The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-14
EDUCATION IN NEW YORK.
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ANNUAL REPORT
THE
Superintendent OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
SEcRgTARY's OFFICE,
DEPARTMENT or COMMON SCHOOLS,
ALBANY, January 7, 1851.
To THE LEGISLATURES.

SEcRBTARY's OFFIcE,
DEPARTMENT COMMON SCHOOLS,
ALBANY, January ], 1871.
TO THE LEGISLATURES.
The Superintendent Of Common Schools, in ac-
cordance with the acquisitions of the law, las the
honor TO submit the following annual report
CONDITION OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
From the returns OF The several town superin-
spectve countless and bearing date the first day
of July last, an abstract of which will be found in
table A, annexed, II appears that the whole num-
Der Of school districts IN the State, duly organized
at that date, was Ill 1897, being increase OF BOG
during the preceding year. OF this number, 1891
are composed OF territory wholly situated in the
town where the school house OF the district stands
and the remainder joint districts, formed from
two or more adjoining towns.
Reports, in accordance with law, have been re-
ceived by the several town superintendent from
the trustees of III 73 Of these districts leaving l24
districts from which no returns were made. These
reports bear date on the LIST day OF January, 1850,
and refer to the condition OF the several schools
during the year lsi9. The average period during
which the schools were taught, during that year,
by duly qualified teachers, in accordance with law,
was eight months. The whole number of children,
between the ages of five and sixteen years. residing
In the several districts of the State, the 3lst
day of December, 1S49, was 735, lSS; and the UNI
Der Of children taught dunng the preceding year
was 1874 800, being an excess of SO ,3l2 over the
number between The ages Of hive and sixteen, and
l6, l9l over the whole number taught in lS4S. OF
the number thus taught, 1913 had been under in
struction during the entire year; lS,455 for ten
months and less than twelve 59,3l5 for eight
months and lees than ten; LOG, 100 for six months
and less than eight; l67, 1872 for four months and
less than six 1913 022 for two months and less than
four; and 200, l25 tor period less than two months
The period for attendance of the remaining IS, 669
10 included in the reports OF the trustees, which
have been found very defective in this respect
som the difficulty of asceraining the requisite data
s.Don which TO base these returns.
ESTIMATES AND ACCOUNTS OF EXPENDITURES OF
SCHOOL MONEYS.
During the year embraced in the report of the
trustees, the whole amount of money paid for
teachers wages in the several districts from which
reports were received, was 81 1872 800 "a, of which
$767 $50 20 was public money, $50S, 7A 56 raised
on rate bills from those sending to school, $3l. 1874
"a raised by district tax to supply deficiencies in
the collection of such rate bills, and $li,74S Fl
raised like to deray the rate bills of ind
gent persons, exempted by the trustees in the mode
prescribed by law. The number of children thus
placed on the list OF INDECENT exempts during the
year 1919, was $50.
The aggregate amount of library money expend-
ed during the same year, in the purchase of books
and articles OF school apparatus authorized by law,
$92, 456 7S, and the amount raised by district
taxation for such apparatus, for book cases and
other purposes connected with the several district
libraries, was 81 CPS IS, making an aggregate of
$96 1855 81 for library expenditures and school ap.
paratus.
The following sums were raised by the inhabi-
tants of the several Districts during the year l849,
by district taxation, in addition to those above
specified for the respective purposes enumer ated,