The entire payments during the year on account of ordinary expenditures were

On all other accounts, including $475,000 loans repaid,

Total payments, .

Deficit in the revenue for 1852,

Cash on hand, January 1st, 1853,

$674,622.37

840,936.90

$1,515,559.27

76,451.88 $266,144.54

Of this $8,684.02 is on account of ordinary revenue, and $257,460.52 on account of the school and other funds.

Commissioners for various purposes, 3,741 87 School fund from lands, &c.,

248,786.73

The debt of Massachusetts, on its own account, was, on the 1st January, 1853, $1,636,149.48 Liability of the Commonwealth for scrip loaned to the various railroads,

Total absolute and contingent debt,

5,049.555 56 $6,685,705.04

The value of the property of the Commonwealth, January 1st, 1852, consisting of notes, mortgages, stocks and scrip, and the Western Railroad sinking fund,

$3,153,930.98

Claim on United States for militia services in last war,

Real estate, unproductive,

State Reform School fund in the hands of trustees,

Lands in Maine unsold, 1,800,000 acres, supposed to be worth at least,

Mortgages on the various railroads,

Total property of the Commonwealth,

181,000.00 1,802,446.02

49,000 00 616,027.44 5,049,555.56

$10,851,960.00

6,695,705.04

$4,166,254.96

Institutions for Savings in 1852.- In the 54 institutions that made returns, there were 97,353 depositors, and $18,401,307.80 deposits securely invested. The average dividend for the year was a fraction over 4.69 per cent. The average annual per cent. of dividends of the last five years is a fraction over 6.49 per cent. The whole expense of managing these 54 Savings Banks was $49,380.02.

Insurance Abstract for 1852. -Number of stock offices, 33, 19 of which are in Boston. Capital, $6,327,050.00. In United States stocks and Treasury-notes, $51,000. Bank stocks in Massachusetts, $4,368,319.18. State Stock, $136,320.00. Loans on bottomry and respondentia, $29,250. Real estate, $403,730.67. Mortgages on do., $ 1,003,534.02. Loans on collateral and personal security, $593,610.77; loans on personal security only, $437,115.96. Cash, $252,418.01. Reserved or contingent fund, $531,828.70. Railroad stock, $587,210.74. Losses ascertained and unpaid, $232.777.27. Estimated losses in addition, $542,054.07. Premium notes, $1,987,414.08, of which $353,022.26 are on risks that have terminated. Notes bad or doubtful, but not charged to profit and loss, $23,397.50. At risk, marine, $65,914,580.25; fire, $74,285,079.05. Premiums on fire risks undetermined, $549,770.18. Average annual dividends for 5 preceding years, or since incorporated, 9.82 per cent. (Boston offices, 11.91 per cent.) Fire losses paid last year, $334,740.66. Marine losses do., $1,504,574.54.

Abstract of the Returns of the Banks in Massachusetts for 1852.
32 Banks in 105 Banks out Total, 137

Banks. $

Boston. $ 24,660,000.00 18,610,500.00 43,270,500.00 7,182,252.00 10.200,250.00 17,382,502.00 1,122,339.00 2,667,528.75 3,789,867.75 3,283,398.27 1,985,075.16 5,268,473.43 8,370.293.71 237,944.30 8,608,238.01 10,293,087.55 4,774,116.67 15,067,204.22 256,033.14 218,018.64 474,051.78 55,167,403.67 38,693,433.62 93,860,837.29

2,784,792.08

631,241 49 4,392, 125.42 405,402.00

778,990.44 3,563,782.52

459,221.60 1,090,463.09

484,482.29 4,876,607.71

64,152.35 469,554.35

2,844,478.96 3,821,933 19 6,666,412.15

44,109,363 72 33,062,715.31 77,172,079.03 55,167,403 67 38,671,495.18 93,839,898.85 1,861,775.00 1,385,998.67 3,247,773.77 1,988,664.58 1,191,373.32 3,180,037.90 228,870.31 293,153.54 522,023.85 24,103.28 174,659.93 198,763.21

Average dividends of thirty-two banks in Boston, in October, 1851, a fraction over 3.71 per cent.; in April, 1852, a fraction over 3.89 per cent. Average dividends of one hundred and five banks out of Boston, in October, 1851, a fraction over 3.94 per cent.; in April, 1852, a fraction over 3.76 per cent. Average dividends of one hundred and thirty-seven banks in and out of Boston, in October, 1851, a fraction over 3 80 per cent.; in April, 1852, a fraction over 3.84 per cent.

