BEING THE

ANNUAL REPORTS

OF VARIOUS

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INSTITUTIONS

FOR THE YEAR

1896.

PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Vol. XI.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

Aggregates of Polls, Property and Taxes,
Abstract of Returns of Corporations, .

Report of Controller of County Accounts,

Report of State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation,
Number of Assessed Polls, Registered Voters, etc.,

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VOL. III.

Report of State Board of Lunacy and Charity,

Report of Trustees of the Lyman and Industrial Schools,
Report of Trustees of the Danvers Lunatic Hospital, .
Report of Trustees of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital,
Report of Trustees of the Taunton Lunatic Hospital, .
Report of Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital,

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Report of Trustees of the State Farm at Bridgewater, .
Report of Trustees of the State Almshouse at Tewksbury,
Report of Trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachu-
setts School for the Blind,

Report of Trustees of the Massachusetts School for the
Feeble-minded,

Report of Trustees of the Westborough Insane Hospital, Report of Trustees of the Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates,

Report of Trustees of the Medfield Insane Asylum,

VOL. IV.

Report of State Board of Health,

Report of Board of Registration in Medicine,

VOL. V.

Report of Railroad Commissioners and Returns of Railroad
Corporations, .

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VOL. VI.

Report of Commissioners of Savings Banks (Part I. - Savings Banks, Institutions for Savings, Safe Deposit, Loan and Trust Companies. Part II. Co-operative Banks, Collateral Loan Companies, Mortgage Loan and Investment Companies), .

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VOL. VII.

Report of Insurance Commissioner (Part I. - Fire and
Marine. Part II. Life, Casualty and Assessment),

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Report of Board of Control of the Hatch Experiment Station,

Report of the Massachusetts Agricultural College,

Report of General Superintendent of Prisons,
Report of Board of Police for City of Boston,
Report of Board of Police for City of Fall River,
Report of Adjutant General,

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VOL. XI.

Report of Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths, with Statistics of Divorce, and of Deaths investigated by

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Report of Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners, .
Report of Inspector of Gas Meters and Illuminating Gas, 55