ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. MADE TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW- YORK, FEBRUARY 6, 1829. ALBANY : PRINTED BY CROSWELL AND VAN BENTHUYSEN. 1899. I STATE OF NEW-YORK, > Secretary's Office. ] Albany, February 6, 1829. Sir, Herewith is transmitted, the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools. I have the honor to be, with much respect, Your obedient Servant, A. C. FLAGG. Hon. Peter Robinson, Speaker of the House of Assembly. i£x UtbrtB SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "£ vex thing comes t' him who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Got 01 Si ymour B. Durst Oi d York Library REPORT, &c. STATE OF NEW-YORK, ) Secretary's Office. ) Albany, February 5, 1829. The Secretary of State respectfully submits to the Legislature, the Annual Report required of him, as Superintendent of Common Schools. The Revised Statute relating to common schools, makes it the duty of the Superintendent to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report, con- taining, " 1. A statement of the condition of the common schools of the state : " 2. Estimates, and accounts of expenditures, of the school monies : " 3. Plans for the improvement and management of the common school fund, and for the better organ- ization of the common schools : and, " 4. All such matters relating to his office, and to the common schools, as he shall deem expedient to communicate." I. As to the Condition of the Common Schools : There are 55 organized counties, and 757 towns and wards in the state, from all of which the reports in relation to common schools have been received. The papers marked A. and B. are abstracts of the reports from the several towns and counties. From these abstracts it will be seen that there are in the towns which have made reports, 8,609 school 6 districts, and consequently the like number of schools organized, and that returns have been received from 8,164 of those districts. It appears also, that 31 1 new school districts have been formed during the year 1828, and that the num- ber of districts which have made returns, exceeds that of the preceding year by 358. That there are in the districts from which reports have been received, 449,113 children, between the ages of 5 and 15 ; and that in the common schools of the same districts, 468,205 scholars have been taught during the year 1828 — the general average of instruc- tion having been about 8 months. The number of scholars instructed in the common schools, exceeds by 11,775, the whole number of children between the ages of 5 and 15. This esti- mate does not include the scholars instructed in the cities of New- York and Albany, where the children between 5 and 15 are not reported. The returns show an increase of 29,897 of the children between 5 and 15 ; and the number of chil- dren taught in the common schools of the state has increased 26,349, since the last annual report. Under the present school system, the first returns were made in 1816. There were reported in that year 2,755 school districts, in which 140, 106 children were instructed. The increase of school districts in 13 years has been 5,854, and the increase of the number of scholars instructed in the same period, has been 328,099. The paper marked C. exhibits a comparative view of the returns from 1816 to the present time. 7 II. Estimates and expenditures of the school mo- nies. During the year 1828, two hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents have been paid to the several school districts which have made reports. Of this sum $100,000 were paid from the state treasury ; $1 19,- 209 30 were raised by a tax upon the several towns in the state, and $13,133 91 were derived from a lo- cal fund, possessed by certain towns. The towns have raised by a voluntary tax, $19,209 30 more than were required to entitle them to the public mo- nies. The amount distributed among the several district schools, exceeds that of the preceding year $9,- 347 44. The productive capital of the common school fund has been increased, since the last annual report, $61,854 34, from the following sources, viz : 1. By the premium on the sale of $200,000 of Delaware and Hudson canal stock, amounting to $15,395 25. 2. In pursuance of the provisions of "An act in relation to public lands," passed April 21, 1828, sales have been made of escheated lots, in the military tract, during the past season, to the amount of $13,- 233 06. 3. Sales of other lands belonging to the school fund, have been made during the year, amounting to $33,226 04. The productive capital of the common school fund now amounts to $1,684,628 80. 8 The revenue actually received into the treasury, on account of the common school fund for the past year, has been $89,034 96 ; leaving a deficit in the amount annually distributed, of $10,965 04, to be supplied from the general funds of the state. The revenue of the next year is estimated by the Comp- troller, at $105,200. (See statement D.) In addition to this fund, the constitution provides that " the proceeds of all lands belonging to this state which shall be hereafter sold or disposed of, shall belong to the fund for the support of common schools." The lands embraced in this provision are computed by the Surveyor-General, at 869,178 acres, and although much of this land is rough, and at pre- sent inaccessible, the receipts from this source must in a few years, make the total school fund at least two millions of dollars. In several of the counties there is a local fund for the use of schools. This fund is derived from reser- vations made by the state for the use of schools, in granting certain tracts of land. The paper marked E. is an exhibit of the reserved lots, and of the por- tions which have become productive. Seventy-four towns are reported as having participated in this lo- cal fund, the total revenue of which for the last year has been $13,133 91. III. The management of the common school fund, fyc. The common school fund is embraced in the ge- neral system for managing the revenues of the state, and the care of the lands appropriated to this fund is vested in the commissioners of the land-office. By an act passed April 18, 1826, provision is made for 9 the re-investment of the capital of the