portions, extensive coal fields, while iron and zinc are found in some parts of the state. The value of the annual mineral product is already more than a million of dollars, and is rapidly increasing. Manufacturing is in its infancy but is attracting a large amount of capital and skilled industry; and the presence of minerals, fuel, and in some instances of water-power, present favorable circumstances for an enlargement of this business; the value of manufactures increased more than a hundred per cent. from 1865 to 1867. Table giving amount of land cultivated and principal products in 1865 and 1867. In a majority of the counties, farm lands have increased in value 75 per cent. since the census of 1860. Wild or unimproved lands range in price from $1.25 to $25 per acre. Land Grants. The state has received and controls for various purposes the following land grants: For aiding the common schools of the state, 1,548,487.97 acres; for agricultural college, 208,430.30 acres; towards a State University Fund, 92,030.37 acres; and to aid in the construction of railroads, 3,270,702 acres. The great value of these grants can only be indefinitely esti mated in their present undeveloped state. Banks and Railroads. There were in the state, October 1, 1868, 44 National Banks, with a capital of $4,057,000; and 1,152 miles of railroad finished and in operation. The number of newspapers or periodicals published in the state is,-daily, 16; tri-weekly, 2; semi-weekly. 3; weekly, 141; semi-monthly, 1; monthly, 3; quarterly, 1; total, 167. There are 29 Home, and 91 Foreign Insurance Companies doing business in the state. lots,.... .$189,550,825 11. KANSAS. Capital, Topeka. Area, 81,318 square miles. Population, (1860), 107,206. Kansas formed part of the great Louisiana purchase acquired from France in 1803, and was subsequently included in the Missouri, Arkansas and Indian Territories, from which last it was, in May 1854, erected into a separate territory, and admitted into the Union as a State, January 29, 1861. For several years a fierce contest raged in the territory on the subject of slavery, but the strife was finally adjusted by its being admitted as a free State. The above officers are chosen by the people for a term of two. years. The general election is held on the first Wednesday in November. Senators, 25 in number, elected for two years, and Representatives, 75 in number, elected for one year, constitute the Legislature, which meets annually on the second Tuesday in January. White male citizens of the United States, or persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, who have resided in the State six months, and in the township thirty days, are entitled to vote. No person under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane, or any person convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights, nor any soldier, seaman or marine shall be allowed to vote. At the election in November, 1867, three amendments to the constitution respecting voters were submitted to the people, with the following results: On striking out "white," the yeas were 10,483, nays, 19,421. Majority against, 8,938. On striking out "male," the yeas were 9,070, nays, 19,857. Majority against, 10,787. On disfranchising rebels, the yeas were 15,672, nays, 12,990. Majority for, 2,682. JUDICIARY. The Supreme Court of Kansas consists of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices. The Judges are elected by the qualified voters of the State; those of the Supreme Court for six years, and those of the District Courts for four years. Two sessions of the Supreme Court are held annually at Topeka, in January and July. UNITED STATES COURTS. Circuit Judge, Samuel H. Miller. District Judge, Mark W. Delahay. District Attorney, S. A. Riggs. Marshal, C. C. Whiting. Clerk of Circuit and District Courts, A. L. Thomas, * $6.00 per day during session of Legislature. SUPREME COURT. Chief Justice, S. A. Kingman, Atchison. DISTRICT COURTS. Judges. 1st District, H. W. Ide, Leavenworth; 2d District, Nathan Price, Troy; 3d District, John T. Morton, Topeka: 4th District, O. A. Bassett, Lawrence; 5th District, John H. Watson, Emporia; 6th District, D. P. Lowe, Mound City; 7th District, J. R. Goodin, Humboldt; 8th District, James Humphrey. Manhattan; 9th District, W. H. Brown, Cottonwood Falls. Salary of first five, $2,000 each; of the others, $1,500 each. FINANCES. The receipts for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1867, were Balance in the Treasury Nov. 30, 1867, $552,217.03 516,605.02 $35,612.01 The receipts and disbursements were on account of the following funds: The outstanding liabilities, Nov. 30, 1867, were $1,002,069.82, from which are to be deducted the sums expended for war purposes, amounting in all to $328,594.82, which leaves to the State a bonded indebtedness of $673,475.00. November 30, 1868, the bonded debt was $1,095,175; outstanding warrants, $290,254; total, $1,385,429. Taxes due for 1867 and 1868, and being paid, $390,952. EDUCATION. The State University at Lawrence has been in part re-organized, its course of study has been extended, and additions have been made to its corps of Instructors. It now embraces a collegiate and a preparatory course. The act incorporating the University endowed it with 46,080 acres of land, and $10,000 cash, besides a site of 40 acres adjoining the city. In 1867, a military department was added to the State Agricultural College, and the agricultural course extended. A number of denominational and private institutions have been established, some of which are doing excellent service in the cause of education. The school system has been modeled after the systems of the older States, and with the exceptions incident to a new country, has been efficiently administered, and the schools have rapidly improved. The public schools are under the general supervision of a Superintendent of Public Instruction. County Superintendents have the oversight of the schools in their respective counties, receiving the reports from district officers, and reporting annually to the State Superintendent. The Legislature in 1863 appropriated 30,380 acres of salt lands to endow a Normal School, which was located at Emporia, and opened in February, 1865, with 18 students. The attendance during the second year was 130. The year commenced in January, 1868, with a larger number of students, than ever before. The school has a good building, costing $18,000. A successful model department is connected with it. Each representative district can send one pupil to the Normal School. The male pupils must be 17, and the females 16 years of age, and pledge themselves to teach in the State as long as they attend the Normal School. Public Schools. Number of school districts, in 1866-7, 1,172; increase for the year, 186; number of white persons between the ages of 5 and 21-males, 30,028; females, 28,275; total, 58,303; number of colored persons of same age-males, 2,247; females, 2,283; total, 4,535; whole number of persons of school age, 62,838; increase, 8,110; number of children enrolled in public schools-white-males, 19,460; females, 17,484; total, 86,944; colored-males, 1,236; females, 1,269; total, 2,505; whole number, 39,449; increase, 8,191; number attending select schools, academies and colleges, 4,243; number attending public schools and other institutions of learning, 43,692; increase, 7,903; average daily attendance of children-white, 19,591; colored, 982; total, 20,573; average time of school taught for children-white, 4.4 months; colored, 4.8 months; number of teachers employed-males, 541; females, 664; total, 1,205; increase, 119; number of teachers employed in select schools, academies and colleges, 107; in public and other schools, 1,312; increase, 64; average wages paid per month to teachers-male, $39.44; female, $26.41; amount paid for teachers' wages in public schools, $170,436.39; increase, $54,522.28; amount expended in repairs and incidentals, $42,824.42; increase, $10,361.21; amount disbursed to counties from annual fund, $47,961.86; increase, $16,907.12; amount raised by district tax for public schools, $273,057.18; increase, $80,437.01; amount from various sources for support of public schools, $342,271.92; increase, $88,657.36; number of school houses-log, 241; frame, 339; brick, 15; stone, 108; total, 703; total value of school houses, $573,690.03; increase, $254,792.77; amount added to the interest-bearing permanent school fund, $66,725; increase, $36,653.44; amount of permanent school fund now invested and bearing interest, $96,796.56. State Normal School, Emporia. L. B. KELLOGG, Principal. Number of pupils in Normal Department-ladies, 70; gentlemen, 55; total, 125; in Model School-girls, 15; boys, 12; total, 27; whole number in school, 152. CHARITABLE AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS. The charitable institutions already established are in successful operation. An Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb has been organized at Olathe, at which 25 pupils were in attendance in 1867. The Asylum for the Insane at Osawatomie, was opened November 1, 1866; it has accommodations for only 22 patients. More than this number applied in 1867, who were rejected for want of room. The treatment of those received was successful, more than half having recovered. An institution for the Blind has been located at Wyandotte, and a building erected at a cost of about $18,000, on a site, including nearly 10 acres, donated by the city. The institution was opened in 1868. As a rule, applicants who are under nine or over twenty-one years of age, are not admitted; but exceptions are sometimes made in peculiar cases, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees. No person of imbecile or unsound mind, or of confirmed immoral character, will be received. All are required to come with an adequate supply of good, comfortable clothing, embracing suitable articles for both summer and winter wear. No charge is made for the instruction of pupils. Kansas Asylum for the Blind, Wyandotte City. H. H. SAWYER, Superintendent. Number of inmates, Oct. 1, 1868, 15. Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, Olathe. Louis H. JENKINS, Superintendent. Number of inmates, September 1, 1868, 27; annual appropriation by legislature, $8,000 or $10,000. POPULATION, WEALTH AND INDUSTRY. The population in 1860 was 107,206. At the time of the previous decennial census, the whole State was a wilderness, with a few scattering white settlements. Soon after its organization as a territory and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise act, emigrants from the Northern and Southern States poured in rapidly, the one section determined to exclude, and the other to introduce slavery. A bitter struggle ensued, which at last culminated in actual war. Lawrence was sacked and burned, and for a time life and property were insecure. Since the final settlement of the slavery question, immigration has increased, and the eastern part of the State has rapidly filled up. The present population is estimated at 300,000 or more. The soil of the greater part of the State is excellent, there being two classes of land, the first embracing the alluvions of the river, and the strips of timber. Of this class, there are at least 10,000,000 acres in the State, or fully five times the amount of improved land. For the production of the heavier kinds of cereals, this land is surpassed in richness by none of the neighboring States. For wheat and other small grains, the second-class lands, embracing the upland or rolling prairies, are preferred. The scarcity of building timber is amply compensated by the general distribution of stone suitable for the construction of buildings and fences. Unfailing springs of pure cold water are very abundant, and wells, furnishing a copious supply, need not be sunk over twenty to forty feet. The climate is temperate and healthful. The locality of the State, half-way up the slope of the eastern Cordilleras, gives it the advantage of the higher strata of the atmosphere, with more general circulation. The equability of temperature is especially favorable to stock-raising. From a report of the surveyor-general, it is seen that horses have increased in number in seven years, since the last decennial census, from 18,882 to 150,000; mules from 1,430 to 10,000; cattle of all kinds from 87,000 to 1,000,000; and sheep from 15,000 to 100,000. The total value of live stock has advanced from $3,205,522 to $40,300,000. The mineral deposits of Kansas are as yet imperfectly known; but sufficient has been developed incidentally to warrant the belief that the State has a liberal endowment of the useful minerals. The coal measures of the eastern portion are supposed to cover an extensive region. In Leavenworth, Osage, and Bourbon counties, in which alone the veins have been worked to any considerable extent, the supply seems abundant and the quality superior. Sand rock and lime rock crop out all over the State. Fine magnesian limestone of beautiful color has been quarried on the Kansas river near Fort Riley, and is now used in erecting public buildings. There are a number of salt springs. At the close of the fiscal year 1867, surveys had been extended over 20,510,443 acres of the public lands. Under the appropriation of $15,000 by act of Congress, March 2, 1867, contracts were made embracing the lands on the Smoky Hill, Saline and Solomon Forks of Kansas river, which were required |