The New York herald., 1867-03-01

Annual Report Of the Superintondent of
Public INSTRUCTION.
Tho annual report Of Mr. Victor NJ Rce the Superin-
tendcnt Of Public Instruction transmitted TO the Legs
ature Wednesday last some interesting in.
formation.
RURAL SCHOOL prsrRIcrs
There are 1887 school districts In the whole State,
exclusive Of those within cities.
The number OF schoolhouscs as reported Is II, sat-
as follows-Built Of logs 1s1; frame buildings 9s15
OF brick, 1021; Of stone $780, In 1865 the total was
IL 492, follows:-Log 80T; Frame TSS; BRICK Sl4;
stone 5sS. There has been net in the rural
school districts in ten years Of ave schooihousos
the cities Of fifty.
oosr AND VALUE or soHooIRousKs
The amount Of money expended for schooho ouses
sites rcpars &C. for the last year was a. foows:-In
total s97o ga In 1895 It was as follows the cities
$685. 9O2 in the rural DISTRICTS $685. 25S total $799 leO
lSsurvIcIEsr SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS m NEW YORK AND
BROOKLYN
The school houses OF New York and Brooklyn are not
capable Of seating all the children who apply at their
year to year the erection Of buildings till tho de
cheney OF room and tho crowd OF pupils will admit OF
TO be- In Thousands OF cases. is dscredtable to the
State.
BAD coSprrIo~ or COUNTRY SCHOOL Housn
The Superintendent complains that many country
school houses neglected condition. some with
out fences IN separate them from the highway, and
preservation Of decenoy and good morals He nnds
apology this OF things In the heavy taxa
on sustained for forty past The people for
example, paid about Sill by way or bills for
the last ten yeara Thsrs s besides considerable
provemeDt gong on.
To remedy those evils the Superintendent suggests
that tho School Commissioners shall have authority 70
expend sum not exceeding $500 In single case
repairing school houses and increased power 70 oon-
denim school houses and compel the building OF new
onea, or that such power shall be vcsed In Board,
composed OF tho supervisor Town Ccr and Trustee
OF the district percentage Of the expense borne
bv tho districts the towns aud the and by the
STATE In equitable proportion, to be determined BY law
Also that State fund be created 70 ,urage the
building and furnishing Of school houses and be
used that those districts and cities which have already
erected suitable school houses and apputsnance4 and
furnished the former with noedfu spparsus shall par.
ticipass In ~ distributon
rInRARrB APPARArUA
tho numbor Of volumes In the district libraries In the
eities 1O, ,222 against 91l in 1906 snd In tho
rural districts $780, against 200 In 1865 Tue
value as rscorted by the Trustees. is e662, 1865.
The entire sum expended for libraries and apparatus
durnfthe school year onding September 30, 1885,
The appropriation OF sSs 900 from tho United States
deposit fund for library purposes apportionod
follows-To the cities, S2o,ls7 %; to the rural dis
The believes that the libraries In the
rural school districts have passed the day OF their high
est usefuiness Tho daily and weekly newspapers and
the periodical literature OF the day absorb attention from
them; and about half OF the annually apporioned
for purchase Of books s applied 10 tho payment Of
teachers wages