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COMMON ScHooLs OF THE STATE OF New
YORK message Of Governor
Wrght.to the Legislature Of New York,
states the number Of common schools in
the State al lO,990. from ten thousand
eight hundred and fifty Of which reports
we're received during the past year. The
whole number Of children between the
ayes Of five and sixteen years residing
in the State was 696 .5l8; and the whole
number OF children actually taught in
The district schools was 700, ls6, being
more than $4,000 beyond the preceding
wear, The whole amount Of money dis
tributed from the Treasury for the use Of
common schools for the year was S275,-
600 and the amount actually paid during
the year for the wages Of common school
teachers was S9O2, ,222 The number Of
volumes reported as being in the school
district libraries was ,O38, 1896. Ii is also
estimated that, besides the large aggre-
rate taught in the district schools there
are, including 1851 in the city Of N.
York, $4,000 children in attendance
upon private and select schools.