The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17

Summary of annual report of Superin
tendent of Alien county, Kansas, to State
Supt. Pub. Instruction, for the year end
ing July 3lst, 1879:
Number of school children between s
and 81 years, male, 1873; female, 1926
total, 1868. Gain since last report, 43S.
Number enrolled in school last year,
male, 1876; female, 1872; total, 26SS.
Average daily attendance, male, 7Ol
female, III; total, 141S. Number OF
different teachers employed, grade A Ger,
titicates, male, 5; female, 3; grade One
certificates, male, II; female, 16; grade
Two certificates, male, %; female, 81 ;
total, male, SO; female, so; grand total,
SO. Average salary per month, males,
80; females, $3.50. Number Of Or
ganized districts in county, SO and 4
Joint. Average number of weeks of
school session, q. Number of rooms for
school purposes, &c. Number of persons
over sixteen who cannot read or write,
IS. Number of school houses built dur
ing year, 3; total number of school
houses, frame, So; brick, L; stone, 5;
total, SO. Estimated value of buildings
and grounds, S36,340. Estimated value
of furniture, 1920. Amount of bonds
issued during the year, $3.50. Present
bonded indebtedness, SS,457.
Average number of mills levied for
payment of teachers wages, SIS; for build
ing and other purposes. 2; for interest
and sinking fund, l.5; for all school pur-
poses. 9.3. Number of sections of land
in school districts, 504. Assessed valua-
ton of personal property, 1891 OIL 90 /;
of real property, 81, 5S5, 049.00. Amount
of orders issued for County Superinten-
dents salary for year ending June Both,
1879, $3.50. Number of persons exam
ined since last report, Q17 different per-
sons) 156; number Of applicants rejected,
(23 different persons) %; number of GER
tificates granted, Goa different persons)
12S. Number of persons receiving Ger.
tificates who have had no previous ex-
perience in teaching, %; less than one
year, IS. Number of persons receiving
certificates who attended Normal Insti-
tute this year, SO. Number of districts
this year, q Number whose
boundary lines have been changed, s.
Number of districts that have sustained
school three months, 81.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
Observation-Disclosures in hands of District
Treasures August LIST, 1878, S3,593.71;
amount received from County Treasurer
on tax levied for teachers wages, 3d.
247 Al amount received during the year,
from the county school fund, $236.07
from the State annual school fund, 49,
229. 90; from tax for site and building
fund, 81, 266. "a; from the sale of school
bonds. s., 25S.S2; from all other sources,
81 ,27s.61. Total amount received during
year for school purposes, s25, 1lO.S5.
EXPENDITUREs-Amount paid out
during year for teachers wages, 81, &c.
AZ: for rents, repairs. fuel, and other in
cidentals, S3,525.1l; for textbooks for
school, Sl29.9S; for globes, maps and
other apparatus, S126.75; for sites, build
ings and furniture. $4,167.O7. Total
amount paid out during year for school
SO, $50 %.
Balance in hands of District Treasur.
les, July 31st, 1879, s2,55l.57.
INSTITUTE FUND.
Amount on hand at last report, $22. 20:
fees received. $l56.OO; reg
fees received, $104; State ap-
$1,000. Total, 1892 20.
Amount paid instructors, $240; amount
paid for incidentals, $3.50. Total, $685.
30. Amount on hand, $3.50.
L.. D.