_Automobiles_: N. J. Dept. of Motor Vehicles was established 1906 for the registration and supervision of automobiles. Prior to that time this work had been done in the secretary of state's office and originally applications for car registrations were signed by the county clerk. In 1900, as far as the first records show, there were not more than 10 or 12 motor-drawn vehicles in the entire state. In 1918, the number registered was 155,519 exclusive of motorcycles. _Band Concerts_: First given, 1903, 25 in a year; appropriation, $3,000. 1918 appropriation, $5,000; 60 concerts; attended by 350,000 persons. _Bank Buildings_: See Buildings. _Baths, Public_: Public Bath Assoc. formed, 1907. By courtesy of Bd. of Street and Water Commissioners undertook supervision of 3 old bath houses on Summer Ave., Morris Ave., and Walnut St. Bill passed N. J. Legislature, 1910, permitting Newark to issue bonds for public baths, up to $250,000. Site of Montgomery St. bath purchased and work begun, 1911. Opened, Sept. 1913. Cost, $100,000. Placed under the control of Playground Commission, 1913. Hamburg Pl. (now Wilson Ave.) bath opened, July, 1917. Baths closed by order of Mayor on account of lack of coal, Dec. 10, 1917. Re-opened by vote of Commission, Jan. 25, 1918. _Birth Rate_: _Population_ _Rate per Thousand_ 1904 272,000 25.8 1905 283,000 25.1 1906 290,000 26.3 1907 300,000 27.9 1908 305,000 29.2 1909 311,000 30.8 1910 347,469 29.6 1911 352,000 30.9 1912 370,000 29.3 1913 380,000 29.4 1914 395,000 29.0 1915 375,000 29.2 1916 385,000 29.7 1917 405,000 30.4 1918 430,000 27.0 _Blind, Work for_: N. J. Commission for the Blind created by act of Legislature, 1909, to supervise and encourage work for the blind. State headquarters, originally established at 54 James St., Newark, now located at 147 Summer Ave. Here the Commission conducts classes in reading, writing, stenography, typewriting, basketry, cane-seating, weaving, piano tuning, and other manual arts. It also sends out teachers to instruct the adult blind in their homes. First public school class for blind in Newark inaugurated, Sept., 1910, in Washington St. School. Under act of 1918, creating State Dept. of Charities and Corrections (now Dept. of Institutions and Agencies), this Commission is given entire charge of all state matters relating to the blind. _Boy's Vocational School_: Opened April, 1910, in Warren St. School, at Warren and Wickliffe Sts.