made showing the total expenditures for various State institutions, from the beginning of each, up to the 30th of June, 1893, as follows:
| Agricultural College | $612,143.11 |
| Capitol at Iowa City | 110,248.08 |
| Old Capitol and ground at Des Moines | 87,783.21 |
| New State House at Des Moines | 2,997,214.64 |
| Hospitals for the Insane at | |
Mt. Pleasant |
903,820.63 |
Independence |
1,055,107.40 |
Clarinda |
590,673.85 |
| College for the Blind | 1,060,268.85 |
| Industrial Schools | 1,107,531.52 |
| Institute for the Deaf and Dumb | 1,638,014.16 |
| Normal School | 293,026.04 |
| Orphans’ Homes | 1,278,598.32 |
| Penitentiary at Anamosa | 1,349,577.32 |
| Penitentiary at Fort Madison | 1,175,840.41 |
| Soldiers’ Home | 262,853.53 |
| State University | 1,045,733.84 |
| Industrial Home for the Blind | 64,641.51 |
| State Arsenal | 48,902.73 |
This included the cost of buildings, improvements, repairs and support. There had also been appropriated for the State Agricultural Society, including the purchase of the Fair Grounds at Des Moines, $96,309.25. The total amount paid for the aid of County Agricultural Societies was $504,269.72 up to June 30th, 1893. The total expense of the State Railroad Commission was $211,399.31. The assessed value of the railroads of Iowa in 1893, was $44,869,784. The number of miles of railroad in the State at this time was 8,478, the gross earnings of which were, for the previous year, $44,284,053. Up to this date the Iowa railroads had received from grants of public lands 3,724,801 acres. They paid in taxes in 1893, $1,343,305.
