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ILLINOIS. 



cember, 1872, at $2,060,150.68. This indebt- 

 edness was made up of the following items : 



Interest. Bonds (inscribed stocks), 1877 $962,445 42 



Refunded Stock, Coupon Bonds 1876 60.000 00 



Refunded Stock. " 1877. 260.00 00 



Thornton Loan Bonds 86,000 CO 



Normal University Bonds 28,000 ( 



$1000 War Bonds 178,000 00 



$500 War Bonds 124.0CO 00 



$100 War Bonds 65,600 00 



Revenue Deficiency Bonds 250,000 00 



State indebtedness called in by proclamation 

 of the Governor for payment not yet sur- 

 rendered to the State : 



New Internal Improvement Stock, amount- 

 ing to 22,969 21 



Refunded Stock 1870 7.00 , 00 



One old Internal Improvement Bond 1,000 00 



Thirteen Canal Bonds 13,00000 



Two Bonds Interest Stock 2,136 J 



Total outstanding Nov. 30, 1872 $2,060,150 63 



Before the 3d of January, 1873, $327,683.45 

 had been paid on this, leaving the total out- 

 standing debt, at that date, $1,732,467.18. It 

 is expected that before the close of the present 

 administration the State will be virtually out 

 of debt, with an annual income, from the Illi- 

 nois Central Kailroad, and the Illinois & Mich- 

 igan Canal, of not less than $650,000. 



The tax levy for State purposes in 1871 

 amounted to about nine mills to the dollar on 

 the equalized valuation of property, 5^- mills 

 being for the expenses of the State govern- 

 ment, 2 mills for the support of public schools, 

 and 1 m iU for redemption of canal bonds. 

 The total levy for 1872 was 7i mills: 3^V for 

 general purposes, T 4 V for payment of inter- 

 est on the State debt, 2 for the support of 

 public schools, and 1 for canal redemption. 



The number of school districts in the State 

 is 11,251 ; the number in 1871 was 11,112 ; in 

 1870, 11,066. The number of children be- 

 tween the ages of 6 and 21 in 1872 was 882,693, 

 of whom 874,526 were white, and 8,167 colored; 

 in 1871, the number was 878,417, of whom 

 870,703 were white, and 7,714 colored. The 

 principal school statistics for the last biennial 

 period are as follows : 



1871. 1878. 



Number of public high-schools .... 91 88 



Number of graded schools 651 611 



Number of ungraded schools 10,414 10,697 



Whole No. of free public schools. . 11,156 11,396 



Number of private schools 460 436 



Number in 1870 530 



Decrease 94 



Number of pupils in private schools 34,883 34,784 



Number in 1S70 41.001 



Decrease 6,217 



Aggregate number of day schools in 



session 1,636,033 1,712,436 



Aggregate number in 1870 1,553.238 



Increase 159,198 



Average number of day schools 



sustained 146 151 



Average number in 1870 142 



Increase 9 



Average number of month schools 



sustained 6.7 6.9 



Average number in 1870 6.7 



Increase... 2 



9,334 



8,826 9,094 

 11,459 li>30 



20^285 20324 

 20,081 



1871. 1878. 



Whole number of male scholars 353,643 345 023 



Whole number of female scholars.. 319,144 31G,'426 



Total number of scholars attending. 672,787 C62 049 

 Total number of scholars attending 

 in 1870 C52,7 



Increase 



Whole number of male teachers 



Whole number of female teachers.. 



Total number of teachers 



Total number of teachers in 1870. . . 



Increase $43 



Total number of days taught 2,018,226 2.072,992 



Total number of days taught in 1870 1.998,240 



Increase 74,752 



Grand total number of days' attend- 

 ance 50,108,492 49,842,481 



Grand total number of days" attend- 

 ance in 1870 47,896.931 



Increase 1,945,550 



The average daily attendance is thus stated: 

 In 1870, 339,540; in 1871, 341,686;' 1872, 

 329,799, showing the decrease of attendance in 

 two years to be 9,741, while the number of 

 children of school age in the State is increased 

 by 20,069. During the past year there have 

 been built 518 school-houses, against 470 built 

 in 1871. They cost $761,622.39, being an av- 

 erage cost of $1,442.46. In 1870, 3,808 school 

 districts owed debts, in 1871, 3,617, and in 

 1872, 2,621. The total value of school-houses, 

 grounds, furniture, and libraries, in 1872, is 

 $19,876,708, being an increase in two years of 

 $5,017,408. The figures of the cost of the 

 school system per scholar are as follows : 



FOR TUITION ALONE. 



Upon school census $4 63 $4 92 



Upon number enrolled 6 05 6 55 



Upon average daily attendance 11 91 13 16 



The funds for the support of common schools 

 in 1871 and 1872 were derived from the sources 

 indicated in the subjoined statements: 



1871. 



Amount of the two-mill State school-tax ap- 

 portioned to counties by the Auditor 



Amount of interest upon the school, college, 

 and seminary funds, apportioned to coun- 

 ties by the Auditor 



Amount raised by an ad valorem tax, in the 

 school districts, for general school pur- 

 poses 



Amount of interest received on the town- 

 ship funds 420,218 36 



Amount received on district bonds issued 

 for building purposes 917.541 29 



Amount received from rents 58,602 14 



Amount received from eales of school prop- 

 erty 16.131 17 



Amount received from fines and forfeitures 10,733 02 



Amount reported as received from various 

 other sources 197,493 72 



Total reported receipts in 1871 $7,470,681 55 



1878. 



Amount of the two-mill State school-tax 

 apportioned to counties by the Auditor. . $9CO,OCO 00 



Amount of interest upon the school, college, 

 and seminary funds, apportioned to coun- 

 ties by the Auditor 54,564 93 



Amount raised by ad valorem tax, in the 

 districts, for general school purposes 5,292,942 65 



Amount of interest received upon the town- 

 ship funds 28,811 if 



Amount received on district bonds, issued 

 for building purposes 294,332 



$7,070,651 95 



$900,000 00 



54,564 93 



