The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
REPORT Or SEChElAhY UF STATE.


REPORT or sEChEIAAY VF STATE.
Throug il the courtesy Of the Secretary OF
State, We have received copy eff his bien-
nial report from December 4th, 1871, to
July 1st. 1873. The report is commenda
bic for it's brevity. After an exhibition Of
receipts and expenditures in tn, various de-
partments connected with hia position and al
occasional touch showing the advantages Or
defects in each. and suggesting remedy
where necessary, he comes to the matter Of
Supreme Court reports. in which it appears
that the State IL annually expending large
sums OF money for the purpose Of havin>
these reports printed and published in books
without any remuneration comparatively.
He suggests n remedy which seems quite
practicable and beneficial, and deserves the
considerat ion of the coming Legislature. Il
the matter Of. ballot paper, it seems thar
while the Code provided that be should sup
ply the paper to the State, it failed to pro-
vide fund, forr the purchase Of the same,
which defect has occasioned him no smal.
amount Of difficulty. He CT II see no reason
why the supply should not be entrusted 10
dealers generally. and the collection of the
ten per cent. OF the cost price, now required
to be added hy him. abrogated, as the
amount paid into the Election Reward
Fund from this source is cf slight conse-
quence to the State, amounting, as slown
from this report. to only $242. 40 for the
two past years. In his exhibit of the value
of stationery delivered to the different de-
partments, we regard the amounts appropr
ated by the last Legislature as exorbiiani.
The amounts could not judicously be used
for this purpose, and we think thorough
investigation would prove that there had
been something rotten connected with this
matter. According to the report the Senat,
expended for this one item 81 400 Al; and
the Assembly 50, ,537 II, showing an aver
age for the two houses Of over slSS per d".
for ninety days. The report concludes will
some suggestions on the suijrct Of "lu!or
ma'iun for Emgrnnts," which touches &c
near our ideas on the subject that we give
his views verbatum, as iollows:
81 cannot conclude this report without
calling the attention of your Excellency, and
through you that of the Legislature. soon to
assemble, 10 the great and growing imp IT
ance to California of having come measure
iaugura,ed whereby statistical information .
regarding the wealth and resources of tn.
State. may be collected and published, moi
alone for the benefit of our present popua-
ton. but also for the purpose of acq,aintin,
the people of other States with the many in
duce'nents and advantages offered TO immi-
grants to come here and settle am almost
daily receiving letters of inquiry from resi-
dents of the Eastern States, and sometimes
from Europe, who desire to lie informed n.
to the resources of g ,lif,n,ia, and the H.
ducemens offered to immigrants .eekims
homes in the West. In many inst noes, ]
have replied to .hese letters at length, Civ.
ing such information as my individual ex.
perience and knowledge would permit; il,
others, have transmitted the correspond
ence to the California Immigrant Union
with a request to forward the desired iufor
nation. The impression seems to pre-
vail. abroad that this department is the prop
er one to furnish information of this charsc-
ter. while, in fact. there are no documents
or publications Of any kind in my posses.
sion-if may except few copies Of the
reports Of the State Agricultural Society,"
touching upon any one Of the leading
branches Of induatry in this most favored
portion Of the national domain.
hardly know what suggestions. if any
to make in his connection. and viii leave
the subject to your Excrlency for such con.
sideration aa. in your judgment, it may hs
deserving Of That our State needs a great
er industrial population there can be nt
question. nd any provision that can |.
made for the disseminate Ct useful ant
carefully compied information regarding
our mining, manufacturing, agricultural sut
other i,npor' ant industries, cannot fail to b.
productive Of good resulss."