of the institution for the year were $51,956.38. The estimated expense of keeping each boy per annum is $45.

State Industrial School for Girls, Lancaster. — Bradford K. Peirce, Superintendent. This School, heretofore known as the "State Reform School for Girls," was inaugurated August 27, 1356, and is now open. There are three buildings, each fitted to accommodate a separate family of 30 pupils, or 90 pupils in all. The object of the School is "for the instruction, employment, and reformation of exposed, helpless, evil-disposed, and vicious girls." Such girls, over 7 and under 16 years of age, upon complaint before the Judge of Probate, or a Commissioner appointed for the purpose, and notice to the parent or guardian, may be sent thither; and, in all cases, they are to be committed until they are 18 years of age, unless sooner discharged by the trustees, or bound out as apprentices.

School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth, South Boston. This school has been in operation since 1848, under the gratuitous and effective general superintendence of Dr. Samuel G. Howe. The resident Superintendent is Alexander MacDonald. January 7, 1855, there were in the school 25 State pupils, and 4 private pupils. During the year there were admitted 30, 22 State and 8 private; 13 pupils, 10 State and 3 private, were discharged, and 1 died. Leaving, Dec. 31, 1855, 45,-36 State and 9 private pupils. Of those discharged, 9 were improved, 4 were susceptible of little if any improvement, being more insane, than idiotic, and 1, though rapidly improving, needed the constant care of a mother, on account of great bodily weakness. Of those now in the school, 10 are dumb; 7 use a few words, less than 20, and the rest form simple sentences of two or three words; 3 read words of two syllables; 6 can read simple stories; 6 can count five; 16 can count more than five; 10 add and subtract simple numbers; 5 have learned part, and 2 the whole of the multiplicationtable, and I can perform examples in simple division. Two geography-classes of 5 pupils each have been studying for some months, and one class is so far advanced as to answer general questions. There has been since 1848 a private establishment for the instruction of this class at Barre, in Worcester Co.

Pauperism in the Year 1955. There were three State Almshouses opened for the reception of paupers in 1854; one at Bridgewater, one at Monson, and one at Tewksbury. The school at Monson in 1855 was set apart as "a State Pauper School" for pauper children between the ages of 5 and 16, so long as they are dependent upon public charity. There were in this house Dec. 1, 1855, 587 children,-59 under 5 years of age, 396 between 5 and 10 years of age, and 132 between 10 and 15,- and 101 paupers between 15 and 90 years. The average number supported during the year was 633. The cost of supporting each pauper was $1.03 per week, or $56.33 per year. There is one advanced school, which 150 scholars-120 boys, 30 girls-usually attend, in which the branches usually taught in the common schools are studied. There are besides five primary schools, differing but little in grade, each under the charge of a female teacher. The number attending all the schools is 436, 336 boys, 100 girls. The inspectors say: "The schools will not suffer in any respect by a comparison with our common district schools, and in some respects they are superior."

At Tewksbury, Dec. 1, 1854, there were 669 inmates; admitted during the year, 2,481, of whom 95 were born in the house; 280 died and 1,940 were discharged; leaving in the house, Dec. 1, 1855, 930, -277 men, 294 women, 204 boys, 155 girls; average number during the year, 833; cost of support of each pauper per annum, $ 56.83, or $ 1.093 per week.

