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through all the public papers printed in the State, as would afford to the friends of those entitled to assistance information of the time and manner of making their applications and of the proof necessary to be exhibited. A surprising indifference to the subject seems to have prevailed almost throughout the State. The official returns show the whole number of deaf & dumb in the state to be upwards of two hundred, of these a small number only made any application. Nine, having been selected as proper subjects for education, were placed at the American Asylum, and are now receiving instructions at that institution at the public expense. The Resolves of the last Legislature "authorizing" The Governor to procure a title to the land upon which the State arsenal is erected, and for other purposes," have been carried into effect so far as to procure a conveyance to the State, in fee, of the lot sufficiently extensive for the accommodation of such buildings and yards as may be necessary for the safe keeping and preservation of the ordnance and other military property of the State. As the conveyance could not be obtained until the season suitable for building had far advance, it was thought most for the public interest to delay erecting the buildings and making the other improvements authorized by said Resolves until the ensuing spring. Under the Resolve making an appropriation for the purpose, a contract has been entered into for supplying early in the