406 



ILLINOIS. 



BECEIPTS FOB SCHOOL PTTBPOSES, 1873. 



Balance on hand, October 1, 1872 $1,360,118 85 



Receivedfrom State 996,245 73 



" interest on township funds 429,577 77 



" district-school tax 5,664,585 09 



" from all other sources 608,666 59 



Total receipts $9,054,194 03 



Expenditures for 1873 7,655,268 ~ 



Balance $1,398,925 71 



BECEIPTS FOB SCHOOL PUBPOSES, 1874. 



Balance on hand, October 1, 1873 $1,398,925 71 



Received from State 1,021,970 74 



" interest on township funds 551,66128 



" district-school tax 5,658,18291 



" from all other sources 661,776 15 



Total receipts.... $9,292,51679 



Expenditures for 1874 7,865,682 -18 



factory. The penitentiary is self-sustaining 

 and requires no appropriations. The south 

 wing of the Northern Insane Asylum at Elgin 

 has been completed, and will he occupied as 

 soon as the Legislature makes provision for 

 supporting the additional inmates. This wing 

 will accommodate 225 patients. The north 

 wing of the Southern Insane Asylum at Auna 

 was opened December 15, 1873, with accom- 

 modations for 140 patients. The central build- 

 ing will he ready for occupancy early in the 

 summer of 1875. During the session of the 

 Legislature a resolution of inquiry was passed 

 by the House calling for information concern- 

 ing the State institutions. In reply Eev. Fred- 

 erick H. Wines, the secretary of the Board of 

 Public Charities, gave the folio wing interesting 

 facts. The average number of officers and in- 

 mates of the several institutions is : 

 Deaf and Dumb Asylum 34 officers, 291 inmates. 



Balance on hand October 1, 1874... $1,426,834 61 



COST PEE BCHOLAB. 



For tuition : 



Upon school-census 



" enrollment 



" average daily attendance 



For incidental expenses : 



Upon school-census 



" enrollment 



" average daily attendance 



For tuition and incidentals : 



Upon school-census 



' ' enrollment 



" average daily attendance 



1878. 1874. 



$4 90 

 6 8,i 

 12 71 



70 



5 60 

 7 80 

 14 54 



$4 93 



6 39 

 1209 



67 



93 



1 64 



5 60 



7 82 

 13 73 



Seventy-two per cent, of the population of 

 school age were instructed in the public schools. 

 A large majority of these had no other advan- 

 tage of education. Eleven thousand six hun- 

 dred and forty-seven schools were kept open 

 at an average of 6 T 7 T months per year. These 

 schools were maintained in 1873 at a cost of 

 $7,655,268.32, and in 1874 of $7,865,682.18 : to- 

 tal $15,520,950.50. Of this amount $2,000,- 

 000 were raised by State tax, and $11,322,768 

 by district-school tax, making $13,322,768 

 over three times the amount raised in the same 

 time by taxation for State purposes. 



The aggregate cost of the public schools is 

 large ; yet the cost per pupil for 6-^ months 

 schooling each year avarages only $14.14, or 

 $2.11 per month, showing that the system is 

 comparatively cheap. It is the only system 

 coextensive with the State. It opens the 

 school-house door to every child of proper age, 

 regardless of race or religion ; and affords him 

 the opportunity of qualifying himself for the 

 responsibilities and duties of the citizen. 



The management of the public institutions 

 of the State is reported to have been very satis- 



Blind Asylum 17 



Feeble-Minded Institute 28 



Soldiers' Orphans' Home 30 



Elgin Insane Asylum 54 



Jacksonville Insane Asylum 79 



Normal University 



Industrial University 



67 

 85 

 302 

 190 

 481 

 435 

 320 



The average number of days the institutions 

 are open is 257, and the total number of days 

 1,546. The number of officers employed is 331. 



Total amount of appropriations drawn during 

 the year 1873, by the several institutions, was 

 $710,278.93, and the amount appropriated, but 

 not drawn, is $1,173,781.90. 



The cost of operating the various institu- 

 tions, including the educational, medical, me- 

 chanical, domestic, and agricultural depart- 

 ments for the year ending December 1, 1873, 

 was as follows . 



Deaf and Dumb Asylum 



Blind Asylum 8,542 



Feeble-Minded Institute 8,750 



Soldiers' Orphans' Home 11,424 



Elgin Insane Asylum 21,081 



Jacksonville Insane Asylum 23,410 



Normal University 23,900 



Industrial University 34,605 



The cost, per annum, of maintaining each in- 

 mate of the different institutions, including the 

 salaries of officers, etc., is as follows : 



Jacksonville Insane Asylum $159 61 



Elgin Insane Asylum 207 42 



Blind Asylum 212 52 



Feeble-Minded Institute 199 49 



Deaf and Dumb Asylum 201 11 



Soldiers' Orphans'. Home 153 72 



This amount is exclusive of building and re- 

 pairs. 



The regulation by the State of passenger 

 and freight schedules on the railroads is a topic 

 of general interest. Several suits brought by 

 the commissioners against railroad corpora- 

 tions for alleged violation of the law are still 

 pending. One of these attracted much atten- 

 tion during the year. This was a suit brought 

 by the State on the 6th of February in the 

 Sangamon Circuit Court against the Chicago & 

 Alton Eailroad Company for extortion under 

 the law regulating freight and fares. The suit 

 was continued to the May term on affidavits 



