--------------------------+--------------------------------------------- | CALENDAR YEAR. +-------+--------+--------+---------+--------- | 1860. | 1872. | 1884. | 1896. | 1908. --------------------------+-------+--------+--------+---------+--------- | | | | | CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS-- | | | | | | | | | | Number | 6 | 21 | 46 | 77 | 107 Persons Relieved | 397 | 2,796 | 11,614 | 19,917 | 28,310 | | | | | EDUCATION-- | | | | | | | | | | Number of Schools | 41 | 210 | 528 | 957 | 1,104 Scholars on Rolls | 1,890 | 23,728 | 60,701 | 103,733 | 105,436 Average Attendance | ... | ... | ... | ... | 67,309 | | | | | PUBLIC LIBRARIES-- | | | | | | | | | | Number of Subscribers | 538 | 1,711 | 5,185 | 6,904 | 12,770 Volumes in Libraries | 4,945 | 20,890 | 60,257 | 129,883 | 249,257 --------------------------+-------+--------+--------+---------+--------- APPENDIX H. DIGEST OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEER'S REPORTS. OUR ARTESIAN WATER SYSTEM. The water supply problem is of importance so momentous, and the official information collected by the Hydraulic Engineer being scattered through reports covering about twenty-five years--from 1883 until 1908--it is thought desirable to present the main official facts in a convenient digest for the general reader. SUB-ARTESIAN WATER IN 1884.