Valuation of Personal Property. IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THIS COMMONWEALTH TAXABLE FOR STATE PURPOSES, AS FIXED BY THE BOARD OF REVENUE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEARS 1898 AND 1899, ALSO AMOUNTS OF SAID TAX RETURNABLE TO THE SEVERAL COUNTIES. PUBLIC LOANS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. WHEN AUTHORIZED, FOR WHAT PURPOSE, AMOUNT OF LOANS, RATES OF INTEREST, WHEN RE-IMBURSABLE, DATES OF MATURITY, AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING, AND WHEN THE INTEREST CEASED. Interest certificates unclaimed, Domestic creditors' certificates, Outstanding scrip issued to sufferers in Chambersburg under the act of May 27, 1871, Proceeds of sale of Eastern and Western experimental farms, to be held in the State Treasury, and interest paid Total amount of State debt, $6,815,299 02 Date of maturity. Amount outstanding. Public Schools of Pennsylvania. STATISTICAL STATEMENT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 5, 1899 INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA. Number of school districts in the State, Number of schools, Number of graded schools, Average salaries of male teachers per month, Average salaries of female teachers per month, Average length of school term in months, Whole number of pupils. Average number of pupils in daily attendance, Cost of school houses-purchasing, building, renting, etc., Teachers' wages. Cost of school text-books, *Cost of school supplies other than text-books, including maps, globes, etc., Fuel, contingencies, fees of collectors and other expenses, Total expenditures. State appropriation for the school year ending June 6, 1898, Estimated value of school property, 2,493 27,968 16,905 140 9,360 19,469 28,829 $44 27 37 84 8.03 1,152,352 858 177 $3,569,820 94 10,749,713 38 782,235 51 408,146 30 4,798,852 82 20,308,768 95 5,500,000 00 49,491,585 59 ITEMS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING YEAR, ENDING JUNE 6, 1898 (INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA). Increase in cost of fuel, contingencies, debts and interest paid, 3 621 63 12 737 $1 58 61 .06 9.252 $416,953 41 85,792 33 103,592 95 CONDITION OF SYSTEM, NOT INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA, WITH COMPAR Philadelphia not included in this item relating to school supplies. |