Education in the United States, 1896-97. POPULATION, ENROLLMENT, AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, NUMBER AND SEX OF TEACHERS IN Pension Statistics. NUMBER OF PENSION CLAIMS, PENSIONERS, AND DISBURSEMENTS, 1861-1898. Army and Navy- 1864. 17,041 22,446 53,599 39,487 85,986 8,525,153.00 13,459,996,00 19,893 83,678 153,183 18,619,956.00 93,686 169,643 24,010,982.00 28,422,884.00 87,521 111,165 111,832 124,239 107,898 232,137 28,351,600,00 11,328 128,723 28,580,157.00 105,392 3,920 31,116 27,394 182,633 103,064 97,979 345,125 65,693,707.00 11,217 72,465 55,194 306,298 99,709 406,007 74,815,488.85 79,646,146.37 88,275,113.28 1890. 50,395 14,612 105,044 537,944 106,493,890.19 676,160 118,548,959.71 7,287 141,086,211.84 158,155,342.51 1894. 6,129 4,225 Beginning with 1893, the total number of applications filed and the total number of claims allowed include army nurses and survivors and widows of Indian wars. 1,579,314 $2,283,213,737.63 Amount disbursed at United States pension agencies during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1808: Grand Total. Boston 6,675,353.75 Total. Navy. $3,077,632.34 7,581,475.23 6,667,622.20 6,667,622.20 Columbus.. 15,957,991.27 3,014,148.90 3,014,148.90 Des Moines.. 8,701,574.36 Detroit. 7,110,799.60 Indianapolis.. 11,316,172.48 Knoxville.. Louisville.. 4,328,249.52 4,344,184.41 4,344,184.41 New York City. 6,523,988.52 6,565,611.00 Philadelphia.. 7,803,948.06 Pittsburg.. San Francisco. Topeka.. 15,549,926.10 15,592,553.14 15,592,553.14 Washington 9,220,100.58 Total......... $140,824,029.73 $142,024,932.66 $3,723,932.90 $145,748,865.56 In addition to the above there was disbursed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898, the following sum, chargeable to the appropriation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897: Fees of examining surgeons, pensions, $223,363.41. PRICES IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1885 TO 1897. The British official "Statistical Abstract" gives the following statement of average price of articles of British and Irish produce exported from the United Kingdom, deduced from the declared quantities and values: Prior to 1895, iron black plates were included with sheets (not galvanized), etc., and steel black plates with steel sheets. The price of iron sheets (not galvanized), etc., including black plates, was, in 1895, £8.65 per ton, against £7.50 in 1896, and of steel sheets, including black plates, £7.20 per ton, against £7.09 in 1896. |