COST OF GOVERNMENT IN MASS. 



189 



the most important public activity in Massachusetts, receiving about one-fourth 

 of the public expenditures. Chart 7 shows the amount spent for education annu- 

 ally from 1910 to 1926. The amount spent for education by each civil group is 

 shown in Table 18. 



Expenditures for education have increased considerably for all groups, and 

 the total amount in 1926 was 286 per cent more than in 1910. 



CHART 7. The Increase in Expenditures for Education, Total and per Capita, 1910- 

 1926. (Expressed in Index Numbers with 1910 as the Base.) 



Index Numbi-K 



1910 = 100 



400 



550 



50 



250 



200 



50 



1910 



19IZ 



1914 



19(6 



1918 



1920 



1922 



1924 



1926 



Table 19. — Increase in Expenditures for Education, 1910-1926. 



Juriiiilictio)t Increase 



Per cent 



Central State Gov't 296.7 



Counties 587.4' 



Towns under 5,000 307.9' 



Towns over 5,000 283.7 



Cities 280.7 



Total 285.9 



1 This increase, while large, is insignificant, due to the fact that county expendi- 

 tures for education are only .7 per cent of the total. 

 - 1910 base figures were incomislete. 



