Abstract of the Returns of the Banks in Massachusetts for 1851. Average dividends of thirty banks in Boston, in October, 1850, a fraction over 3.4 per cent.; in April, 1851, a fraction over 3.9 per cent. Average dividends of one hundred banks out of Boston, in October, 1850, a fraction over 3.39 per cent.; in April, 1851, a fraction over 3.7 per cent. Average dividends of one hundred and thirty banks in and out of Boston, in October, 1850, a fraction over 3.45 per cent.; in April, 1851, a fraction over 3.84 per cent. A General Banking Law was passed in the session of 1851, but as yet no bank has been organized under it. Schools for 1851.-The towns raise by taxation for the support of schools, $915,840. Besides this, $9,993, income of the "surplus revenue," is so appropriated. Total, $925,838. Add $39,652, contributed as board and fuel. Number of children in the State from 5 to 15 years old, 196,536. Number that attend school under 5 years, 17,757; over 15 years, 20,996. No. of public schools in the State, 3,987. No. of male teachers, 2,432. No. of female teachers, 6,262. No. of scholars in summer schools, 179,497. No. in winter schools, 199,429. Average attendance in summer, 132,422; in winter, 152,564. Ratio of attendance to whole number of children between 5 and 15, .72+. Average length of the schools, 7.46 months. Average wages per month, inclusive of board, paid to male teachers, $36.29. Do. to female teachers, $15.25. Amount of School Fund, December 31st, 1851, $ 955,120; decrease during the year, $2,901. From this fund about $40,000 is distributed annually among the towns for the support of schools. There are 69 incorporated academies in the State, with 4,154 pupils, and an aggregate of $ 65,613 paid for tuition; also, 785 unincorporated academies, private schools, &c., with 16,658 scholars, and an aggregate of $266,312 paid for tuition. There were in 1850 local funds for the support of academies, &c., to the amount of about $354,620, yielding an income of about $21,584. No. of volumes in school libraries, 91,539. Value, $42,707. Value of apparatus, $23,826. The value of the public school-houses in the State in 1848 was $2,750,000, of which $2,200,000 had been expended since 1838. There are (in 1851) three Normal Schools supported by the State, at an annual cost of about $8,174,- -one at Westfield, one at West Newton, and one at Bridgewater, - averaging annually, in all, 225 pupils. State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester. - George Chandler, M. D., Superintendent. Number of patients, December 1st, 1850, 441,-228 males, 213 females; admitted during the year, 263, -125 males, 138 females; remaining in the Hospital, November 30th, 1851, 466, -242 males, 224 females. Of those admitted during the year, 184 (90 males, 94 females) were committed by the courts; 23 (11 males, 12 females) by overseers of the poor; and 56 (24 males, 32 females) were private boarders. 87 foreigners (i. e. persons having no legal residence in the State), of whom 45 were males and 42 females, were admitted. 208 foreigners (103 males, 105 females) remained in the Hospital at the end of the year. 238 patients (111 males, 127 females) were discharged during the year; of whom 111 were recovered, 33 improved, 46 incurable and harmless, 4 incurable and dangerous, and 39 died. The large proportion of the patients, both male and female, had previously been accustomed to active employment. The number of State paupers in the Hospital at the end of the year, 208. Receipts during the year, $50,877.87; balance of cash, December 1st, 1850, $ 15,694.81; total, $66,572.68. Expenditures, $ 52,662.48. Leaving balance to new account, $13,910.20. The average annual expense per patient for the 19 years the Hospital has been in operation is $123.41. Chaplain; J. W. Be State Prison. - Stephen Whitmore, Warden; Rev. mis, M. D., Physician. The number of prisoners, October 1st, 1850, was 440; 169 were received during the year ending 30th September, 1851, and 137 were discharged. Number of prisoners, 30th September, 1851, 472. Of those discharged, 118 were from expiration, and 12 from remission of sentence; 1 by pardon; 1 by insanity; and 5 died. Of those in prison, 399 were committed for offences against property, and 73 for offences against the person. 21 are confined for life; 1 for 35 years; 1 for 30 years; 2 for 20 years; 3 for 18 years; and the remainder for a shorter period; 136 are confined for 2 years or less; 97 for 3 years; 56 for 4 years; 37 for 6 years; and 20 for 7 years. 76 are from 16 to 20 years old; 240 from 20 to 30; 89 from 30 to 40; 43 from 40 to 50; 21 from 50 to 60; and 3 from 60 to 70. 168 are na tives of Massachusetts; 146 of other States, and 158 are foreigners. There are 47 secondcomers, 12 third-comers, 7 fourth-comers, and 1 is a sixth-comer. There are 35 negroes, and 15 mulattoes. Average number of convicts for the year, 466. The expenses have been $45,843.78, and the receipts $ 45,344.93; deficit of receipts to meet expenses, $498.85. State Reform School, Westboro'. — W. R. Lincoln, Superintendent. Boys in the school, December 1st, 1850, 324; received since, 141; discharged during the year, 155; remaining, November 30th, 1851, 310. I was 8 years old, 7 were 9, 18 were 10, 13 were 11, 18 were 12, 21 were 13, 21 were 14, and 27 were 15. 48 were committed for larceny, 59 for stubbornness, 6 as idle and disorderly, 7 for vagrancy, 1 for shopbreaking and stealing, I for pilfer. ing, 1 for assault, and I as a runaway. 103 were committed during minority, 1 for 6 years, and the remainder for a shorter period. 19 were received from Bristol county, 3 from Berkshire, 21 from Essex, 9 from Hampden, 30 from Middlesex, 11 from Norfolk, 15 from Suffolk, 14 from Worcester, and I each from Barnstable, Dukes, Franklin, and Plymouth. 114 were born in the United States, and 15 in foreign countries. All the boys are employed during a portion of the day at some mechanical, agricultural, or domestic labor. They do the washing, ironing, and cooking, and make and mend their own clothes. Each day, 4 hours are devoted to school, 6 to labor, 8 to sleep, and 5 to recreation and miscellaneous duties. 180 acres of land were originally purchased, and since that time an adjoining farm has been added. The buildings can accommodate about 300 boys. The school has been much crowded the past year, and many boys have been rejected for want of proper accommodations. The expenses of the institution for the year were $31,224.47. Pauperism in the Year 1851. The number of persons relieved or supported as paupers was 27,624; of whom 8,093 were town paupers, and 16,154 State paupers; of these State paupers, 12,940 were foreigners, and of this number 11,905 were natives of England and Ireland. There were 201 almshouses, with 20,694 acres attached, the whole valued at $1,317,250.80. Number relieved in almshouses, 12,918 (the average being 5,039), of whom 6,178 were unable to labor. Number relieved out of almshouses, 14,167. Average weekly cost of each pauper in almshouses, $1.06 4-5; out of almshouses, $0.94 3-5. Net expense of supporting and relieving paupers, including interest on almshouse establishment, $486,638.24. Estimated value of pauper labor in almshouses, $ 18,921. 2,000 foreign paupers have come into the State within the year. 626 insane, and 372 idiots were relieved or supported during the year. 913 are paupers by reason of insanity or idiocy, and it is probable that 16,853 were made paupers by intemperance in themselves or others. Jails and Houses of Correction in 1851. — Whole number of prisoners, including 1,471 debtors, 11,628. Of these, 9,798 were males; 1,797 females; 1,935 minors; 498 colored; 3,875 able to read or write; 30 insane when committed; 1,509 natives of Massachusetts; 806 na tives of other States; 5,072 foreigners; remaining in confinement, November 1st, 1851, 1,563. Average cost of board of each prisoner per week, $1.67 17-20. Total expense for the year, $91,548.99. Estimated value of labor in Houses of Correction, $28,730.24. Total, 64 23 455 213 194 117 834 432 5 15 $2,506.50 9,963.70 6 14 13 3 63 70 55 7 33 26 5 1 4,791.73 39 103 124 16 37 17,708.45 3,123 1,323 142 368 701 397 103 89 36,107.80 4,670 2,108 269 483 921 615 132 142 $71,078.18 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for the Year ending December 31, 1850.- Returns were received from all but eight towns. The number of births during that period was 27,664, being an increase of 1,891, or 7.34 per cent., over 1849. Of these births, 8,197 were of foreign parentage, and 3,278 whose parentage was not stated. The number of marriages was 10,345. The number of deaths was 16,606; being less than those in 1849 by 3,817, or 18.69 per cent. An average of ten persons died of consumption each day of the year 1850. The Registration gives the following table. Influence of Occupation on Longevity. One year.- From Jan. 1, to 6 years and 8 months - From V. RHODE ISLAND. Government for the Year ending 1st Tuesday in May, 1853. Lieutenant-Governor, 200 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 1st Tuesday of May. The Commissioner of Schools is appointed by the Governor. The Senate consists of the Governor, who presides, he Lieutenant-Governor, and one Senator from each of the thirty-one towns in the State. The House of Representatives consists of 72 members. 