Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-02-02
N. j. SCHOOL REPORT.
SHOWS an Increase i'm Appr0prfa-
lions and Attendamce..The
Financial Side.

The new report of the State Board
Of Education gives some interesting liz.
formation concerning the school sys.
tenn Of the State and tie work done
by the department. II shows that the
total value of the school property for
the year ending September /, 1892,
was $4,000, 1856, an increase over the
preceding year of 1905, $50. The schools
accommodate 235, ,839 pupils, as against
227, ,4O2 for the preceding year, an in-
crease of 8.437. The actual enroll.
ment of children was 243, ,254, an in
crease of 1854. Although the number
OF children exceeds the seating capa-
city, 1t must not be inferred that the
latter is insufficient, because the act
ual attendance at one time fell far
short Of the total enrolment. The
average attendance was only $50, ,s39,
or W per cent. of the number enrolled.
The number Of male teachers EN-.
ployed during the past year was 1866,
an increase of 6. The number of fe-
male teachers employed was 4,O15, an
increase of 1873. This increase in the
number of teachers is greater in pro-
portion than in the increase of the
number of pupils enrolled. The aver.
age salary per months paid to male
teachers was $75 81, decrease of 81 o.;
to women teachers, SAB "a, a decrease
of SO cents,
The amount appropriated for school
purposes last year from the income of
the State fund was $2l1, ,75S.49, a de-
crease of $2s,31O.55. The amount of
tax raised by the State was $2,052, $50,
an increase of $4,000. The amount of
district and city tax was 81, ,452, ,4ss, an
increase of 5000, ,O2s.s7. The amount
expended by counties for salaries and
expenses of county superintendent
was $27,S16.32.
Amount received as interest on sur
plus revenue from the money loaned
to counties in 1882, $3l, ,s99.35, amount
of township school tax, s62, ,107. n:
amount raised in districts for manual
training, $24 1895 95; amount received
from sale of districts school bonds,
$329, ,755; amount raised in districts
for free libraries, $5,367.45: amount
raised in counties for teachers libra
riee, $2O5,
The principal disbursements re-
corded are as follows: For teachers
salaries So, 447, ,4O4 55; light and fuel,
$11,51O.34; repairing school houses,
s74s,71s.7S; expended by school
tricts for incidentals, $567,O43.5s; ex-
pended for manual training, s4S, 651. go;
for free school libraries, $9,597. .45:
salaries of county superintendent,
$751; Is; State Normal School; $24,-
1s0.61; school for deaf mutes, $2s, ,ssOi
The appropriations for 1899 SO are as
follows: State school tax for the school
year, commencing January 1st, 1892,
SO, Isl, 700, an increase of 500, 14O; ap.
preparation received from the State
school fund, 100000; township school
tax, $13, 202 so, decrease of $4s, 9O5. 81;
interest.on surplus revenue, $31, 525. Sc;
district ard city school tax, s1,4O5,
1647S. The total amount received
from all sources for public school pur.
poses, for the present year, is So, ,7O1,.
593.14.
The State school tax, amounting to
So, 151,7O0 is distributed among the
counties. Each county is entitled to
80 per cent. of the portion raised by
the county. The remaining 10 per
cent forms reserve fund and Is ap-
portioned by the State Board among
the counties. All the counties except
Atlantic, Hunterdon, Monmouth,
Ocean, Salem, Somerset and Sussex re.
ceive from the State Board the 10 per
cent reserved. In other words, they
receive back the full amount of tax
raised by them. A small percentage
is taken from the counties named and
paid to the counties whose educational