Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-04
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wear was ia.34z Inc amount aispnrSca
for army pensions during the year was
STA. 1pD. 591 ~. and for navy pensions
Ss..G1 .,:s2 a. total of SI3S. i6c- 1906.
leaving an unexpendeJ balance Of So
"a, 1tsS - 10 he covered into the Treas
grv. which shows an increase over the
n,evions years expenditure of $780,
p1,,n There were tsSt names added 10
The rolls during the year by special acts
passad ri the first session az III. Fifty
sixth Congress.
The &c, of May Q. 1900. among other
things provides for an extension Of in
come 10 widows pensionea under said act
10 $3.50 per annum. The Secretary Of
,he Interior believes that hy the opera
lions Of This act fhe number OF persons
,cns;oned under il will increase and the
Increased annual payment for pensions
vii; le betrecn S3,sp,otJ and $1,000
pro
Tho Government justly appreciates the
services Of its soldiers and sailors by
making pension payments liberal beyond
preeef,ent 20 them. their widows and or
rtaBs.
There were o6,o40 letters patent grant
ID. including reissues and designs, dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 80. 1900;
1850 trademarks. 6s2 labels. and %
prints registered. The number Of patents
which expired was 1885 The total re-
,eipts for patents were Sl,:;oS,.2ZS-3i. The
Expenditures were A1.241 ,S2I.5S, showing
q surplus OF Sl1o,40
The attention Of the Congress is called
ro the report of the Secretary Of the In
terror touching the necessity for the fur
fher esta blisbment Of schools in the Ter
Yitury Of Alaska. and favorable action is
invited thereon
Much Interesting information Is given
IN the report Of the Governor OF Hawaii
s. TO the progress and Development Of
III. islands during the period from July
:. 1895. the date Of the approval of the
Joint resolution Of the Congress provid-
inc for their annexation up 10 April 80.
1850. the date OF the approval Of the act
providing a government FOR the Terrific
". and thereafter.
The last Hawaiian census. taken in the
yesr 1896. gives total population Of
1s2G-u Of which 5l.ol9 Were native Ha-
waiiaus The number Of Americans re-
,orted was s.4S9. The results of the
Federal census. taken this year. show The
islands 10 have total population Of IA
ported in 1896 Of 44.9Sl. or A. per cent.
There has been marked progress IL the
educational agricultural. and railroad de-
relopment Of the islands.
la the Territorial act OF April 80. 1869.
section Of said ACT repeats Chapter "a
If the Civil Laws u Hawaii. whereby
the Government was 10 assist in encour-
sgins and developing The agricultural re-
sources of the Republic. especially irrisa-
ticn. The Goverf"r of Hawaii recon-
peD1s legislation looking Ia the develop
Hent ~ such water supply n may exist
on the public lands. With view II pro
noting land settlement The csrne>-
consideration of the Congress y invited
10 this important recommendation sud
Others az embodied IN fh. report nf The
Secretary Of Tie Interior
The Director Of ths. Census states That
he work in connection with the Twelfth
Census l. prosre~eln. favorsbiy- This
national undertaking. ordered 10y the
Congress each decade. has finally result
ed in The collection "f an aggregation Of
statistical facts 10 determine the indus
Trial growth Df the country. il manu-
isc;nriny and mechanical assumes is
richness in mines and forests. the number
Of IL ii-ricultuIl>ts. their farms and
products. its educational ana religious
opportunities. - well A. questions per
tanning - sociological conditions.
The isl.or~ ~ he officials in charge u
lhc Bureau indicate tbat thc law ~
March .. 1879. requiring thu completion
Of the fonr important and n"~t-deSire'l
subjects. namely. population. aEriculJur-
~ manufacturing and vital statistics.
viii be COM, leted within the prescribed
limit.
The field work incident To lie above
inquiries is now practically finished.
and IS \ result The population ~ the
States and Territories. including the Hs-
wsiian Islands and Alaska. has been an
rounced. The growth Of popula hon dur
ing thn last decade amounts 70 over IL.
$4,000. greater numerical increase
fbsu in any previous ceu~'IS il the his
tory Of tho country.
Bulletins VII be issued as rapidly a
possible giving The population hy states
and Territories. br minor civil divisions.
Sareral announcements or this kind hare
siresGy been made. and II hoped that the
lit VIII be completed rs JanIary J.
Other bulletins giving the results q the
manufacturing and agricultural inquiries
viii be civPE I" the public a. rapidly as
circumstances viii admit.
The Director. while confident Of his
ability 10 complete the different branches
.f tbs undertaking in the allotted time.
finds him self cmbarra >sed by The lack or
= 'rs inod.force properly equipped for sta
ti>tical work. thus raising Tie question
whether il the interest ~ economy aDl
thorough execution " the census wOri;
there should not be retained IL the Gov
crnment employ j certain number OF c1-
perts not oaly 70 ala in tn preliminary
organization prior 70 the takin. u the
leccnnial census. Int in addition IL have
7hA advantage il the field ami Office work
al the Buresu OF trained assistants IL IA
'ilitste the early completion ~ this eu"--
lnous UNDER akiD-
recommend that the Congress at is
present session apportion representation
among the several States a. provided by
tho Constitution.
The Department Of Agriculture has
been extending its work durin. the past
year. reaching farther Tor new varieties
II seeds and plants: cooperating more