ORPHAN SCHOOL STATISTICS. Number of institutions in which there are soldiers' orphans, Reduction in the number since 1871, Number of orphans in schools and homes, May 31, Number admitted on order from May 31, 1876, to Number of discharges from May 31, 1876, to Sep- Number of orphans in charge of the State, September 1, 1877, 25 19 2,619 738 999 2,467 Number of orders of admission issued since system went into operation, 9,569 Number of orphans admitted since system went into operation, 9,304 Number of applications on file September 1, 1877, under the system to June 1, 1879, 119 10,500 Cost of system for the past year, $380,656 70 Whole cost of the system since going into operation, as shown by the several annual reports to May 31, 1877, 5,221,413 01 Appropriations made but unexpended, 360,000 00 Probable amount of future appropriations that will be needed if schools close June 1, 1879, 350,000 00 GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT. This statement shows the exact financial condition of the Department at the end of the school year. The moneys placed at the disposal of the Department for the year ending May 31, 1877, were as follows: State appropriation, $380.000 00 Unexpended balance for 1876, 68,595 36 $448,595 36 UNITED STATES LEGATIONS ABROAD. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Thomas O. Osborn, Minister Resident, Buenos Ayres. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. John A. Kasson, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Vienna. John F. Delaplaine, Secretary of Legation, Vienna. BELGIUM. Wm. C. Goodloe, Minister Resident, Brussels. BRAZIL. H. W. Hilliard, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Rio de Janeiro. Wm. Hayden Edwards, Secretary of Legation, Rio de Janeiro. CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES. (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Salvador.) George Williamson, Minister Resident, Guatemala City. CHILI. Thomas A. Osborne, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Santiago. CHINA. George F. Seward, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peking. Chester H. Holcombe, Secretary of Legation and Interpreter, Peking. DENMARK. M. J. Cramer, Charge d'Affaires, Copenhagen. FRANCE. Edward F. Noyes, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paris. R. R. Hitt, Secretary of Legation, Paris. Henry Vignaud, Second Secretary of Legation, Paris. GERMAN EMPIRE. James Bayard Taylor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Berlin. Henry Sidney Everett, Secretary of Legation, Berlin. Chapman Coleman, Second Secretary of Legation, Berlin. GREAT BRITAIN. John Welsh, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotententiary, London. E. S. Nadall, Secretary of Legation, London. James Day, Second Secretary of Legation, London. GREECE. J. Meredith Read, Charge d' Affaires, Athens. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. J. M. Comly, Minister Resident, Honolulu. HAYTI. John M. Langston, Minister Resident, Port-au-Prince. ITALY. George P. Marsh, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Rome. George W. Wurtz, Secretary of Legation, Rome. JAPAN. John A. Bingham, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Tokei. Durham W. Stevens, Secretary of Legation, Tokei. LIBERIA. James M. Turner, Minister Resident and Consul General, Monrovia. MEXICO. John W. Foster, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico. D. S. Richardson, Secretary of Legation, Mexico. THE NETHERLANDS. James Birney, Minister Resident, the Hague. PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY. John C. Caldwell, Charge d'Affaires, Montevideo, Uruguay. PERU. Richard Gibbs, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lima. PORTUGAL. Benjamin Moran, Charge d'Affaires, Lisbon. RUSSIA. Edwin W. Stoughton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, St. Petersburg. Hoffman Atkinson, Secretary of Legation, St. Petersburg. SPAIN. James Russell Lowell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Madrid. Dwight T. Reed, Secretary of Legation, Madrid. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. John A. Stevens, Minister Resident, Stockholm. SWITZERLAND. Nicholas Fish, Charge d'Affaires, Berne. TURKEY. Horace Maynard, Minister Resident, Constantinople. Eugene Schuyler, Secretary of Legation and Consul General, Constantinople. A. A. Garguilo, Interpreter, Constantinople. UNITED STATES OF COLOMBLA. Ernest Deckman, Minister Resident. VENEZUELA. John Baker, Minister Resident, Caracas. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, 1877. President-Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio. Vice President-William A. Wheeler. New York. CABINET. Secretary of State-William M. Evarts, New York. HEADS OF DEPARTMENT BUREAUS. Assistant Secretary of State-F. W. Seward, New York. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury-1. B. Hawley, Illinois. Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Alonzo Bell. Treasurer of the United States-James Gilfillan, Pennsylvania. Superintendent of Coast Survey C. P. Patterson. Director of Bureau of Statistics Edward Young, New York. Congressional Printer-John D. Defrees, Indiana. Chief of Bureau of Engraving and Printing-Edward McPherson, Pennsylvania. Librarian of Congress-Ainsworth R. Spofford, District of Columbia. Solicitor General-S. F. Philips. Assistant Attorney General-Thomas Simons, New York. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Green B. Raum, Indiana. Commissioner of Customs-H. C. Johnson, Pennsylvania. Commissioner of Patents-Ellis Spear. Commissioner of Pensions-John A. Bentley. Commissioner of Indian Affairs-E. A. Havt. Commissioner of Land Office-James A. Williamson. Commissioner of Agriculture W. G. Le Duc. Commissioner of Education-'ohn Eaton, jr., Tennessee. Register of the Treasury-Glenni W. Scofield, Pennsylvania. Comptroller of the Currency-John Jay Knox, New York. Director of the United States Mint-Dr. Henry R. Linderman, Pennsylvania. Superintendent of Census-Francis A. Walker. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Chief Justice-Morrison R. Waite, Ohio. |