School Attendance. The whole number of persons attending school during any portion of the census year (1890) is shown in the following table: The following table shows for each element of the population the number of illiterates and the percentage in each class for 1880 and 1890: The distribution by age periods of surviving veterans and widows of the Civil War, both United States and Confederate, is shown in the following table: * Persons of negro descent, Chinese, Japanese and civilized Indians. The statement following shows the amounts of customs duties and internal revenue collected and the costs of collection since 1880: NOTE.-The interest charge is computed upon the amount of outstanding principal at the close of the fiscal year, and is exclusive of interest charge on Pacific Railway bonds. NOTE.-The total interest-bearing debt, as above, is exclusive of Pacific Railway bonds. Debt Debt on Treasury. $155,680,340 $2,432,771,873 1870... 3,708,641 430,508,064 2,480,672,427 149,502,471 1871.. 1872... 1873... 1874.. 1875... 1876.... 1877..... 16,648,860 186,025,960 2,205,301,392 2,256,205,892 1,948.902 416,565,689 2,353,211,332 106,217,263 2,246,994,068 39,555,000 56.81 2.83 2,149,780,530 40,596,000 52.96 2.56 2,105,462,060 41,677,000 50.52 2.35 2,104,149,153 42,796,000 49.17 2.31 43,951,000 47.53 2.20 2,245 195,072 2,120.415,370 2,069.J13,569 2,019,275,431 45,137,000 45.66 2.11 46,353,000 43.56 2.01 47,598.000 42.01 1.99 51,316,000 35.46 1.46 52,495.000 31.91 1.09 53,693,000 28.66 .96 1,438,542,995 54,911,000 26.20 87 NOTE 1.-The population is for June 1, for 1870, 1880 and 1890, from the census, and for other years from estimates, for the same date each year, prepared by the Actuary of the Treasury Department. NOTE 2.-The figures for July 1, 1879, were made up assuming pending funding operations to have been completed. NOTE 3.-The column of "Debt Bearing no Interest" includes certificates issued against gold, silver and currency deposited in the Treasury. |