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KENTUCKY. 



The Institution for the Blind, at Louisville, 

 contained 74 pupils at the close of the year. 



The Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington, 

 on the 30th of September, 1876, contained 534 

 patients 269 white males, 200 white females; 

 31 colored males and 34 colored females. In 

 the year following that date, 137 patients were 

 admitted ; and the highest number under treat- 

 ment at one time was 581. The receipts of the 

 institution for the year were $124,509.66 ; ex- 

 penses, $111,284.95 ; leaving a balance of 

 $13,224.71, against which there were out- 

 standing claims of $2,143.96. In the Central 

 Lunatic Asylum, at Anchorage, the whole 

 number of patients treated during the year 

 was 515 ; and the average daily number, 389. 

 About one-fourth of the inmates are in the 

 colored department. The receipts for two 

 years were $97,243.67; expenses, $79,687.31. 

 The receipts of the Western Lunatic Asylum, 

 at Hopkinsville, for the year ending October 

 30th, were $91,999.78 ; expenses, $61,734.64 ; 

 unpaid accounts, $5,689.57; cash balance, $24,- 

 275.57. 



Although considerable additions have been 

 made to the State penitentiary at Frankfort, 

 it is still overcrowded. At the close of the 



CITY HALL, LOUISVILLE. 



year there were 986 convicts, and only 744 

 cells. Of the convicts, 453^were whites and 

 533 blacks. This shows an increase from 181 

 whites and 20 blacks in 1865. 



Under the act of the last Legislature, estab- 

 lishing a Bureau of Agriculture, Horticulture, 



and Statistics, Winston J. Davie was appointed 

 commissioner. He has made monthly reports 

 upon the agricultural interests of the State, 

 and has published "A General Account of the 

 Agricultural, Commercial, and Mineral Re- 

 sources of Kentucky." He has also in prepa- 

 ration a report entitled " Kentucky : Its Re- 

 sources and Present Condition." Some of the 

 principal live-stock and crop statistics for the 

 last three years are as follows : Horses, in 1875, 

 377,717; in 1876, 380,573; in 1877, estimated 

 at 382,000. Mules, in 1875, 121,127; in 1876, 

 124,348 ; in 1877, estimated at 122,000. Jen- 

 nets, in 1875, 3,034; in 1876, 2,743; in 1877, 

 estimated at 2,850. Cattle, in 1875, 558,737; 

 in 1876, 545,595 ; in 1877, estimated at 550,000. 

 Hogs six months old, in 1875, 596,398 ; in 

 1876, 739,866 ; in 1877, estimated at 820,000. 

 Sheep killed by dogs, in 1875, 18,534 ; in 1876, 

 12,630 ; in 1877, estimated at 15,000. Tobacco 

 (pounds), in 1875, 156,137,000 ; in 1876, 126,- 

 809,244; in 1877, estimated at 172,000,000. 

 Hemp (pounds), in 1875, 14,927,519 ; in 1876, 

 11,555,193; in 1877, estimated at 13,750,000. 

 Corn (bushels), in 1875, 63,314,126 ; in 1876, 

 65,688,429 ; in 1877, estimated at 64,500,000. 

 Barley (bushels), in 1875, 148,004; in 1876, 

 294,467 ; in 1877, estimated 

 at 300,000. Hay (tons), in 

 1875, 122,596 ; in 1876, 

 178,304; in 1877, estimated 

 at 195,000. 



The geological survey of 

 the State has continued un- 

 der the charge of Prof. N. 

 S. Shaler. About three- 

 fourths of the field-work 

 has been completed ; four 

 volumes of reports have 

 been issued, and two more 

 are in preparation. A geo- 

 logical map has been con- 

 structed, showing the lo- 

 cality of different miner- 

 als ; and a large collec- 

 tion of specimens has been 

 made. 



The commissioners ap- 

 pointed to ascertain the 

 exact boundary between 

 this State and Indiana, in 

 the vicinity of Evansville, 

 have made a report locating 

 the line a short distance 

 from the present bed of the 

 Ohio River, on the Indiana 

 side, and placing the dis- 

 puted territory of Green 

 River Island in Kentucky. 

 The report awaits the ac- 

 tion of the Legislatures of the two States. 



Under the act of the last Legislature for the 

 propagation and protection of food-fishes in 

 the waters of the State, a commission, consist- 

 ing of one member from each of the congres- 

 sional districts, was appointed in 1876. They 



