EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY. 



227 



Statistics relating to the provision made for 

 proper education in the several States are pre- 

 sented with fullness and from the latest sources 

 in the various articles on the States in this vol- 

 ume, but for the sake of comparison some gen- 

 eral figures are here drawn from the latest re- 



ports of the National Bureau of Education. 

 The following table shows the total population, 

 the school population, enrollment, average at- 

 tendance, total number of teachers, and length 

 of school year, in days, in the several States 

 and Territories : 



