The State Prison

The report oí John Morris, agent, sols forth fchat : Tlio whole number of convicts in prison at tho close of the fl ■■■■■:. year, September ;5(), lisïl, was 627, against, (363 at tho close of the fiscal year of 1870- showing a decrease of thirty-sbs smeo the last report. Thcro were received during the yun-r 200, and discharged '(Kï. Two havo had seiitcnce ieveraed, ninctcon have been pardoned by tho Gov. tliirtoun h:ivo dicd, and fouresoaped. The total receipts for th year wore f 89,995. 1 1 ; expenditnres, f87,0150 8:. TIir cost of building new waU was ?1 1,709 08- leaving $72,290 UT expended t'cr tho prison proper. The total eamings of the prison trom November 30, 1870, to Oetober l, 1871, were $78,754 04 againat $90,137 76 last year. The decrease is owing to a cUange in the fiscal year, whertíby two months li!;;s aro reportad. There are :i less nuinher of convicts, and owing to the removal of the State Fair, the receipts f rom visitors are loss by one-half. Dr. J. E. Smith has lookcd out well for the healthy ooudition of the mea. Ampie biithing troughs havo been furnished, in which every man is obliged to bathe once :. weck cluring warm weather. In 1870 two thousand dollars waa expended fot tobáceo, alo, whisky, tea, ooffee and bulter tfaat could be dispensad witk, but toprison. When tbc present agent tuok charge six hundrod and twenty-four men drew rationa of tobáceo, ftgainst four hundred and fifty at preaent. The hosIiitul is undei' tlio caro of J. A. Howard. A laigo proportion of thü convicta are young men, many of them in prison for their lirst oifensi:, in muny cases eommittod unde ■ the inflnenco of strong drink. Convipts are iiöw allowed to corresiwnd with their iim.i!::ií: frionda once a month, instead af onoe in tluve tnonths, tu herotofore. The chango works sitis factorily. Thcy are allowed to receivo letten every woek - all subjoet to oiíi'ial inspection, Ou an average Beventy-fivo letters aro writteu 'every Bunday. The Sunday cervices vre alwaysattended with interest. A good choir aids in Uie devotioníil exeroises. The fouialo prisen, nnder charge of Miss F. E. Line, luis lint seven inn fwhom are sontencod for Ufe. This part of the prison is well managedj and ordeí and noatness pravail. The interior of the prison, the workshops, and tho waUsand teneos and oi!ier structuios have become dÚapidated, and a great amount of monoy is requisito to put them in good repair.