1 case. They have never appointed a missionary at St. Lawrence Island and they declined to accept a reindeer herd at Point Bartow on. account of the expense accompanying it. (See explanation for this under Point Barrow.) It seems that Mr. Jackson was reluctant to give up his plan of cooperation with the Presbyterian Missionary Board at St. Lawrence and Barrow, and hoped that the successful experience with reindeer herds on the part of other missions would induce the Presbyterian Missionary Board to withdraw its objections and accept the herd on the usual conditions and support its quota of apprentices. Mr. Jackson kept the two herds in the name of the Presbyterian Missionary Board until 1905. Had the plan been adopted by the Missionary Board it would have saved to the Government the annual expense of supplies at those stations, namely, for Gambell an average of $2,250 a year, and for Barrow an average of $800 a year, and besides this expense for supplies it would have saved the cost of one-half of the expense for the superintending of the herd, or $600 a year at each place, or a total of more than $4,000 a year. In 1904, July 1, there were in the reindeer herd on St. Lawrence Island 60 adult males, 87 adult females, 65 fawns, making a total of 212. There were 4 apprentices owning 58 deer. The Government owned 154 deer. Severe storms during the winter of 1904-5 caused great mortality among the fawns born early in the spring season. In 1905, July 1, there were 64 males, 91 females, and 34 fawns, making a total of 189. Cost to the Government for supplies: 1904, $3,092.58; 1905, $888.72; 1906, $2,776.41. Cost to the Government for superintending herd: 1904, $3,274.29; 1905, $1,100; 1906, $600. Point Barrow (Presbyterian Mission).-In September, 1898, 100 deer were offered as a loan to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions for their station at Point Barrow, the same number to be returred in September, 1903. The deer were left on the request of the United States agent, Sheldon Jackson, at Point Barrow by Lieutenant Jarvis, of the Revenue Service, who represented the Secretary of the Treasury in the settlement with the reindeer stations on the Arctic for reindeer borrowed by the Government for the relief expedition to Point Barrow to succor certain whaling vessels at or near that point imprisoned in the ice in the winter and spring of 1898. In August, 1899, 25 deer were given to Ojello, Eskimo herder at the station. Total deer at station, 125. The Presbyterian board declined the loan for financial reasons, and offered instead to render all the assistance in their power to the reindeer station by selecting good apprentices and making them selfsupporting so far as possible by teaching and directing them how to gather at proper seasons and store native food (whales driven ashore, walrus, seals, wild birds, fish, etc.) in caches for winter use. In 1905, July 1, it had 169 adult males, 298 adult females, and 162 fawns, making a total of 629 deer. Number of deer belonging to 10 apprentices in 1905, 546; belonging to Government, 83. Cost to the Government for supplies: 1903, $814.99; 1904,$855.35; 1905, nothing. By the care of Mr. Spriggs, the present superintendent of the station, the native food supply for apprentices has been sufficient to support the 10 apprentices at that station with the aid of the Government supplies, amounting to ($814.99 in 1903; $815.35 in 1904, which have lasted over to end of the fiscal year 1905) $1,630.25 for three fiscal years, the same being an average of $543.42 per year, or $54.34 for each apprentice, which is less than a third of the average expense to the mission stations for deer apprentices, and about one-tenth the maximum cost to the Government for such apprentices. Cost to the Government for superintending herd: 1904, $1,500; 1905, $1,125. The number of apprentices is three times as large as the size of the herd (629) warrants, and is far larger than is advisable. This has happened through the fact that no information was received at this office which gave a clue to the plan of the mission until the summer of 1905. There were two years when the Government revenue cutter could not reach Point Barrow on its summer cruise on account of ice. Number of trained sled deer. a No report. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION. In the following table (Parts I and II) the appropriations made by Congress for the Bureau of Education each year since its establish ment in 1867 are given, classified so as to show the specific object for which each sum was appropriated: Historical table showing the appropriations for the Bureau of Education, including education and reindeer in Alaska. Year ended June 30. 1867 and 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881 1882 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887 1888. 1889. 1800. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904 1905. 1906. 1867 and 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873.. