. North Carolina and its resources. n, 215; at Plymouth,301; and at Goldsboro, 277. For the fiscal year ending November 30th, 1895, there had beenlevied for school purposes on white polls, $250,; and on coloredpolls, $94, On general property there had been levied on thewhites $363,258,68, and on colored $12, Total from allsources for 1895, $765, The population of North Carolina by the census of 1890 is—white,1,049,191; colored, 567,170; all others, 1,586; a total of 1,617,947, thecolored population being a little more than one-third of the the contribution t
. North Carolina and its resources. n, 215; at Plymouth,301; and at Goldsboro, 277. For the fiscal year ending November 30th, 1895, there had beenlevied for school purposes on white polls, $250,; and on coloredpolls, $94, On general property there had been levied on thewhites $363,258,68, and on colored $12, Total from allsources for 1895, $765, The population of North Carolina by the census of 1890 is—white,1,049,191; colored, 567,170; all others, 1,586; a total of 1,617,947, thecolored population being a little more than one-third of the the contribution to the support of schools, the whites contributenearly five-sixths of the whole, and the colored little more than one-sixth. Nevertheless, the appropriation is made ridgidly pro rata, asif the contribution had been on the same basis. Besides the levy, which is now 18 cents on the $100 worth ofproperty, and the other subjects upon which taxation is laid for thebenefit of the public schools, the State has received large benefactions. o ^en —< ^ Education. 251 from the Peabody Fund, appropriated in aid of public, normal andgraded schools, and to holders of scholarships in the Nashville Nor-mal School. There are twenty of these scholarships, each worth $100per annum, and railrod fare to and from Nashville, Tenn., each ses-sion for two years. The average annual appropriation to the Statefrom this fund is about $8,500. The present public school system exists under that feature of theState Constitution providing for a State Board of Education, consist-ing of the Governor, lyieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treas-urer, Auditor, Attorney-General and Superintendent of PublicInstruction. The latter is the head of the system of public county has its Board of Education and County Examiners. TheCounty Board consists of the commissioners. The normal systemwas adopted in 1877 for the whites as well as the colored people, andeight normal schools have been established f
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