At Bridgewater there were admitted during the year 1,267, including 55 born in the house, and 532 were discharged, 23 deserted, 263 died; leaving Nov. 30, 1855, 449. The average number during the year was 541, supported at an average cost per week of $0.984. At Tewksbury and Bridgewater there is still provision made for the instruction of the children. Jails and Houses of Correction in 1855. — Whole number of prisoners, including 1,035 debtors, 17,457. There were 14,369 males; 3,074 females; 2,593 minors; 529 colored; 4,434 able to read or write; 22 insane when committed; 1,500 natives of Massachusetts; 1,035 natives of other States; 4,876 foreigners; number of persons committed as witnesses, 496; number that had been addicted to intemperance, 3,213; remaining in confinement, November 1st, 1855, 1,720. Average cost of board of each prisoner per week, $1.795. Estimated value of labor in the Jails and Houses of Correction, $43,086.63. Expenses of both, $139,536.68.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for the Year ending December 31, 1854. - Thirteenth Registration Report. - The number of births during that period was 31,997; 16,352 males and 15,469 females, the sex of others not given. Of these births, 13,866 were of foreign parentage, and the parentage of 1,661 was not stated. The number of marriages was 13,683. The number of deaths was 21,414, -10,710 males and 10,558 females. Their average age was 27.16. During the five years 1850-54 there were 20,868 deaths from consumption, 12,365 of which were of females; 2,074 deaths of cholera infantum; 2,301 died of croup, of whom 83 66 per cent were children under 5 years of age, 14.64 per cent between 5 and 10 years of age; 6,085 died of dysentery, 818 of erysipelas, 1,171 of measles, 3,602 of typhus fever, 3,167 of scarlatina, 445 of scrofula, 4,298 of pneumonia, 1,626 of teething; 331 committed suicide during the five years. During the five years 56.38 per cent of the births were of American parents, 36.75 of foreign parents. Of the marriages during the year, 4,797 were between foreigners. In Boston, during the year, of those married, 2,511 were Americans, and 3,745 were foreigners.

To show the influence of occupation on longevity, the following statistics are gathered from the Report. In the nine eastern counties, the average age of 459 agriculturists was 65.50 years; of 235 seamen, 64.37; of 51 paupers, 53.78; of 84 professional men, 50.07; of 1,018 mechanics, 46.36; of 876 laborers, 43.71; of 180 public men, 43.44; and of 243 merchants, 42.35. In the five western counties, the average age of 489 agriculturists was 64.54 years; of 19 paupers, 60.73; of 39 professional men, 52.48; of 35 public men, 47.60; of 349 mechanics, 45.40; of 246 laborers, 44.02; of 47 merchants, 40.97; and the age of 1 seaman was 26.

State Census.· The usual State decennial census was taken as of June 1, 1855. Total population, 1,133,123. By counties, - Barnstable, 35,877; Berkshire, 52,791; Bristol, 87,425; Dukes, 4,401; Essex, 151,167; Franklin, 31,655; Hampden, 54,852; Hampshire, 35,485; Middlesex, 194,082; Nantucket, 8,064; Norfolk, 94,448; Plymouth, 61,513; Suffolk, 171,818; Worcester, 149,545. The population of the thirteen cities in the State, arranged according to the dates of their charters, was, Boston, 160,508; Salem, 20,934; Lowell, 37,553; Roxbury, 18,477; Cambridge, 20,473; Charlestown, 21,742; New Bedford, 20,389; Worcester, 22,286; Lynn, 15,713; Newburyport, 13,354; Springfield, 13,788; Lawrence, 16,081; Fall River, 12,680. The town of Taunton had 13,750; Chelsea, 10,151; Gloucester, 8,935; Dorchester, 8,357; Nantucket, 8,064; Haverhill, 7,940; Chicopee, 7,576; Milford, 7,489; Adams, 6,980; Abington, 6,936; Marblehead, 6,933; Newton, 6,768; Weymouth, 6,530; Pittsfield, 6,501; Fitchburg, 6,486; Plymouth, 6,486; Waltham, 6,049. There were 11 towns containing between 5,000 and 6,000, and 19 towns between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants.

The industrial statistics of the State were first collected in 1837. They then exhibited an annual production of $ 86,282,616. In 1845 the amount was $124,749,457. In 1855 it had increased to $295,820,681. The following table gives the value of some of the articles manufactured or produced in the Commonwealth, the amount of capital invested therein, and the number of hands employed, in 1855 and 1845:

V. RHODE ISLAND.

Capitals, Providence and Newport. Area, 1,200 sq. m. Population, 1850, 147,545. Government for the Year ending last Tuesday in May, 1857.

