The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-21


Comptroller Mccall yesterday deposited
SIS, 400 to the credit of general revenue.
The comptroller purchased$9, 800 Blanco
county funding bonds yesterday for the
state board of education.
Harris county yesterday paid S5,94O in
terest on her county bonds.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed in the
Office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The Burnet and Llano Counties Cotton
Yard and Cooperative association; CAPT.
tai stock, $4,000. Incorporators: W.
Humphrey, T. j. Hundley, R. l.. Bush, M.
B. May, A. Fisher, E. G. Shuford, W. ID.
Russell, j. B. Howard, R. @. Smith and A.
G. Helm.
The object of the association is to run
cotton yard and deal in produce and ag-
rieultural implements in the town of
Burnett.
The Texas Mortgage Loan com any of
Parker county; capital stock, $1,000
Incorporators: Ira B. Taylor, W. W.
johnson, R. S. Weitzell, Thos. A. Wythe
and Wright d. Taylor.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent Cooper is sending out
blanks to the proper county and school
officers to obtain statistics. AS matter
of interest the questions to be answered
10y the superintendent or principal of the
schools in cities and towns are given
below. They indicate that the statistics
to be gathered will be of great interest
and importance, and they also indicate
the vast work which has to be done and is
being done by the state educational de-
partment:
Number of male children of school age;
number of female children of school age;
total number of children of school age;
number of male children of school age en-
rolled in school; number of female chill
dren of school age enrolled in school;
number of children under school age en-
rolled; number of children over school
age enrolled; entire number enrolled dur
ing the year Gncludng duplicates); num-
ber of promotions during the year; num-
Der of promotions at end of year; number
grades Cncluding high SCHOOL,; num-
Der of white children; number of
colored children; total number enrolled;
average daily attendance of children;
number of days schools were taught; total
attendance in days; number of male teach
ers mployed; number of female teachers
employed; number of male teachers in
high SCH DOL; number OF female teachers in
high school; number of male pupils en-
rolled in high school; number of female
pupils enrolled in high school; number of
teachers institutes held during the year;
lumber of public school build
ings belonging to the district;
number of buildings rented or leased for
the schools; total number of buildings used;
number of sittings seats for pupils |;
annual salary of principal of the high
school; average annual salary of all male
| teachers; average annual salary of all
female teachers; average annual salary of
all teachers; number of public school
libraries; number of volumes in libraries;
estimated value of public school property;
sites and grounds; buildings; furniture;
libraries and apparatus.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand September 1, 1888;
state apportionment; city tax or appro-
priation; tuition fees all other sources;
total receipts exclusive of sale of bonds) +;
receipts from sale of bonds.
EXPENDITURES.
Balance due on September l, 1888; sites
and buildings; furniture; libraries and
apparatus; repairs; rent; salary of super
intendent and principal salaries of teach
ers; commission of treasurer or secretary;
| janitors; fuel; all other incidental ex-
penses; total expenditures Inclusive of
payment of bonded indebtedness; amount
paid on bonds; balance carried forward;
assessed valuation of taxable property of
the district; rate of school tax levied.
From Sundays Daily.l
The following charters were filed in the
Office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The Pamela Male and Female college;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators:
Thos. f. Hall, Thos. E. Boren, j. M. Wool
worth, j. A. Alsup and j. L. Chadwick.
The Galveston Exhibition association;
capital stock, 100000. Incorporators:
j. E. Wallis, j. H. Burnett, Chas. B. Miller,
P. j. Willis, James Moore, Thomas H.
| Sweeney, A. M. Shannon, E. D. Carroll and
| Geo. M. Courts.
! The Llano Improvement and Furnace
company; capital stock, $1,5OO,OO0. In
corporators: John N. Simpson, E. p.
Cowen, j. S. Armstrong, Henry Exall, J..
E. Henderson, Robert Gibson
and B. S. Wathen, of Dallas
VIM. D. Cleveland, of Houston,
and j. G. Wainwright, of Pittsburg, Pa.
The object of the company is to do any
manufacturing or mining business in the
counties of Llano and Mason, to supply
gas and to establish printing and pub
fishing business, erect hotels, construct
street railroads, erect buildings and loan
money and to construct a bridge across
the Llano river.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT..
Deposits to revenue yesterday we're as
follows: Comptroller's collections ST tate
tax organized counties, $S,637.29; state
tax unorganized counties, S3,782.46;
sales unorganized counties, S497; total,
S12,91675; by collectors, $l,O5S6S.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
The following questions are being sent
out by the department of education to
organized school districts and commu-
mites:
Number of new districts formed; total
number of school districts in the county:
number of white schools taught; number
of colored schools taught; total; number
of graded schools; number of ungraded
schools; number of high schools; number
of sittings for children number of
sests); average school term in months
/ IcOunt snhooI Jor, .