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(C.)

A comparative view of the Returns of Common Schools, from 1816, to 1831, inclusive.

1816 338

2755 2631

$55720 98

140106

176449

4 to 15

1817 355 3713 2873

64834 88

170386

198440

6 to

7

1818 374 3264 3228

73235 42

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183253

218969

5 to

6

1819 402

4614 3844

93010 54

......

210316

235871

8 to

9

1820 515

5763

5118

117151 07

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1823 649 7051

6255

173420 60

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351173

357029

44 to 45

1824 656 7382

6705

182820 25

377034

373208

94 to 93

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The year in which the report was made to the legislature.

Number of towns from which the returns were made.

Whole No. of school

districts in

town.

the said

Number of school dis

tricts from which returns were received.

Amount of public money received in the

said towns.

Amount paid for teach

ers' wages in the

districts, over and

above public money.

Number of children taught in the school districts making returns.

1821 545

6332

5489

146418 08

......

304559 317633

24 to 25

1822 611 6659

5882

157195 04

1825 698

7642 6876

182741 61

....

402940

383500

101 to 96

1828 742

8298

7806

222995 77

441856 419216

96 to 91

1829 757

8609 8164

232343 21

No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age residing in those districts.

Proportion of the No.

of children taught,

to the No. of chil

dren reported, be

tween the ages of 5

and 15 years.

( D.)

Common School Fund.

This fund consists of the following items :

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(Ε.)

Local School Fund.

There are many towns in the state in which the schools derive an essential benefit from a local fund. This fund arises from the avails of land which was reserved in certain 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 Fayette, Clinton, Greene, Warren, Chenango, Sidney and Camden, in the counties of Broome and Chenango.

Ten lots of 640 acres each, in the townships along the St. Law

rence.

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:

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