, 1876-07-30
TIE BOSTON PUBLIC SCd)oLY.

The Boston School Board hare Just pub-
lished their report, and from it the following
statistical Information is compiled: Bv the
State census Of 1915 the population of Boston
Is I'll, l,9l9. Tie whole number OF different
names enrolled in the school registers for tile
year was 55,3o0- The average daily membership
OF the city hi5li-s:hools for the year was 2,lSo;
Of the grammar schools, 23,9s0; OF the primary
schools, Is, ,G55; OF the evening schools, 2,7A;
ol the evening drawing schools, G33; and Of
other special schools, 33l; making the average
daily membership Of all the schools IS, ,4G5.
The number Of teachers in all the city high
schools was u.s. in the grammar schools Coz, il
the primary schools rs, in the evening schools
l3o, and in the drawing and special schools q,
making total OF 1895 teachers The number
OF pupils to each teacher in the ligh-schools
was "a, in tue grammar schools II, and in the
primary schools II. Of the Boston public
school teachers 2o3 are mca and ,0Y are women,
and OF these 81 are cla;sed as special teachers.
The valuation CT the real aud personal prop
erty OF Boston is s7o3, III, 900, showing wealth
OF $, ,;21 to each person Of tie population. Tha
total amount OF city appropriations for eli pur-
poses voted By the Council for 1856 il S12,-
| 100000, and the amount assessed for State,
| county, and city taxes for tho financial yea.
! 1S75-'6 is Sl0523,030.
The expenditures for public-school purposes
were as follows: For salaries f school officers
3,49o; for salaries OF teachers in the city high
schools, $780, for salaries OF all other pub-
lc-chool teachers, 51,003, ,267; making totalfo,
salaries Of 81. ,203 The incidental expenses
OF the schools were $507, ,364 In addition to
this, SS355G, ,6G9 we're expended for school-houses
and lots, making grand total for the Public
School Department Of $o,0S1:043. The cost pc,
pupil OF the public schools for the year, based
on salaries alone, was 5000, and the annual
cost per pupil, based on the entire expenditure
for schools, was 1855.
The first railroad in China is actually IN
operation, and the effect OF dead-heal fayors
upon the Celestial officials has been to incline
them to regard the enterprise with favor. It is
not '11ucn VI r1lroad, Is 4 narrow-gaugc, and
out miles long. But it is most important as
the inauguration Of the railway system that
must ultimately extend throughout the Empire,
atl':' II such thing be possible, must very much
re'o:atlonlze that amazing conservatism that
"orsllps the ashes Of the dead, and has ar
rested all progress in China for thousands Of
years. The road, which connects Shanghai with
the Important suburb of kangwe1,, was built bv
for Il m improved roadway without
specifying the kind of road; and then
it was found impracticablc to do ANYTHING
without purchase absolutely of the land >
through which tile road passed; and that done,
and the rails laid, it was exceedingly question
able whether the authorities would permit the
running Of trains. That difficulty seems, how
ever, to have been surmounted, and the era Of
railway construction can scarce be far distant
IN China With it, of course, will come that Of
stock-Watcring and Of crclit-,nobilicr thfeyery,
anu, II Chinese conservatism be proof against
these, then is it indeed inyulncrable.
--.E
Inc as'Gravatins asin;nitr of Minister P1EEaB
FONTS speech at the July banquet in London is
|hore clearly apparent upon reading OF what he
'a'u than all the dcnunciation possible would
make H. Remember that he had lust landed,
Lnat ne mad not YET been formally recognized at
Court, and that ex-Premicr GLaDsrosE holds
lu1te Us n1en place in the esteem of the En-
5Asn people, though he be an s:out,n Us do
any OF the other great political leaders, and then
imagine ( how, to company Of Englishrnen, this
sharIhess " OF PIERREPoST's at GLAps10SE'3
Expense must have sounded:
an31 hnotncr Prime Mnsterof England lately wrote
,a nook winch tried to read with much care. Its
ome Of the sentences were Somewhat involved and
and it puzzled little to under
M mem. !he English people, being less crude
~ ;. auo5e poilshed than the Americans may un-
3 What ai those Phrases mean. The book
.ns st m to say abont america believe it
20 the influence Of the religious pictures Of
ne atican on the civilization OF America, but, II
un a n,isthkcn M about that, doubt the first time
IGg. I;i1 sng ate Frme Minister, Mr. GLADSTONE, be
'AA eAp4a1n 10 ME what do not now understand
rAESE Gopw1Ss letter on the Independent Con-
Tlsnee ros has 1een reprinted commented upon BY
EtkuSE Of this city has been so busy gazing
nt IL aed to get glimpse Of it. when re-
NJ reading. - CHICAGO Times
fARkE GoDw1S's letter was so manifestly UNI
u air and partisan that We preferred to pass it in
lence than to speak OF the writer as he de-
srved' We had long held him in esteem, and
Id not care to express the opinion OF his white
ash OF TLDEx that his letter would evoke.