TEXAS. 



Summary of district counties : 



Education. The following figures present a 

 summary of the work of the public schools for 

 the last two years. 



Summary of community counties : 



Summary of cities : 



The available school fund, from which a semi- 

 annual apportionment is made to the counties 

 for the support of schools, is derived principally 

 from a State school tax of 12 cents on each 

 $100, from one fourth of all occupation t;ixc->. 

 and from the poll tax. For 1889 the apportion- 

 ment from this fund was at the rate of $4 for 

 each child of school age, and there remained a 

 balance in the fund at the end of the year of 

 $54,242:35. For 1890 the receipts were so large 

 that an apportionment of $4.50 for each child 

 was possible for that year. The balance at the 

 close of the year was $40,266.76. 



The State supports a normal school for white 

 pupils at Huntsville, at which the enrollment 

 for the past year was about 300, and a similar 

 school for colored pupils at Prairie View, where 

 155 pupils attended during the same year. The 

 State University and the Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical College are well attended. 



Charities. At the Institute for the Blind 

 144 pupils were enrolled during the year ending 

 Aug. 31. The amount expended for support was 

 $35,559.58, and for improvements $5,829.03. 



There were 214 pupils at the Institute for the 

 Deaf and Dumb for the year, the average attend- 

 ance being 177. At the Institute for the Colored 

 Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, 64 pupils were enrolled 

 during the year. The expenditures for the last 

 biennial period were $24,552.48. The State Or- 

 phan Asylum has furnished a home for 54 chil- 

 dren during the last two years and has cost the 

 State $20,843.58. 



Prisons. The report of the State Peniten- 

 tiary for the -two years ending Oct 31, is as fol- 

 lows : Convicts on Nov. 1, 1888, 3,302; admitted 

 during the period, 2,012; discharged, 2,115; re- 

 maining on Oct. 31, 1890, 3,199. The State de- 

 rived a net profit of $177,066.53 from the insti- 

 tution during the period. A part of the prison- 

 ers are employed at various industries in or 

 about the prison buildings, or on farms owned 

 by the State, while others are leased to individu- 

 als for farm work and for railroad building. 

 About 800 convicts were leased during the year 

 for farm work, and about 450 for railroad work. 



The State Reformatory, which was opened on 

 Jan. 1, 1889, contained 111 inmates on Oct. J 

 of this year. The management of the institu- 

 tion has been satisfactory. The inmates have 

 been employed in useful occupations, earning 

 snfficient money to pay for all their clothing and 

 for minor necessaries. 



