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We now number in the schools under one charge nearly 1200 pupils - about 500 white and between 600 and 700 colored- and before the year is out we shall have a larger number.  We employ 24 teachers at a cost of upwards of $11,500. nearly one-half of which we pay to the teachers of the colored schools.  Our other expenses for the year will exceed $8,000. making a total of about $20,000.

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| To meet this expense we have appropriated by the city,| $ 11,500. |
| From the Peabody Fund | $3,000 |
|    | $ 14.500 |
| Leaving a deficuncy of about | $5,500.|

In addition to the above appropriation by the city, it is proper for me to state that to avoid the payment of a rental of nearly a thousand dollars annually, the city appropriated $6,000 to purchase and put in repair our High School building.
Limited in resources, and prostrate in business, our city cannot be expected to do more than it has done.  Unless we have