The Superior Court of Judicature consists of a chief justice and four associate justices, who hold one term annually in each of the ten counties of the State, for the hearing and determining of questions of law and petitions for divorce. This court is also vested with chancery powers.

The judges of the Superior Court of Judicature are, ex officio, judges of the Court of Common Pleas. This court, before whom all actions for the recovery of debts and the enforcement of contracts, and all jury trials, are brought, consists of one of the justices of the Superior Court, and of two county judges, who are generally appointed from among the yeomanry, whose principal duty it is to attend to the ordinary business of the county, its roads, expenses, &c. Terms are held semiannually, in each of the counties.

State tax for 1849, and previous years, 59,547.21 N. H. Asylum for Insane (building), 15,000.00

Officers' School of Instruction,

Salaries, Executive and Judiciary, $ 19,018.35 deaf and dumb,

Banks.- The condition of the banks, on the first Monday in June, 1850, was as follows:Capital actually paid in, $2,228,950; real estate, $47,388.01; debts due the banks, $3,796,496.38; debts due from directors, $ 44,877.28; specie, $128,686.61; bills of other banks, $56,141.24; deposits in the banks, $381,528.00; deposits in other banks for the redemption of bills, $333,622.58; circulation, $ 1,628,105. The whole number of banks in the State is twenty-two.

Common Schools.

The present school law is in the fourth year of its existence. At the June Session (1850) of the Legislature, the office of School Commissioner was abolished, and County School Commissioners were created, to constitute the Board of Education. The commissioners

are,

Rockingham.—
- Zeb. Jones, of Hampton Falls. Hillsborough. -Geo. W. Moore, of Amherst.
Strafford. - John S. Woodman, of Rollinsford.
Belknap. - Giles Leach, of Meredith.
Carroll. Sanborn B. Carter, of Ossipee.
Merrimack. - Hall Roberts, of Concord.

Cheshire. - Joseph Perry, of Keene.
Sullivan.-D. H. Sanborn, of Washington.
Grafton. - Charles Shedd, of Campton.
Coos.-B. F. Whidden, of Lancaster.

The returns for the years ending May 20, 1849, and June 1, 1850, give the following statistics, to wit:

1849.

1850.

Whole number of school districts reported,

2,137

2,167

Number of scholars above 4 years of age attending school two

Average monthly wages of male teachers, exclusive of board,
Average monthly wages of female teachers, exclusive of board,
Number of male teachers employed in the winter schools,
Number of female teachers employed in the winter schools,
Amount of money raised by taxes for the schools,
Amount contributed in board and fuel,

64,036

61,498

47,084

46,225

9.8

9.8

8.5

9.4

$ 14.13

$14.73

Amount of literary fund,

Amount raised for the Teachers' Institute, about

Whole amount raised for the district schools during the

$132,771.22 $145,892.12

7,519.44 9,738.12

6,287.62 8,097.42 10,452.10 10,790.00 1,500.00 1,020.52

159,430.38 174,517.66 10,000.00 15,087.28

State Prison, Concord. —Rufus Dow, Warden, salary, $800; Rev. Eleazer Smith, Chaplain; William Prescott, M. D., Physician. Whole number of convicts in prison, May 31, 1849, 82. Received since, 36. Whole number, 118. There have been discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 10; by pardons, 14; death, 2; insane, 1; 27. Leaving in prison, May 31, 1850, 91. Of those remaining in prison, 88 are males, and 3 are females. The ages of the convicts at the time of their conviction were as follows:

from 15 to 20, 26; 20 to 30, 35; 30 to 40, 19; 40 to 50, 8; 50 to 60, 2; 60 to 70, 1. Of the convicts now in prison, 72 were committed for offences against property, as burglary, housebreaking, horse-stealing, larceny, &c.; 1 for arson; 8 for rape or attempt to commit rape; 2 for manslaughter; 4 for murder. There are 10 sentenced for life; 3 for 20 years; 1 for 15 years; 2 for 14 years; 1 for 11 years; 8 for 10 years; 14 for 5 years; 18 for 3 years. Of the whole number, 14 are foreigners, and 44 natives of New Hampshire. 22 convicts are employed in the cabinet shop; 34 in the shoe shop; 11 in the smith shop; the 3 females are employed in sewing. The expenditures for the year were $7,509.07; the receipts were $5,345.22. The amount owed by the prison, May 31, 1850, was $3,127.66. The prison library consists of about 600 volumes.

New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord. — Andrew McFarland, Superintendent. Since the opening of the asylum, for nearly eight years, there have been admitted, to May 31, 1850, 731 patients; 127 now remain in the institution. Of these, 69 are males and 58 females. The number of patients admitted during the past year was 103. Of these, 59 were males and 44 were females. 90 were discharged during the year. Of these, 45 (17 males and 23 females) had recovered; 18 (6 males and 12 females) had partially recovered; 20 (9 males and 11 females) were not relieved; and 7 (3 males and 4 females) died. A new wing has been added to the Asylum during the year.

The Senate was established in 1836. The House of Representatives is composed of about 230 members, one member from each town. Pay of the members of each house, $1.50 a day during the session of the Legislature.

The judiciary powers are vested in a Supreme Court, consisting of six judges; in County Courts, or Courts of Common Pleas, comprising six circuits, each County Court being composed of one judge of the Supreme Court, who is ex officio chief justice of the County Courts of his circuit, and two assistant judges for each county; and in justices of the peace; all the judges and justices being chosen annually by the Legislature.

The Supreme Court sits once, and the County Courts twice a year, in each county. Each judge of the Supreme Court is Chancellor of a circuit. The Court of Chancery has two stated sessions annually in each county, and is always in session for all purposes except the final hearing of a cause. An appeal from the decree of the Chancellor lies to the Supreme Court. Common Schools. Number of school districts in the State, 2,647; number of scholars, 95,616; average of wages paid male teachers per month, $13.78; average of wages paid female teachers per month, $5.60; whole wages for males, $ 65,896.54; for females, $58,475.29; number of weeks of school by males, 19,125; by females, 41,721; whole wages to teachers, $ 124,371.83; cost for wages, board, and fuel, $204,695.27; public money divided for support of schools, $74,180.15. The school fund was abolished in 1845, to pay the State debt.

State Prison. - Year ending Sept. 1, 1849.- Number of convicts, Sept. 1, 1848, 52; admitted during the year, 34; total, 86. 24 were discharged during the year; 13 by expiration of sentence, 6 by pardon, 1 escaped, and 4 died. One of the prisoners is a female. The income of the prison for the year was $3,652.99. Expenditures and loss, $ 6,713.05. Balance of expenditures for the year against the prison, $3,060.06. Total liabilities exclusive of interest, $22,805.68; total assets, $ 19,460.81. Excess of liabilities, $4,849.79. Entire indebtedness, $5,849.79.