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594 CINCINNATI both city and county taxes) are shown in the following statement : YEARS. Real EitaU. Personal. Rate of Tax. Amount of Revenue. 1880... $8,157.675 4.781,890 84,194,480 60,885,982 61,428.917 62,077,887 68,503,296 64,441.582 65,885,774 67,610,611 66,454,662 68,569,040 69,799,604 72,248,844 78,786,482 128,427,888 119.6-21.S36 $1,048,629 1,440,108 8,668,298 24.994,948 80,582.458 80,818,411 29,707,861 35.!i*2'561 49,809,574 68,185,882 67.218,101 68,412,285 61,583,926 68,471,666 67,870,754 56,984,044 55,462.410 1-20 2-45 70 1-48 1-746 1-92 7-766 1-S20 2-020 2-29 2-16 2-74 2-80 8-19 8-16 2-22 2-01 $51,486 00 151,201 00 728,666 00 1,262,897 00 1,666,'28I 00 1,888.954 00 1,709,824 00 1,878,847 00 2,889,765 00 8,050,000 00 2.924.515 00 8.786.685 89 8,723,056 59 4.199.418 80 4,862,197 16 4,004,084 00 I;.:,-'.'.-:, in 1840 1850 1855 1860 1861 1862 1868 1864 . ... 1865 1866 1867 1868 . ... 1869 1870 1871 1872... The charitable institutions of the city are numerous and very efficient. The Cincinnati hospital, occupying the square bounded by Twelfth street, Central avenue, Ann and Plum streets, is supported by taxation, and has an unpaid medical staff of 14, 6 resident under- graduates, and 68 other employees. In 1872, 3,720 patients were treated, of whom 467 paid for treatment. The daily average of patients was 249. The cost of maintenance was $90,- 114 20. From paying patients was received $12,070. The Good Samaritan hospital, in Locke street (capacity 250 patients), and St. Mary's hospital in Betts street, are private institutions managed by Roman Catholic sisters. The Jewish hospital, in Bamn street, cost $40,000, and is maintained at a cost of $8,000 annually by the Jewish hospital association. Longview asylum for the insane in 1872 had 818 patients under treatment, with a daily average of 585, all of whom except 14 were treated without charge. A principal and two assistant physicians and 33 nurses were employed. The expenses for the year were $103,487. It is said to be the best finished and best appointed asylum in the United States. Its grounds are laid out in lawns, walks, and parks, with greenhouses. There are no bars to the windows, and every- thing prison-like is avoided. The asylum is supported by Hamilton county, which is set off by the state as a district. The city in- firmary in 1872 maintained 635 indoor paupers, at a cost of $35,197 ; of outdoor poor it relieved 3,674 with provisions and 5,246 with coal, and furnished coffins and interment to 228, at a cost of $19,923 39. The Cincinnati orphan asylum, maintained by private charity, with accommodations for 300, cared for 102 chil- dren, the German Protestant orphan asylum for 108 children. The colored people sus- tain an asylum with 40 orphans at Avondale. The Roman Catholics sustain two large orphan asylums, under charge of the sisters of charity, and a protectory, where boys are taught trades, under the Dominican brothers. The widows' home, Mount Auburn, receives indigent women not under 60 years old, and in 1873 had 46 inmates; it has property worth $55,000, and $85,500 endowment and trust funds. The Protestant home of the friendless, and the Ro- man Catholic house of the guardian angel and convent of the Good Shepherd, are female guardian societies, and, except the last-named, afford temporary protection. In 1872 the home of the friendless received 498 inmates, 57 being infants. The house of the guardian angel is a branch of the convent of the Good Shepherd ; it boards about 60 girls, and teaches them trades. Both are under the charge of sisters of the Good Shepherd. The children's home in 1872 cared for 274 neglected children. The house of refuge in Mill creek valley, for children under 16 convicted of minor offences, in 1873 had 228 inmates; it is supported by the city, and managed by a board of directors, at an annual cost of about $50,000. The city workhouse receives adult criminals convicted of minor offences. It is managed by an unpaid board appointed by the mayor and council. In 1872, 4,011 prisoners were committed, of whom all but 317 were discharged ; the average num- ber of prisoners per day was 301 ; the expen- ses were $65,732 ; the services of prisoners let to contractors yielded $11,118 50. Secret and mutual benevolent societies are very numerous, especially among the German population. The public schools are under the control of a board of 50 members, elected two from each ward in alternate years, and comprise 25 district, 4 intermediate, and 2 high schools, besides a normal school for females, and evening schools. In addition to the ordinary branches, German, music, drawing, and gymnastics are taught in the day schools. According to the report of the superintendent for the year ending June 30, 1872, of the 120,578 persons between 5 and 21 years of age, 27,617 were registered in the public schools; the average daily attendance was 20,048. The total number of teachers was 510, of whom 406 were females. In the 10 night schools there were 55 teachers and 2,952 pupils enrolled, with an average attend- ance of' 1,410. The expenditures for school purposes for the year ending June 30, 1872, amounted to $746,027, including $421,241 for teachers' wages, and $29,457 for night schools. From an average daily attendance of 18,973 for that year, 11,273 were studying German. The two high schools, known as the Wood- ward and the Hughes high schools, have a wide reputation for efficiency and a high stand- ard of instruction ; in 1873 they had 22 teach- ers and 805 pupils. The tax for schools in 1872 was 2'75 mills city and 1 mill state levy. Of the $181,000 raised by the state levy, the city received $169,000, or $12,000 less than it paid. There are 106 Roman Catholic parochial schools, with an average attendance of 16,165 pupils. The establishment of a free university, to afford liberal and technical training, is in progress, through the bequest of Charles McMicken, es- timated at from $500,000 to $750.000. A board of 18 trustees has been organized, under whose auspices the McMicken school of design v.-is