State tax for 1859, and previous years, 70,875.48 Balance in treasury, June 1, 1859, 27,802.60 State Reporter, $206,890.39 Salaries, Executive, Judiciary, &c. $24,846.02 Railroad tax div'ds paid to towns, $25,280,20 Legislature, State printer, Publishing laws, notices, &c. Deaf, dumb, blind, and insane, House of Reformation, $60,101.02 State Prison, net income, 300.00 Total means, Principal Items of Expenditure. Total expenditures for the year ending June 1, 1860, Total means for the same period, Deduct available funds, viz. cash in treasury and taxes outstanding, 206.890.39 22,444.62 $82,147.76 32.060.61 $50,087.15 Amount of indebtedness above available funds, There were besides $ 15,592.03 of Trust Funds in the Treasury, which are included in the above indebtedness. Banks.-The condition of the banks, on the first Monday in June, 1860, was as follows:Number of banks, 51; capital stock, $4,941,000; deposits, $1,211,552; circulation, $3,117,444; loans, $ 8,330,919; deposits in other banks to redeem bills, $ 941,199.47; bills of other banks, and checks, $156,397; specie, $253,496; real estate, $75,726; total means, $9,779.938. Savings Banks. -There were twenty-six savings-banks; deposits, $4,860,025. Bank Commissioners. Daniel P. Wheeler, Orford; Cyrus K. Sanborn, Rochester; George W. Pinkerton, Manchester. Insurance Companies. The reports of the insurance commissioners do not present the returns of the insurance companies in such a form as to give the aggregates of risks, or premiums, or losses. Insurance Commissioners. Otis F. R. Waite, Claremont; Benjamin M. Colby, Sanbornton; Oliver C. Fisher, Henniker. Hillsborough.-Harry Brickett, of Hillsboro', Common Schools. - A School Commissioner is appointed by the Executive for one year for each county, and the several Commissioners constitute the Board of Education, electing one of their number Chairman, and another, Secretary. The Commissioners for the year ending July 15, 1861, are as follows:Rockingham.-Wm. S. Abbott, of Raymond. Strafford.Wm. D. Knapp, of Somersworth. Belknap.-William N. Blair, of Laconia. Carroll. Samuel D. Quarles, of Ossipee. Merrimack. Horatio Merrill, of Salisbury. Cheshire. Chairman. Herbert B. Titus, of Chesterfield. Paul S. Adams, of Newport. Grafton.-James W. Patterson, of Hanover, Secretary. Coos. -Joseph B. Hill, of Stewartstown. The school returns for the year ending May, 1859, give the following statistics: Number of districts, 2,362; number of different scholars 4 years of age and upwards attending public schools not less than two weeks, 86,708; average attendance for the year, 55,606; number between 4 and 14 not attending school anywhere, 1,212; average monthly wages of teachers, males $25.30, females $ 14.15; number of male teachers employed during the year, 1,104; of female, 3,134. Of the teachers employed 2,556 have attended teachers' institutes. Average length of winter schools, weeks, 10.7; of summer schools, 10.3. Volumes in school district, social, and town libraries, 37,308. Estimated value of schoolhouses and appurtenances, $704,904; of maps, charts, &c., and school apparatus, $8,743; number of unfit school-houses, 573; amount raised by town tax for schools, $ 215,465, which is $18,064 more than the law requires; amount contributed in addition to tax, $ 12,796; income from local funds, $ 7,928; from surplus revenue, $1,453; from railroad tax, $3,295; amount of literary fund, $ 23,841; whole amount of money appropriated for public schools, $232,842. Visits of superintending committee, 11,333; of prudential school committee, 4,254; of citizens of the town, 79,516. Number of incorporated academies and permanent schools, in 1858, 84; attendance of different scholars, 8,716. Amount paid for tuition in colleges, academies, &c., $ 36,298. Eighteen Teachers' Institutes were held in the ten counties during the year ending May, 1858, at which there was reported the attendance of nearly 1,901 teachers. State Prison, Concord, for the year ending May 31, 1859.-John Foss, Warden, salary $800; Rev. Samuel Cooke, Chaplain; Timothy Haynes, M. D., Physician. Whole number of convicts in prison, June 1, 1859, 105. Received since, 35. Whole number, 140. There have been discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 18; by pardon, 10; by death, 1; sent to Insane Asylum, 1; in all 30. Leaving in prison, May 31, 1860, 110. Of those remaining in prison, 109 are males, and I is a female. 