. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ,ef fitness and narked m the imed, and Lhe d schools in a of good build- ions of people in a few thou- ver a territory intolerable to lere would be thin the reach n this struggle ns in the great to be similarly nn the present 5 be mastered; ducated to the ise may render ; on increasing he reader with .1 having been it number hav- lexpensive, ten , but 146 were stone.


. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ,ef fitness and narked m the imed, and Lhe d schools in a of good build- ions of people in a few thou- ver a territory intolerable to lere would be thin the reach n this struggle ns in the great to be similarly nn the present 5 be mastered; ducated to the ise may render ; on increasing he reader with .1 having been it number hav- lexpensive, ten , but 146 were stone. Within and apparatus, in the manner en that Kansas area for settle- â antage of such ound, except in ivy rentals, and its lowest stage ipon a state tax the school fund EV UCA riOXAL PliOG hESS. 517 invested which yields $91,000, the interest on obligations for school lands sold, $, and the remainder from local taxes. The endowments of the schools are not clear and satisfactory. There are claimants on many parts of the lands set apart for school endowments who appear to have been in possession before tho allotment was made, and some portions fall within Indian reserva- tions, but all such mistakes and remissnesses will be remedied in due time, when we shall be able to say .something more of the magnificent .system of endowments that is conveyed in the phrase tha°t school lands are " estimated " to contain, or are " estimated" to be worth so much. The permanent school fund is steadily growing, and bringing interests of from 6 and 7 to even 10 per cent, according to modes of investment. Sales of school lands are always being ^added, and the aggregate reached last year, that is to say, in 1875, was $1,159,923. Another fund nearly as great is now due on unpaid installments for lands sold on time, so that the permanent fund will soon be very large indeed. The system of superintendency in Kansas leaves no room for doubt that the whole amount will speedily


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