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SeHooLs IN MASSACHUSETTS, By resolve Of the legislature, adopted on the 3lst 1lay of March last, returns were re- quired to be made from the several towns, ofiites a tiiiiec iiiiec 3lst of December, returns had been re- eeived from 26l towns, and there remained at that time A towns, by which none had been made. In these were 2,25l school districts, and the number of male ehii-

 iren attending school between four and sixteen years of age. was 67,499, and of female children, G3,729. The number of person between the ages of sixteen an9 twenty one, returned as unable to read and write, was J5S. There were n these dis uicts 1867 male, and 23SS female instruct CTS. The amount raised by taxes for the support of schools in these towns, was S310,l76 ST, and by contribution, $I5,- Al 2S; and the estimated amount paid for tuition in academies and private schools, was $276,57 75. The average number of scholars attending academies and pri- vate schools, was 23, 749. The amount of the local funds returned, Is about $127,- GOO, and there are funds invested in real estate, the amount of which Is not stated. In those cases, where only the income IS given, the aggregate amount is about S2S00 per annum. From the above returns, 1t appears that the number of scholars in the common and private schools and acade- expended, S701 1895 90.--Advertlser.