should be made of some one institution, and the Whittier School has been selected for this purpose. The ages of the inmates of this school range from eight to eighteen years. The term of commitment is from three to eleven years. The State pays one half the expense and the several counties from which the pupils are sent bear the remainder. Care is exercised that the prison aspect of the school be little in evidence, while the educational features are emphasized. Several tables taken from the last biennial report of the Superintendent are given. Although these tables are two years old, they will show the general conditions that prevail as to age, term of commitment, parentage of the inmates, etc.: Pupils Admitted and Dismissed during the Fifty-third Fiscal Year-1901-02. ADMITTED. = Total. 62.18 per cent of the fathers of the inmates are American born and The total number of foreign-born persons in California in 1900 was 367,240, or 24.7 per cent of the entire population of the State. Of these, 19.7 per cent were Germans, 12.1 per cent were Irish, 9.7 per cent were English, 6.2 per cent were Italians, and the remainder divided among the other nationalities. Compared to the total population of the State, 4.9 per cent are Germans, 2.9 per cent are Irish, 2.4 per cent are English, and 1.5 per cent are Italian. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The charitable institutions maintained by the State are: the State Hospitals for the Insane at Stockton, Napa, Agnews, Mendocino, and Highland; the Home for Feeble-Minded Children, at Eldridge, Sonoma County; the Industrial Home for Adult Blind, at Oakland; and the Institution for the Deaf and the Blind, at Berkeley. The following table shows the number, by sexes, at these institutions on July 1st of this year. The figures for the Institution for the Deaf and the Blind at Berkeley are for September 23d, and for the Industrial Home for Adult Blind, August 11th: No competitive labor is performed except at the Home for Adult Blind in Oakland. Here about seventy of the inmates are employed in the shops. They are engaged in the manufacture of brooms, brushes, hammocks, mattresses, bags, and chairs. They receive about $5,000 per annum in wages. The institution is maintained at a yearly cost of $25,000. The services of 24 officers and employés are required. At the Institution for the Deaf and the Blind at Berkeley the inmates are employed in much the same manner as at the corrective institutions at Ione and Whittier. The hours from 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. are devoted to class-room work. The curriculum follows closely that of the public schools, and in addition high school instruction is given. About 2 per cent of the pupils matriculate at the University. Two hours per day, from 2 to 4 P. M., are spent in manual training. The boys are taught printing and woodworking in various forms; the girls are taught cooking, domestic management, and sewing. Their purpose here, too, is to fit the boys and girls for some trade after they have left the institution. VALUE OF PROPERTY, AND PRODUCTS OF CALIFORNIA. In Section 3 of the Act creating this Bureau, the Commissioner is directed to report on the amount of capital invested in lands, machinery, material, and means of production generally. The inquiry was begun at so late a date that it has been practically impossible to get everything required, but an attempt has been made to get as complete information as possible along the various lines. The results have been fairly satisfactory for the products, but, owing to the variation of the Assessors' figures from year to year and the general diversity of opinion as to the real value of property, the remainder of the task has been difficult and the results unsatisfactory. The following is a table showing the assessed valuation of property, both personal and real, for 1903: |