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United States. Office of Indian Affairs / Annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, for the year 1892
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Schools under private control at which pupils were placed under contract with Indian Bureau and by special appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, pp. 780-783
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780 STATISTICS AS TO INDIAN SCHOOLS. SUMMARY. Capacity of boarding schools. . . . . . . . ..-------------------------------------------------- 18,644 Capacity of day schools. . . . . . . . . ..-------------------------------------------------------5,132 Number of employ~s: Male. . . . . . . . . . . . ..--------------------------------------------------------------------- 931 Female. . . . . . . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,432 Indian.. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . ...-----------------------------------------------------------555 W hite ................................................................................ 1,808 Enrollment of boarding schools. . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------ 15,251 Enrollment of day schools .--.----------------------------------------------------- 4,656 Average attendance of boarding schools. . . . ..----------------------------------------- 12, 422 Average attendance of day schools. . . . . ..---------------------------------------------- 2, 745 Cost of maintaining schools to Government.. . . . . . . . ..---------------------------------$1,859,119.03 to other parties. . . . . ..----------------------------------- 195,183.84 Acres cultivated by schools -------------------------------------------------- num ber_ 9,982 Corn.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. ..--------------------------------------------------------bushels_-_ 47,676 Wheat. oats, and barley -------------------------------------------do ---. 60.663 Fruit and vegetables.. . . . . . . .. . . . . ..---------------------------------------------- do---- 87,997 Hay.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . ..------------------------------------------------------------tons. 7,161 Butter and cheese.. . . . . . . .. . . . . ..---------------------------------------------- pounds-. 31,005 Pumpkin.. . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. ..---------------------------------------------------- number_-_ 15,202 Melons.. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . ..---------------------------------------------------------do -- 22,094 Honey.. . .. . .. . .. . ... .. . ...------------------------------------------------------- pounds. 9,809 RECAPITULATION. Caa , nol-Average No. of Cost toGov- Kind of school. No. C ity. men. attnd- em- osernment. ity. ent. ance. ploy6s. eiet Government schools: Boarding.. . . ..------------------------67 6,795 6,145 4,642 902 $765,231.64 Day. . . . . ..----------------------------- 98 3,549 3,481 2,084 145 80,916.79 Training.. . ..-------------------------14 3,775 3, 489 2,980 438 475,227.27 Total Government schools_.-- 179 14,119 13,115 9,706 1,485 1, 321,375. 70 Contract schools: Boarding ------------------------56 6,224 4,262 3,585 598 350, 589.72 D ay ----------------------------------- 22 1,135 839 473 35 10,142.69 Boarding specially appropriated for by Congress.......-------------- 11 1,750 1,344 1,204 218 175,881.56 Total contract schools----------- Public------------------------------- 1 Mission: Boarding... .. .. ..--------------------- Day.. . .. . .. ..-------------------------- Indians... .. . ...----------------------- Total mission schools......... S9 9,109 6,445 5, 262 851 536, 613.97 14 203 190 106 13 1,129,36 1 100 11 11 6------------- 5 225 128 65 6------------- 1 20 18 17 2------------- 7 345 157 93 14------------- Aggregate..---------------------289 23,776 19,907 15,167 2,363 1,859,119.03 Schools under private control * at which pupils were placed under contract with Indian Bureau and by special appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. Rate No. of Average Cost to Capac- No. al- per cap- months Enroll- .attend - Govern- Location. ity. lowed. ita per in ment. ated moeat. annum. session. a--. -- Under contract with Indian Bureau. Arizona: Tucson (Industrial Boarding) 150 150 $125.00 10 168 155 $18,862.40 California: San Diego(Industrial Boarding) 150 100 125.00 10 100 98 11,796.88 St. Turibius Mission (Day) ...... 50 20 30.00 10 27 18 473.15 Hopland (Day)----------- ,50 20 30.00 9 27 16 359.46 Sulphur Banks (Day)-------------40 15 30.00 6 18 12 142.61 Ukiah (Day).--------------------- 50 20 30.00 9 32 22 446.01 Idaho:. Coeur dlAline Reservation, De Smet Mission (Boarding)------ 300 70 108.00 10 82 74 7,489.44 Kansas: Halstead (Mennonite Mission Boarding). ..--------------------- 40 35 125.00 10 33 31 3,913.09 Michigan: Baraga (Chippewa Boarding) - 125 60 108.00 10 63 53 5,700.00 Harbor Springs (Boarding) - 140 100 108.00 10 131 122 10,800 00 * These schools are included in the foregoing tables.
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