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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 5 SUXKABY OF WDUN SCHOOLS AND ATTEliDAIiCE. The following bble gives a statement of the number of Indian schools, enrollment, and attendance during the past twenty years. TABLE3 .-Nun6er ojIndiam sohools and acerage attendance from 1877 $01897.o Year. Average Nomber. ~mber.a kzr$wN.n mber. a $ ~ ~ ~ e , ----- 1817.. ............................. 48 ............ 102 ............ 150 8,698 1878.. ............................. 49 ............ li8 ............ 168 4.14% 1879.. ............................. 52 ............ 107 ............ 159 4 488 1880.. ............................. 66 ............ 108 ............ 16s 4: 851 1881.. ............................. 68 ............ 106 ............ 174 4,876 1882.. ............................. 71 8,077 76 1,687 147 4.714 1883.. ............................. 80 3.783 88 1.893 168 6,088 1884 ............................... 87 4,728 . 88 2,237 185 8.880 1885 ............................... 114 8.201 88 1 200 8,148 1886 ............................... 115 7.260 88 2,370 214 0,630 1887 ............................... 117 8,020 110 2.500 221 10.520 1888 ............................... 126 8,705 107 2.715 233 11.426 1889 ............................... 138 8,146 103 2,406 239 11.532 1890 ............................... 140 8,865 188 2.367 246 12,232 1891 ............................... 148 11,425 110 2.163 256 13.588 1892 ............................... 149 12,422 126 2,745 275 15,167 1893 ............................... 156 13.635 119 2,668 275 18,303 1884 .............................. 157 14 457 115 2.638 272 17,220 1895 ............................... 157 15: 061 125 8.127 282 18,183 1896 ............................... 'el56 15, BS? 1U 1,578 286 19,202 1897 ............................... 0 145 15.026 143 . 3,050 a88 18,678 asomeofthe i3- in this tableas printed rlmtal89Baers taken from reparts of thesoperintwd. an+, of Indim Rohoola. As rev~eed.thsv are e8 taken from the reoorts of the Commiss~onerof Indian aapi&7-i.rio;;ii%z tboU6umaihrla;lethe Xav Yvrk ~chvole.' Llndisu clilnmn artendin yublio erboola aro iuclodad ie rhosvmap, attendanre. hot the achonls *re nut irndoded in rllo nolvfcr uf scbwls. D ~ in nom~bor ul ,bundin~g srho uls le doe to iliscontinrmng o #of soma eontrart aahoola and the PWLIO SCHOOLS FOR INDIANS. In 1890 the first experiment was made with reference to the education of Indian pnpils with white pnpils in the public schools of the different States and Territories. Circnlars were addressed to county snperin-tendents and others, expressing the desire of the Indian Office that they would cooperate with it in securing the admission of Indian chil-dreninto the white schools. Gontrrtots for such pupils were made first in 1891 for snchpupils, at a rate of $10 per capita per quarter, based upon the average attendance maintained. Strong indncements were placed before the public sohools to reach out and gather in the prospective Indian citizens, md by educating them on an equal plane with the white people, better fit them for assuming in the future the duties and responsibilities of citizens. Notwithstanding the earnest efforts of this Office, progress in this direction has been exceedingly slow, althonghit is of vital interest to every commnnity in which there are Indian chil-dren that they should be given special ewe and attention. In order to overcome the prejudice of the whites, the amount to be paid for the education of Indian pupils was purposely fixed at a rate higher than that usnally expended for public-school advantages; but with all these indncements there was an enrollment last year of only 303, with |