, 1841-03-27

4 OF Inc CilV, is Z,l ZU.UOz; so tnat the mum
DER of children attending schools is NOR
han one fourth Of the whole number of in
mbitants. In the City Of New York tn
whole number of children between the age
of 5 and 16 is 62,952, OF which sO,758 ar,
reported as attending the schools Of all elias
.es, leaving 80, l64 who attend none at all.
The capital of the School Fund is estima
ed at S5,6I7,I41, and the Superintendent il
opposed 10 further increasing it. The fol
lowing sums were raised during the yea
1889. for the support of schools and the pur
chase Of libraries:
Appropriated by tho State, S275,OOO OF
RAISED by Supervisors OF the
Counties, 244,747 o.
Raised by voluntary tax in towns, 1896 %
From local funds, 90 53I 81
Balance in hands OF Commits.
SIonerS, I,674 80
Under special statutes in n. Y,
Brooklyn, Albany and Buffalo, 86,192 l9
Total sum raised for 1889, S634.o42 90
The whole amount paid 10
teachers was, SI,Oll,873 O6
The total estimated expenses
for repairs, Collectors &
Commissioners fees. Sc, 9l5,458 90
Aggregate expenditure Sl.925,33I O6
This gives an average of So 35 us the
cost "i each chIlds instruction.
The Waves al teachers has yflIu Illy in.
creased fium SIl So per months. which WIS
the ,vera"e III 1881, 10 Si8 90, The average
in 1889.
The departments for the Instruction OF
Common Scl"ol teachers. established bv the
State IN 1885, have been gradually ~increas-
M III usefulness, and their multiplication is
ad'ocairdhy the superintendent. The mum
Der "i pupils IN 1885 was l3S. in 1888 374.
and III 1910 6G8. exclusive of those attend
IN" the cILSrcIl department of the academies
IN which they wc:r established.
Many Suggestions are made wi,n regard
IL The details If managing the school fund
and regulating It's disposal. The Report de-
irrecalcs line sweeping denunciaiinns, Of the
school system IN which nianv are apt 10 in
dui.r, aud declares that it Is making sure
pr"-r"s> both IN lis u,irv and in The alice
rr"nr Of the people. From the statements
e.! U.:i.ii We have gwen 7 ii up-
I"n'' 'naj Sl.lG8, AS 90 have been con
mostly voluntarily. for the support
al Srir""l>:-wilh reference 10 this the report
>IV>:
IL people who have thus freely expended
their muury. and appropriated their means
i"r the education al their children To an Il.
r,r"nr nearly double the expense Of admins
tcIIng tie government, cannot with any truth
ar Justice he san! to be Indifferent to the sub
jrcr. And when we find 30, 900 trustees of
school districts graiuitously rendering their
and making their returns with or.
der. regularity and prompiitude. we ought not
t" deny their appreciation of The value Of the
labor in which they engage, nor their merit
in performing it. 1t is no slight proof of the
value OF Il system which is thus administer
ed withou, compuls.on. Its fruits are seen
in the education of o%ne.iourth of our entire
population. and of nearly every child of
proper age for the primary schools; in the
nd, ancc Of the wages paid to teachers-aI
clear Indication that Il higher degree of tai
rnt is employed and appreciated; and in the
interest almost universally excited among
nur irll"w-citIzens OF every class in the sue
:ess Of our ei~iorts."-Log CDbin.