TABLE 26.—Statistics of expenditures of public schools in cities of over 8,000 inhabitants in 1896-97-Continued. a Expenses for permanent improvements are controlled by another department of the city gov ernment, and do not appear in the accounts of the school board. TABLE 27.-School statistics of cities and villages containing between 4,000 and 8,000 inhabitants. School popula tion. Different pupils en rolled in public day schools. Regular teach ers. public schools were actually in session. Number of days the Aggregate number of days' attendance of all pupils. Average daily attend ance. Supervising officers. Male. Female. Total. Buildings used for school purposes. study in all public schools. Seats or sittings for erty used for school Value of public prop purposes. and supervising offi Salaries of teachers cers. Total expenditure. |