The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-06

applications for patents was 2, f0S, an increase
patents issued including reissues and de Ans
was 1871, an increase over the former year Of
1881.
PENSIONS.
The pension roll has been diminished dur
ing the year by a greater number than during
any year since 1878, when the maximum was
reached; the number of pension ers on the 50th
of June, 1910, being 1854 more than at the close
of the fSst fiscal year. The number Of invalid
pensioners on the 39th of June was greater by
2,9l9 than at the close of the same month in
the preceding year, while the roll of widows,
dependent relatives, the survivors and widows
Of those who served in the war of 1872, con-
tanned 5603 names less than it did on the Both
of June, 1879.
The whole number of names borne upon the
pension roll on the both of June, 1876, was
%, l37. OF this number, ll0,0y3 were pensioned
as inValids, and l02 ,9ll as widows and depen-
dent relatives; 1913 were pensioners of the
war OF o. la,1VD OIL wh9m Were Survivors,
on the roll six widows of those who
served in the war of the revolution who were
married prior 10 January /, 1850, and 3l4 who
married subsequent to that date. During the
last fiscal year the following amounts were
paid for pensions: To army invalids, 81, sea-
OIL 80; to army widows. etc, 81, 456 2S6.76; to
navy invalids, SIS, $3.50; to navy widows, etc,
3l3,tS2.l5; to survivors of the war of 1872,
81 ,OS9, WIS; TO widows of those who served In
said war, SIl5. 772.9 50; making total amount of
So, S5l $500, which includes cost of disburse-
ment, and is 81 ,;Sl 1854 less .than was ex-
pended for the same purpose during the pre-
ceding year.
The annual charge to the government in
volved by the allowance of said claims Is rs
follows: For army invalids, Ss24 407; increased
pension 10 invalids, 1909 ssS; widows etc, S5iS-
80; increased pension TO widows, S}2,9tS; for
yalids $3.50; widows, etc, Sl6,Z2; increased
pensions TO widows, s., SO and for survivors of
the war OF 1872, s7,OOs; and widows of those
who served in said war, sl6,l2S; making an ag-
gregate annual rate of 81 "a, S4, or 1915 335.07
less than the annual value of the claims adj
United during the year ending June 30 1879.
IL Is estimated that.th sum OF -, 900 Will
be necessary for the pension service during the
ensuing fiscal year.
EDUCATION.
The report of the commissioner of education
for 1876 contains the abstract of the reports of
the several state and city superintendent and
other official educational publications, show
ing for each state and territory the school
population and the enrolment and attend
ance in the public schools, the number of
teachers in the schools, with rate of comDen-
satiOn, the public school income and expendi-
ture, and the constitutional and Legislative
provisions in each state touching public in
StructiOn. with more or less full
information for each state respecting
kindergarten and other private schools; also,
detailed statements for each state respecting
instruction in normal schools, academys, Ugh
schools, collegiate preparatory schools, bust
ness colleges, colleges for women, scientific
and agricultural schools, colleges and univer-
stiles, schools of theology, law and medicine,
institutions for the deaf and dumb and blind,
and other special schools, together with unuS-
ualy complete tables of statistics Of schools OF
all classes, compiled from replies to especial
inquiries addressed by the commissioner ia
to educational institutions throughout the
country.
Much interesting information is also given
respecting the history of the administration
of education, besides a detailed account of the
educational exhibits made by several of the
states and by foreign governments at the cen
tennial international exhibition. An increased
Interest in all that pertains to the history
and present condition of education in this
~tnapa
| the centennial commemoTation, and calls up
| ON the office for educational information have
been greater than at any other period, espec
| ially from foreign officials and those author
| lied by foreign governments to make reports
upon education In the United States.
CENSUS OFFICE.
During the past fiscal year the work of the
| census office has been confined to answering
| inquiries relating to the census OF 1870 anC
| those OF previous years, and 10 the stating
| and re-stating, In some instances, of the ac
| sistant marshals connected with the taking o
| the census whose accounts have hitherto
| been unsettled or lost. This work, togethel
with the preservation and classification of the
/ material collected, has been satisfactorily per
! formed b. the chief clerk of the census Office
GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
| The work of the geographical and geological
survey of the Rocky Mountain region, unde
/ the direction of Prof. j. w. Powell, during the
| past year, will, 1t is believed, show practica
| and important results.
In the region embraced in this survey very
/ Splall portion of the country can be redeemed
| by irrigation for agriculture, and no part of i
/ can be Cultivated without irrigation. 1t APP
/ pears from the reports that less than one pc
4 cent. can thus be made available. Especia
| care has been given to the determination o
| the extent of such lands soas TO exhibit thei
position ON on the maps Having VII in view
veyS OF this district, the geOdetic points of thu
i general geographic survey under the direction
OF Prof. Powell have been carefully marked
1 fhQV hereafter IA sod a. dat m
| points by the officers of the general lane
office. Extensive coal fields exists in tn,
of the world, these coal fields are of practi-
cal value ut comparatively few places! TIL,
| general characteristics of these coal field
| and some very interesting and valuable re
| suits have been reached. This will appear il
the final reports. The quantity of availabl
coal is practically inexhaustible, and thu
mines that can be economically worked are o
| great number.
In the Uinta mountains silver and cope
private parties. The extent Of these silver an;
copper bearing rocks has been determined
but their value can be established only by ex
THE CENTENNIAL ExIuBIT.
The department, through Its several bureau
| and Offices, has been well represented at tn
| international exposition held at Philadelphia
By. the patent, land, Indian, edu
| cational and census offices. TO
| gether with the offerings lof the geological
| surveys under Messrs. Hayden and Powell
| attracted marked attention among the gov
| eminent exhibits, and in their arrangement
| and selection reflected credit ON those havin,
| them in charge. The general management o
| the department display was under the direc
| ton of Commissioner John Eaton, Jr., APP
| pointed by the president TO represent the de
partment at the Centennial, and to his efforts
| characterized by energy and fidelity, the sue
cess of the interior exhibit is largely due.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
| There were received at the department 70
distribution during the fiscal year ending Jun
30, 1875, ,S74 bound volumes and IL ,2S5 pnmph
| lets.
| am persuaded that the laws relating to tn
publication and distribution of public docu
mentS should be carefully revised and sim
| plified.
| In my Judgment provision should be mad
| for supplying gratuitously all the tmportan