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NEW YORK. 



By reducing the wheat to flour, the quantity 

 of the latter left at tide-water, within the period 

 mentioned, for 1866, compared with that of 

 1865, shows a deficiency of 1,112,640 barrels 

 flour. 



On the 1st of December, 1866, the military 

 organization of the State was composed as fol- 

 lows : 104 regiments of infantry, 3 regiments 

 of cavalry, 1 regiment of artillery, 1 battalion 

 of infantry, 2 battalions of artillery, 3 batteries 

 of artillery, 1 battalion of cavalry, 1 independ- 

 ent battery, 2 light howitzer batteries, 1 squad- 

 ron of cavalry numbering in all about 50,000 

 men. A marked improvement was reported in 

 the National Guard, in respect to discipline and 

 efficiency. The appropriations for the purchase 

 of uniforms, arms, and equipments, had all been 

 expended, and still several thousand men, en- 

 rolled and organized, were unsupplied. The 

 appropriation of $150,000, made at the session 

 of the Legislature in 1866, payable out of fines 

 and taxes to be collected from the reserve 

 militia force, has not been realized. Three 

 enrolments have been made, or attempted, 

 since the new militia law was passed ; under 

 those of 1862 and 1864, no fines or taxes were 

 realized to the treasury, owing to some legal 

 difficulties in the way of enforcing the law. In 

 making the third enrolment (for 1866), more 

 care was taken to conform strictly to the re- 

 quirements of the law, and it is expected that 

 the militia fund will be augmented thereby. 



The military agencies at Washington and 

 Albany, and the temporary Soldiers' Home, 

 through which the aid' of the State has been 

 disbursed, have been of great service to those 

 who needed their assistance. Over 17,000 

 claims have been prepared and forwarded ; 

 30,000 letters have been written ; $600,000 

 have been collected. On the 1st of January, 

 1867, there were about 15,000 applications 

 pending, on which it is expected that $1,500,000 

 will be obtained, during the ensuing year. 



The following brief summary gives the most 

 important and interesting facts, with regard 

 to the State common schools, . for the year 

 1866: 



RECEIPTS FOE SUPPORT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. 



Public school moneys, including | mill tax, . . . $1.406,080 43 



Voluntary taxation in the school districts 4,550,111 86 



Kate bills 708,003 03 



Other sources 714,684 90 



ElPENDITUEES. 



Teachers' wages $4,586,211 09 



Libraries 27,560 06 



School apparatus 186,508 90 



Building and repairs of school-houses 969,618 12 



Miscellaneous 858,246 12 



Balance reported on hand . 750,785 93 



Total number of children and youth' between 



the ages of five and twenty-one years 1,354,907 



Number of children between the ages of six 



and seventeen years 931,404 



Kumber of children of school age who have at- 

 tended the public schools during the same 



portion of the year 919,033 



Teachers employed in public schools for twen- 

 ty-eight weeks, or more, during the year 15,664 



Whole number of male teachers. 5,031 



Whole number of female teachers 21,450 



Total number of school districts 11,732 



Total number of school-houses 11,552 



Aggregate number of weeks' school 369,571 



Number of volumes in district libraries 1,188,017 



Aggregate number of pupils attending the nor- 

 mal schools at some time during the year.. 451 

 Number of teachers instructed in teachers' in- 

 stitutes 8,553 



Number of teachers in teachers' classes in acad- 

 emies 1,469 



Amount of money to be apportioned for the 

 support of common schools, for the current 



fiscal year $1,468,422 22 



According to this report, the number of chil- 

 dren and youth in daily attendance at the public 

 school is 30.02 per cent, of the entire number 

 between 5 and 21 years of age, or 43.67 per 

 cent, of the entire number of children between 

 6 and 17 years of age. 



The commission appointed by the Legis- 

 lature of 1866, to invite proposals for the 

 establishment of four more normal schools, re- 

 ceived applications from several localities, mak- 

 ing liberal offers of land, buildings, all necessary 

 furniture and apparatus, or their equivalent 

 in money; and after full consideration, Pots- 

 dam, Cortland, Brockport, and Fredonia, were 

 selected as the places for the schools. The 

 commission were so much impressed by the 

 public spirit manifested in this connection, that 

 they recommended to the Legislature to author- 

 ize the establishment of six additional schools 

 on the same terms and conditions as those al- 

 ready provided for. 



The University Convocation was held at Al- 

 bany in August, and a number of measures 

 were adopted to advance the interests of edu- 

 cation in the State. A resolution was adopt- 

 ed appointing the presidents of the colleges 

 of the State a committee to collect and re- 

 port at the next convocation the materials for 

 forming the " Military Eoll of Honor of the 

 State of New York, in connection with the 

 great and successful struggle for maintaining 

 the life and honor of the nation." A commit- 

 tee was also named, to report at a future time, 

 on the subject of a suitable course of study, and 

 appropriate testimonials for females in the 

 higher institutions of learning in the State. At 

 a meeting of the regents of the university. Jan- 

 uary 11, 1867, the distribution of $40,000 of 

 the income of the literary fund for 1866 was 

 made among the academies entitled to partici- 

 pate therein. 



Much excitement was caused in the Metro- 

 politan Police District, including New York 



