Internal Improvements. In 1824 an act of the Legislature was passed incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of Connecticut river. The company has gone into operation, and it is supposed the river will be rendered navigable for steamboats, nearly up to the 15 mile falls. They have not, however, yet made much progress in effecting the object of their incorporation. In 1825 the governor and council were authorized to appoint canal commissioners, to assist the United States' engineers in examining routes for canals, and $500 were appropriated to defray the expenses of the commissioners. The Legislature also appropriated $75 to defray the expense of surveying a canal route from Montpelier to Lake Champlain. United States' officers have examined routes from Lake Memphremagog to Connecticut river, and to Lake Champlain, and from the river to the lake, by way of Montpelier; but it is not likely that canals will ever be constructed on any of these routes. A company was incorporated in 1825, for the purpose of constructing a tow path along the bank of Otter Creek, from Vergennes to the lake, which has been accomplished. MASSACHUSETTS. EXECUTIVE. Officers and their Salaries. Governor, Levi Lincoln, (term of office expires on the last Wednesday in May, 1830,) Lieutenant Governor, Thomas L. Winthrop JUDICIARY. Supreme Court. — Isaac Parker, Chief Justice Samuel Putnam, Associate Samuel S. Wilde, Marcus Morton, Municipal Court, Boston.-Peter O. Thacher, Judge LEGISLATURE. Pay, $2 for each day's attendance, and $2 for every ten miles' travel. Principal and Interest of notes and Bonds due the Commonwealth 9,221 51 Lands in Maine sold by the Agents Of County Treasurers Of the Attorney General Of the Solicitor General Miscellanies 2,724 60 761 58 217 00 131 12 2,206 71 Money borrowed of Banks EXPENDITURES. On Warrants and Rolls for the support of Government, including the pay of Representatives On Rolls of the Committee on Accounts for different years County Treasurers Principal and Interest of the 5 per cent. Funded Debt Adjutant and Acting Quarter Master General's Department Agricultural Societies Support of Deaf and Dumb Persons in the Asylum at Hartford Wounded Soldiers $137, Pensioners $1,243-33 Medical Institution in Berkshire County Commissioners for settling the affairs of Massachusetts and Maine, principally for Surveying Interest on Money repaid to Banks Cash in the Treasury, January 1st, 1828 Amount of Receipts in 1828, including money borrowed of? Banks Amount of Expenditures in 1828, including money repaid to Banks Amount of Cash in the Treasury, January 1st, 1829 Schools. The following results are contained in a Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for the year 1827, collected from imperfect returns of the several towns. Number of Public School Districts Number of Academies and Private Schools Estimated number of Pupils in Private Schools Medical School in Boston. The Courses of Lectures begin annually on the third Wednesday in October, and are continued daily for three months, on the following subjects. Anatomy and Surgery, by John C. Warren, M. D. Chemistry, by John W. Webster, M. D. Materia Medica, by Jacob Bigelow, M. D. Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence, by Walter Channing, M. D. The apparatus and collections of specimens used in illustrating the demonstrative courses, are very extensive. The fees for all the courses amount to $70. Board is obtained for about $3 per week. This institution now offers greater advantages for the acquirement of a thorough medical education, than it has done at any former period of its history. During the last two years the means of obtaining practical knowledge of the anatomical structure of the human body have been amply supplied to pupils, probably at a less expense than in any other of the schools in the United States. The opportunity of witnessing numerous important and capital operations in surgery, and of attending the clinical practice of one of the best regulated hospitals in this country, are gratuitously afforded to all who attend the lectures of the professors. Banks. There are 65 Banks in the Commonwealth, of which the following are the aggregate returns for the Capital Stock paid in Due from the Banks. year 1828. $20,140,050 3,989,612 1,044,981 Bills in circulation of $5 and upwards, not bearing interest Bills or notes in circulation bearing interest Net profits on hand Balances due to other Banks 3,713,262 397,050 1,151,734 2,020,226 484,335 Total amount due from the Banks Of the whole number discharged there have returned on a second commitment 290; and of the 290, 32 were of those who had been pardoned. Of the 290 now in the prison, 135 are from Massachusetts; 21 New Hampshire; 14 New York; 13 Connecticut; 7 Pennsylvania; 11 Rhode Island; 9 Vermont; 15 Maine; 3 Virginia; 3 New Jersey; 3 South Carolina; 3 Maryland; 1 New Orleans; and the following Foreigners, viz. 20 from Ireland; 9 England; 9 Scotland; 2 France; 3 Nova Scotia; 2 Holland; 6 West Indies; 1 Portugal. One sixth part of the convicts are colored persons. Expense and Income for the Year ending September 30, 1828. The following summary of the Treasurer's Report embraces the six months between October 25th, 1828, and April 29th, 1829. Balance in the Treasury, October, 1828 Receipts the last six months, except for Free Schools Expenditures 11,673 03 Balance in the Treasury to new account 8,854 05 $20,527 08 |
