Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1882 — INDIANA MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA MATTERS.

liullnna School .Statistics. The annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shows the following facts: Number of schoolhouses—stone, 83; brick, 2,481; frame, 6,944; log, 48: total, 9,556; estimated value of school-houses, including buildings. grounds, seats, etc., $11,907,391.09; estimated value of school apparatus—viz.: globes, maps, etc. —$403,513.52; total estimated value of school property. $12,310,904.51; the special school tax on each SIOO, 21 cents; special school tax on each poll, 44 cents; local tax for tuition assessed on each SIOO. 15 cents; local tax for tuition assessed on each poll, 33 cents; number < f volumes in township library, 274,257; number of volumes added to library, 5,825; amount paid Trustees for managing educational matters, $89,892.37; number of school-houses erected during the year, 303; value, $85,439.81. Report of private schools: Number of pri; vate schools, 365; male teachers, 167 s female teachers, 441; number of pupiladmitted within the year, 12,852; average daily attendance, 8,659; average cost per pupil per month, $1.17; number of township institutes during the year, 4,299.