of Charities, Commission in Lunacy, Pathological Institute and Bureau of Charitable Institutions, 1,938,863.37, making a total of $6,590,620.33.

The following is a schedule of the institutions in aid, or for the support of which payments have been made from the treasury, with the amounts paid for each:

PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS.

The following were the number of patients in the several hospitals at the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899:

The number of inmates in certain State institutions at the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899, was as follows:

EXPENDITURES FOR CANALS.

The receipts into and payments from the treasury on account of the canals for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1899, were as follows:

EXPENDITures for NEW CAPITOL.

Statement of amount expended in the purchase of lands and construction of the New Capitol from 1863 to 1899, inclusive:

TAXATION.

The following table shows the assessed valuation of the real and personal property, the rate of taxation for State purposes, and the amount of the tax for each year from 1859 to 1899, both inclusive, 1859 being the year in which the State Board of Equalization was organized and began its labors: