Theodore B. Bronson, No. 20 West Twentieth Street, New York; Edward C. Donnelly, Manhattanville, New York; Ripley Ropes, No. 40 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn; J. H. Van Antwerp, Albany; Miss Sarah M. Carpenter, Poughkeepsie; Samuel F. Miller, Franklin, Delaware County; Edward W. Foster, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County; Oscar Craig, Rochester. Ex-officio members: The Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Attorney-General. Dr. Charles S. Hoyt, Albany, Secretary; James O. Fanning, Albany, Assistant Secretary.

OHIO. (Term of Office, Three Years.)

Charles Foster, Governor, President, ex-officio; John W. Andrews, Columbus; R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Joseph Perkins, Cleveland; Carl Boesel, New Bremen; M. D. Carrington, Toledo; W. H. Neff, Cincinnati; Rev. A. G. Byers, Secretary, Columbus.

George I. Chace, Providence, Chairman; William W. Chapin, Providence, Secretary; James M. Pendleton, Westerly; Thomas Coggshall, Newport; William H. Hopkins, Providence; Job Kenyon, Providence; Lewis B. Smith, Nayatt Point; Alfred B. Chadsey, Wickford; Stephen R. Weeden, Providence.

PENNSYLVANIA. (Term of Office, Five Years.)

Mahlon H. Dickinson, Philadelphia, President; Heister Clymer, Reading; Lewis Peterson, Jr., Allegheny; George Bullock, Conshohocken, Montgomery County; James S. Biddle, Philadelphia; John H. Chalfant, Allegheny; one vacancy; Diller Luther, M.D., Reading, Secretary.

ILLINOIS. (Term of Office, Five Years.)

G. S. Robinson, Sycamore, President; J. C. Corbus, Mendota; J. M. Gould, Moline; J. N. McCord, Vandalia; W. A. Grimshaw, Pittsfield; Rev. Fred. H. Wines, Springfield, Secretary.

WISCONSIN. (Term of Office, Five Years.)

Andrew E. Elmore, Fort Howard, President; William W. Reed, M. D., Jefferson, Vice-President; Hiram H. Giles, Madison; J. H. Vivian, M. D., Mineral Point; Mrs. E. B. Fairbanks, Milwaukee; Prof. A. O. Wright, Madison, Secretary.

MICHIGAN. (Term of Office, Six Years.)

Charles I. Walker, Detroit, Chairman; Charles M. Croswell, Governor, ex-officio member, Adrian; M. S. Crosby, Grand Rapids; Rt. Rev. George D. Gillespie, Grand Rapids; E. H. Van Deusen, M. D., Kalamazoo; Henry W. Lord, Detroit, Secretary.

KANSAS. (Term of Office, Years.)

Edwin Knowles, Sabetha, Chairman; C. E. Faulkner, Salina, Secretary; A. T. Sharpe, Ottawa, Treasurer; J. L. Wever, M. D., Leavenworth; Gen. T. T. Taylor, Hutchinson.

[The Massachusetts Prison Commission, as re-organized in 1879, consists of five members, who hold office for five years; its Secretary is not a member of the Board. The present members are: Thomas Parsons, Brookline, Chairman; Charles O. Chapin, Springfield; William Roberts, Waltham; Mrs. Mary C. Ware, Boston; Mrs. A. C. Johnson, Boston; Warren F. Spalding, Secretary.

The Connecticut Prison Commission consists of seven members, who hold office for three years; Francis Wayland, New Haven, Chairman.]

During the Session of July 1, the Business Committee reported a list of six Standing Committees, differing in number and title from those of former years.

LIST OF STANDING COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1880-81.

1. ON THE WORK of Boards oF STATE CHARITIES.-Hon. R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield, O.; Hon. Henry W. Lord, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. Nathan Allen, Lowell, Mass.; Hon. Edward C. Donnelly, New York; Hon. George S. Robinson, Sycamore, Ill.; Hon. Andrew E. Elmore, Fort Howard, Wis.; Prof. George I. Chace, Providence, R. I.; Hon. James S. Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa.

2. ON ORGANIZATION OF CHARITIES IN CITIES. - Dr. Charles E. Cadwallader, Philadelphia; Joseph Perkins, Cleveland, O.; Robert T. Paine, Jr., Boston; Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, New York; Rev. S. Humphries Gurteen, Buffalo; Levi L. Barber, Detroit; Rev. George E. Gordon, Milwaukee, Wis.; Rev. Oscar C. McCulloch, Indianapolis; Rev. E. R. Donahoe, Pittsburg.

3. ON IMMIGRATION.

-Hon. J. H. Van Antwerp, Albany, N. Y.; Hon. George E. McGonegal, Rochester; Dr. David Rogers, New York; Dr. Henry B. Wheelwright, Newburyport, Mass.; Hon. C. I. Walker, Detroit; Hon. W. A. Grimshaw, Pittsfield, Ill.; Hon. J. W. Andrews, Columbus, Ohio.; Dr. Diller Luther, Reading, Pa.; Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, Va.; C. S. Watkins, Davenport, Ia.; Dr. Charles S. Hoyt, Secretary of the Committee, Albany, New York.

4. ON PREVENTIVE WORK AMONG CHILDREN.— Hon. John J. Bagley, Detroit; Hon. William P. Letchworth, Buffalo; Rev. Charles L. Brace, New York; Mrs. C. R. Lowell, New York; Mrs. Clara T. Leonard, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. John J. Fairbanks, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. John L. Beveridge, Evanston, Ill.; Rev. A. G. Byers, Columbus, O.; Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr, Rutland, Vt.; P. Caldwell, Louisville, Ky.

5. ON CRIME AND PENALTIES. - Prof. Francis Wayland, New Haven, Conn.; Z. R. Brockway, Esq., Elmira, N. Y.; Rev. John L. Milligan, Allegheny, Pa.; Rev. Frank Russell, Mansfield, O.; Hon. R. H. Stanton, Maysville, Ky.; Mrs. A. C. Johnson, Boston.

6. ON IMBECILITY AND IDIOCY. -Dr. H. B. Wilbur, Syracuse, N. Y.; Dr. John B. Chapin, Willard, N. Y.; Robert D. McGonnigle, Esq., Allegheny, Pa.; Dr. J. N. Kerlin, Media, Pa.; Dr. G. A. Doren, Columbus, O.; Dr. George G. Tarbell, Boston, Mass.; Rev. Fred. H. Wines, Springfield, Ill.

The Chairman of the fifth Committee (on Crime and Penalties) was authorized to add three members from the Southern States; and the chairmen of all the committees were authorized to fill vacancies.

Rev. Fred. H. Wines, of Illinois, was elected Statistical Secretary, and the following gentlemen were appointed Corresponding Secretaries :

Pennsylvania-Diller Luther, Reading.

New York-James O. Fanning, Albany.
Massachusetts-H. B. Wheelwright, Newburyport.
Connecticut-George C. Howe, West Meriden.

Rhode Island-W. W. Chapin, Providence.

Ohio-A. G. Byers, Columbus.

Michigan-Henry W. Lord, Detroit.

Wisconsin-H. H. Giles, Madison.

Iowa-C. S. Watkins, Davenport.

Illinois-George S. Robinson, Sycamore.
Indiana-C. F. Coffin, Richmond.

Kansas-C. E. Faulkner, Salina.
Colorado-T. N. Haskell, Denver.

Kentucky-W. M. Bechner, Winchester.
Texas-W. E. Saunders, Austin.
Maryland-Francis T. King, Baltimore.
Nebraska-J. E. North, Columbus.

REPORTS FROM STATES AND PROVINCES.

The preliminary work having been arranged, and the order of business settled, the President said:

By the rules adopted, each State, as it is called, is entitled to ten minutes, and no more. The delegates from any State can divide its time as they see fit. The reason for adopting this rule is, that there are nearly twenty States here represented, and it is necessary to go through the whole list. I will first call upon Dr. Luther, of Pennsylvania, to give the progress of our work in his State since the Conference met in Chicago.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Dr. Luther, General Agent of the Board for this State, reported a synopsis of facts and figures pertaining to the different departments of the work of that Board. Satisfactory progress in char

itable and correctional work had been made during the past year. Pennsylvania now has seven hospitals for the insane, four of which are owned wholly by the State, one is patronized by the State, and is partially under its control, and two are under the direction and management of incorporated companies. All these hospitals are occupied, except one which is not fully completed. Including the hospital department of Blockley Almshouse, in Philadelphia, accommodations for the proper care and treatment of the insane, of all classes, will have been provided for 4,400 persons, which includes the entire insane class, excepting 1,500 who yet remain in the sixty almshouses of the State. Of the latter, it may be stated that most of them have, in the earlier periods of their attacks, received the benefit of regular treatment in the State hospitals, and, upon being found incurable, and needing asylum care only, were re-transferred to the almshouses of the respective districts from which they came. To a large extent they are quiet and harmless. Some are capable of self-care, and of doing household and outdoor work. Others are sunk in the lowest forms of dementia. In many of the counties, hospital buildings, connected with the almshouses, provided with modern conveniences, and suitably arranged, have been erected, with the intention of maintaining the classes just named. In some instances large expenditures have been incurred for this purpose, the policy being to retain all such, both on the ground of economy, and of care and on the plea that all which can be done for their benefit can be as well done in these institutions, as it is apt to be done in the crowded wards of State hospitals.

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For the treatment of other defective classes, the deaf and dumb, the blind, and feeble-minded children, the system pursued in Pennsylvania may be considered peculiar. The Society of Friends, at an early period, established institutions for their care and training, to which State aid has been granted liberally. A certain number of the indigent of each class receive their benefits, the State paying a per capita rate, annually, for the purpose. This system gives entire satisfaction. The several institutions, under the direction of their Boards of Managers, are conducted with economy and efficiency. Of the 2,200 deaf and dumb in the State of Pennsylvania, only about 400 are placed under institutional care. The statistics of the other two classes, both as to the total number and the proportion who receive the benefits of

regular care, are very similar, showing how largely these classes are retained among their friends, or are totally neglected. The Legislature of the State has not altogether overlooked the importance of making provision on a larger scale for their benefit. An Act, passed several years ago, provides, that whenever there are eight or more deaf and dumb persons in a school district, a special teacher may be employed at the expense of the Department of Public Instruction. The demand for additional accommodations for the other defectives will, no doubt, be made in due time.

Large additional accommodations have already been made, or are in progress, for the custody of the criminal class. Improvements are making by which the capacity of our penitentiaries will be much enlarged. In order to assure the success of a proper system of discipline, this had become a necessity no longer to be disregarded. Very little that is favorable can be said of our county jail system. In twenty-two of the counties prisons of proper arrangement have been built, which admit of being conducted on a correct system of rules and regulations. In some of these, separate confinement is enforced, and industrial employment enjoined. In many other counties the prisons are used as mere lock-ups for the detention of persons until after trial, when, if convicted, they are sent to the penitentiaries or the workhouse.

I will not undertake to bring into view the very large number of charitable and reformatory institutions which are organized by associations or individuals, and mainly supported by contributions obtained by their efforts. They are nearly all incorporated, and are among the most useful in the State. A large amount of private pecuniary assistance is derived, also, from benevolent citizens, who enter these extensive fields of labor and contribute their time and money to benevolent work. In this way the Commonwealth is relieved of a part of its burden, while the hearts of those whose sympathies are enlisted in the noble work, are richly repaid, by the unnumbered blessings they bestow on others.

The extent of the work in Pennsylvania (not including service by associations and individuals above referred to), and its cost, may be seen by the tabular statement, which is appended to these remarks.