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. By an act passed May, 1848, the Court of Common Pleas in each of the five counties is hereafter to be held by a single judge of the Supreme Court, sitting alone. The associate judges of the Supreme Court are to divide this duty among themselves. There are no longer any associate justices elected for each county. Clerks of the Supreme and Common Pleas Courts. The United States surplus revenue received by the State was disposed of thus: The State owes no debt except what it has used of the United States surplus revenue. 124,944.85 115,835.12 $9,109.73 Banks in Rhode Island, September 8, 1851. — Number of banks in the State, 69; of which 26 were in Providence. Capital, $ 12,906,160.60. Circulation, $3,077,000.75. Deposits on interest, $205,731.47. Deposits not on interest, $1,661,401.98. Net profits on hand, $782,628.51. Total liabilities, $ 19,621,307.63. Debts due from directors, $ 969,993.58; from other stockholders, $601,540 84; from all others, $ 16,299,851.57. Specie, $ 277,715.98. Bills of other banks, $626,305.93. Deposits in other banks, $629,033.41. Real estate, $271,541.14. Total resources, $19,610,559.16. The deficiency, $10,748.52, was in the Granite Bank, of Brownsville. Amount of bills in circulation under $5, $983,420. The average semiannual dividend of all the banks was 3157 per cent. 260 Savings Banks. In the 8 institutions for savings, on the first Monday of October, 1851, there were:- - Depositors 11,161; amount of deposits, $1,907,233.81; amount of profits on hand, $ 109,603.26. The amount of reserved profits was $59,454.74; of last dividends, $ 70,314.93. Public Schools. -The State has a School Fund, invested in bank stock, of $56,314.37. By an act passed in 1836, the interest of the State's part of the United States surplus revenue (commonly called the Deposit Fund) was set apart for public schools. $35,000 are annually paid from the State treasury for schools. By an act passed in June, 1848, the proceeds of the militia commutation tax in each town are to be applied hereafter to the support of public schools. The whole number of school districts in the State is 320, of which 8 are not organized; 271 of these districts own their school-houses; in 16 districts they are owned by the town, and in 42 by proprietors. There has been expended for school-houses during the last seven years, $172,157. No. of persons in 1850 in the State, under fifteen, 47,857. No. of scholars registered in 1851, 26,712, — 14,133 males and 12,521 females; average attendance, 19,719. No of male teachers, 256; of female, 313. Amount received from the State, $35,167.59; amount raised by towns, $55,488.69; whole amount from all sources, $109,767.01. Expended for instruction, $94,471.96. Expended for school-houses, $ 23,902.80. In June, 1851, the school laws were revised and consolidated, and in many respects much improved. State Prison, Providence. -Francis B. Lee, Warden; salary, $ 800. The number of prisoners, October 1, 1850, was 37. Committed during the year, 24; whole number during the year, 61. Discharged by expiration of sentence, 5; by the General Assembly, 8; died, 1; leaving in prison, September 30, 1851, 47, all males. The convicts in the State prison are principally employed in shoe-making; those in the Providence county jail, at cabinet-work. The income of the prison for the year was $2,761.41; the expenses were $9,851.27; excess of expense, $7,089.86. Number of persons in Providence jail at the suit of the State, September 30, 1851, 57; at the suit of the city, 11; debtors, 4; total, 72. During the year 223 were committed on sentence, 214 for default of bail, — in all, 503, of whom 452 were males, and 51 females; whites, 473; colored, 30; natives, 293; foreigners, 210. Of those sentenced, 192 reported themselves, or were known, as intemperate. There were besides committed to the jail as a house of correction, during the year, 177 persons, of whom 163 were intemperate. Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, R. I. — Dr. Isaac Ray, Superintendent. On the 31st of December, 1850, there were in the Hospital 113 patients, 50 males and 63 females. Admitted during the year, 68,- 33 males and 35 females; whole number during the year, 181. Discharged, 54, 22 males, 32 females; leaving in the Hospital, December 31, 1851, 127 patients, -61 males, 66 females. Of those discharged, 26, 8 males and 18 females, had recovered; 8, 4 males and 4 females, were improved; 4, 3 males and 1 female, were unimproved; 16, 7 males and 9 females, died. The disbursements during the year were $21,016.96; the receipts were $24,252.43. The minimum price of board for patients is $2.25 per week. The State now makes an appropriation of $ 1,000 per annum to enable the Governor to aid |