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MICHIGAN. 



MILAN IV. OBRENOVITCH, PRINCE. 



Degrees conferred, pharmaceutical chemist, 28 ; 

 civil engineer, 5; bachelor of science, 11; 

 bachelor of philosophy, 19; bachelor of arts, 

 39 ; doctor of medicine, 84 ; bachelor of laws, 

 122 ; doctor of homoeopathic medicine, 13 ; 

 doctor of dental surgery, 10 ; second degrees, 

 30; total, 362. The total resources of the 

 University for the fiscal year were $140,203.16 ; 

 expenditures, $140,046.99; balance in treasury, 

 $156.17. 



The number of students in the Agricultural 

 College for the year was 154. The annual ex- 

 penses of students at this institution, after de- 

 ducting what is allowed them for labor, is esti- 

 mated at from $80 to $100. The new dormi- 

 tory building, to take the place of the one 

 burned, was erected and is now occupied. 



UNIVERSITY TTAT.T., MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, ANN ARBOR. 



The students in attendance at the State 

 Normal School for the year were 605. The 

 State appropriated $30,000 for building pur- 

 poses, and the school is in every particular 

 prosperous. 



The report for the Michigan Asylum for the 

 Insane shows the following facts : 



Number patients under treatment September 80, 1876. . 61T 



Received during the year 257 



Number discharged and deceased 209 



Number remaining under treatment September 80, 



1877 665 



Those discharged are classified as follows: 



Recovered or improved Ill 



Unimproved 67 



Died "... 41 



The causation of mental disease in those ad- 

 mitted is classified as follows: Heredity, 5; 

 defective organization, 16 ; defective training, 

 '1; previous attacks, 15; intemperance, 13; 

 exhaustion from vicious habits, 7; prolonged 

 drafts on vitality from emotional disturbances, 

 or from physical causes, not including diseases, 

 79 ; shock and fright, 3 ; acute or chronic 

 bodily disorders or injuries, 16 ; acute or 

 ehronic diseases or injuries of the nervous sys- 



tem, 5 ; diseases of the female sexual system, 

 14 ; puerperal, 10 ; epilepsy, 13 ; popular errors, 

 4 ; exposure in the army, 3 ; unassigned, 53. 

 The number of insane in the State is estimated 

 by the Superintendent at 1,200, and the number 

 requiring asylum treatment about 1,000. The 

 Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, at 

 Pontiac, was not completed so as to be ready 

 for patients at the end of the year. 



In the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, 

 215 deaf and dumb pupils received instruction 

 during the year, and 51 blind pupils. Cabinet- 

 making, shoemaking, and printing are taught 

 to the deaf and dumb boys, and basket-making 

 and broom-making to the blind. 



In the State Public School for Dependent 

 Children at Coldwater, the whole number of 

 students during the year 

 was 509; apprenticed, 

 204; returned to coun- 

 ties whence they came, 

 17; sent to the Reform 

 School, 2 ; absconded, 4; 

 died, 30; remaining in 

 school, 252. In the State 

 Reform School at Lan- 

 sing, the number of in- 

 mates at the beginning 

 of the year was 242 ; re- 

 ceived during the year, 

 123 ; released during the 

 year, 103 ; remaining in 

 school, 262. The par- 

 entage of those received 

 was : American, 46 ; 

 English, 2 ; Irish, 26 ; 

 German, 13; Canadian, 

 19 ; colored, 6 ; un- 

 known, 11. The pupils 

 are mainly employed 

 in making shoes and chairs, and in cultivating 

 the farm. The State House of Correction and 

 Reformatory at Ionia was opened for the re- 

 ception of prisoners, August 15, 1877. Up to 

 December 31, 1877, there had been received by 

 transfer from State-prison, 116; by sentence 

 from courts, 151 ; discharged in that time, 59 ; 

 number remaining, 208. Offenders between 

 the ages of 16 and 25 are sent here, except 

 where the sentence is for life. 



The fiscal year at the State-prison closed Sep- 

 tember 30th. Statistics for the year, as fur- 

 nished by the warden, are as follows : 



Received during the year 



Discharged 



Transferred to State House of Correction 



Died during year 



Pardoned during year 



Prisoners September 80. 1877 



Life convicts received during year 



Average length of sentence of those received 

 during year, 8 years, 5 months, and 22 days. . 

 Gross earnings for year $108,590 17 



MILAN IV. OBRENOVITCH, Prince of 

 Servia, was born September 18, 1854, and is 

 the fourth prince of the house of Obrenovitch, 

 that rules over Servia. At an early age he 

 was sent to Paris to be educated, where he re- 



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