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ILLINOIS. 



1884. Some comparisons are made between 

 the years 1874 and 1882, and the year 1884: 



Whole number between 6 and 21 In 18S4 1,069,274 



Whole number between 6 and 21 in 1882 . . 1,037,567 



Whole number between 6 and 21 in 1874... 938,873 



Increase in two years. 

 Increase in ten years. 



81,707 

 130,396 



The total number enrolled in graded schools 

 in 1884 was 328,705 ; in 1882 it was 295,620 ; 

 increase in two years, 33,085. 



This does not include the "value of buildings, 

 grounds, apparatus, and libraries held by State 

 and county educational institutions. The esti- 

 mated value of these is : 



Illinois State Normal University $136,500 00 



Illinois Industrial University . 

 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. 



Institution for the Blind 



Institution for the Feeble- Minded . 

 Cook County Normal School 



Males enrolled in ungraded 

 schools 



Decrease in two years 



Females enrolled in ungraded 

 schools 



Decrease in two years 



1884. 



1883. 



219,254 

 198,557 



9,161 

 8,674 



Total $22,616,805 14 



Charitable Institutions. The following figures 

 show the number of inmates, cost per capita, 

 total expenditures, etc., of each State charita- 

 ble institution : 



The total enrollment in ungraded schools in 

 1884 was 399,976; in 1882 it was 417,811 ; de- 

 crease in two years, 17,835. The number of 

 school-houses is given thus : 



Stone school-houses . , 

 Brick school-houses . , 

 Frame school -houses , 

 Log school-houses 



Total 



1884. 1883. 1874. 



1,386 

 10,178 



281 



12,008 



211 



1,268 



10,041 



874 



11,914 



219 

 1,119 



9,313 

 778 



Northern Insane Hospital 



Eastern Insane Hospital 



Central Insane Hospital 



Southern Insane Hospital 



Institution for Deaf and Dumb. . 



Institution for Blind 



Asylum for Feeble-Minded 



Soldiers 1 Orphans' Home 



Eye and Ear Infirmary 



State Eeform School 



11,484 



Total 



General average . 



Average 

 number of 



inmates. 



525-55 

 514-63 

 629-20 

 ,576-32 

 868-13 



93-04 

 291-69 

 817-03 



78-37 

 808-44 



3,702-40 



Average coet 

 per capita. 



$208 45 

 200 25 

 193 74 

 178 18 

 271 88 

 834 88 

 180 41 

 170 58 

 224 41 

 151 08 



$200 06 



The total number of schools in 1884 was 11,- 

 988, and the total number of teachers 19,897. 

 The average wages paid to male teachers was 

 $51.31 a month; to female teachers, $40.44. 

 The total amount paid to teachers was $5,640,- 

 473.65. A fair accurate estimate of the cost of 

 maintaining the public schools of the State, 

 and the educational institutions of the State 

 that belong to the public-school systen, is this : 



The total expenditures by each institution 

 were as follow : 



Northern Insane Hospital $184,480 52 



Eastern Insane Hospital 429,978 92 



Central Insane Hospital 190,011 83 



Southern Insane Hospital 144,483 13 



Institution for the Deaf and Dumb 110,858 55 



Institution for the Blind 82,926 21 



Asylum for the Feeble-Minded 64,884 89 



Soldiers' Orphans' Home 61,337 22 



Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary 20,011 99 



Total expenditures by districts $9,425,012 96 *"* ***** BdM 1 



Mother treasurers, which is Total $1,267,05780 



only a transfer $86,535 51 



Paid on account of pwpiis trans- Penitentiaries, The Northern Penitentiary at 

 Pa f fd r o e n bonds'refunaedjow-esti: 5 ' 661 Joliet is self-supporting so far as ordinary ex- 

 mate 60,00000 penses are concerned. The $50,000 appropri- 



_J^!||_5[ ated by the last General Assembly as a con- 

 Net expenditure by districts $9,27^8T6~29 tingent fund has not been drawn upon. This 



Paid township treasurers .' . ." 'iso'ege 73 result has been produced by the favorable posi- 



Incidental expense of trustees and treasurers.. 45,26698 fj r , n pnr l nnnnrrnnitipa nf fha nrmifAnriirv for 



Compensation of county superintendents 8365283 "On and Opportunities Ot the penitentiary t 



County appropriation fr>r institutes 1,38175 Securing good contracts for the WOl'k of the 



Expense of State superintendency 8,200 00 prisoners. 



mno^s P sSte a Normai r univer8ity 17,500 oo The Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester 



Southern Illinois Normal University 16,10644 is comparatively new and is still incomplete. 



Jff^SfffSSt^'^^'^ IS 8 Jt ha8 ^y * capacity for taking care of 800 



prisoners as a maximum. It has but one work- 



Total $9,648,359 oo shop, which is occupied by the contractors in 



The portion of this that has to be met by shoe-manufacturing. It has also a brick-yard, 



taxation is $8,444, 489. 75, a little more than one making bricks from clay within the stockade, 



per cent, upon the assessed value of the prop- which is let to contractors. These two indus- 



erty of the State. tries contract for and employ about 300 men at 



The estimated value of school property is as good wages. Of the average of 700 kept in the 



follows : Southern Penitentiary, about 300 were let on 



School buildings and sites $20,686.06300 contract work, while the remaining 400 were 



School libraries 112,870 oo either employed in the immense stone-quarry 



School apparatus _239^6JM> witl|in $ stoc k ad6) re d UC ing a hill of stope, 



Total $21,038,489 oo and producing rip rap and paving stone, which 