school fund* whenever the same comes into the treasury in any of the stocks of this state ; and the commissioners of the canal fund are required to issue stock for the same " on the most advantageous terms that stock may be issued by them to any person or body corporate, tak- ing any part of the said loans." That portion of the capital of the Common School fund, which had been paid into the treasury as stated in the report of the comptroller in 1828, has been vested in the stock issued to the Delaware and Hud- son Canal Company, at a premium of $7,766 63 upon $100,000 of 5 per cent, stock. The premium in this case goes into the school fund as provided by the act under which the stock was issued. There is now in the treasury, $70,446 24, being capital paid in, and which is to be invested. By the act above referred to, it is made the duty of the comptroller to invest in the stocks of the state, the capital of the common school fund, which may hereafter be paid into the treasury ; and the com- missioners of the canal fund, in making loans, are to issue stock for the same on terms as advantageous as to any person taking any part of such loans. The operations of trade, and the convenience of these stocks for making remittances to foreign countries, of- ten induce individuals to pay a premium beyond that which could be considered judicious in making an investment for a permanent fund. It is respectfully recommended that whenever loans are to be made by the commissioners of the canal fund, that they be authorised to issue 5 per cent, stock at par, for any amount of the capital of the common school fund 2 10 which may be in the treasury ; and that provision be made to vest the capital paid into the treasury, in the stocks of the state, whenever it can be done at the par value thereof. The canal stock belonging to the school fund bears an interest of 5 per cent. : the loans of 1792 and 1786 are at 7 per cent. ; and the loan of 1808 at 6 per cent. The dividend on that portion of the fund which consists of bank stock, has been 6 per cent. 4. The organization of the Common Schools : The character and usefulness of the common schools mainly depend upon the qualifications of teachers. In this particular there is much room for improvement. The attention of the legislature was particularly directed to this point in the annual re- port of the superintendent in 1827, and to which he now begs leave to refer. There are now required more than 8,600 teachers to supply the district schools of the state. To meet this demand, reliance must be placed in a considera- ble degree upon the higher seminaries of learning in the state ; and it is gratifying to observe by the last annual report of the Regents of the University, that the importance of making the academies in some measure nurseries of teachers for the common schools, has received the favorable attention of that body. There are now about 50 academies inter- spersed in different counties in the state, at which more than 3,000 scholars are instructed. The following extract from the last annual report of the Regents, has an important bearing upon the interests of the common schools, and gives assurance of the co-operation of the academies in elevating the character of the common schools by multiplying the number of qualified teachers. " The academies have become, in the opinion of the Regents, what it has been always desirable they should be, fit seminaries for imparting instruction in the higher branches of English education, and espe- cially for qualifying teachers of common schools as well as for preparing students in classical studies, preliminary to a collegiate course. For this eleva- tion and degree of usefulness to which our academies have thus happily attained, they are chiefly indebted to the munificence of the legislature ; first in the ori- ginal establishment of the literature fund for the spe- cial encouragement of these institutions, and next in the gradual increase of that fund from time to time, until by the extraordinary and most liberal endow- ment of $150,000, made by the act of April last, the fund has become of such magnitude as to enable the Regents to distribute to every academy entitled to participate in it, a dividend sufficient, with the aid of ordinary tuition money and other revenues, to se- cure the services of the most able teachers, and thereby to enable the several institutions to fulfil all the beneficial ends for which they were established. " The legislature having by the act before referred to, declared it to be one of their primary objects in the great increase made by them of the literature fund, ' to promote the education of teachers,' the Re- gents, equally with the Legislature, being impress- ed with a sense of the paramount importance of this great object, will always cheerfully co-operate in promoting its speedy accomplishment." 12 But all the advantages anticipated from training persons to become teachers will be lost, unless the inhabitants of the districts are willing to make such compensation as will secure the services of persons thus qualified. The miserable economy which not unfrequently prevails, of employing cheap teachers, without reference to their fitness, has a tendency to depress, rather than to elevate the standard of edu- cation in our common schools. It is necessary to impress upon the minds of the inhabitants of the districts, the necessity and utility of giving a higher character to education in the com- mon schools, before any effective improvement can be made. Those who object to the employment of able teach- ers on account of a trifling addition in the expense, might be supposed to be destitute of the means of sending their children to schools of a higher grade : they therefore have the strongest interest so to im- prove the district schools, as to ensure to their chil- dren as good an education as can be acquired by those who are placed in the best schools by their more wealthy parents. To those whose wealth gives them access to the academies and colleges, the state of the common schools cannot be so essential ; but to the great mass of our population, whose means of instruction are limited to the common schools, it is all important that those schools should be furnished with able instructors, and