It only remains for me to present the reasons which render an increase
of the capital of the fund desirable, if not necessary. The annual
income of the existing fund amounts to about ninety-three thousand
dollars, one-half of which is distributed among the towns and cities, in
proportion to the number of persons in each between the ages of five and
fifteen years. The distribution for the year 1857-8 amounted to twenty
cents and eight mills for each child. The following table shows the
annual distribution to the towns from the year 1836; the whole number
of children for each year except 1836 and 1840, when the entire
population was the basis; and the amount paid on account of each child
since the year 1849, when the law establishing the present method of
distribution was enacted:
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| | | Income
| | | per
Year. | Children. | Income. | pupil.
---------+--------------+---------------+----------
1836. | 473,684 |$16,230 57[5] | --
1837. | 160,676 | 19,002 74[6] | --
1838. | 174,984 | 19,970 47 | --
1839. | 180,070 | 21,358 81 | --
1840. | 701,331 | 21,202 64[7] | --
1841. | 179,967 | 32,109 32[8] | --
1842. | 179,917 | 24,006 89 | --
1843. | 173,416 | 24,094 87 | --
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