New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-14
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS

sEcsErARr's OyFfcE,
DEPARTMENT oT Consos SCHOOLS, Albany, Jsn.1j
TO THE LEGISLATURE
The Superintendent Of Common Schools, in ac-
cordance with the acquisitions Of the law has the
honor to submit the following Annual Report:
CONDITION OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
From the returns Of the several Town Super
intendents, made 10 the County Clerks Of the re-
spective Counties and bearing date on the first
day of July last, an abstract OF which will be
found in table A, annexed, itappears that the
whole number of School Districts in the State.
duly organized at that date, was II 1897 being an
increase OF 200 during the preceding year VI
this number 1894 are composed OF territory Who'll.
ly situated in the town where the schoolhouse OF
the district stands. and the remainder are joint
districts, formed from tive or more adjoining
towns.
Reports, in accordance with law, have been re-
ceived by the several town superintendents from
the trustees of ll,l73 of these districts, leaving
l24 districts from which no returns were made.
These reports bear date on the LIST day OF Jana-
airy, 1850, and refer TO the condition of the seve-
RAJ schools during the year l549 The average
period during which the schools were taught du-
ring that year, by duly qualified teachers. In sc-
cordance 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, on the 3lst day OF December, l549, was
735,lss; and the number OF children taught during
the preceding year was 7s4,5o0, being an excess.
of 1912 over the number between the ages OF
five and sixteen. and 1921 over the whole num-
Der taught in lsis. OF the number thus taught,
9,079 had been under instruction daring the en-
tire year; l6,455 for ten months aud less than
twelve 59,3l5 for eight months and less than
ten; LOG, 100 for six months aud less than eight.
l67 1872 for four months and less than six; l93,o3s
for two months and less than four, and 200 1923 tor
q period less than two months. The period OF at.
tendance of the remaining 1860 is not included
in the reports of the trustees, which have been
found very defective in this respect, from the diff
iculty of sscertanng the requisite data upon
which to base these returns.
ESTIMATES AND ACCOUNTS or EXPENDITURES
OF SCHOOL MONEYS.
During the year embraced in the report OF the
Trustees the whole amount OF money paid Tor
teachers wages in the several districts from
which eports were received was 81 322, 500 a. oil
which s767, 359 20 was public money, sooS,Ia4 90
raised on rate bills from those sending to school,
e3l ,s34 81 raised by district tax to supply den,
ciencies in the collection OF such rate bills, and
s14,74s 81 raised in like manner to detray the
rate bills of INDECENT persons exempted oy the
Trustees in the mode prescribed by law. rns
number of children thus placed on the lst oil lndl-
gent exemPts during the year lsi9 was 1855
The aggregate amount of library money expend-
ed during the same year, in the purchase OF books
and articles of school apparatus authorized oy
law was S92, 456 70 and the amount raised BY
district taxation for such apparatus for book cases
and other purposes connected with the several dis
trict libraries, was s2,62s 70, making an sggre-
gate Of S95,065 81 for library expenditures and
school apparatus.
The following sums were raised by the inhab-
itants of the several districts, during the year
ls49, by district taxation, in addition to those
above specified for the respective purposes emu