Colored public school statistics (Table 90) ..........

Comparative statistics of white and colored public schools (Table 91)

Statistics of colored public schor1 teachers (Table 92)

Remarks upon the tables......

VI.-EDUCATION OF THE COLORED RACE.

Pago.

874

875

875

876

876

877

878

879

879

880

Notes from the reports of State superintendents....

Colored schools for normal, secondary, and collegiate education..

Statistics of these schools (Table 93).

Colored professional schools

Statistics of the same (Table 94) ......................

Statistics of colored pupils in schools for the deaf, blind, etc., (Table 95).

CHAPTER XV.-GIFTS AND BEQUESTS TO EDUCATION.

Noteworthy gifts and bequests to schools, etc. (Table 96)

American..

Foreign.....

CHAPTER XVI.-OBITUARY LIST OF NOTABLE EDUCATORS.

882

888

892

American Philological Association......

CHAPTER XVII.-EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS.

National Educational Association..............

Department of Superintendence of the National Educational Association..

American Institute of Instruction.....

American Association for the Advancement of Science..

894

893

896

897

897

Free corporate lending libraries (Tables 103 and 104) .

Libraries of societies, associations, and clubs (Tables 105 and 106)..

Corporate lending libraries open to subscribers (Tables 107 and 108)

Circulating libraries (Tables 109 and 110)................

Comparative statistics of elementary education in foreign countries (Tablo 112).

Ratio of school enrolment to total population, etc., in foreign countries (Table 113)

CHAPTER XXII.-INDEX TO THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

List of publications.....

1031

Index to publications.....

1035

THE UNITED STATES

BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

[Created as a Department March 2, 1867. Made an Office of the

Interior Department July 1, 1869.]

COMMISSIONERS.

HENRY BARNARD,

March 14, 1867, to March 15, 1870.

JOHN EATON,

March 16, 1870, to August 5, 1886.

NATHANIEL H. R. DAWSON,

August 6, 1886, to date.

Alaska

Civil government..

The College of William and Mary....

Report on the Study of History in American Colleges and Universities

Opinions of the recent work of the Bureau..

Sketch of the history, geography, etc., of the Territory.

Education

Tour of inspection..

Metlakahtla....

Plan of education.

Present condition of the schools

What provision is necessary for school-houses.

Application of school fund for the present year.

Future policy of the Government.

Removal of the Office....

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25

28

28

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44

Eminent school fund, total assessed valuation, and value of school property (Table 15)..

Pertentage of increase or decrease during the past year of various items (Table 16).

53

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58

60

63

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67

68

70

74

76

80

Alabama

Alaska......

Arizona...

California..

Colorado

Connecticut

Dakota

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia..

Idaho.

Iowa.

Kansas

Kentucky..

Maine

Maryland..

Massachusetts.

Michigan.

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri.

Montana.....

Nevada

New Hampshire..

New Jersey

New Mexico.

New York........

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Texa s..

CHAPTER III-DIGESTS OF STATE SCHOOL REPORTS.

Vermont..

Virginia......

Washington Territory

West Virginia...

Wisconsin

Wyoming

CHAPTER IV.-DISCUSSIONS OF EDUCATIONAL QUESTIONS BY STATE SUPERINTENDENTS AND

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Notes from city school reports, arranged alphabetically by States and cities.

Comparative statistics of city school systems (Table 19)

246

274

Summary by States, etc., of comparative statistics of city systems (Table 20)..

305

Summary by classes of cities according to population of the comparative statistics of city

school systems (Table 21)

309

General summary showing teaching force, where educated, teachers' certificates, etc. (Table

Summary of statistics of kindergarten training schools (Table 28)..

467

Summary of statistics of secondary schools supported wholly by public funds (Table 31, Di-

vision A) ....

496

Summary of statistics of secondary schools supported partly by pu blic funds (Table 31, Di-

Vision B).........

498