Arizona citizen., 1873-03-15

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT l OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
 TUCsoN, Dec. 3l, 1872.
 To the Territorial Board of Educa- tion: In pursuance of law I am re- quired to annually report to you on or before the first day of January each year. The first year after my ap- pointment, ending Dec. 31, 1871, was spent in collecting funds and rrepar- ing to open schools, but none were actually put in operation until 1872 {; hence this report will contain the re- ceipts and expenditures required to be ported for 1871 and 1872.
 The total receipts for school pur- poses from all sources have been {: From Yuma county, $2,519 IT; from Pima county, $3, 123 O9; from Yava- pal county, 1,29S S9; from Maricopa county, SIP 66; making a total of S7,653 S1.
 The total expenditures have been : In Yuma county, $1,SS4 IS; in Pima, S1.96S 9S; in Yavapai, $7S4 70; in Maricopa, $527; making the total of expenditures, $5. 165 46, and leaving an unexpended balance of ,4SS 30.
 By the census returns for 1871, the mum Der of children between the ages of six and twenty-one, Is as follows: In Pima county, 6O3; in Yuma, 364; in Yavapai, 21l, in Maricopa, l03 ; in Mohave, 42-total of 1923. In 1872, school census was taken only in Yuma county, and the report shows the number of children in that county for that year under twenty-one and over six years of age to be 600. The following shows the number of chil- dren under twenty one and over six years of age in each of the counties, according to the census taken in 1872 by the several county assessors: Pima county, 1,427; Yuma 732; Maricopa 313; Yavapai, 1S0; Mohave 46- total, 2,69S.
 The average daily attendance at public schools has been as follows: In Pima county, 107; Yuma, S1; Yavapai 31; Mohave, 13; Maricopa, 43-total, 275. The average daily attendance at private schools was 1O0 I have not the complete returns of the total number in attendance at schools, but presnme the whole num- Der attending public schools was about 400, and private schools, 15O. Thus it will be seen that about $50 have received some educational advantages during the past year. Many were. prevented from attending school be- cause of residing in isolated localities.
 Eight teachers have been employed in the pubic schools during the past year, five males and three females /; the former received wages ranging from $50 to $l25, and the latter from $50 to $1OO per month. The schools have not been graded. These branch es have been taught: Orthography, Reading, Penmanship, Grammar, Ge- ography, Arithmetic, History, and, in a few instances, Algebra and Latin.
 Following Is detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements in each ot the counties, together with other relative to the school in terest:
 PIMA COUNTY.
 Receipts from all sources to Dec: l9' 1872. Apportionment from the Ter ritorial treasury, $914 35; county school tax, $1,6O4 A; stray animals, S5 70; subscriptions, SEQ; school tax in district No. l, $57S 60-making the total $3, 123 09. Disbursements: Paid to teachers, $1, 15S 01; rents, s152 50; school books, $27S 22; school furniture, $3O6 ST; for taking census, $35; printing, $9; sundries, s29 3S-making total of $1,96S 9S, and leaving an unexpended balance of s1,154 II. A school was opened in Tucson in March, 1872, and thereafter ten months. The last quarterly report shows 131 pupils en- oiled and sn average daily attend lnoe of seventy-two. The improve nent made by the scholars. is quite