afford the means of ac- quiring all the substantial branches of an useful edu- cation. The inspectors of the several towns can exercise an important influence in improving the character 13 and condition of the common schools. The statute makes it their duty to visit each school at least once a year. The schools ought to be visited once at least in each quarter, which has been recommended by the superintendent in the appendix to the school act. In the forms accompanying the revised sta- tute, trustees are required to state in their annual reports, whether the schools have been inspected or not. The first returns, although very imperfect, show conclusively that inspectors of schools are to a very great extent remiss in this part of their duty. — They find some apology for this neglect, in the un- certainty, by the present regulations, of any compen- sation for their services ; but provision is made in the revised laws, after 1830, for paying the inspec- tors one dollar per day for their services, and after that period it will not be unreasonable to insist upon a punctual discharge of this very important duty. The forms for school returns which w r ere publish- ed with the revised statute, also provide for report- ing the amount paid in the several districts for teach- ers' wages, over and above the school monies ap- portioned to the districts. It could not have been expected that full returns would be made the first year, as many districts were not in possession of the new law in time to complete the reports. The re- turns which have been received are from various towns in 51 counties, and the sum thus ascertained, compared with the amount of public money paid to the same districts, affords a very fair test for ascer- taining the proportion paid by the inhabitants of the districts for teachers' wages. Taking these returns as a test, and it appears that $336,643 have been 14 paid for teachers' wages, besides the $232,343 of public money apportioned to the districts the last year ; making a total amount paid annually for tui- tion in the common school districts of the state, of $568,986. The paper marked F contains an ab- stract of these returns. The paper marked G, shows the gain and loss in the several counties, of the number of children taught, and also of the number of children between 5 and 15, compared with the returns of last year. In some instances the trustees made returns of the children between 5 and 16, which makes the proportional in- crease appear more unfavorable to the number in- structed, than it really is. The 23d annual report of the public school socie- ty in the city of New- York, gives a gratifying ac- count of the usefulness and excellent character of the schools under the charge of that society. The number of schools and the facilities for imparting common school instruction, are however most clear- ly inadequate to the wants of the city. It was esti- mated three or four years since, by those who pos- sessed the best means of judging, that there were then seven thousand children between the ages of 5 and 15 who were deprived of school instruction alto- gether. The trustees of the public school society have recommended that the means of extending the benefits of their school system should be furnished by a general tax upon the city. In the country towns, school-houses are erected and furnished with ne- cessary fuel and appendages, by a direct tax upon the property of the district ; and this principle might with equal justice and propriety be extended to the Y6 cities. In the state at large, the policy of the law is, to apply the school monies exclusively for teachers' wages, and to tax the inhabitants for all other neces- sary expenditures connected with the schools. In New- York, about $18,000 have been paid to the public school society for the last year, and the whole amount of teachers' wages paid by the trustees, is about $10,500. Thus it is probable that 7 or 8,000 dollars of the school monies are annually applied to the erection of school-houses, and furnishing them with necessary appendages, at a time when there may be from 7 to 10,000 children in the city who are without school accommodations. It appears by the report of the trustees, that " the pupchase of lots and erection of additional school-houses, occasions an annual increase of the permanent debt incurred by the society, which debt now amounts to $60,000, secured by mortgages on its valuable premises." School-houses, instead of being mortgaged to indi- viduals or corporations, ought, at least for the future, to be erected by a direct assessment, and perpetual- ly set apart for school purposes, and secured against casualties. These remarks apply to the policy of the law, and in no respect to the management of the trustees of the public school society, whose zeal and devotion to the interests of education, are deserving of all praise. As a measure preparatory to extending the means of common school instruction in the city of New- York, it is respectfully recommended that provision be made by law for enumerating the number of chil- dren taught in all the schools in the city, as well as the number of children between 5 and 16. This 16 might be done at a trifling expense during the next season, and would afford the necessary information to enable the legislature to act understandingly upon the subject, Returns have been received of the condition of the common schools from the commissioners of eve- ry town and city in the state. In former years, it was not unusual to have 15 or 20 towns delinquent. It is gratifying to notice this evidence of increased attention and punctuality on the part of those who are charged with the execution of the statute : and when it is considered that there are at least 46,000 officers of common schools in the towns and dis- tricts ; the fidelity with which the public money is applied and accounted for, and the faithfulness with which the system is carried into effect, are credita- ble to the character of our population. Much cre- dit is also due to the county clerks, generally, for the accuracy, neatness, and punctuality with which their returns are made. All which is respectfullyjsubmitted, A. C. FLAGG, Superintendent of Common Schools. 17 A. Abstract from the Returns of Common Schools of the seve- ral Towns and Counties in the State of Neiv- York for the year 1828. Counties and Towns from which returns liavo beeu re ceired. of school d towns. rtricts from have been '= J id O CJ 5 c >> V o = -3 - public ma- in said «li — d in said re- the year. , if children daring the 1 in said rc- hild'en bo- s of 5 and ing therein, id rctuins. ■J •3 a <— iz oS = SB* g to tii Z as s 2 ».s o — 2 * > 'C f ~ sli Hi > ■ i 11; 3 -a c 3 j: • || Rl s e ■ a 5 g o 5 < «-s 3 s EEJ Albany County. 1 City of Albany, . 1 1 12 $1488 00 1175 RptVilpripm XJ dlllv_/lll_/Ili, • • • • 26 26 9 699 54 1380 1792 22 22 8 434 16 1107 1121 15 14 8 329 86 788 888 Guilderland, .... 11 11 1 10 300 40 561 739 12 12 6 274 92 656 639 Rensselaerville, . 21 19 8 428 34 1034 912 Watervleit, .... 14 14 8 442 36 640 1013 22 22 8 414 00 1000 1015 144 140 9 $4831 58 8341 8119 Allegany Co. 8 6 5 134 38 347 304 Alfred, 10 \8 6 202 08 376 284 17 16 6 255 75 738 829 8 5 4 75 00 125 179 9 9 5 187 08 359 311 5 5 6 120 00 218 193 5 4 7 56 67 112 114 7 6 6 102 09 201 174 Centerville, .... 7 7 6 227 16 407 281 9 7 8 124 32 421 313 Eagle, 9 8 4 107 03 274 211 Friendship, .... 11 8 6 209 52 417 408 9 9 4 130 16 306 323 5 5 5 69 96 144 151 5 5 6 112 62 221 216 Independence, . . 8 8 5 169 76 261 215 6 5 7 121 89 330 297 Belfast, 8 8 4 103 90 275 181 6 5 7 143 34 333 257 Pike, 11 11 81 284 04! 723 526 3 18 2 MJ Ooupti^s find X owni- a o ■2 -3 •| I* ^ 4) ?e montl s o e o childrtn 5 9 I . 6 6 E w 13 _o . O o r+ Z 3 a ■ > d Cm If d c e3 9 8 8 $278 73 685 494 10 8 6 233 43 343 233 Scio, 8 6 4 140 52 240 252 190 167 6 $3589 43 7856 6736 Broome Co. 20 16 8 342 47 820 848 12 12 8 287 36 /ll 504 7 7 4 78 16 226 267 28 28 8 521 55 1512 1232 6 6 5 125 85 251 252 Vestal, 13 13 6 206 08 656 599 5 5 7 94 74 237 260 18 17 7 237 42 689 578 109 104 7 $1893 63 5102 4540 Cattaraugus C. Cold Spring, . . . 5 2 6 51 03 43 27 Connewango, . . . 11 8 6 95 52 319 287 Ellicottville, Farmersville, . . . 3 3 3 70 53 161 123 6 6 6 78 70 306 213 Franklinville, . . . 7 4 7 97 05 246 218 Great Valley, . . 8 8 6 178 98 336 298 5 4 5 70 14 123 130 Little Valley, . . . 8 4 6 74 04 132 122 12 7 5 85 34 183 143 5 5 4 79 44 188 156 6 5 6 82 22 207 173 3 3 9 49 98 180 196 13 7 C 82 08 273 203 Perry sburgh, . . . 11 11 7 158 14 5731 475 i 4 ! 4 6 61 80 164 134 4 • 4 G 79 44 249 187 111 85 6 $1394 43 3683 . 3085 Cayuga Co. 1 6 6 I 9 388 18 472] 752 1 13 13 8 300 7C 797! 779 1 8 I 8i S 1 300 OC > 584! 536 19 Counties and Towna. diitricu. 3 !■ 5 c o E CI be money. children I • ■ 6 No. return ■ £ ■ g 11 11 6 $194 07 481 532 7 7 6 164 89 436 440 7 7 8 197 23 489 468 15 15 8 759 97 916 799 12 12 8 252 86 823 650 14 14 9 501 07 602 679 19 18 7 451 74 1174 995 16 15 8 603 71 1123 1171 6 6 9 199 06 343 409 Sempronius, .... 16 16 8 567 60 1093 863 29 29 7 864 54 1883 1681 14 14 7 477 92 1129 1046 8 8 I 288 uy 508 m i 9 9 7 133 56 453 376 13 13 8 486 14 728 700 10 9 7 237 95 551 523 233 230 8 $7369 78 14585 13880 Chautauque C. 13 13 6 220 35 499 398 7 7 5 124 93 310 264 Chautauque, . . . 15 14 5 264 09 564 572 6 4 5 57 25 131 146 Ellery, 13 13 6 224 01 700 502 10 10 6 181 80 437 377 11 11 5 ! 152 90 • 422 298 11 11 6' 214 74 528 443 15 14 7 ( 328 49 947 765 10 4! 171 78 462 415 10 81 5j 104 02 300 262 20 19 7 i 490 71 1199 941 16 15 6 oby 15 816 635 17 12, 1 224 658 Oa I 10 10 ' 7 249 64 459 496 11 10 6 172 06 ! 406 309 12 9 ! 6 105 85 398 334 207 m\ 6 $3656 73 9236 7748 20 Counties and Towns. o. districts. o. districts rned. rage months. iblic money. s. children ht. o. between 5 15. > &. a < 5 B Chenango Co. Bainbridge, .... o * .... 19 18 7 $344 81 1145 841 Columbus, 11 11 6 395 03 624 531 10 10 8 245 89 467 417 Guilford, 17 17 7 337 80 855 738 8 8 6 96 02 329 273 20 19 7 337 50 1051 818 10 10 7 232 20 518 371 Macdonough, . . . 9 9 7 354 80 388 343 New-Berlin, .... 19 17 7 311 91 1002 792 26 25 5 414 36 1261 1079 10 10 7 365 52 398 335 Oxford, 21 19 8 391 56 989 764 8 8 6 198 74 375 306 Pitcher, 8 8 7 185 16 521 347 13 13 6 328 22 873 518 10 10 6 226 58 443 383 18 18 8 423 60 826 707 10 10 6 230 42 593 606 13 13 7 269 42 573 504 260 253 7 $5689 54 13231 10673 Clinton Co. Beekmantown, . . 12 12 6 280 59 598 578 Champlain, .... 10 10 7 338 52 430 666 14 13 7 444 63 822 829 8 8 5 167 78 287 296 Plattsburgh, .... 20 19 8 741 65 1288 1207 19 18 8 696 51 1171 1287 2 2 6 36 71 108 98 85 82 7 $2706 39 4704 4961 Columbia Co. 14 14 9 386 76 937 856 17 17 8 278 02 756 687 10 10 9 253 38 634 511 17 17 9 420 18 1045 908 13 13 10 367 48 713 827 7 7 ; io 211 98 238 379 9 9 1 8 1 202 82 421 505 21 Counties and towni. | 6 o. districts 1 e ! \ lie money. o. children ht o. between 5 15. ► - on 2 a a ■ Germantown, . . . 4 4 10 *170 76 191 264 15 13 9 283 34 944 648 16 16 9 295 58 864 759 5 5 10 152 47 454 358 Kinderhook, 10 10 10 305 72 51 3 766 New-I.iPh.innn ' V* f f JL-d Ks U til 1 KJ I k ^ • • 15 1 5 8 325 14 1 1 90 1 1 d\J 704 Stuyvesant, .... 9 Q 10 491 96 387 546 7 7 9 233 72 316 609 Taghkanick, .... 8 8 9 209 46 466 656 176 174 lit 9 <&4588 77 998.3 Cortland Co. Cincinnatus, .... 8 8 o 8 204 >W V7 Tt 24 471 .355 7 7 • 7 108 22 53 9 305 7 6 8 234 55 544 449 33 33 8 1007 00 2419 1995 Preble, 9 9 7 282 73 530 445 Scott, 8 8 7 221 06 486 .371 Solon, .... 14 14 7 298 28 uuo 5.31 32 30 7 626 93 1071 lis i i 22 7 479 22 131Q 1 O 1 */ 1 178 i i i c? Willet, 6 5 7 71 76 905 185 146 142 7 3 0. children ht j. between nd 15. c ■ 2 3 St ■ < 1 2 Stamfnrri 12 10 O 197 36 610 408 15 15 6 266 40 559 503 Walton 11 10 8 i 180 52 471 378 214 206 7 3725 14 10122 9323 T^ITTPWIT'QSl P,n A mpni9 12 11 9 268 10 605 571 Rp pitman 9 9 8 177 32 362 404 ("llintnn 11 10 8 225 96 AAA 444 468 13 13 7 271 96 596 611 Fishkill 27 27 11 855 70 loo7 2178 It) 1 ID y 272 76 4v>7 ceo 553 Hyde-Park, .... 8 8 9 313 08 486 r* r* fx 669 IVTilnn 12 12 9 218 86 tit 515 547 IVni'tViPast . . . . 11 11 8 197 50 r* c\ r* 626 400 10 10 9 215 76 A A C% 442 A AW 437 Pinp Plains X X lulllO, • . . . 9 9 9 175 84 505 354 11 11 9 310 06 629 690 Pam crn u pp rwi a 9 8 10 734 32 c etc 528 1523 12 12 10 346 00 550 955 11 10 9 338 40 505 792 S t ci r» f, n rn 14 13 9 304 74 lib O A ft 647 TTninn Vnlp \j luuii t aiCj • . • . 6 5 196 14 27 1 346 \\j a enin rnlrp .... - 24 .<54 506 34 1 QQ9 1091 1 VJ6 1 19 Yz 8 49 1» 54 yo4 014 Stafford, 1 1 Q 13 7 9Q7 42 091 i)Z I 71 W 1 IO Q o y 7 9*30 ZoA) 82 RA A 044 DO 1 W^n Tsn ax/ ..... . 14 14 14 8 3^7 OO i 16 Q97 06 / 71 Q 1 lo ^WTpfVi orefi pi H 7 1 7 It/1 87 QOQ OUo 9K9 ZOZ 984 971 6 11 7 qpO / / 78 1 71 fi/f 1 1 104 !jf)lOoUO A Tnonc O 5 8 9K9 16 213 400 1 4 14 14 7 0*0 88 785 7Q7 13 1 3 10 9 505 42 894 1418 lirtvaQPirip • • • • 9 y 10 356 64 / Do 833 T"^ i i r r\ q m 1Q 1 Q iy 6 OXJxi 72 1x1.) 1 1 Z 1027 1 \jz • 13 1 Q lo 7 979 z t z 28 OuO 4^9 Greenville, .... 1 9 1 9 9Qfi 94 IOOQ tFOO T .PYinctnn . ■ • 17 1 4 1 7 1 / ? /II 9 ft lis 20 fi94 D*4 -L>l CW DolUUlUlC) 1 4 1^* 1 A 14 8 9fi8 60 DUD DO 1 6\f 18 8 S70 32 964 879 137 134 8 $3455 16 7903 8025 Herkimer Co. 13 13 8 269 72 758 707 14 14 8 405 20 868 992 16 16 8 313 64 776 700 Germanflatts, . . . 13 12 7 265 76 778 687 14 14 8 380 33 863 1011 161 16 9 395 68| 1017 1058 5*5 *T*o\vrn nnd fountios* 1 -5 6 55 1 SB 3 V Average montlig. i c 1 E • 3 * c 3 — 2 No. between 5 ami 15. 9 9 8 $210 46 559 478 10 10 8 227 78 487 568 9 9 7 f 224 06 513 9 9 7 144 54 419 334 13 13 7 334 49 743 687 12 12 6 220 12 694 560 10 10 9 359 28 666 626 13 13 8 257 00 629 506 West Brunswick, 5 4 5 63 74 162 169 8 8 9 202 54 631 483 181 181 8 $4274 34 10563 10091 Jefferson Co. ■ 13 13 8 300 37 906 870 19 16 7 280 74 708 641 Alexandria, .... 11 11 6 286 19 450 421 14 14 7 459 61 1004 914 13 13 7 378 10 892 681 28 26 7 588 74 1833 1523 14 13 8 257 97 862 682 13 12 8 371 30 865 890 15 15 8 474 54 1140 914 10 10 £ U 261 25 554 /ICQ 18 14 7 476 73 629 593 19 19 6 461 44 794 957 Philadelphia,. . . . 9 8 8 280 78 651 658 8 7 101 62 294 251 13 6 uo 584 13 13 8 260 07 778 600 Watertown, .... 17 15 8 421 54 890 1125 Wilna, 10 7 7 208 98 376 346 257 239 8 $6082 65 14327 13118 Kings Co. 5 5 11 1335 00 760 2604 4 31 10 118 56 133 268 Platbush, 2 2) 12 129 80 42 309 2 2 12 60 73, 52 146 2 2 12 50 48' 62 109 Included in Danube. 4 26 A o o 1 c o c i 1 ! ween S Towns and counties. .£ -5 00 . ^ o E M bo o S JJ 6 Z o E 8 3 it O Si £ 2 o - 1 < 3 CM ei 5 New Utrecht,. . . 3 3 11 $121 51 188 255 18 17 11 $1816 08 1237 3691 Lewis Co. Brantingham, . . . 6 5 6 44 07 189 163 Harrishurgh, . . . 12 12 7 246 10 703 628 13 13 7 265 70 662 577 6 6 7 194 43 519 450 11 11 6 171 51 442 369 IvTq rfin onnrcrn 15 12 8 241 26 678 676 9 7 6 128 09 336 245 21 18 8 397 03 811 751 5 3 6 84 90 77 79 98 87 7 $1773 09 4417 3938 Livingston Co. 13 13 8 290 93 778 804 11 10 7 271 16 395 483 7 7 8 173 75 391 465 10 10 8 407 30 784 765 10 10 7 286 89 509 501 13 12 8 327 78 737 614 9 8 9 217 94 457 467 14 14 8 299 29 919 827 fVT mint ATnrris! 14 14 7 350 70 687 702 16 16 8 404 89 1056 1074 Springwater, . . . 13 10 7 i 204 25 667 597 14 14 7 402 1 53 955 735 144 138 8 i $3637 41 8335 8034 Madison, Co. 26 24 7 830 23 1494 1259 21 21 8 716 38 1302 1149 De Ruyter, 5 5 7 175 49 443 394 21 20 7 534 69 1432 1098 12 11 8 358 74 769 630 Georgetown,. . . . 7 6 6 242 80 356 303 16 16 8 432 64 1088 887 13 13 1 7 331 74 936 640 17 16 7 503 39 918 736 27 c c i * i ■ ■t ■ ■ Towns and counties. No. distri £ I ft 2? 9 > < Public mon No. child taught. No. betw and 15. 15 15 7 #538 27 888 701 Smithfield, 12 11 8 473 79 880 734 17 16 9 580 89 1053 1094 22 22 8 802 86 1521 1437 204 196 8 $6521 91 13080 11062 Monroe Co. 18 11 9 804 17 1578 1630 13 12 8 337 96 729 639 15 J? 7 322 47 992 903 11 11 9 775 22 882 1385 12 12 8 286 05 633 625 12 12 8 396 74 867 732 16 16 8 513 65 1027 863 14 14 8 356 06 878 728 12 11 8 350 82 770 747 20 20 8 506 83 1679 1406 13 13 7 405 11 913 769 8 8 8 325 19 519 509 13 13 8 322 78 725 581 9 9 9 356 79 719 654 CI J 11 11 8 425 50 990 857 9 9 8 319 62 535 528 206 196 8 $6804 96 14436 13556 Montgomery C 19 19 jj 388 31 847 1010 Canajoharie, 15 14 2 296 45 765 696 15 15 9 453 34 876 1201 9 9 9 258 83 869 611 9 9 8 216 59 607 530 13 13 8 323 88 899 987 TT 9 7 9 241 85 548 596 8 8 5 86 10 273 226 30 30 8 906 42 1667 2138 Lake rleasant, . . 5 2 3 29 84 29 40 IVyT a ir Ti ^ 1 r\ 13 1 9 Q O 301 to 775 668 Northampton, . . . 9 9 8 257 64 541 708 12 12 6 166 26! 700 390 17 16 8 373 26l 882! 959 # 28 : Counties and towns. ■ « 6 o. districts rn«d. rage month?. lie money. o. children ht. . between 5 15. 2 2 a ■ > < 3 £ w ■ 9 9 10 $279 52 450' 820 12 12 8 347 16 692 884 5 5 5 54 18 189 162 Wells, 3 3 5 67 14 108 124 212 204 8 $5048 55 11717 1 12750 New- York Co. 12 19968 48 6142 Niagara Co. 8 8 7 153 13 506 412 11 9 7 175 08 523 460 9 9 7 155 IS 420 424 14 10 8 371 58 771 870 14 1 n i 1 ^ 68 o74 oUo 6 6 7 148 84 282 287 7 7 4 87 19 89 147 7 7 6 114 30 303 349 15 15 7 304 12 902 805 7 5 6 105 43 162 197 9 5 6 88 08 160 146 107 91 7 $1816 61 4492 4403 Oneida Co. A *11 10 8 8 216 19 385 376 16 16 8 360 56 ; 1079 899 17 15 6 256 24 682 715 Bridgewater, 9 9 8 283 27 578 478 11 11 6 271 05 570 508 17 17 5 456 05 1080 1084 9 9 5 125 80 288 2S1 Floyd, 11 ! 11 6 242 63 706 559 i 25 1 25 5 561 68 1423 | 1215 11 ! 10 7 385 47 91a ! 786 New- Hart ford, . . 13 13 371 36 j 939 904 15 » 15 s 280 86 820 717 1 6 6 132 SI 384 376 It 16 436 QC OC 1203 1123 u 1 12 3 329 61 749 599 1 14 12 I 1 ' 209 66 543 ! 2C ) If! 1 1 r 282 2£ \ 980, 934 •29 Counties and Towns. ■ ■m ■6 6 z m ~ 5 6 c j o a 2 g .= ■£. o. between 5 15. m « < 1 1 1 12 $623 56 215 1500 16 16 8 347 30 991 oDo 23 21 7 528 94 1185 1UOU 12 U 7 274 72 555 40U Westmoreland, . . 17 17 8 406 44 839 77ft 14 14 8 404 55 1063 Q1 ft Whitestown,. . . . 10 9 9 371 34 764 yuo 326 303 8 $8158 81 18950 loDOo Onondaga Co. 41 39 8 881 50 2704 9334 9 9 6 358 86 482 A^\ Clay, 12 10 6 225 15 626 JO f 18 16 7 531 77 995 14 14 8 408 47 920 £73 28 28 8 1123 80 1950 9ftftft 33 33 8 1518 90 2326 1986 33 30 8 742 39 1693 1530 11 10 8 386 42 732 25 24 9 937 94 1614 \ Af\(Z 14UO 9 9 7 253 90 652 £ft3 TuUy, 9 9 8 492 24 1067 1 1 AQ. I 140 9 9 8 274 72 858 4£Q 4o J 13 13 8 537 40 887 I/O 264 253 8 $8673 46 17506 i aa*h\ Ontario Co. 21 19 8 457 62 1224 Canandaigua, . . . 21 21 7 334 46 1029 oy4 21 20 8 528 97 1679 1 OOU Farmington, .... 13 12 7 220 56 698 pi /in 04U 17 17 8 371 69 1044 854 11 11 8 260 34 765 691 Manchester. .... 13 13 327 23 968 865 10 9 6 170 13 426 415 23 23 9 587 47 1766 1541 24 20 7 373 37 1051 974 21 20 8 749 89 1413 1703 13 13 7 475 26 819 678 208 198 8 $4856 99 12882 11671 30 Counties and Towns. 