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 To tac Tc-to-sl Board oi Education In pu--la1- ,f .av ! am required to annually report tc ,.g or o- before the fret day of tsuua-~ Of eacl year. The first year after my appointment ending Dec. 3i, 1871. was -jca; 9 collecting funds and preparing to open scs o9is. 'r' none were actually put in operation until l-72, hence this report will contain tac receipts and expenditures requir- ed to te reported '1r l-7l and l,72
 Ths total receipts for school purpose. from all s9Cress have letr From Yuma county. g 5ia i7; frorn Pima county. $G.lZ3 Og frU'u fsyapai county. Sl 298 go; from Mari -eopa county. S'!2 cj, making total of ST. 65s si
 Thetotal expenditures have been Iu Yuma county, Sissi 1s. in Pima, Si .gGs gs: in fGvapai, S5-4 70; in Msrcops Sj27 msk- ing the total eHpcnditufes, sj, ,l6j 46 and 'eaviDg an une1pendsd balance Of & .ss 9.
 By the census returns for 1871. the nun her Of children between the ages of six and twcnty-one, is as follows: Iu Pima county. oV5j m 1una, 553; in yavspai, 2ll in Mar. icopa, iD3 in MOhave, 42-to of 1929 In 1872 the school census was taken only in Yuma county, and ibe report shows the number of children in that county for that year under twcniy-one and over six years of age to De six hundred The fol- lowing -hows the number Of children un- der twenty-oBe and over six ycars or age in 1, each ot the counties according Co the censls | taken in 1872 by tAe several county asses. 1 so7s: Pima county, ], 427. Yuma. 732: Mar ! ieopa, 3i3; fayapai, lsO; Mohave 46-to. tai, 55s.
 Tho average daily attendance at public schools has been as follows: In Pima county. IVI Yuma, 8l Yayapai, 3i Mohave, l5 .i MarlcoPa, s3--tOtal. G1J. The average daily attendance at private schools was 100. ] have not the complete returns Of the total number iu attendance at schools. but presume , the whole number attending public schools . was about 100, aud private schools. 50 Thus | it win be seen that about $50 have received z some educational advantages during the past | year. Many were prevented from attending . lchoo! because of residing in isolated local ' itcs.
 Eight teachers have been employed in the public schools during the past year. five males c and three females the former received wages ! ranging from $sO t0 Sl2J, and the latter from | $sO to Sl0J per month. The schools have u not been graded. These branches have been I taught: oHbogaphy, reading, penmanship. b grammar, geography, arithmetic. history b
 
 Following j. $ dctailed statement of inc si receipts and disbursements in each Of the coup- e, ties together with other information relative ti to tho school interest
 Pima County. ar Receipts from all sources to Dec. 10. lS72 "i ApPortionmeut from the Territorial treasury Al Al o9l4 U county schocl tax, Sl, ,6O4 4: stray | animals, s3 70; subscriptions, S2O; school v, ax m District No. l, Sj7S GJ-making the u otal S3,l23 co. Disbursements: Paid to eaehers, Sl,ljs Ol; rents, SUP 50; school cooks, %'5 2-; school furniture, S3OG 87 of or tas,ng census, S35 printing S9; sun co 1es, S@J JS--naking total oi Sl ,968 g8. ac nd leaving an uDezpended balance of SI. an 13 II. school was opened in Tucson in slf lafch 1872, and thereafter maintained ten tIa 1olths. Tho last quarterly report shows I3I fo, upiis enrolled and an average daily attend to nee oi v The improvement made by the in ;holars, IS quite remarkable At the com. to iehcement scarcely one could speak word .l the English language now many of them inc m read and write very well, and have rap- me ny advanced n arithmetic, geography and moi 'ammar. The teacher, John Spring. las wa zen tifeies5 m his efforts and is entitled to soy uch cieIit Tor the success attained 4 site Iool Was commenced in Gila district (No. 2l lion sanford, in March last and continued four est onths. The average daily attendance was theI lrty -one Ihe trustees and teacher speak VII Fy eneouragingly of the progress made by c"' z p1PIIs. School district No. 3 al Flor ce, has been recently organized A school use has been erected al cost of about @JO, by subscription, and a school was T. eAed December lG, and regular attend Am ee oi about forty pupils is anticipated S5I 1voi district No. i, at Tucson. has been or s. r li@ed, ih which school for girls will be Tl,e ohea Oy tle hfst of next month. The Sis SI ( $ oi s. Joseph have been employed to s,.tie ch the schools under the public school law S9T Which excludes all religious teaching. ss4 NOTE. The slstcrs finally declined fin ,,Lo oT .. se "4 iAe schOol as here stated but early In C;, I.ify, public SchOOi for girls was opened by D n.y. i C ,iiiughes which is well attended mark. % TnG dy iDcrcaslng.- ED. CITzES. eFag he Sisters of St. Joseph have taught A pri- Clar 2 school Gin Tucaon) for girls since June and lhe whole number of pupils enrolled slsta been 25p, and the average daily attend Fran II2--oi tbs number sixty have attended inter iiafiy since the commencement. The Sis term have been unwaycring in efforts to i'm. tenti 'e The pupils under their charge. which the a resulted in giving many a very good'edu this '. "ho would otherwise have been com schoo 70 10 remain in ignorance. The last Io,, mont ure appropriated S3OO for the bene6t oC funds
 
 dcducicd from school moneys to he psiJ teach lma county but on account of fconfjcting const 2n' oI the school law, it has been impos, cost c 70 pay it. deem 1t but justice that script provision be made for its payment. tarnit T iurther and more detailed statement shipp' ( school Interests in Pima county. re. steam uIIy refer you 10 the very inteIestino for wt .t Gi the county superintendent. Hon. T., s lShea' copy Of which is herewith trans, Ehren d F. Pc, gchoo,s apor,, ,t. ,.,.. pupils .l;,.,. ,i..,..,- cog A4''4iiD7' daily made 70 educate the children of Pima then c iaiIeopa Indians, addressed a letter of cave Ii, te'nti,,,, ~, ~, ii. ii. 'ooki who Is en- pupils o.ye cl.,,5. i. reserve. here fully r, of iopyi as the best respect s,lr .a1.r,-''.'a''' Vo you the success to the
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