of 1860, and Rev. Samuel V. Cole, D. D., class of 

 1874, read an original poem. 



The catalogue for 1902-'03 shows 36 instructors 

 and 391 students at the institution. Of these stu- 

 dents there are 275 in the college proper and 124 

 in the medical school. This shows a gain of 2 

 instructors and 50 students over the previous year. 



The class of 1875 presented the college with new 

 entrance gates at the centennial celebration. A 

 library building has been given by T. H. Hubbard. 



The eighty-third year of Colby University 

 opened in September with an entering class of 72, 

 of whom 32 were women. At Bates College, Lew- 

 iston, a new library, the gift of Mr. Coram, was 

 dedicated in October. 



The Legislature of 1899 made an appropriation 

 to carry into effect the act establishing free public 



libraries. On Oct. 20, 1899, the first library was 

 sent out, and in that year 15 libraries of 50 books 

 each were prepared for circulation. Although 

 only $1,000 a year is available for the purpose, 

 there were in 1902 80 libraries going the round of 

 the State with 4,000 volumes. 



Military. The number of men subject to mili- 

 tary duty in the State in 1901 was 102,268. About 

 600 men were encamped at Camp Hill for the an- 

 nual muster in August. The National Guard 

 numbers 698. 



In 1901, 2,571 pensioners received State aid. 

 The annual appropriation is $80,000. 



Charities and Corrections. The report of the 

 General Hospital, covering its thirty-second year's 

 work, shows that for the year ending Sept. 30,. 

 1,267 patients 636 male and 631 female were ad- 

 mitted. There were 102 under treatment at the 

 close of the year. In the year 75 patients died 

 at the hospital, 741 were discharged as recovered, 

 297 as relieved, 21 as not relieved, and there were 

 112 who were examined and advised but not treat- 

 ed. The expenses of the hospital for the year 

 were $63,805. There is a deficit of about $7,000. 

 The notable event of the year was the completion 

 of the nurses' home to accommodate 58 nurses. 

 A building wholly for surgical purposes is being 

 constructed, costing about $33,000. 



There were 92 pupils in the School for the Dea: : , 

 at Portland, in 1901. The State appropriation is 

 $17,500 a year. 



The Reform School has received 2,395 boys sincfr 

 its first opening; there were 141 Dec. 1, 1901. 



Railroads. In 1901 reports were received 

 from 22 steam and 21 street railways; in 1902 

 from 21 steam and 18 street railways, consolida- 

 tions having reduced the number. The gross in- 

 come per mile of the 21 steam-roads varies from 

 $512 on the Wiscasset and Quebec to $13,647 on 

 the Boston and Maine. Only a small part of the 

 former line was in operation *up to June 30, 1901; 

 and the gross income of all the lines operated by 

 the company is included in the average of the 

 Boston and Maine. 



There are 347.72 miles of street-railway in op- 

 eration. In the construction and equipment of 

 the street-railways more than $10,000,000 has been 

 expended, and yet the aggregate bonded indebted- 

 ness of the 18 systems in existence is only $5,723,- 

 517.93. The gross earnings for the past year ag- 

 gregate $1,449,043.97, and the operating expense* 

 amounted to $1,035,194.87. 



Highways. The Legislature of 1901 appro- 

 priated $15,000 to aid towns in building and re- 

 pairing roads. One road is to be designated ai 

 the main thoroughfare and to be known as a Stats 

 road. Towns establishing such roads may secure 

 State aid not exceeding $100 to each, which will 

 be half the amount expended. The Secretary wa 

 notified that year by 41 towns, applicants, but 

 only 5 had complied with the full provisions of 

 the law. 



Steamboats. There are in the inland waters 

 of the State, as nearly as can be ascertained, 19.5 

 steam- vessels. The inspectors have issued licen- 

 ses to 147 masters and pilots and 156 engineers. 

 Seventeen new steamers were added to the servic* 

 in the year. 



Banks. The report of the State Examiner for 

 1901 is summarized as follows: 



There are 51 savings-banks, with assets of $74.- 

 623,171.03; 18 trust and banking companies, $15.- 

 207,325.55 ; and 34 loan and building association.',. 

 $2.865,380.98; making 103 institutions, with com- 

 bined assets of $92.695.877.56. 



For the first half of 1902 the figures were: Fifty- 

 one savings-banks, with total liabilities of $76,- 





