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no report ; but estimating their production of 

 wheat by the last preceding census, it is be- 

 lieved 1,179,307 bushels should be added to 

 the aggregate given below. Early in the year 

 it was estimated that the yield of wheat for 

 1877 would exceed that of 1876 by 33 per cent., 

 which was probably below the actual result. 



WHEAT RAISED IN 1S76 : 



Acres 1,135,290 



Bushels 15,660,169 



Average yield per acre in bushels 18.75 



WHEAT ON THB GROUND IN MAY, 1877 : 



Acres 1,228,886 



OTHER GRAINS BAISED IN 1S76: 



Corn acres 642,824 



Oats " 447,228 



Barley " ....' 61,818 



The Fish Commissioners make report but 

 once in two years, but the Superintendent 

 furnishes the following summary of work for 

 1877 : " Within the year we have hatched and 

 distributed over 10,000,000 white-fish, and 

 about 150,000 salmon-trout; have procured 

 1,500 adult grayling, and from the Hudson 

 River, and distributed in Michigan waters, 

 250,000 eels. Have now on our trays, a part 

 of the work of 1877, about 12,000,000 white- 

 fish eggs and fry ; 500,000 salmon-trout ; 100,- 

 000 California salmon ; 50,000 land-locked 

 salmon; 25,000 brook-trout." Favorable results 

 of the work of former years are reported. 



The reports of the graded and primary schools 

 made to the Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, for the school year ending September 3d, 

 show an increase in the number of persons of 

 school age, and in the attendance upon school, 

 with a decrease in both school taxes and in- 

 debtedness. The following are aggregates of 

 the most general interest : 



Number of cities and towns 1,064 



" school districts 5,947 



" children between 6 and 20 years. . . 469,444 



An increase of 9,686 



Number of children attending school 857,189 



An increase of 12,048 



Percentage of attendance 71 



Number of graded schools, 295 ; of ungraded 



schools, 6,652 total 6,947 



Average number of months of graded and 

 high schools, 9 7-10 ; of ungraded schools, 

 7 4-10. 

 Number of male teachers, 8,781 ; of female 



teachers, 9,220 total 18,001 



Number of months taught by male teachers, 



17,295; by female teachers, 48,^6 total. 61,181 

 Number of school-houses: log, 684; frame, 



4,688 ; brick, 780 ; stone, 81 total 6,078 



Number of sittings in school-houses 481,707 



An increase of 5,090 



Number of volumes in district libraries, 157,- 



996; in township libraries, 64,099 total. . . 221,280 



An increase of. 28,877 



Number of private and select schools 181 



" pupils in same 8,958 



Average wages of male teachers per month.. $42 54 



" female " " 27 4S 



Decrease In monthly wages or male teachers. 6 94 



" " " female " . 88 



Amount paid or due superintendents and in 



specters 28,542 00 



Eecefved from primary school moneys 211,055 56 



" district taxes voted 2,217,960 99 



" two-mill tax 492,14694 



" tuition of non-resident pupils.. 84,59006 



" other sources 187,06171 



Balance on hand at beginning of year 601,988 79 



Amounts due districts 229,420 96 



Total resources of year 8,792,121 59 



Being a decrease of 275,680 00 



Paid male teachers $785,872 99 / , ,. ,,. Q . 



" female " 1,205,464 97 \ 1 .41,8T 9 



" for buildings and repairs 817,842 18 



" on bonded indebtedness 885,61851 



" for other purposes 688.88962 



Amount on hand September 8, 1877 611,409 72 



Total expenditures, including balance 8,792,121 59 



Being a decrease of 611,409 72 



Bonded indebtedness of district* Sept 8d l,4-*i524 67 



A decrease of 74,058 78 



Total indebtedness of districts 1,609,678 46 



Estimated value of school-houses and sites. . . 9,159,680 00 



The statistics of the University of Michigan 

 for the year were : Students, literary, 369 ; 

 pharmacy, 64; law, 309 ; medical, 285 ; homoeo- 



pathic, 51 ; dental, 33; total 1,110; of whom 

 97 were females. The proportion of female* 

 to males scarcely varies from year to year. 



