DEAR SIR: In compliance with law, I have the honor to report as follows: The securities held in trust by the State Treasurer for the support of Common Schools, consist of bonds of the State of California, aggregating one million five hundred and fortyone thousand five hundred ($1,541,500) dollars, together with bonds of various counties of this State, amounting to one million seven hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty ($1,726,850) dollars, which are described as follows, to-wit: State Founded Debt Bonds of 1873-six per cent.... Sacramento County Bonds-four per cent. $100,000 00 $1,541,500 00 32,100 00 145,000 00 84,000 00 25,000 00 86,000 00 12,500 00 51,000 00 72,000 00 50,500 00 43,000 00 51,000 00 27,000 00 San Luis Obispo County Bonds-five per cent 16,000 00 San Luis Obispo County Bonds-eight per cent. 40,000 00 Mendocino County Bonds-four per cent.. 68,000 00 Santa Barbara County Bonds-five per cent.... 12,000 00 San Diego County Bonds-five per cent... Los Angeles County Bonds-four and one-half per cent.. 255,000 00 47,800 00 191,800 00 San Diego County Bonds-four and one-half per cent.... The money in the State Treasury belonging to the State School Fund, subject to apportionment, is five hundred and nine thousand sixty-six dollars and sixty-three cents ($509,066.63), as follows: Balance unapportioned February 8, 1890 Received from interest on bonds held in trust Received from interest on State school lands Total......... Less amount paid on restitution on lands sold, not the property of the State..... Costs of annulment of certificates of purchase. Total amount subject to apportionment......... $2,483 09 $219,844 39 175,363 00 88,927 91 23,148 13 39 90 507,323 33 $509,806 42 $736 30 739 79 $509,066 63 In addition to the foregoing, the sum of sixty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-two cents ($68,657.42), belonging to the Grammar School Course Fund, is subject to apportionment for the support of Grammar Course Schools, as required by law. Said sum was derived from the following sources: The number of G. S. C. pupils as reported by the County Superintendents for the school year ending June 30, 1890, is 3,558, 1 distributed as follows: OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, } SACRAMENTO, August 14, 1890. In accordance with the foregoing statement of the Controller, I have this day apportioned the State school money to the several counties as follows: Total number of census children between five and seventeen years of age entitled to receive school money, 280,882; amount per child, $1.81; amount apportioned, $508,396.42. NOTE.-The Grammar School Course apportionment of $3 per child will be made each year, in February. N. B.-The net gain in the number of census children in the entire State since 1889, is 5,580. IRA G. HOITT, Supt. of Public Instruction. GRADE OF STATE DIPLOMAS. Q.-Does the State Board of Education grant Life and Educational diplomas recommending the holders to receive G. S. C. certificates? A. Yes, if the credentials on which the recommendation is issued show that the applicant is qualified to fit students for the State University or if the County Board granting the recommendation presents proofs of such fitness. RESIDENCE OF MINOR CHILDREN. Q.-Should a Census Marshal list a child as resident of a district who has left, not to attend school, but to earn his own living-the parents of the child still residing in the district? A.-Section 52, Political Code, T 4 says, "The residence of the father during his life and after his death, the residence of the mother while she remains unmarried is the residence of the unmarried minor child." Under this statute a minor child should be listed where his parents live. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. Q. Can a teacher receive more than one Temporary certificate under Sub. 8 of Section 1543? i. e., does not the issuance of such temporary certificate in any county exhaust the right to receive such certificates in any other county? A.-Sec. 1543 reads, "It is the duty of the County Superintendent of each county," etc. Therefore a teacher is entitled to receive a Temporary certificate once in each county where desired, under Sub. 8th of said section, at the discretion of the County Board and County Superintendent. GRADE OF SCHOOLS. Q. In a country school how many pupils in the Grammar Grade are necessary to make a Grammar Grade School? A. It is the duty of the County Superintendent (Subdivision 16, Section 1543) to grade the schools of the county, but it is left to his judgment what number shall be the minimum for a Grammar Grade. INSTITUTES. Santa Barbara County, Sept. 22-26. Lassen County, Oct. 21-24. If the revised list of District Clerks for 1890-91 were not included in the Annual Reports, will the County Superintendents kindly send in such revised list immediately. The course of study recommended by the State Board, including the branches of drawing and music, is in the hands of the State Printer and will soon be ready for distribution. Editorial Department. AN IMPORTANT feature has been added to the public school system of Oakland-that of making physical culture compulsory in all the schools. Prof. Uth of the German Gymnasium has been placed in charge of the department, and is training teachers as well as pupils. The good effects of the scheme are already apparent, both teachers and pupils showing deep interest in the study and proper execution of the different movements. The Oakland Board of Education will not have cause to regret the progressive spirit it has shown in its management of educational matters in that city. A QUESTION of considerable importance from an educational point of view is that of the teachers' certificate. Much dissatisfaction is felt at the present state of affairs-the fact that one county may not or will not accept a certificate issued by a neighboring county frequently acting as a great hardship. There have been cases of teachers who have passed thoroughly good examinations, holding certificates whereon ninety per cent. is registered, who have been unable to take schools just across the county line, because one piece of land was named Alameda and another Contra Costa. It seems a great injustice to require those teachers to take examinations again, as every one knows the mental strain consequent upon such examinations. There ought to be neither injustice nor narrowness in any educational system, and where so glaring an evil is apparent, a prompt remedy ought to be administered. The JOURNAL will very gladly receive suggestions on this subject from Teachers' Examining Boards or in fact from any one interested in the cause of education. WITH SEPT. 9, 1890, ends the fourth decade of the history of California as a State. We shall then turn aside from our business cares for awhile, throw our flags to the breeze, and with all due honor celebrate the fortieth birthday of this, our Golden State. |