814 



TEXAS. 



Average salary paid white male teachers per 



month $56 66 



Average salary paid white female teachers per 



month $38 75 



Average salary paid colored male teachers per 



month $41 73 



Average salary paid colored lernale teachers per 



month $42 86 



Total paid teachers 11,781,197 62 



The statistics for cities and towns for the 

 year ending Aug. 31, 1886, are given below: 



White schools maintained 223 



Colored schools maintained 92 



Total 815 



Average school term in months 8'38 



Teachers employed 773 



School-houses built during the year 80 



School-houses belonging to the State 110 



Average salary paid white male teachers per 



month $90 55 



Average salary paid white female teachers per 



month $48 08 



Average salary paid colored male teachers per 



month $50 53 



Average salary paid colored female teachers per 



month $37 63 



Total paid teachers $406,505 71 



The Sam Houston Normal Institute is at 

 Huntsville. In 1885-'86 it had 215 pupils. 

 This institution is for whites. The Prairie 

 View Normal School is for colored pupils. 



State University. This institution is at Austin. 

 In 1885 -'86 it had 199 students, of whom 161 

 were male and 38 female; 139 in the academic 

 and 60 in the law department. In 1886-'87 

 there were 15 instructors and 220 students, as 

 follow : 



Post-graduates 21 Freshmen 62 



Seniors 5 | Irregulars and specials 59 



Juniors 101 Law seniors 23 



Sophomores 16 | Law juniors 48 



Public Institutions. The Institution for the 

 Blind, at Austin, was established by an act of 

 1856. In 1885-86 it had 112 pupils. In the 

 Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at the same place, 

 148 pupils were enrolled during that year. 

 The State Lunatic Asylum is also at Austin. 

 The North Texas Lunatic Asylum, at Terrell, 

 was opened in July, 1885. The number of 

 patients on Oct. 31, 1885, was 112 ; admitted 

 during the year, 330; remaining Oct. 31, 1886, 

 267. It is estimated that there are 2,500 insane 

 people in the State, and accommodations for 

 only 1,000. Of the 1,500 remaining many need 

 asylum residence and support. The peniten- 

 tiaries are at Huntsville and Rusk. From Nov. 



TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. 



The Agricultural and Mechanical College is at 

 College Station, Brazos County. The library 

 contains about 2,700 volumes, a large number 

 of which have been chosen with reference to 

 the special character of the college. There are 

 11 instructors. 



During the session of 1886-'87, 171 students 

 matriculated. The previous year there were 

 170. The graduating class numbers 10. Thir- 

 ty-two students entered the agricultural course, 

 99 the mechanical ; the remainder are in the 

 preparatory class. 



1, 1884, to Oct. 31, 1886, there were received, 

 under new commitments, 2,191 convicts a 

 much larger number than ever before received 

 in the same length of time. 



The deaths for the last two years were 221, 

 as against 206 for the two years previous an 

 increase in numbers, but a small decrease in 

 percentage. There was a decrease of deaths 

 at the prisons proper, but there was also a 

 corresponding increase of deaths in the outside 

 forces. The following table presents some ad- 

 ditional particulars : 



