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Show 18 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. For the reasons set forth in the Annual Report for 1897 a contract with the St. Louis boarding school, on the Osage Reservation, for 75 pupils at $125 per capita, amounting to $9,375, and also a contract with the St. John's boarding school, on the same reservation, for 65 pupils at $125 per capita, amounting to $8,125-a total of $17,500-were exe-cuted, and payable out of the Osage trust funds. It appearing that after paying all demands against the educational futld of the Pottawat-omies for the present year there remained a surplus which could be utilized, therefore a contract has been executed with the St. Mary's Academy for girls, on the Pottawatomig Reservation, Okla., for 27 pupils at $125 per anuum per capita, amounting to $3,375. This will practically exhaust this fund. The following table shows the enrollment, average attendance, decrease or increase in regular Government and contract schools for the period practically covered by the reductions in the contract system: TABLEN O. ? . - A t t d m ~a t 00111va~at nd ?qugllIar C o u m m t sohools wmpared. 1 - Contract aohwls. 1 Reeolar Government aohoola. I I I I I I I NOTE.-(I1 hdi~8t8. inorease; all others in this column are decreases. An inspection of this table shows that from 1893 to 1899 the contract schools have lost in attendance 2,640 pnpils, and the regular Qovern-ment schools have gained 5,585 pnpils. The amounts allowed for contract schools, aggregated and compared with former years, and showing the names of the denominations and private parties, are exhibited in the following table: TABLE No. 8.-Amounle aet apart foreducation of Indinpte in sahools underp*ivatc control fo? thefisoal pars 1890 to 1900, imlusire. l88t 18% 1 188%. 1 1898. 1 1894. I ----- - -- -- -- - Total ..................................... 562,610 I 570,218 1 611,570 / 533,241 1 |
