total receipts for the fiscal year 1915 were $2,953,291 and the expenditures $3,127,929. On 30 June 1915 there was an un expended balance in the State treasury of $579,183, while the gross debt amounted to $3,319,048 ($13.65 per capita). The assessed valuation of all properties amounted to $408, 540,283, the general levy rate being $4.48. The same year the number of National banks was 13 and of State banks 47, with a capitalization of $3,046,452, and total deposits amounting to $30, 093,522.
The railroad mileage in 1916 was 2,404 and was valued for assessment at $93,147,822; of the mileage 69.88 miles, valued at $1,165,200, were exempt from taxation until 1919.
In 1915 the national guard of Arizona numbered 883 men; in addition there were 12 civilian rifle clubs with a membership nearly equalling that of the organized militia. The only armory in the State was erected at Tucson in 1915 at a cost of $28,000. In 1913 Arizona's rifle team won 10th place among 45 competitive teams at Camp Perry; and in 1914, at Fort Riley, with matches open to entries from the United States army and western and southwestern States, the Arizona marksmen re ceived first awards in all of the eight matches with the exception of two, establishing a State record.
Arizona has a good public school system and is energetic in extending its facilities to its children despite the scattered population. Education is compulsory. The school population in 1914 was 53,845; the esti mated number of children of school age (5 to 18 years) being 57,491. The value of school real and personal property was $501,852,186; teachers employed, 154 men (average salary, $113.87), 942 women (average salary, $85.59). In teach ers' salaries Arizona is exceeded by only six States. Cost of maintenance, 1885, $138,164; in 1914. $2,135,549. There is a State Univer sity at Tucson (308 pupils), normal schools at Tempe and Flagstaff and 17 high schools. There are also numerous private and sectarian schools. The government and various secta rian organizations maintain 59 boarding and day schools for Indians among the various tribes and there are also government non-res ervation schools at Phoenix and Fort Mohave. In 1916 these had a capacity of 5,275 pupils, a total enrolment of 5,076 and an average atten dance of 4,159.
Religious.— Owing to the large number of persons of Spanish descent, locally known as and to the activities of the early Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, more than half the communicants in the State are of the Roman Catholic faith, followed in order by the Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Presbyterians and Methodists. So far as the statistics are available, the Roman Catholics and the Meth odists have an almost equal number of church organizations, and the Roman Catholics and Episcopalians an equal number of church build ings. In value of church property the Catholics exceed the Methodists only slightly, while in indebtedness the Catholic churches greatly ex ceed that of any other denomination. The Methodists have a greater number of Sunday schools than any other religious organization, followed by the Catholics and the Latter Day Saints respectively; while in Sunday-school pupils the order is Latter Day Saints, Meth odists, Catholics, Presbyterians, and Baptists.
Penal.— enal.— The State maintains an asylum for the insane near Phoenix, a home for aged and infirm pioneers at Prescott, the Flor ence Crittenden Home and Children's Home at Phoenix, a penitentiary at Florence and an in dustrial school for juvenile offenders on the site of Fort Grant near Willcox. The University of Arizona maintains a department for the deaf.
Population and Divisions.—The first sep arate census was taken in 1870, giving, exclu sive of Indians, 9,658; in 1880, 40,440; in 1890, 88,243 (including Indian lands and reserva tions) ; in 1900, 122,931; in 1910, 204,354; in 1917 (est.), 263,788. The principal Indian tribes are: Navajo (partly in New Mexico), 21,763; Papago, 7,112; Pima, 4,892; San Carlos Apache, 2,584; White Mountain Apache, 2,384; other Apache, 646; Mohave, 584; Hopi, 2,476; Walapai, 470; Maricopa, 269; Chemehuevi, 1,002; Havasupai, 170; Paiute, 285. There are 14 counties in the State, as follows, with their county seats, population, etc.: In addition to towns named in table, the following contained more than 1,000 inhabit ants in 1910: Bisbee, 9,019; Douglas, 6,937; Jerome, 2,393; Winslow, 2,381.
Government.— Sessions of the legislature are held biennially, commencing on the second Monday of January next after the election of members of the legislature. By constitutional provision the people reserve the power and priv ileges of initiative and referendum. Women were granted full suffrage in 1912 and in 1914 the State declared for absolute prohibition against the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicants. The hours of labor for women in laundries, bakeries, mercantile establish ments, hotels and restaurants and also in tele graph and telephone offices in which more than three women are employed shall not exceed eight hours per day or 56 hours a week; for fe males under 18, the maximum is 48 hours a week. For females under 18, night work is pro hibited from 7 P.M. to 7 a.m. The law provides also that seats shall be furnished in mills, fac tories, mercantile establishments, laundries and offices. Mothers are provided pensions under certain conditions. Eight hours constitute a law ful day's work in all employment by or in behalf of the State or any political subdivision there of, and also in most cases the same length of day is provided for all workers in mines, smelters, etc. No child under 14 years of age shall be employed in any gainful occupation during school hours and no child under 16 years of age shall be employed in a mine or in any other injurious or hazardous occupation, or in any occupation at night. Female labor in or about any mine, quarry or coal-breaker is prohibited. Provision is made for employers' liability and for compulsory compensation ap plicable to workmen engaged in dangerous oc cupations. The minimum wage for females (except family domestics) is $10 per week.