STATISTICS OF EXPENDITURE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1876. From the Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1876. SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE IN THE UNITED STATES. From the Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1876. 7,498 2,210 46,942 175 2,711,200 188,315 10,447 228,673 The following is a comparative statement of the number of schools of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy reported each year from 1870 to 1876, inclusive, with the number of instructors and students: Gifts for Education in the United States in 1876. The above summary includes direct donations and bequests to Universities, Colleges, Libraries, and Schools, as reported to the Bureau of Education by the institutions themselves. It is gratifying to record that, notwithstanding the severe financial depression, the amount of these private benefactions to promote the public intelligence is increasing, having been $4,891,645 in 1876, as against $4,126,562 in 1875. Statistics of Schools for the Unfortunate Classes in the United States. THE number of institutions for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in the United States for 1876 was 42, with 312 instructors, 5209 pupils, and $1,232,858 expenditure for the year. The number of schools for the Blind in 1876 was 29, with 580 instructors and other employés, 2083 pupils; $736,559 expenditures. The number of schools for Feeble-Minded Youth (idiots and imbeciles) was 11, having 318 instructors and other employés, 1560 inmates, at an expenditure of $302,686. The number of Reform Schools in the United States was 51, all located in 19 Northern and Western States, and having 800 teachers, officers, and assistants, with 12,087 inmates, at an annual cost for instruction of $1,404,483, and annual carnings by the inmates of $174,119. The number of Orphan Asylums in the United States, in 1876, was 188, in 29 States and 2 Territories, having 1530 officers and assistants, 18,759 inmates, maintained at an expenditure of $1,541,444. Of Soldiers' Orphan Homes, there were 20, with 366 officers, etc.; 4146 inmates, and an expenditure of $433,678 in 1876. Of Industrial Schools there were 36, located in 17 States, employing 425 teachers and assistants, with 13,662 pupils, and an expenditure last year of $342,599. THE BALANCE OF TRADE FOR 22 YEARS, 1856–1877. From the Financial Review, 1877, with Additions. For the purpose of showing the total amount of exports and imports of merchandise and the total of specie in each year since 1856, the table below has been compiled. In the columns headed "Excess" are given the differences between exports and imports each year, showing at a glance the "trade balance" of the country. Gold Value of Imports and Exports of Merchandise and Specie into and from the United States in each Fiscal Year since 1856. 1858 1865. 1866.. 1867. 1868.. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874 1876. $ $ 1856... 310,432,310 281,219,423 Im. 29,212,887 4,207,632 1857 348,428,342 293,823,760 Im. 54,604,582 12,461,799 263,338,654 272,011,274 Ex. 8,672,620 19,274,496 1859. 331,333,341 292,901,051 Im. 38,432,290 7,434,789 1860. 353,616,119 333,576,057 Im. 20,040,062 8,550,135 1861.. 289,310,542 219,553,833 Im. 69,756,709 46,339,611 1862. 189,356,677 190,670,501 Ex. 1,313,824 16,415,052 1863. 243,335,815 203,964,997 Im. 39,370,818 9,584,105 1864. 316,447,283 158,887,988 Im. 157,559,295 13,115,612 238,745,580 162,013,500 Im. 76,732,082 9,810,072 434,812,066 348,859,522 Im. 85,952,544 10,700,092 395,763,100 297,303,653 Im. 98,459,447 22,070,475 357,436,440 281,952,899 Im. 75,483,541 14,188,368 417,506,379 286,117,697 Im. 131,388,682 19,807,876 435,958,408 392,771,768 Im. 43,186,640 26,419,179 520,223,684 442,820,178 Im. 77,403,506 21,270,024 626,595,077 444,177,586 Im. 182,417,491 13,743,689 642,136,210 522,479,317 Im. 119,656,288 21,480,937 567,406,342 586,283,040 Ex. 18,876,698 28,454,906 533,005,436 513,441,711 Im. 19,563,725 20,900,727 460,741,191 540,384,671 Ex. 79,623,480 15,936,681 1877. 451,323,126 602,475,220 Ex. 152,152,094 40,774,414 1869.. 1870. 1875. $ 58,929,651 Ex. 41,537,853 74,995,399 Ex. 56,675,123 63,067,487 Ex. 33,358,651 72,012,276 Ex. 56,453,622 66,546,239 Ex. 57,996,104 29,791,080 Im. 16,548,531 36,887,640 Ex. 19,972,588 64,156,611 Ex. 56,571,956 105,396,541 Ex. 92,280,929 67,643,226 Ex. 57,833,154 86,044,071 Ex. 75,343,979 60,868,372 Ex. 38,797,897 93,784,102 Ex. 79,595,734 57,138,380 Ex. 37,330,504 58,155,666 Ex. 31,736,486 98,441,988 Ex. 77,171,964 79,877,534 Ex. 66,133,845 84,608,574 Ex. 63,127,637 56,630,405 Ex. 38,175,499 92,132,142 Ex. 71,231,425 56,506,302 Ex. 40,569,621 56,162,237 Ex. 15,387,753 VITAL STATISTICS.-RATE OF MORTALITY. The Carlisle tables, showing how many persons out of 10,000 will annually die, on the average, until all are deceased; also, the expectation of life at all ages. NOTE. The rate of mortality of males of all ages is 1 in 40, and of females 1 in 42, nearly. The expectation of life is thus reckoned at about 5 per cent longer for women than for men. The heavy-faced figures in this column mark the terms held by the Presidents, and arc referred to in succeeding tables. The smaller figures indicate the numerical order or sequence of individual officers from the first. + Acting Vice-President and President pro tem. of the Senate. SECRETARIES OF STATE. 11 10 Martin Van Buren. .March 6, 1829 20a 11 Edward Livingston. 12 12 Louis McLane. 13 John Forsyth . 13 66 May 24, 1831 15 Hugh S. Legare... 66 64 Mar. 4, 1865 April 15, 1865 Mar. 11, 1869 25 E. B. Washburne.. Mar. 5, 1869 26 Hamilton Fish March 4, 1837 23 27 William M. Evarts. Mar. 12, 1877 The heavy-faced figures mark the Presidential term in which each Cabinet Officer held his appointment, as shown by the table of Presidents preceding. |