Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-12
Department RE-
PORTS FROM STATE
OF MASSACHUSETTS
(rhe, Massachusetts Exchange.)

(The Massachusetts, Exchange)
The annual reports OF departments Of
the state government have been fled
with the Legislature and from those
which have been published the follow
ing extracts are given:
State Printing-The cost of printing
Public Documents in Massachusetts in
1915, according to the secretary of the
commonwealth, exclusive Of the Manual.
Blue Book and Journals, was 90, 154.H.
The Blue Book cost 81, 1865; the Man
ual, $5,o4503; Senate Journal. $1,S7.63
House Journal, s2,16S.l4. The cost Of print
ing official ballots was $30,125.46. There
were printed under the direction of the
Secretary's office during the year 172,S50
volumes, Public Document Series, and
other volumes and pamphlets which
brought the total to 237,S12.
State Aid and Pensions, Civil and
Spanish Wars-State and military aid
was administered by the state last year
to the amount of s691,17. The total num-
Der of recipients was u,S11. The total
payments since 1861 have amounted to
SAC, 022, 1852.
Tax Commissioners Report-The an
nual report Of the State Tax Commits
sioner summaries the business Of the de-
partment for last year:
Taxes Assessed
Public Service Corporations. 1880 90
Legacies and SUGGESTIONS, 3.N4l7.oo
stool. Transfer Tax, 162535.00
Distribution Of Franchise Taxes
Street Railway Tax Distributed. 1884, 90
Public Service Tax Distributed. 1,S65.o10.0o
Business Tax Distributed, 3.64S27s.0o
Total Distribution, $685. os0.oo
The States voters-The secretary Of
the commonwealth has filed his annual re-
mort of the number Of assessed polls, the
number of registered voters and the to-
tai number of persons who voted last
year:
STATE ELECTION.
A.sessed Polls. 1oss,05s
p..,s+ered voters. 62S,s5
Persons who voted, ooc'4o1
Free Employment Ofices-A summary
of business is given in the report for the
year 1915 Of the State Free Employment
Offices:
Offers Of positions, W,oSz
Positions renorted filled. 1881
Persons furnished employment, X,4l6
Persons applied for by Employers. 1851
Boston Licensing Board-The total reve-
nue. of the Boston Licensing Board for
1915 was 81, ,1S0.4S Of which $3.50 was
paid to the commonwealth. Following Is
a table of the licensed places in Boston:
Innholders, %
Saloons, Wv
Wholesale Dealers. Jul
Other classes, Oh
Total, "
The Nautical School-One hundred ana
seventy-six students were enrolled in the
Massa chusetts Nautical School last year.
The cruise Of 1915 involved distance OF
$500 miles, with So days at sea and %
DAYS at various ports. From 1888 to 1915
inclusive 1857 students have been admitted
to the school and 723 have graduated. The
total amount expended by the school last
year was $62,o1s.s5.
New Doctors-According to the report
of the Board Of Registration in medicine
for Massachusetts 314 persons applied
during the year, and 3o5 presented them
selves for examination. A total Of 247
passed the EXAMINATIONS oiiu "cAo Ae6Ao'
tered.
Free Public Libraries-Statistics Of
the Free Public Libraries in Massa-
chusetts are given in the twenty-sixth
report Of the Free Public Library Com
mission as follows:
Number of Libraries 1856
Number of Books l0,810,s74
Value of Books $12,657,757
Number having endowment 341
Amount Of Endowment $s,710.339
Income $1,621,499
Value of buildings $685. 30
Circulation blouse Use) 11,335,S95
Number having reading rooms 40S
Arrests in Boston-There were S.
1852 arrests in Boston in 1915 accord
ing to the tenth annual report Of the
Police Commissioner for the city Of
Boston. The persons fined numbered
lists and they paid the sum Of
$113,459.
Persons sentenced to Imprisonment
" ere $500 in number for the year and
the years Of Imprisonment aggregated
1888 The total arrests for drunken
ness were 57,s11.
Dairy Productions-The twenty-flf
annual report Of the Dairy Bureau Of
the Massachusetts, Board Of Agricul-
ture:
Oleomargarine (Pounds) 1854
Renovated Butter (Pounds) sso5s.1so