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Finances. The annual report of State Treas- 

 urer Butler for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 

 1883, shows the financial condition of the State 

 as follows : 



Cash balance, Sept. 80, 1882 $1,151,933 31 



Receipts for fiscal year 2,752,791 63 



Total $4,510,730 84 



Payments 8,486,463 64 



Balance in treasury Sept. 30, 18S3 $1,074,267 20 



The bonded indebtedness was reduced dur- 

 ing 1883 by the payment of the balance of the 

 two-million loan, amounting to $590,000. The 

 bonded debt now is: 



Past due part-paid five-million loan bonds, $21,- 

 000, adjustable at $578.57 per $1,000 (not bear- 

 ing interest) $12,149 97 



War-bounty loan bonds, due in 1890 297,000 00 



For the payment of which are held : 



In general fund $12,149 97 



In hands of Fund Commission, United States 4$ 

 per cent, bonds 291,00000 



The trust-fund debt, composed of amounts 

 upon which the State as trustee pays interest 

 for educational purposes, now is: 



Agricultural-College fund $253,524 53 



Normal-School fund 60,865 45 



Primary-School fund 3,064,078 34 



Primary-School five per cent, fund 344,194 31 



University fund 493,401 32 



Total $4,221,063 95 



Upon which interest has been paid from the 

 specific-tax fund as follows: 



To Agricultural-College Interest fund $16,741 88 



To Normal-School interest fund 8,0r_' 1 2 



To Primary-School interest fund 710,:WJ 64 



To University interest fund 84,o52 09 



Total $765,115 28 



The trust-fund debt was increased during 

 the year in the sum of $188,19(5.84. 



The receipts on account of specific taxes 

 showed an increase from the preceding year 

 of $156,133.37; of which sum $128,857.16 

 came from the railroad companies. 



The total apportionment of State taxes was 

 $1,474,672.26, an increase over the apportion- 

 ment for the year 1882 of $353,581.03. The 

 increase in the item for general purposes is 

 $338,400.92, or nearly the whole amount. 



Railroads. There were constructed in Michi- 

 gan, by fifteen companies, during the year, 

 405 - 6 miles of railroad, the largest number of 

 miles built by any State that year. The Michi- 

 gan and Ohio, built by the Seney syndicate, was 

 completed from Allegan to Toledo, 155 miles, 

 much of it parallel with the Michigan Central. 



Insurance. The following figures are taken 

 from the summary of the report of the State 

 Commissioner of Insurance : 



MICHIGAN BUSINESS, 1883. 



Education. The following school statistics are 

 furnished by the Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, in advance of the publication of his 

 annual report : 



Number of school districts. September, 1883. .. 6,719 



Increase over previous year 



Number of school-houses 6,890 



Increase over previous year. 162 



Number of children between fi*-e and twenty 



years of age 560,833 



Increase durinsr the year 22,477 



Number of children attending the public schools 391,610 



Increase over previous year 6,106 



Number of sittings in public schools 485,386 



Increase over 138J 8,431 



.Number of private and select schools 295 



Number of teachers employed, male 



Number of teachers employed, female 



Increase over 1882 108 



Wages paid teachers $2,461 ,486 



Increase over 1832. 



Estimated value of school property , 



Amount on hand from previous year 



Amount received from one-mill tax 



Amount received on primary-school fund ... 



Library moneys , 



Amount received as tuition for non-residents., 



Amount received from district taxes .-. 



Amount received from all other sources 



73 



10,435^860 00 

 933.688 22 

 640,141 50 

 724.864 21 

 32,665 90 

 46,196 17 

 2,538,997 07 

 466,870 13 



Amount carried forward to next year $1,123.553 44 



Expenditures, including wages of teachers, pay- 

 ments on debts, buildings, etc 4,259,872 76 



Total expenditures for the year $5,383,426 20 



From the annual report of the Warden of 

 the State Prison, not yet in print, the follow- 

 ing abstract is taken : 



Number of convicts, Sept. 30, 1882 636 



Received during the year It 



Discharged by expiration of sentence 



Discharged for new trial 



Discharged by order of Supreme Court 



Pardoned by Governor 



Lost by escapes 



Transferred to Detroit House of Correction . . . 



81* 

 200 



8 



1 

 19 



4 





Total receipts for the year $5,383,426 20 



In prison, Sept. 30, 1883 578 



Average length of sentence, 3 years, 9 

 months, 26 days. Classification by crimes: 

 Murder in first degree, 3 ; murder in second 

 degree, 8; manslaughter,!; felonious assaults, 

 8; robbery, 10; rape, 4; attempt to rape, 3; 

 abduction, 1 ; assault with intent to rob, 1 ; 

 polygamy or bigamy, 4 ; incest, 1 ; against 



