STATE OF MINNESOTA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,

ST. PAUL, Dec. 31, 1866.

To His Excellency William R. Marshall, Governor of the State of Minnesota :

SIR-I transmit herewith, in obedience to law, the Seventh Annual Report of this Department, to the Legislature of the State.

I have the honor to be,

With great respect,

Your obedient servant,
H. C. ROGERS,

Secretary of State.

REPORT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

SAINT PAUL, December 1866.

To the Legislature of the State of Minnesota:

In obedience to the requirements of section 41, chapter 36, of the general statutes, I have the honor to submit to you the annual report of the progress and condition of the common schools of this state, for the year 1866.

The following statistics, condensed from the tabular statements made to this department by the county auditors and the superintendents of schools, compared with the exhibit of 1865, afford a summary view of the progress of the system, during the year:

1865.

1866.

1,824

1,998 inc.

174

1,495

1,608 "

113

106

173"

67

223

217 dec.

6

87,244

102,118 inc.

14,874

26,165

24,399

50,564

Whole number of school districts,
Whole number of districts rep'd,..
Number of districts partially rep'd,
Number wholly unreported,...
No. of persons bet. 5 and 21 years,
No. of pupils in attendance, males,
No. of pupils in att'dance, females,
Whole number in attendance,...
Total average daily attendance,.
Total number of teachers,..
Whole amount paid teachers,.
Whole number of school houses,.
Total value of school houses,..
The number of "reported and "partially reported" districts which
omit all returns as to attendance of pupils for 1866, is 359.

2,157 inc. 154

1,297 " $472,503 17 "$192,173 66

The most extraordinary fact developed by this comparative statement will be observed in the great increase of the value of school houses, which amounts for the year to $192,173,66. This fact accords however with general observation, and there can, I think, be no doubt as to the cor