ABUSE OF PUBLIC CHARITY. 



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Industrial schools — 



Salaries of superintendent and teachers §106,265.71 



Rent of schoolrooms 5,119.26 



Books and school supplies 5,178.54 



Provisions 8,509 . 70 



Clothing and special relief 5,512.56 



Fuel, gas, repairs, etc 20,497 . 88 



Sick Children's Mission $655.48 



Children's Summer Home . . 9,405 . 37 



Health Home 8,307.45 



Farm for Boys — Summer Charities 2,719 . 59 



Brace Memorial Lodging House 12,914. 13 



Elizabeth Home for Girls 10,366 . 33 



Tompkins Square Lodging House 7,546 . 38 



West Side Lodging House 9,079 . 26 



East Side Lodging House 1,848.06 



Forty fourth Street Lodging House 7,948 . 56 



Fogg Lodging House 1,942.26 



Brace Farm School 12,150.64 



Reading rooms 402 . 96 



Medical examinations 812.00 



Salaries, executive officers 8,659 . 92 



Immigration, fares, food, clothing, etc 30,162.69 



Reinvestment, bonds sold 29,902 . 50 



Amount due treasurer, November 1, 1898 435.71 



Printing, stationery, car fares, and incidental expenses 3,551 . 85 



$309,394.79 



This shows a total salary account of $114,925.63, or about 

 thirty-seven per cent of the expenditure. The society received from 

 the city $100,764, and from general subscriptions and donations 

 $119,768. The balance of the income was derived from legacies, 

 endowments, special trust funds, and sale of bonds. 



One of the private institutions in the city for the instruction of 

 deaf-mutes receives city, State, and county pupils under the pro- 

 visions of special acts of the Legislature. The report of the treas- 

 urer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1898, shows the 

 following receipts: 



Balance on hand, October 1, 1897. $2,885.03 



New York State 44,216.74 



New York County 27,179.54 



Kings County 12,697.05 



Queens County 1,217.19 



Westchester County 1,060.94 



Various other counties 2,727 . 02 



Paying pupils 791.75 



Donations 11,754.46 



All other sources 6 1 3 . 89 



$105,143.61 



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