58 convicts are employed in the cabinet-shop, 36 in the shoe-shop, and 1 female is employed in sewing. Of those in prison, 6 were sentenced for murder, 4 for attempts to kill, 6 for burning and attempts to burn, 76 for burglary, larceny, and receiving. 12 are under 20 years of age, 95 were born in this country (49 in New Hampshire), and 15 were of foreign birth. The prison library consists of about 500 volumes. Since the establishment of the prison, in 1812, there have been admitted 1,129; discharged by expiration of sentence, 555; by pardon, 368; removal to insane asylum, 4; by death, 64; by escape, 15. New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord. - Jesse P. Bancroft, Superintendent. This institution is under the direction of a board of twelve trustees, three being appointed each year for four years. Rev. Charles Burroughs, D. D., of Portsmouth, is President of the Board, and Joseph B. Walker, of Concord, Secretary. Since the opening of the asylum, in 1843, there have been admitted, to May 1, 1860, 1,735 patients; 184 now remain in the institution. The number of patients admitted during the eleven months, from June 1, 1859 to May 1, 1860, was 85 (47 males and 38 females). 66 (37 males and 29 females) were discharged during the year, and 17 died. Of those discharged, 38 had recovered, 16 had improved, 12 were not relieved. Causes assigned for the insanity of some of those admitted during the year: - Love affairs, 1; vicious habits, 11; domestic trouble, 7; business perplexities, 3; intemperance, 6 ; spiritualism, 1. Of those admitted, 37 (21 males and 16 females) were married, 41 (23 males and 18 females) were single, 4 were widows, and 3 were widowers. Of those admitted, 29 were farmers, and 22 females were engaged in domestic occupations; 7 females were factory operatives, 2 males and 7 females had no occupation. Receipts during the year, $31,855.97; expenses, 31,226.60; excess of receipts, $629.37. The crops the last year (1859) from the farm belonging to the institution were valued at $3,292.85. By the aid of the income of the permanent funds of the institution, the trustees are enabled to put the price of board to patients at $2.50 a week. It is estimated that there are, including those in the asylum, 550 insane persons in the State. House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders against the Laws. This institution has a farm of 100 acres, near Manchester. The buildings were dedicated May 12, 1858. The cost of land, buildings, and furniture has been near $50,000. Horton D. Walker, of Portsmouth, N. H., is President of the Board of Trustees. Brooks Shattuck, and his wife, Mary Shattuck, are the Superintendents. The plan is that of the "Family System." The buildings are so arranged as to accommodate several families of children, each family in separate buildings, but all so connected by a narrow corridor as to form externally but one building. The intended classification is such, that not more than 63 children will associate together, and no boy in one family can see those in another, except in the chapel. From its opening to the 30th April, 1860, 63 boys and girls had been received. There were in the school, April 30, 1859, 39 (34 boys and 5 girls. Admitted during the year, 23 (20 boys and 3 girls). Whole number during the year, 62. 10 were discharged, 7 escaped, 1 was rejected, and 2 were sent to State prison. Remaining, April 30, 1860, 41 (34 boys and 7 girls). Of all received, 32 were committed for larceny, 4 for shop breaking, 9 for vagrancy, 1 for horse stealing, and 2 for drunkenness. Their average age was 13 years and 7 months. 35 were born in New Hampshire; 7 were of foreign birth. The estimated value of the products of the farm for the year was $ 1,542.95. There is a library of nearly 600 volumes. The Superintendent taught a school of 16 weeks during the winter and spring, and there was a Sabbath School during the summer and fall months. XXI. NEW JERSEY. Capital, Trenton. Area, 6,851 sq. m. Population, 1860, 676,084. Government for the Year 1861. Term expires. Salary. CHARLES S. OLDEN, of Princeton, Governor, Jan. 17, 1863, $1,800 & fees. Whitefield S. Johnson, of Trenton, Sec. of State, Mar. 18, 1866, 500 & fees. Rescarrick M. Smith, of Hightstown, Treasurer, Feb. 21, 1861, 1,000 & fees. F. W. Ricord, of Newark, Superin tendent of Public Schools, April 1, 1862, 500 R. F. Stockton, Jr., of Trenton, 100 Lewis Perrine, 100 