A Comparative View of the Returns of Common Schools,
from 1816 to 1832, inclusive.

The year in which the report
was made to the Legislature. Number of towns from which
the returns were made. Whole number of school dis-
tricts in the said towns. Number of school districts from
which returns were received. Amount of public moneys re-
ceived in said towns. Number of children taught in
the school districts making re-
turns. *Number of children between
5 and 15 years of age, residing
in those districts. Proportion of the number of
children taught to the number of
children reported between the
age of 5 and 15 years. 1816 338 2755 2631 $55,720 98 140106 176449 4 to 15 1817 355 3713 2873 64,834 88 170385 198440 6 to 7 1818 374 3264 3228 73,235 42 183253 218969 5 to 6 1819 402 4614 3844 93,010 54 210316 235871 8 to 9 1820 515 5763 5118 117,151 07 271877 302703 9 to 10 1821 545 6332 5489 146,418 08 304559 317633 24 to 25 1822 611 6659 5882 157,195 04 332977 339258 42 to 43 1823 649 7051 6255 173,420 60 351173 357029 44 to 45 1824 656 7382 6705 182,820 25 377034 373208 94 to 93 1825 698 7642 6876 182,741 61 402940 383500 101 to 96 1826 700 7773 7117 182,790 09 425586 395586 100 to 93 1827 721 8114 7550 185,720 46 431601 411256 21 to 20 1828 742 8298 7806 222,995 77 441856 419216 96 to 91 1829 757 8609 8164 232,343 21 468205 449113 47 to 45 1830 773 8872 8292 214,840 14 480041 468257 48 to 47 1831 785 9063 8631 238,641 36 499424 497503 50 to 49 1832 793 9339 8841 244,998 85 507105 509967 1 to 1 * The returns of the last three years embrace the number of children over
five and under sixteen years of age.

The above table exhibits only the amount of
money paid out of the funds, and so much as the
authority of the state imposes on the towns, to be
raised by them, in consideration of their receiving
those funds, which is an equal sum. The several
school districts have, besides, the authority to levy a
certain proportional sum, about double, it is believed,
of that derived from the fund.

But this, which makes in all four times the amount
distributed from the fund, does not show the total