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Show ,REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 6% sqom feet. Infirmaries ( 2 rooma.. 16 b"s 20 eechl ...................... . j . ... 640 Bath room and wash room for boys (5 tubs aua 8 basins) ....... 200 Bath room aud wash roam for g-irls .(5 tub a and 8 basins) ....... 200. Pssssgewaysand stairways .................................... 2,OOa School building: Firat story, stairs, hallways, and three recitation rooms.... .... 1,800 Seoond story, assembly and chap01 room far pupils, employ68, nod visiting parents end friends. ........................ ..:.- 1-,800 Total superficial area required .......................... 18,338 = Estimating cost at 81.50 per square foot ....................... $27,507. Barn r~nd cow shed ............................................ 1,200 Pig sty. ...................................................... 75 Hennery ...................................................... 50 Tool and implenlent shed ...................................... 400 Root house or cellar. ......................................... 150 Fuel shed ..................................................... 150 Other outbuildings ............................................ 600 .. Bath tobs and plumbing ...................................... 600 Fences for premises and farm .................................. 1,006 Shops (one building for three trades) .......................... --1 ,600 Total .................................................. W3,232 , In the above showing the estimates are low, and there are no build-ings or structures OF any kind which are not needed, and the accom-modations contemplated can not be called ample. On the contrary,. they are meager. But a small amount is allowed for plumbing wud no. allowance is made for bringing water into the buildings? for heating apparatus, or for sewerage. All the buildings, from the fuel shed to. the general assembly room and chapel, are to be constructed iu the plainest and most economical manner consistent with good workmanship. I am forced to admit that I know of no reservation school in the Indian service which possesses the accommodatious and'facilitins above outlined, nor has it been possible to fi~mish such facilities when the-limit of cost of aschool building hasbeen fixed at $10,000. The extension of the limit from $10,000 to $12,000 gave some relief, but still necessi-. , tates the putting up of buildings too small, too cheap, or ill arr.~nged, thus calling for early and large expenditures for repairs, improvement,. remodeliug, and enlargement, and meantime seriously crippling the usefulness of the school. By additions made subsequent to the con- ~trnctiouo f the original structures, fairly good acco~nmodatio~hlsa ve- . been provided in a long oourse of time €or several schools, though at a. considerable increase of the expense that would have beenincurred had the buildings all been constrocted at. one time upon one commo~l plan.. The want of suitable school buildiugs having needed light, ventila. tion, plumbing and sewerage, and rooms sufficieut in number aud size and conveniently arranged, is a seriously meek point in the Indian. school service. This lowers the morale and injures the health as well as mars the comfort of the pupils. It also obliges employ6s to expend, |