*No part of the salary of the secretary-treasurer and county superintendent, or that of the clerk, shall be charged to this fund.

DISBURSEMENTS.

$5,785.06

No. of Books Issued to the School.

Number Lost.

Number on Hand.

DORCHESTER COUNTY.

DR. M. BATES STEPHENS,

CAMBRIDGE, MD., August, 22, 1905.

Secretary State Board of Education, Annapolis, Md.

MY DEAR SIR-I beg the privilege to submit herewith the Annual Report of the Public Schools of Dorchester County for the year ending July 31, 1905. WM. P. BECKWITH, Sec. and Treas.

Very respectfully,

SUMMARY OF SCHOOL STATISTICS

FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 31, 1905.

1905. 1904.

Number of school houses owned by the county white, 90; colored,
33; rented, white, 2; colored, 8; total..
Frame, 131; brick, 2..

Number of rooms occupied when attendance is largest-white, 122; colored, 44.

Number of male teachers (principals), white, 18; colored, 25; total
Number of female teachers (principals), white,
72; colored, 17;

43

Number of male teachers (assistants), white, 1: colored, 3; total..
Number of female teachers (assistants), white, 36; total.

Number of schools having sufficient blackboards
Number of schools having good furniture..
Number of terms schools were open-white, 3 3-5 (9 months); col-
ored, 1 3-5 (4 months)

Number of different pupils for the year-males, white, 4,707; colored, 2,198; total..

Number of pupils in average attendance-white, 2,691; colored, 1,084; total..

Number of official school visits paid by County

white, 184; colored, 13; total...

7th grade Jan. 1st..Grammar School, above 6th Number of pupils in 7th grade Jan. 1st.. High School.

Number of pupils in
Number of pupils in
Number of pupils in 10th grade Jan. 1st..

2,759

2,721

2,570

1,137

3,896

2,721

2,570

1905.

1904.

1,820

1,723

839

835

994

936

902

960

703

694

472

474

DORCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL STATISTICS.

ENROLLMENT AND EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 31, 1905.