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UNITED STATES : — MICHIGAN

Organised

1859 1843 1887

1877 1855 1866

18.'>5 1859

Institutions

Adrian ....

Albion College.

Alma College

Detroit

Hillsdale

Hope College, Holland

Olivet College

Kalamazoo Colle.ee

Control

Meth. Prot. M. 5. Presb. R. C. Ba]it. Reformed Cong. Bapt.

Pro- fessors

24

26 29 17 95 20 26 12

Students

185 500 302 266 476 317 238 173

Charity.— Each county has 3 Superintendents of the poor, appointed by he board of supervisors, and has (or may have) infirmaries. Either indoor or outdoor relief may be given ; indigent persons suffering from disease or injury are sent to the University Hosi^ital at Ann Arbor. Where there is a distinction between county and township poor, the poor are supported by the township in which they have a settlement. Parents are liable for support of children and vice versa. In general, settlement is gained by a year's residence. To bring an indigent person into the State is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment. Poor-houses are inspected and reported on by the State board of corrections and charities. Number of persons maintained in the poor- houses during 1911 was 6,635. Average number for the entire year was 3,460. Within the State there are (apart from almshouses, &c.) 118 benevolent institutions, most of them provided by private persons or ecclesi- astical bodies. They comprise 59 hospitals (six public), a sanatorium for the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis, six dispensaries, 23 orphan- ages (one public), 26 homes for adults (one public), and three schools for the deaf and blind (3 public).

Finance, Defence.— For the year ending June 30. 1912, the revenue and expenditure were as follows: —

Dollars. 2,235,425

P)alance, July 1, 1911 . Receipts, 1911-12

Total Disbursements, 1911-12

14,190,498

16,425,924 7,445,519

Balance, July 1, 1912 8,980,404

In 1911 the total assessed valuation of the State as equalised amounted to 2,288,000,000 dollars. In 1904 the value of all property within the State was estimated by the Federal Census Bureau at : —

Dollars

2,019,296,490

1,263,122,627

Real property Personal property

Total .... 3,282,419,117 The Michigan National Guard had In 1912 216 officers and 2,568 enlisted men. The Naval Militia of the State comprised 40 officers and 400 men.

Production and Industry.— The State is largely agricultural. In 1910 it contained 206,960 farms with a total area of 18,940,614 acres, of which 12,832,078 acres was improved land. In 1912 the chief crops were maize, 55,250,000 bushels ; wheat, 7,000,000 bushels ; hay, 3,185,000 tons ; potatoes, 36,750,000 bushels. In 1909 the beet-sugar manufactured was 103,864 tons. In 1910 the number of sheep was 2,306,476. Other live stock in 1910 consisted of 610,033 horses, 767,083 milk cows, 730,740 other cattle and