C. J. Ihrie, State Librarian, 2.00 a day. 3.50 a day. His term The Governor is elected by a plurality vote for three years. commences the 3d Tuesday of January. The Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. His term of office is five years. The Treasurer is elected by the Legislature on joint ballot for one year, and until his successor is qualified, and the State Librarian is elected for two years. The Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Trustees of the School Fund for two years. The Adjutant and Quartermaster-General are appointed by the Governor. Senators, 21 in number, are elected for three years, one third every year. Representatives, 60 in number, are elected each year. The pay of members of both branches is $3 a day for the first 40 days, $1.50 a day afterwards. The presiding officers have $4 a day for the first 40 days, and $2 a day afterwards. The Legislature meets annually at Trenton on the second Tuesday of January. JUDICIARY. Court of Errors and Appeals. This court is composed of the Chancellor, the judges of the Supreme Court, and six other judges appointed by the Governor with the consent * The officers of the session of 1860 were, President of Senate, Charles L. C. Gifford ; Secretary, John C. Rafferty of New Germantown; Speaker, Austin H. Patterson, of Monmouth Co.; Clerk, Daniel Blauvelt, of Newark. of the Senate, who hold office for six years, one judge vacating his seat each year in rotation. The court holds stated terms at Trenton, on the second Tuesday in March, and third Tuesday in June and November. The Governor, Chancellor, and the six judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, constitute the pardoning power. A major part of them, of whom the Governor shall be one, may remit fines and forfeitures, and grant pardons, after conviction, in all cases except impeachment. All the judges of this court receive $5 a day for each day's attendance. The six judges receive no other salary. This per diem is in addition to the salary of the Chancellor and of the judges of the Supreme Court. The Chancellor is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, for seven years. This court holds three terms annually at Trenton, on the first Tuesday in February, and third Tuesday in May and October. This court consists of a chief justice and six associate justices, who are appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, for seven years; and the State is divided into seven districts, to each of which a justice of this court is assigned. This court holds three terms each year at Trenton, on the fourth Tuesday in February, and the first Tuesday in June and November; and the judges of this court hold Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer three times a year in each county. The judges of the Supreme Court are also ex officio judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court, and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, of the several counties, and the judge holding the Circuit Court of any county is the presiding judge of said court. Courts of Common Pleas are held three times a year in each county, by judges appointed by the Legislature for five years, who receive fees and $2 per diem for each day's attendance, and the number of whom is limited to three in each county. Term expires. Edw'd W. Whelpley, of Morristown, Chief Justice, 1868, of Elizabeth City, Associate Justice, 1862, Salary. $2,100 2,000 Elias B. D. Ogden, Whole amount expended, Balance in Treasury, January 1, 1860, Principal Items of Ordinary Expenditure. Farnum Preparatory School,. 26,800.42 State Prison repairs, 2,392,54 Interest, $126,087.15 Library,. State and incidental account, 24,000.00 Extraordinary Expenditures. Taxes on capital stock, 43,032-02 The whole amount of the absolute debt of the State, January 1, 1860, was $95,000.00 Annual interest upon absolute debt, 5,700.00 There were at the same date unpaid appropriations to the amount of 45,098,78 246,482.27 The value of the State property not now productive, consisting of the surplus revenue lent to the counties without interest, Whole amount of productive School Fund owned by the State, $449,634.95 Whole amount of School Fund, available and unavailable, Jan. 1, 1860, 460,804.80 Common Schools, Year ending December 15, 1859. - Number of cities and townships in the State, 201; number of townships making returns, 189; number of districts in those |