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Show 62 REPORT OX THE COMMISGIONEB OF INDIAN AFPATRG. Statistical information concerning pupils in the schools of New York is omitted, as t h e institutions are under the sole control of the State authorities. Similar information relating to educational mat-ters among the Five Civilized Tribes appears on pages 134 to 138 of this report. There were 261 Government schools during the year just ended, as ngainst 257 for the year before'that. The total average attendance in 1906 wrrs 21,375; in 1905 it was 21,537. The decrease of 162 oc-curred in the reservation boarding schools, as the nonreservation ichools showed an increase of 149 and the day schools of 71. The mission boarding schools had an increase of 294 and the mission day ~chools a decrease of 69. The contract schools had 23 pupils less than their attendance for 1905. The total number of Government, mission, and contract schools is 318, with an enrollment of 29,679 pupils, a decrease of 427, and an trverage attendance of 25,492, an increase of 37. A summary of Indian schools and attendance for the last thirty years is given in the following table: NumDer of Indian aohools md average aitemdance from 1877 to 1908.; Boarding sch~lq. Day schooI~.b Totals. Ueei. Average Average N u m b e ~ I s ~ d ~ ~ ~ e . 1 Number' lattendanee. INumber./attendanee. Some of ,he fi;urvs In rhlr ral.1~. #a priored prior to Ifin8 sve1.c rzken from report* of the s ~ ~ l ~ e r i n r t ~~rr~ sl ln~d~i~sr~s cbnnir .zs rcvircd rbey are al l mkrm Proins tlle re orrs of rhc C~nIt~li%bi.0~1t .lln d:~n.2 Cia11'6. L1rI~r fu 1382 lhr fixurzs lncllldp ,he Sew %ark aehools. "ndian children attending public schools are Included lo the average attendance, but the rehoola are not inelllaad in the nnmber of schools. |