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in Washington, between 14 and 20 years of age 4099
under 14 years of age 8691
12790

In Georgetown between 14 and 20 years of age 619 
In Georgetown under 14 1379
This gives about 8,000 colored children between 6 and 17 years inclusive. There are now probably over 20,000 children, white and colored, between the ages of 6 and 17 years in the two cities
For the education of these children there is, as I have already shown, an annual fund of less than $100,000. About 6000 white children are reported in the public schools of these cities. There are, therefor, more than 14,000 children for whom no school accommodations are furnished by the municipal authorities, and yet by the 20th section of the school act of June 25, 1864, "a sum not to exceede $20,00 must be paid by those parents or guardians failing to send their children, between the ages of 8 and 14 years to a public school for a specified time.
The expenses of education in these cities, per scholar, are greater than in most other cities. from the fact that so small an amount of school property is owned by the city corporation.  All the property held in trust by the trustees of colored schools is not worth over $12,000, and the value of school property for white children is about $150,000 in Washington, $10,000 in Georgetown. A large number of the schools are carried on in rented buildings, poorly fitted for the purpose. The amount paid for rent