History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . aseover 1890 of $2,088, Amount of insurance on school prop-erty, $1,404,137. To secure a permanent State fund for schools, there havebeen expended $55,000 for surveying and plotting lands, andsales have been made of school lands to the value of $2,500,000,of which $450,000 have been paid into the State treasury,the balance running at 6 per cent interest. The cash pay-ments already invested in county bonds at an average of 6 jiercent interest amount to $365,000, and the money on hand
History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . aseover 1890 of $2,088, Amount of insurance on school prop-erty, $1,404,137. To secure a permanent State fund for schools, there havebeen expended $55,000 for surveying and plotting lands, andsales have been made of school lands to the value of $2,500,000,of which $450,000 have been paid into the State treasury,the balance running at 6 per cent interest. The cash pay-ments already invested in county bonds at an average of 6 jiercent interest amount to $365,000, and the money on hand is beinginvested as rapidly as possible. The great area of school landsyet unsold, gathering value with passing time, is to form anirreducible fund, and at present valuations this fund has nowreached the estimate of over $35,000,000. There are 1720 school districts. Since 1890, 126 new school-houses have been built, making a total to date of 1515, with 18(tgraded schools. Number of children in the State between five and twenty-oneyears of age, 106,130, of which 78,819 are enrolled in public schools;.
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