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UNITED STATES

NUMBER OF INDIAN SCHOOLS AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, 1877 TO 1898^[1]

Year	Boarding Schools		Day Schools^[2]		Totals
Year	Number	Average Attendance	Number	Average Attendance	Number	Average Attendance
1877	48	—	102	—	150	3,598
1878	49	—	119	—	168	4,142
1879	52	—	107	—	159	4,448
1880	60	—	109	—	169	4,651
1881	68	—	106	—	174	4,976
1882	71	3,077	76	1,637	147	4,714
1883	80	3,793	88	1,893	168	5,686
1884	87	4,723	98	2,237	185	6,960
1885	114	6,201	86	1,942	200	8,143
1886	115	7,260	99	2,370	214	9,630
1887	117	8,020	110	2,500	227	10,520
1888	126	8,705	107	2,715	233	11,420
1889	136	9,146	103	2,406	239	11,552
1890	140	9,865	106	2,367	246	12,232
1891	146	11,425	110	2,163	256	13,588
1892	149	12,422	126	2,745	275	15,167
1893	156	13,635	119	2,668	275	16,303
1894	157	14,457	115	2,639	272	17,220
1895	157	15,061	125	3,127	282	18,188
1896	156	15,683	140	3,579	296	19,262
1897	145	15,026	143	3,650	288	18,676
1898	148	16,112	147	3,536	295	19,648

↑ Some of the figures in this table as printed prior to 1896 were taken from reports of the Superintendent of Indian Schools. As revised, they are all taken from the reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Prior to 1882 the figures include the New York schools.
↑ Indian children attending public schools are included in the average attendance, but the schools are not included in the number of schools.

Newspapers

The number of newspapers published in the United States and Canada in 1898, as shown by the statistics in "Rowell's American Newspaper Directory," was 21,360, the Canadian publications numbering 899. The classification, however, is not carried through the statements for the different publications. Thus for the United States and Canada there were 15,324 weeklies, 2734 monthlies, 2214 dailies, 324 semi-monthlies, 415 semi-weeklies, 156 quarterlies, 80 bi-weeklies, 57 bi-monthlies, and 43 tri-weeklies.

The total number of publications for each State and Canada is as follows:

Alabama	219
Alaska	5
Arizona	48
Arkansas	263
California	684
Canada	899
Colorado	310
Connecticut	201
Delaware	42
District of Columbia	71
Florida	164
Georgia	357
Idaho	74
Illinois	1,619
Indian Territory	70
Indiana	850
Iowa	1,053
Kansas	703
Kentucky	318
Louisiana	181
Maine	165
Maryland	208
Massachusetts	616
Michigan	786
Minnesota	601
Mississippi	211
Missouri	1,034
Montana	93

[1] Some of the figures in this table as printed prior to 1896 were taken from reports of the Superintendent of Indian Schools. As revised, they are all taken from the reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Prior to 1882 the figures include the New York schools.

[2] Indian children attending public schools are included in the average attendance, but the schools are not included in the number of schools.

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