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880.. 1881 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887 1888.. Salaries. Furniture Year ended June 30. and sta- Stationery. tionery. PART I. Library. $600.00 1,000.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 a $1,500.00 1,675.00 a 2,500.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 Distribut- And for moving Bureau. PART II. $600.00 1,260.00 1,260.00 1,000.00 1,260.00 Contingen- Fuel and 1,000.00 1,260.00 2,000.00 1,200.00 1,260.00 2,000.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 950.00 950.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 2,777.00 2.990.00 2,000.00 1,675.00 2,000.00 $25,000.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 1,175.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 15,000.00 2,000.00 2,500.00 50,000.00 3,000.00 50,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 50,000.00 40,000.00 750.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 500.00 500.00 30,000.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 500.00 250.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 250.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 250.00 2,500.00 30,000.00 2,500.00 250.00 250.00 35,882.00 19.742.00 103,377.30 145, 153. 65 50,000.00 250.00 2,025.00 2,732.00 $275.00 275.00 Collecting 275.00 275.00 275.00 275.00 275.00 400.00 400.00 $3,000.00 13,000,00 13,000.00 11,000.00 11,000.00 8,000.00 7,000.00 15,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 Schools in Reindeer in Alaska. $84.00 2,673.00 5,224.00 2,955.00 4,257.00 1,468.00 5,864.00 2,000.00 3,900.00 $6,000.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,500.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 15,000.00 Rent. 6,671.00 8,647.00 $7,200.00 9,647.00 11,665.00 10,061.00 17,294.00 15,664.00 15,350.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 4,000. 00 4,000.00 • For stationery, blank books, freight, express, library, miscellaneous items, and extra clerical help. Historical table showing the appropriations for the Bureau of Education, including education and reindeer in Alaska-Continued. STATISTICS OF STATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. TABLE 1.—The total population, the school population, and the adult male population. United States... North Atlantic Division. North Atlantic Division: New Hampshire. New York. New Jersey South Atlantic Division: Delaware. Maryland.. District of Columbia. Virginis.. West Virginia. South Carolina. Georgia.. South Central Division: Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas. Arkansas. Oklahoma. Indian Territory North Central Division: Ohio. Indiana. Blinois.. Michigan.. Wisconsin. Minnesota. Iowa. Missouri. North Dakota. Kansas Montana.. Wyoming. Arizona. Utah. Nevada. Idaho.. Washington. 81, 241, 246 707,818 425.612 348, 129 3,031,906 461, 776 973, 284 7,775, 182 2,059, 165 191,231 1,246, 304 1,933, 464 1,037, 201 1,415,984 2,367,923 2,262, 590 1,384,904 526, 275 4,351, 633 2,646, 086 5,219, 630 2,359,677 3,277,657 1,535, 160 283,493 101,523 590, 280 209, 322 136, 807 303, 137 42,335 191,060 582, 451 451,868 1,593, 717 82,867 45,822 41.411 11, 425, 117 11,603, 631 556,244 | 335, 161 54,051 111,497 926,379 255,956 897,610 25,748 173,935 31, 185 307, 734 163, 136 337, 125 246,774 395,996 90,539 354,618 236, 481 83,305 581,259 716, 592 56,667 66,822 162,971 231, 710 31,988 73, 118 18.068 49,381 4.610 27,941 74,829 60,488 183,524 81.061 46.025 39,947 338,529 54,420 111,677 933,445 258,629 885, 130 24,947 173,659 33,581 303,821 156, 738 329,657 243,440 393,943 345, 654 240,774 558,145 231,337 80,611 79,336 569,748 361,473 712,021 338,968 327, 196 280,310 332,035 477,874 54,271 64.022 158,851 224, 233 31,118 11,894 72,681 31,457 17,297 49.381 4,373 26,759 72,473 58,489 180, 322 23,028,748 5,499,620 3,521,920 7,878,448 1, 125, 924 163,931 91,847 81,358 673,690 223, 174 514,585 1,782, 740 50,695 347,591 64, 766 611,555 319,874 666,782 490, 214 180,501 700, 272 678,782 652,518 563,019 483,967 1,128,934 467,821 164, 882 162,641 1,151,007 732,172 1,428,613 658,474 566,397 672,271 965,598 110,938 130,844 321,822 455,943 63,106 24,960 145,799 64,094 35,365 98,762 9,013 54,700 147,302 118,977 363, 846 50.38 50.02 50.32 50.62 50.48 50.59 50.55 49.89 50.90 49.75 49.83 49.96 49.81 49.74 50.35 50.79 50.04 48. 15 50.32 51.00 50.56 50.34 50.13 50.16 50.64 50.87 50.66 50.63 50.25 50.56 50.55 51.11 51.22 50.50 50.63 50.16 50.47 50.31 50.51 50.61 50.51 51.08 51.07 50.64 50.82 50.69 52.35 50.15 50.92 51.09 50.00 51.48 51.68 50.80 50.84 50.44 22,601,884 6,699, 139 2,648,855 3,660, 737 8,003,375 1,589,478 221,799 135, 474 103,752 912, 176 136,999 300, 392 2,337, 799 607.210 1,937, 838 55,917 337, 166 89,636 467,228 268,374 442,076 299,521 534,789 154, 148 572,822 511, 802 442, 407 372.719 350,876 816, 219 331,217 144,272 118,403 1,268,410 757,798 1,517, 187 752, 122 612, 381 557.901 671,599 903, 800 110,494 118,545 300,504 432, 234 118,765 42.806 203.098 59,031 49,041 73,578 17,711 63,671 219, 922 157,882 583,973 |