Schools for 1852.-The towns raise by taxation for the support of schools, $ 910,216.04. Besides this, $11,316.38, income of the "surplus revenue," is so appropriated. Total, $921,532.42. Add $39,778.87, contributed as board and fuel. Number of children in the State from 5 to 15 years old, 202,880. Number that attend school under 5 years, 18,260; over 15 years, 21,695; No. of public schools in the State, 4,056. No. of male teachers, 2,454. No. of female teach ers, 6.456. No. of scholars in summer schools, 185,752. No. in winter schools, 199,183. Average attendance in summer, 136,309; in winter, 152,564. Ratio of attendance to whole number of children between 5 and 15, .71. Average length of the schools, 7 months. Average wages per month, inclusive of board, paid to male teachers, $37.26. Do. to female teachers, $15.36. Amount of School Fund, December 31st, 1852, $445,393.75. From this

fund about $40,000 is distributed annually among the towns for the support of schools. There are 71 incorporated academies in the State, with 4,220 pupils, and an aggregate of 82,580.29 paid for tuition; also, 749 unincorporated academies, private schools, &c., with 16,131 scholars, and an aggregate of $231,967.28 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 1852) three Normal Schools supported by the State, at an annual cost of about 8,600,-one at Westfield, one at Framingham (removed from West Newton), and one at Bridgewater, -averaging an nually, in all, 225 pupils.

State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester. — George Chandler, M.D., Superintendent. Number of patients, December 1st, 1851, 466,-242 males, 224 females; admitted during the year, 309, 148 males, 161 females; remaining in the Hospital, November 30th, 1852, 532, — 264 males, 268 females. Of those admitted during the year, 259 (118 males, 141 females) were committed by the courts; 39 (23 males, 16 females) by overseers of the poor; and 11 (7 males, 4 females) were private boarders. 128 foreigners (i. e. persons having no legal residence in the State), of whom 56 were males and 72 females, were admitted. 241 foreigners (111 males, 130 females) remained in the Hospital at the end of the year. 243 patients (126 males, 117 females) were discharged during the year; of whom 103 were recovered, 34 improved, 20 incurable and harmless, 41 incurable and dangerous, and 45 died. The large proportion of the patients, both male and female, had previously been accustomed to active employment. Number of State paupers in the Hospital at the end of the year, 241. Receipts during the year, $52,971.72; balance of cash, December 1st, 1850, $13,910.20; total, $66,881.92. Expenditures, $ 44,101.79. Leaving balance to new account, $22,780.13. The average annual expense per patient for the 19 years the Hospital has been in operation is $123.41.

State Prison.-Stephen Whitmore, Warden; Rev. Henry E. Hempstead, Chaplain; J. W. Bemis, M. D., Physician. The number of prisoners, October 1st, 1851, was 472; 177 were received during the year ending 30th September, 1852, and 166 were discharged. Number of prisoners, 30th September, 1852, 483. Of those discharged, 134 were from expiration, and 19 from remission of sentence; 1 by pardon; 8 by insanity; and 4 died. Of those in prison, 421 were committed for offences against property, and 76 for offences against the person. 172 are natives of Massachusetts, 141 of other States, and 170 are foreigners. There are 47 second-comers, 12 third comers, 7 fourth-comers, and 1 is a sixthcomer. There are 35 negroes, and 12 mulattoes. Average number of convicts for the year, 483. The expenses have been $ 61,633.56, and the receipts $ 57,458.09; deficit of receipts to meet expenses, $4,175.47.

