No. 8.

LEGISLATURE, 1861.

ANNUAL REPORT of the Inspectors of the State Prison, for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1860.

To the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan :

The Inspectors of the State Prison, in compliance with the Statute, make the following report of the business, receipts, and expenditures of the Prison, for the year ending November 30, 1860:

The annexed reports of the Prison officers give detailed accounts of the financial and other transactions of the Prison, during the year, and show its present condition.

The monthly reports show that the total expenditures of the Prison during the past year have been the sum of.. $50,687 39 And that the total receipts have been as follows:

It appears by the report of the Agent that there is now due on account of convict labor from con

Amount charged for convict labor during the year,. $45,623 22 Labor has also been performed by convicts as

9,999

66

Making,...
Which at 40 cents per diem, (about the average con-
tract price,) have been worth to the State,......

Total earnings of convicts upon contracts and for
buildings and repairs,...

To which might be added sundry incidental earnings of the Prison, as follows:

· Amount paid for keeping U. S. convicts,..$2,815 75

A difference as follows shown in valua

tion of moveable property:

Valuation for 1860,.....

1859,..

Total earnings,

3,999 60

$49,622 82

.$15,504 72

14,080 08

1,424 64

8,055 16

$57,677 98

The expenses of the Prison for the past year, may be stated

as follows:

Total expenditures,.

Deluct outstanding indebtedness, Nov.

30, 1859,.....

.$50,687 39

7,095 40

-$43,591 99

9,112 64

$52,704 63

To which add outstanding indebtedness shown by

Agent's report, Nov. 30, 1860,

Total expenses,'".