STATE OF MARYLAND, OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BALTIMORE, December 20, 1899. To HIS EXCELLENCY LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor of Maryland: SIR-I have the honor to transmit to you the Annual Report of the State Board of Education for the fiscal and school year ending July 31, 1899, with accompanying documents, as required by law. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. B. PRETTYMAN, Secretary. REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 1 The following summary, in connection with the accompanying tables, exhibits in a condensed form, the most important facts connected with the administration of the public school system of the State, for the fiscal and school year ending in the City of Baltimore, December 31, 1898, and in the counties, July 31, 1899. The several items are compared with the corresponding items for 1897 in the City of Baltimore, and for 1898 in the counties: Amount paid for building, repairing and furnishing school houses, city. $248,122 49 Amount paid for building, repairing and furnishing school houses, counties.... 176,725 87 Amount paid for rent, fuel and other incidentals, city...... $83,359 61 Amount paid for rent, fuel and other incidentals, counties... 82,779 32 Total...... $166,138 93 Being a decrease in 1899 of......$13,927 46 Total expenses for public school purposes, city...$1,557,456 30 counties.. 1,592,047 02 66 66 66 Total.......... Being an increase in 1899 of.....$97,176 46 $3,149,503 32 |