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Show BEPORT OF THE COMMISSIQNEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 63 . . TABLE 6.-Per capita cost of ,gvounds nnd hnildinga of various iastitrrtiona. 'The Dhkots and Texas inrtitutioos have been established within a rear or two. After two years' embarrassing experience in this office grappling with this problem of eost and after careful study in the field of biiildinga already erected, I wish to express most earnestly my deep conviction that ordinarily under existing ciroumstances it is impossible to estab-lish u suitable Indian training school for the aceommo~lation of 100 pupils with the necessary employes for less than about $50,000. COST OF INDIAN EDUCATION. In my annual report for 1880 1 snbmitted the following, taGle of esti-mates as to the approximrhte eost of educating the entire body of In-dian youth : TmLe 7.-Amountrequt.ed loput and swpport all Indian childra in ~overnkenstc hoole. New buildings end ft~rnishings for 9,410 bo&rdern, at c230' per capita ... $2,164,300 New buildings and fnruisbiogs for 4,217 day pupils, at 81,500 for every SO pupils ............................................................... 210,000 . Repair and improvement of prpaent buildiugs .......................... 50,000 Additional furniture, sppecatns, stock, tools, and implamenta.. .......... 50,000 2,474,300 \ Support of an average of 16,000 boarding pupils, at $175.. ............... 2,626,000 sophart of an average of 6,600 day pupils, at $6230.. ................... 412,500 Transportat~an of pup118 ............................................... 40,OM) Superintendence ....................................................... 25,000 3,102,500 --A This eontempletes an annual expenditure of about $3,000,000 for the work of Indian education after the necessary buildings are erected. The experience of two sears has confirmed me in the belief that this *As already shown this is too low an estimate. |
