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900; this, together with the repayments TO
the appropriation, amounting to S6.o14.56,
aggregated $140, ,006, ,514.56, which was avail
able for the payment Of pensions for the
fiscal year, 1899. The amount disbursed
for army and navy pensions during the
year ended June 80, 1898. was f14i, ,651,-
$3.50: the amount expended for the same
purpose during the fiscal year ended June
80, 1899, was $13S. .355 ,052.95, leaving an
unexpended balance of 81 .651 .461.S1 TO be
covered into the Treasury, and showing a
decrease over the previous years expendi-
ture Of 1926. .S26.s5.
THE salaries and per diem expenses of
the Pension Bureau amounted to s2,617,-
3s4.4S; the cost of disbursements, fees Of
examining surgeons, ETC., was 81, ,237. .6SI.15,
making the gross expenditure on account
of pensions, disbursements. office expenses,
clerk hire, etc, $l42 210. .125,1s.
OF the Patent ONCE the following statis-
tics are given: The report OF the Com
missioner of Patents upon the business Of
the Patent ONCE for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1899, shows that there were re-
ceived within that year 81. .352 applications
for mechanical patents. 1892 applications
for designs. 81 applications for reissues.
1,610 caveats, 1851 applications for trade
marks. 612 applications for labels. and liz
applications for prints. There were 1850
designs; 1,406 trademarks, 372 labels. and
rs prints we're registered. The number Of
patents that expired was 16.670. The num-
ber Of allowed applications which were by
operation of law forfeited for nonpayment
Of the fnal fees was 4,021. The total re-
ceipts Of the office were 8, ,209, 554.SS; the
total expenditures were 31,14s, s,663.4S, and
the surplus of receipts over expenditures,
being the amount turned into the Treas
ury, was $6O,ss1.4O.
The report devotes considerable space
to the schools of the country, giving the
following figures:
THE number of pupils in the elemen-
tary grades Of the public schools was A.
$50 ,OS6, while the number in the elemen-
tary grades Of private schools was 1,249,-
665. The number of students receiving
secondary instruction in the public high
schools and in the preparatory depart
ments OF public colleges and public normal
schools was 459.S13. while the number of
secondary students in private high schools
and academies, in the preparatory depart
ments Of private colleges and private nor
NAL schools, was 1S6, ,302. The number of
students receiving higher instruction in
universities and colleges was rs, 72S in pub
lie institutions and u, $3.50 in private insu-
tutions. The number in schools of medi-
cine, law, and theology was S,O96 In public
institutions and 46,135 in private institu-
tions. The number in teachers training
courses in public normal schools was 8,245
and in private normal schools q, 293. The
grand total in all sehools-elementary, Sec
ondsry, and higher, public and private,
for the year was 1851 .S4S; this, compared
with the aggregate for the year 1S96-s7.
shows an increase of So, $50"
The Hawaiian school system is reported
as very complete. Sixty thousand dollars
is asked for Alaskan schools. Illiteracy
is said to flourish in Porto Rico and the
Philippines. The report shows that the
Territories of Arizona. New Mexico, OKLA
homa, and Indian Territory are in a -four
ishing condition.
The Yellowstone, Yosemite, and other
national park reservations are reported to
be in excellent shape, as are the various
institutions, such as the in
sane hospital, founding, and other hospit-
ais and schools for the blind and deaf and
dumb.