8 2 o x . * s o c bo 1 o £ s L-5 • s 6 No. return Avora 3 3 £ No. taugh 1 No. and 1J Orange Co. Blooming-Grove, 15 12 8 $279 20 649 696 6 6 10 180 28 522 457 10 8 9 186 83 493 689 12 11 6 249 68 624 554 5 A Q O 119 16 14 14 10 373 90 861 931 Montgomery, . . . 23 23 9 582 76 1485 1457 15 15 9 459 28 972 1141 13 13 7 394 18 629 1119 13 13 10 720 26 1045 1923 New-Windsor, . . X l 12 8 179 00 515 673 20 20 8 535 48 1242 1373 28 22 9 573 46 1027 1366 186 173 9 $4833 47 10311 12657 Orleans Co. 24 24 7 680 89 1513 1263 14 9 4 87 22 327 290 10 10 7 314 17 683 607 9 9 8 192 87 628 497 14 14 8 271 10 800 756 10 9 7 242 08 606 482 Shelby, 12 10 7 238 10 614 547 10 9 6 185 55 ' 369 328 103 94 7 $2211 98 5540 4770 Oswego Co. 4 4 5 68 85 131 148 3 3 4 65 14 199 178 13 6 6 90 00 228 238 12 10 5 217 94 359 314 11 11 6 348 47 591 539 10 8 5 161 46 458 383 16 16 6 453 27 1024 956 New-Haven, 8 8 6 150 70 551 448 /~\ 11 5 3 5 72 38 144 130 9 8 5 309 82 471 546 Redfield, 3 3 1 4 ! « 74 124 90 *Inc luried in Mexico • Counties and Town*. i c u ■a j= 1 o g a o 1 s 1 1 ■ -3 1 6 •sr. 6 £ 2 s E > < 3 lb If 6 " s 1G 16 G $369 15 825 761 Sandy Creek,. . . 9 9 6 299 73 682 630 1 4 14 i \j u 198 7fi 1 u 4^ 400 OA 4> l x 1 «7 u 440 11U 00 - — • Q0Q ftftft OOO Williamstown, . . I 1 1 1 q u 180 Q7 34^ 040 307 OU I 168 143 5 $3273 60 7550 6611 UTSEGO KjO. 1 14 1 1 1 1 ft OftO 00 ~~ 700 £74 O I 4 Cherry-Valley, . . OA 24 04 ft O 4QO 41/U 4ft 1 30Q lOftf^ 1UOO 44 00 ft 47Q 30 04 1 307 1 OU f 1 03R 7 < 131 IO 1 07 4 i 3RQ ooy 303 o4o 1 ^ 10 1 3 1 o 7 OQQ 03 uo Rftl UO 1 ^07 D4> 1 V Yftf^r o 8 7 196 52 558 428 >w 3 £ . O rt 2 3 Queens Co. 7 1 6 11 11 21 20 7 408 00 950 912 TT 11 5 5 7 116 68 317 293 TT 1 P 21 21 9 523 60 1425 1324 8 Q o 9 187 80 545 456 12 10 339 74 901 845 i* r 9 9 8 199 56 564 532 TkT il 1 1 J Northumberland, 10 9 8 128 92 435 448 Providence, 9 9 6 189 86 322 410 11 11 8 248 84 669 645 Saratoga Springs, 9 9 8 254 12 545 576 13 13 8 315 74 686 721 1 \ T _ *■ ^ —C~ J 2 11 162 88 208 315 ITT'li 5 5 8 172 10 388 392 199 196 8 $4483 69 11201 10776 Schenectady C. Duanesburgh, . . . 19 19 8 418 70 1093 1098 12 12 I 292 60 684 816 XT" 1 4 4 I 62 60 100 135 Pnncetown, .... 6 6 8 128 92 280 318 T"» j j J Schenectady City 8 8 y 185 92 482 539 3 3 6 27 96 92 152 52 52 $1116 70 3050 3058 Schoharie Co. |< I o l"i rl 1 lTfc 10 in 8 231 32 654 605 21 17 8 384 94 1058 931 8 9 201 64 354 598 CobleskiU, 13 13 9 340 41 759 829 12 12 6 205 47 713 493 Included in Halfmoon. t Included in CobleskiU. 5 34 Counties and Towna. o. districts. 3 *i 6 E rage months. ablic money. n. children hi. o. between 5 15. ^ 3 V > o < 5 C i Middleburgh, . • . 24 24 7 $546 20 1119 1476 Schoharie 23 21 8 555 25 1119 1376 Sharon, »*•••• • . 19 19 9 518 80 1076 1303 11 I 11 7 i 196 98 733 525 141 135 7 $3181 01 7585 8136 Seneca Co. 12 12 8 532 34 706 607 14 14 8 927 75 867 1155 30 30 8 795 47 1865 1960 Lodi 7 7 9 512 42 632 653 Ovid 12 11 9 916 14 852 840 Romulus. 18 18 8 956 40 1251 1303 93 92 8 $4640 52 6173 6421 St. Lawrence C. Brasher ..... 7 4 5 74 40 205 257 Canton 14 14 449 05 704 708 De Kalb De Peyster, .... 10 9 6 159 50 362 297 6 6 6 145 24 288 242 8 7 5 100 24 265 200 Fowler ...... .. 10 10 5 199 29 400 389 Gouverneur • • • • 10 8 8 235 13 419 350 :i m rti o n H ..... 7 6 5 98 00 204 166 FTonkinton ..... 1 A 10 9 7 1 C A lo4 00 O C A 354 Aon 289 Lawrence.* .... Q o 7 215 35 401 4 4 4 444 8 7 7 160 35 278 252 Madrid ...... .. 18 17 7 489 78 878 841 1 1 1 1 9 7 f 31 f» i)u 69 OZ 1 Morris town 12 9 6 191 79 413 365 Norfolk Oswegatchie, . . . 6 6 7 183 55 323 271 12 12 7 581 46 784 893 Parishville, .... 9< 9 178 00 424 327 5 I 5 ! 103 59 238 182 26| 23 7 655 33 1110, 993 5! 3 5 64 45 97 112 71 7 5 97 071 228| 169 Mnclnded in Hopkinton and Brasher. 36 c 3 i $ c © a ■ 2 e S i Counties and Town*. • •3 ■ ■ 3j B 6 No. return < £ , No. IQUglll No. and L 16 1 1 A 14 * i 9 R o $268 92 569 423 ZZD 201 r o $5130 18 9471 8659 STEUBEN UO. 7 1 4 B o 99 94 138 167 tlotVi 1 Q 15 R o 299 66 867 838 f 7 ft o 102 57 225 200 7 f 4 R 51 79 172 188 1 7 17 £.1/? 4 2o4 75 825 732 i n 1U 10 R 276 ci r» 36 532 505 IT* riT-i r» 4 4 ft D 110 70 225 238 Greenwood, .... in 7 ft A O 48 93 88 116 1 1 1 1 11 R 207 75 505 424 Hornellsville, . . . 7 7 Q O 126 41 331 338 1 9 1 4/ i i 12 R QIC U5 Mr 740 o7U Torcn v a u 4 ft oo 42 153 1 O 1 131 14 14 R u o on oo 656 650 rdiiutu jt usi, ... Pr* t+Q rill i* or 11 x raiisuuigu, • • • . a \j 5 ft 19 245 249 15 15 7 nor? 2oo 75 772 659 8 8 7 185 50 545 448 8 r u 159 48 468 467 Troupsburgh, . . . in 10 ft 155 07 336 322 1 1 1 1 11 £ o 204 52 611 607 in 7 119 52 321 305 6 6 8 107 04 562 362 10 10 6 iod 12 474 400 Wnnrlhull * 91 Pi 196 r 6 $3671 88 9791 9016 XITPPAT V 1 ./I DlUUK.Ild.VcIl,. • • • Oft 8 O 663 93 l4yo 1 4oy L< oof nnmni ATI iiiabxiianipioii, • • . 7 i 7 Q 191 14 QOR Huntington, .... 23 Q 558 88 1403 1509 o 6 in 100 J7 432 395 1 12 4] <■+ „i '1 1 10 ft 8 249 24 553 588 9 ft 9 u 263 74 448 fifi3 uuo 10 10 1 1 1 1 343 O^kO 90 fift3 000 7 7 5 O 198 80 980 Shawangunk,. . . . 14 14 ft O 431 08 «/0 795 1105 12 12 7 f 910 09 4R0 795 7 • b ft 168 1UO 77 39 5 O&O 41 1 142 137 ft 72 7202 0803 Warren Co. 9 8 105 1 \JO 10 I V/ 970 9Q3 D _ 1 a _ „ 13 ! n 9 6 153 46 478 397 6 b 8 111 76 285 244 9 y 5 152 12 377 291 7 6 6 76 68 213 209 Johnsburgh, .... 9 9 5 119 38 365 292 12 9 6 111 02 410 333 Queensbury,. . . . 24 20 7 346 02 945 852 Warrensburgh, . . 10 7 4 139 57 339 326 99 83 6 $1315 11 3682 3237 38 Towns and counties. No. districts. No. districts returned. Average months. Public money. No. children taught. No. between 5 and 15. Washington Co. Argyle, 19 19 7 $420 89 881 956 12 12 8 278 66 757 627 20 19 8 438 94 1067 875 ' 9 7 6 87 02 196 133 22 20 7 408 16 827 827 Fort-Edward, . . . 8 8 7 216 25 501 508 22 20 8 442 32 1234 1053 14 14 8 402 90 1124 1048 7 7 7 161 26 324 287 7 ^7 24 848 utu 709 22 21 7 348 38 950 793 11 11 9 224 80 588 517 12 11 8 256 72 852 715 7 7 7 110 60 287 241 White Creek . . . 13 12 7 296 10 616 538 Whitehall, 16 13 7 355 73 875 756 20 18 8 ■ 401 36 917 841 247 232 8 $5187 33 12844 11416 Wayne Co. 20 20 9 643 51 1293 1241 8 8 7 136 35 452 482 20 19 7 552 48 1326 1094 13 12 7 567 50 868 1197 12 12 7 234 28 706 624 17 17 7 336 32 1364 994 12 1 1 8 68 700 804 8 8 6 124 56 321 308 9 9 6 225 85 482 497 4 4 7 80 00 162 171 19 18 7 460 87 1009 998 Williamson .... 