State Reform School, Westborough. —James M. Talcott, Superintendent. Boys in the school, Dec. 1st, 1851, 319; received since, 164; discharged during the year, 133; remaining, November 30th, 1852, 341. 6 were 8 years old, 5 were 9, 12 were 10, 22 were 11, 18 were 12, 35 were 13, 22 were 14, and 31 were 15. 48 were committed for larceny, 76 for stubbornness, 4 as idle and disorderly, 7 for vagrancy, 1 for shopbreaking and stealing, 1 for assault, 3 as runaways, 1 for forgery, 1 for robbery from person, 4 for shopbreaking with intent to steal, 1 as common drunkard, 4 for malicious mischief, and 2 for trespass. 127 were com• mitted during minority, 1 for 8 years, and the remainder for shorter periods. 8 were received from Bristol county, 11 from Berkshire, 30 from Essex, 3 from Hampden, 28 from Middlesex, 2 from Norfolk, 37 from Suffolk, 32 from Worcester, 2 from Plymouth, and 1 each from Franklin and Hampshire. 132 were born in the United States, and 23 in foreign coun⚫ tries. 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. A new wing has been added to the build

ing the past season, and the school can now accommodate 550 inmates. The expenses of the institution for the year were $27,487.32.

Pauperism in the Year 1852. The number of persons relieved or supported as paupers was 27,737; of whom 8,235 were town paupers, and 14,388 State paupers; of these State paupers, 11,321 were foreigners, and of this number 9,788 were natives of England and Ireland. There were 201 almshouses, with 21,111 acres attached, the whole valued at $1,292,242.33. Number relieved in almshouses, 12,337 (the average being 5,010), of whom 6,840 were unable to labor. Number relieved out of almshouses, 15,384. Average weekly cost of each pauper in almshouses, $ 1.08; out of almshouses, $0.894. Net expense of supporting and relieving paupers, including interest on almshouse establishment, $476,674.33. Estimated value of pauper labor in almshouses, $ 22,186. 1,500 foreign paupers have come into the State within the year. 753 insane and 382 idiots were relieved or supported during the year. 954 are paupers by reason of insanity or idiocy, and it is probable that 17,327 were made paupers by intemperance in themselves or others.

Jails and Houses of Correction in 1851. — Whole number of prisoners, including 1,363 debtors, 10,875. Of these, 9,069 were males; 1,665 females; 1,886 minors; 432 colored; 2,894 able to read or write; 29 insane when committed; 1,089 natives of Massachusetts; 753 natives of other States; 2,615 foreigners; remaining in confinement, November 1st, 1851, 1,053. Average cost of board of each prisoner per week, $1.653. Total expense for the year, $107,351.93. Estimated value of labor in Houses of Correction, $30,636.

Criminal Statistics for the Year 1852.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for the Year ending December 31, 1851. Returns were received from all but seven towns. The number of births during that period was 28,681, being an increase of 1,017, or 3.67 per cent., over 1850. Of these births, 9,846 were of foreign parentage, and the parentage of 2,100 was not stated. The number of marriages was 11,966.

cent.

The number of deaths was 18,934; being greater than those in 1850 by 2,328, or 14 per An average of eleven persons died of consumption each day of the year 1851. The Registration gives the following table.

Influence of Occupation on Longevity.

One year. From Jan. 1, to 7 years and 8 months -From

Dec. 31, 1851.

May 1, 1843, to Dec. 31, 1850

Age.

Age. Age.

V. RHODE ISLAND.

Government for the Year ending 1st Tuesday in May, 1854.

FRANCIS M. DIMOND,* of Bristol,

Salar y

Lieut.-Gov., Acting Gov., $400
Sec. of State,

General Treasurer,

Attorney-General,

1,000

500

1,200

Comm'r of Public Schools, 800
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 1st 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-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.

*Philip Allen, the Governor, having been elected to the United States Senate for 6 years from the 4th of March, 1853, resigned the office of Governor on the 20th of July, 1853, and by the Constitution the Lieutenant-Governor fills the office of Governor.