been done with a view to giving an exact knowledge of the con ditions that subsequent requirements might be more closely Reappropriated from chapter 431, Laws of 1902. Approvals, $20.15; balance, $973.65. Balance reappropriated by chapter 700, Laws of 1905. Recreation grounds and equipment... Reappropriated from chapter 431, Laws of 1902. 683 08 Approvals, $651.82; balance, $28.26. Reconstructing prison building. 4,804 97 Reappropriated from chapter 431, Laws of 1902. All used. Average population for the fiscal year, 160.44. Area of grounds, 125 acres. Number of buildings, 14. Appropriated for improvements and and betterments by the Legislature of 1905, $4,200. Movement of population during the year was as follows: Number of pupils in the institution October 1, 1904. .... 157 Admitted during the year..... 24 Discharged during fiscal year..... 32 149 Number of pupils in the institution October 1, 1905..... Superintendent Lincoln in his annual report renews the recommendation made in a former report that the work required for the completion of the institution be done by days labor, employing the boys as far as practicable, under the supervision of the officers, rather than by contract; and says: "I make this recommendation for two reasons-its educational value to the boys and that of economy. In support of this contention, permit me to state that before the appropriation of 1904, providing for a |