The commissioner shall transmit to the general assembly, at each regular session of that body and during the first week of the session, a report in full of the transactions of the penitentiary during the two (2) years preceding the report, and showing, among other things:
(1) The number of inmates confined in the penitentiary;
(2) The offenses for which committed;
(3) Their ages, previous occupation, birth place and residence;
(4) Their respective periods of imprisonment;
(5) The different kinds of businesses in which they are employed;
(6) How many employed in each; and
(7) The profit or loss.