Salary. $1,000

500

1,000

750

1,000

1,200

of EastGreenwich, Comm'r of Public Schools, 1,200

of Providence,

of Bristol,

of Providence,

Adjutant-General.

Major-Gen. of the Militia.

Speaker of the House.

The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Attorney-General are elected annually on the 1st Wednesday of April, for the year commencing the last Tuesday of May. The Commissioner of Schools is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Senate consists of the Governor, who presides, the Lieutenant-Governor, and one Senator from each of the thirty-two towns in the State. The House of Representatives consists of 72 members. The Legislature holds its regular session at Newport on the last Tuesday of May, and a session, by adjournment, at Providence in January following. The pardoning power, except in cases of impeachment, is taken from the Legislature, and vested exclusively in the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The judges of the Supreme Court hold office until they are removed by a resolution passed by both houses of the Assembly, and voted for by a majority of the members elected to each house. The Court of Common Pleas in each of the five counties is held by a single judge of the Supreme Court. The associate judges of the Supreme Court divide this duty among themselves.

Sheriffs.

Newport County, Wm. D. Lake, Newport; Providence County, Elias Nickerson, Providence; Washington County, George H. Olney, Brand's Iron-Works; Bristol County, Stephen Johnson, Bristol; Kent County, Caleb A. W. Briggs, Anthony Village.

The expenses of the insane are included in Governor's orders; repairs of State Prison, Court-Houses, and various other expenses, in accounts allowed by Legislature. The State owes no debt except what it has used of the United States surplus revenue. There are about $40,000 of disputed Revolutionary claims which are sometimes called the old State debt. The valuation of the State by a committee of the Legislature appointed therefor in May, 1855, was, Providence County, $78,534,807; Newport County, $14,329,548; Washington County, $6,402,496; Kent County, $6,168,630; Bristol County, $5,739,693. Total, $111,175,174.

Number of banks in the State, 92; of

Banks in Rhode Island, September 8, 1856. which 38 were in Providence. Capital, $18,714,824. Circulation, $5,404,105. Deposits on interest, $ 351,540. Deposits not on interest, $ 2,830,636. Dividends unpaid, $83,960. Debts due other banks, $1,192,450. Net profits on hand, $1,150,799. Total liabilities, $29,723,314. Debts due from directors, $1,062,169; from other stockholders, $958,889; from all others, $24,361,401. Specie, $385,767. Bills of other banks, $1,157,252. Deposits in other banks, $1,242,362. Real estate, $323,093. Other property, $233,380. Total resources, $29,728,313. Amount of bills in circulation under $5, $1,254,167. 17 banks made no report of bills in circulation under $5. The average semiannual dividend of all the banks was 3.56 per cent. The increase of capital, exclusive of that of new banks, since the last return, was $740,552.

Savings Banks. — In the 15 institutions for savings, on the first Monday of October, 1855, there were: - - Depositors, 23,229; amount of deposits, $ 4,834,312. These institutions divide on an average 6 per cent per annum. The largest amount due any one depositor is $ 11,327. The increase during the year is as follows; in number of banks, 1; number of depositors, 2,891; in amount of deposits, $730,220.

Public Schools.-The State has a permanent School Fund, actually invested, of $73,896.38. The interest of the State's part of the United States surplus revenue (commonly called the Deposit Fund), and the proceeds of the militia commutation tax in each town, are appropriated to the public schools. $50,000 are annually paid from the State treasury for schools. Number of school districts in the State, May, 1855, the date of the last published report, is 354; number of school-houses, 378; expended for school-houses during the last year, $ 16,002; number of children of school age, that is, between 4 and 15, 33,959; number of scholars, 26,882,-14,478 males and 12,404 females; average attendance, 18,988. Number of male