8 8 189 15 524 596 5 5 7 164 72 257 266 9 9 8 202 56 852 730 164 160 7 $4239 83 9316 10002 Westchester C. 13 13 7 310 23 643 741 13 13 7 408 71 639 866 39 i s «• a o • c g | ween 5 Towns and counties. •5 h E ■ o E •3 . 6 o E £%> 6 S Z £ 2 e e > < 3 a 2 LitMLIH Ml 1 , • • • • liroonniircrn Vjri tcllUUl l^U, • • • 4 4 1 1 l x 23 181 7 • 7 1 1 1 t 9°.8 OA 379 584 o 10 1 1 Q 71 14.4 244 \T o ii-i a mil on Lr iTldlliclI UIlcLK, . • . 2 2 1 1 Q8 «70 2°. 145 268 Mount-Pleasant,. 13 13 9 431 4J1 81 743 1005 New Rochelle,. . 3 3 8 120 92 106 997 AH tJ W VviiMIL , . • • • 6 \j g 170 1 IU 9.8 234 298 IVnrtVi Hnstlp 1>UIII1 \_/dSllC. ••• Q q ft 181 101 7Q 212 «i« 255 /<£ oo J.1 yjl III O ait ill,. ■ • • 8 8 7 142 08 41 1 411 370 Pol h O YY\ Pm innri c\ crc* 1 1 1 1 5 1 u fiQ 22 49 8 ,8 8 171 Q0 459 QQ7 5 O H 80 57 242 385 Sr»QT*CrlQlP i 1 1 6 on 50 30 84 9 9 6 223 45 436 463 South Salem, . . . 9 9 6 152 60 383 341 Ut 1 YVpstp riPefpr TT COll/llCSlCl, • • • 4 4 11 260 19 X «7 407 .592 Whitp-Plainq TT Illlc-I lallls, • • • 4 4 10 78 64 102 5 5 6 184 82 297 336 V r\Y*\r t r\ it/ n 7 7 Q «/ 49 41 1 501 lOU 1 3fi 1 JU 8 &°.897 18 1 o 8561 Vatpo ( .r\ R n i- p i r» & t n n 12 12 7 257 84 607 yj \j f 586 15 14 458 61 1150 1121 Italy, 7 7 7 122 34 507 298 14 14 7 378 00 741 746 16 14 370 02 958 974 Milo, 16 16 8 402 40 948 940 12 11 6 263 35 756 725 92 88 7 $2252 56 5667 5390 There are 55 organized counties in the state ; 5 cities, and 729 towns ; total 734 towns and cities, or 757 towns and- wards in the state ; all of which have made returns of the common schools, according to the provisions of the sta- tute. 40 a „ "sil g 8 *• S a ■5 fee 2 * "= 63 S» B B »5o - 03 u 2 o is " ftji*| 9J c O = ° * S O «> s g "o o ■S > S 05(OOif50CO(nH(!OiOGOOOhO»fl«5 T?iOO00CDC0G0OO)^(NOiOOCO»0O ^COOC0«a0if5GDt"*OO<£>N(£>t*80 1— I T-H 1— . ©<* 1-« © OHC0C3OO»0t- ocococoqo^cogo GO£-l>r^^OO^GOGOOCOG?i— ■OOCO"^'-<»— iG060«— 'O uOCOGO^COOCOt^^^CiOCDCOiOOOOCOCOCOr^GOO - r- _ GOGO»-«i>aoaOQOcoeQt-coQoaoa5t-iOQOGOoaooo5coco COCO^QOGOC5050 ©J «-* «-« 1-4 GO CO GO 1— ^ GO f« CDiOhqtJ*00^ O0)C0OC0OO0>l*CD00e' — r-tr-t^T-tT^^OZr-*^*-* t-h GO GO a ^ * <» | 0) ^ O o o „ ^ -2 & 8 & iTtGOt^GOGOGOCOi>CO CO CO ^-60iO»C05COO«3Nait-^50(N ^0)(?>)rH^cOi0^^05^CCiG003 ~* G\t »— < i-( t-H T-N ©^^^H OS o CO GO O CO GO CO CO CD a d •G a o -> cm a3 • a s | e <£: £ ■g ' — o '5 o JS Jfl o o O o Is a J 9 t. 1 g,s 3 « £ ©J 9 e • 5 a n taught ' children n the agei The year ii report was mt gislnture. No. of town- the returns w» Wliole No districts in the Number of tricts from w were received Amount of nios received towns. No. of chi in the school i ing returns. No. of chih 5 and 15 yean ding in those i Proportion i her of childrc the nambor of ported betwee 5 and 15 yean 1816 338 2755 2631 $55720 AO yo 140106 176449 4 to 15 1817 355 3713 2873 64834 88 170386 198440 6 to 7 1818 374 3264 3228 73235 42 183253 218969 5 to 6 1819 402 4614 3844 93010 54 210316 235871 8 to 9 1820 515 5763 5118 117151 07 271877 302703 9 to 10 1821 545 6332 5489 146418 08 304559 317633 24 to 25 1822 611 6659 5882 157195 04 332979 339258 42 to 43 1823 649 7051 6255 173420 60 351173 357029 44 to 45 1824 656 7382 6705 1S2820 25377034 373208, 94 to 93 1825 698 7642 6876 182741 61 4029401383500 101 to 96 1826 700 7773 7117 1S2790 09 425586|395586il00 to 93 1827 721 8114 7550 185720 46 431601|411256!105 to 100 1828 742 8298 7806 222995 77 441856141921GI 96 to 91 1829 757 8609 8164 232343 21 46820514491 is| 25 to 24 44 O o W o O a o CO CO ©. nO rt< GO O i— i O <3* CO O O CO CO ©^nO^CO O w t-TGO^cT ©f co'o" O ©1 00 GO ©5 ©Q ©* GO GO o tJ« O ©J O CO o <<* O Tj< od CO ©* 13 o on *.S 13 JS g _, -*-> O fl} . £ ,P ^ o o o o o o o o o o o o o o^o cf ©~o CO 5i © CO CO ©* co^ CO CO M G Xi 03 ^43 £1 1.2 i " O -pi CO IS PG S3 03 95 hC 03 bC O o S c cr> O g 3 _o g o 03 3 -a c o c ©Q CO C5 © G J> CO ,a a o o o o o £ ,g ^ G o o 13 M o o 13 ^ w o C co •» CD M flj O ctf ^ O +-> c o (3 o s o cd c o o o T3 TJ 09 -a c o — g o cd o 6 c O O O co o o -a ■ « g-co § a S O CD ^ o _ CD £ « o ■SlJ £5 IS 11 * 46 E. Local School Fund, There are many towns in the state in which the schools derive a most essential benefit from a local fund. This fund arises from the avails of land which was reserved in cer- tain grants for gospel and school purposes. The following is a list of the principal reservations of this nature, viz: One lot of 550 acres in each of the 28 townships in the military tract. Forty lots of 250 acres each in the twenty townships west of the Unadilla river, being 10,000 acres. One lot of 640 acres in each of the townships of Fay- ette, Clinton, Greene, Warren, Chenango, Sidney and Cam- den, in the counties of Broome and Chenango. Ten lots of 640 acres each in the townships along the St. Lawrence. Sixteen lots of 640 acres each in Totten & Crossfield's purchase. The local school fund which has become productive, is stated in the reports of the commissioners of the several towns as follows, viz : Broome County. Colesville — Received from trustees of school lands, $68 88 Sanford — Received from school lands, 42 48 $111 36 Cayuga County. Auburn — Received from comm'rs of public lands, 19 22 Aurelius — Received from comm'rs of public lands, 17 87 Cato — Received from gospel and school lands, ... 20 00 Conquest — Received from gospel and school lands, 32 59 Fleming — Received from comm'rs of public lands, 10 77 Genoa — Received interest on school fund, 418 97 Ira — Received from gospel and school lot, 32 86 Ledyard — Received interest on sale of lot No. 1, 218 54 Locke — Received from school lot, 89 84 Mentz — Received from public lands, 134 87 Owasco — Received for rent of public lands, 35 00 Scipio— Rec'd interest from the sales of lot No. 1, 233 30 Sempronius — Received from comm'rs of public lot, 200 00 Springport — Received from school lands, 59 00 Venice — Received from the town lot, . 173 10 Victory — Received from gospel and school lands, . . 44 57 $1740 50 47 Chenango County. Bainbridge — Received from the school lands,. . . . $245 57 Columbus — Received from school agent, 96 79 RecM from collector in default in 1824, 106 59 Coventry — Received from town comm'rs of public school lands, 62 15 Guilford — Received avails of school lot, 41 72 Macdonough — Received from the school fund, ... 89 89 Otselic — Received from the agent of school lands, 126 00 Oxford — Received from school lot, 45 00 Pharsalia — Received from agent of school lands,. 32 80 Plymouth — Received from school lot, 81 38 Preston — Received from Preston school fund, .. . 75 14 Sherburne— Rec'd interest on bonds and mortgages, 115 16 Smithville — Received from supervisor, 16 00 Smyrna — Received from agent of school fund, ... 73 92 $1208 11 Cortland County. Cincinnalus — Received from school lot, 73 46 Homer — Received from comm'rs of school lots, . . 240 75 Preble — Received from comm'rs of public lands,. 118 55 Scott — Received interest on school lot, 96 60 Solon — Received from rents of public lands, 77 92 Truxton — Received from public lands, 215 53 Virgil — Received from town lot, 62 82 $885 63 Madison County. Brookfield — Received from agent of school lands, . 292 08 Eaton — Received from agent of school lands, 132 50 Georgetown — Received from agent of school lands, 113 62 Hamilton — Received from school agent, 70 00 Lebanon — Received from agent for school lands, . 77 00 Madison — Received from agent for school lands,. 145 57 Nelson — Received from school agent, 62 50 $893 27 Onondaga County. Cicero — Received from the public lot, 210 50 Clay — Received from trustees of school lot, 69 00 Fabius — Received from trustees of public lot,. ... 210 50 Manlius — Received from trustees of public lot, . . . 380 82 Marcellus — Received from sale of public lot,. . 647 22 Otisco — Rec'd from trustees of the town of Otisco, 156 04 48 Pompey — Received from trustees of public lot, . . . $371 64 Spafford — Received from school fund, 74 50 Salina — Received from school lot, 18 00 Tully — Received from trustees of Tully, 102 74 La Fayette — Received from trustees of public lots, 245 58 $2486 34 Oswego County. Hannibal — Received from trustees of school lot,. . 99 77 Oswego — Received from comm'rs of school lot, . . 90 46 $190 23 Queens County. Oyster-Bay — Rec'd from rents of Marsh in Oyster- Bay, 193 47 Seneca County. Covert — Received from trustees of school lot, . . . 283 45 Payette — Received from trustees of school fund, . . 539 26 Junius — Received from interest on mortgages,. . . 71 75 Lodi — Received from trustees of school lot, 275 31 Ovid — Received from trustees of school fund, ... 501 06 Romulus — Received from the town fund, 445 62 $2116 45 St. Lawrence County. Potsdam — Received from trustees of public lands, 77 77 Tompkins County. Dryden — Received from trustees of school lot,.. 405 02 Enfield — Received interest on school lot, 204 42 Ithaca — Received from trustees of school lot,. . . . 334 78 Groton — Received from public lot, . 70 60 Hector — Received from trustees of town fund,. . . 1324 85 Lansing — Rec'd interest on bonds and mortgages, 591 63 Ulysses — Received from trustees of school lot, . . 299 48 $3,230 78 Aggregate, $13,133 91 49 F. Amount paid for teachers'' wages over and above the pub- lic money apportioned to the same districts, and the num- ber of districts inspected in each county. COUNTIES. Amount paid for teachers' wages be- tides public money. Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, , Chautauque, . Cayuga, Chenango,. . , Clinton, Columbia, . . . Cortland, Delaware, . . . Dutchess, . . , Erie, Essex, Franklin, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, . . . Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston, . Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, . . Ontario, Orange, .... Orleans, Oswego, . . . Otsego, .... Putnam,. . . . Queens,. . . . Rensselaer, . Rockland, . . Saratoga, . . . Public money paid|Number oi to same districts. [districts ic- jspceted $772 97 280 23 559 21 185 29 2511 08 714 16 999 66 5796 15 319 51 2180 69 4827 70 82 05 1762 46 90 48 3973 53 3305 25 2801 23 4407 28 1528 36 1507 80 2987 31 1436 00 3163 56 5144 80 1243 27 3702 45 2861 53 2600 78 4048 59 1712 52 1810 87 3182 37 374 70 1154 57 1512 20 1637 48 2394 7 19 $979 08 250 90 405 91 166 43 1690 83 693 09 749 21 3035 82 439 07 1434 48 1972 71 85 48 1179 87 78 64 2648 32 1825 49 1798 35 3270 60 1137 54 795 68 1784 17 1135 52 1436 80 2953 07 475 64 2218 84 3127 16 1416 27 2511 08 1508 75 2480 64 2334 31 302 87 802 36 1437 02 304 39; 1374 271 50 COUNTIES. Schenectady, Seneca, Steuben, .... St. Lawrence, Sullivan, .... Suffolk, Tio-a, Tompkins,. . . Ulster, Warren, Washington, . Westchester, Wayne, Yates, Amount paid for teachers' wages be- sides public money. Public money paid to same districts. Numberof districts re- turned* 804 58 692 56 8 1482 47 2039 41 8 $638 58 $276 23 29 469 88 684 91 39 264 87 O A f 345 06 17 1741 56 1261 31 32 343 26 344 72 11 727 41 835 14 3 1653 29 1035 22 18 631 82 498 oo 4 699 20 430 93 9 2182 78 1115 46 44 2084 68 1548 17 12 638 10 483 01 5 $93934 76 $63831 14 1593 51 G. The following exhibits the gain and loss of the number of scholars taught, and of the number of children be- tween 5 and 1 5, in the several counties, compared with the returns of last year. COUNTIES. Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus,. . . Cayuga, Chautauque,.. . Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston,. . . . Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, . . New-York, .... Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, scholars taught Increase in children be- tween 5 and 15, 477 1309 517 395 1416 623 6 930 530 15 741 687 304 1295 557 1140 337 441 522 674 611 2367 523 820 1493 291 196 135 752 401 424 306 306 1020 318 604 1020 1300 296 592 554 486 564 467 1213 812 390 407 302 411 1184 225 455 563 483 1214 1338 Decrease in scholars taught. 858 2165 131 592 728 427 621 585 10 159 Decrease in children be- tween 5 and 15. 42 30 15 53 52 COUNTIES. Increase in scholar taught. Increase in children be cniiuren uo I , , . tween5and 15. scholars taught Decrease in Decrease in chiJdr-n be* tw«en 5 and 15. Rensselaer, . . Richmond,. . . . Rockland, .... Saratoga, .... Schenectady, . Schoharie,. . . . Seneca, St. Lawrence,. Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga,. Tompkins,. . . . Ulster, Warren, Washington,. . Wayne, Westchester, . Yates, Gain,. Loss,, Real gain, 1315 66 16 210 794 1255 266 238 490 356 530 398 592 358 27,119 1,670 1260 153 87 316 99 549 441 935 448 71 262 241 535 127 125 1207 291 65 30,010 215 25,449 1 29,795 10 442 92 301 6S5 ,670 215 215 s * {Aver J cubic