Show SCHOOL CENSUS OF CITY Gain Over Last Year is Nearly Near-ly One Thousand I SCHOOL POPULATION 14428 Count Hade of Children of School Age Shows a Gain of 960 Over the Enumeration of 1899 When tho Total was 13468 Girls Outnumber Boys There Being 7383 of tho Pormcr and 7045 of the Latter Those Who Cannot Read and Write arc 975 Boys and 921 Girls Clerk Moreton of the Board of Education Edu-cation yesterday completed the compilation com-pilation of the census of qhlldrcn of school age of the city The total school population Is 11128 an Increase of 060 I over last year and 1228 over 1S98 The school population by wards Is as j 1 follows Ward Boya GIrls IKtf J First m 330 Ml I Second 233 211 i 307 Third P 9 1S1 355 I Fourth 218 201 S > 2 I Fifth 102 z 718 Sixth 311 250 631 Seventh 211 2 2 Eighth 4 131 227 itO Ninth 2 210 I 15S 1 I Tenth h n 379 103 i 713 Eleventh 5 401 1 DID Twelfth 2 > 217 5S9 I r Thirteenth 1 3 225 2OT Fourteenth 7 175 6 433 I Fifteenth 200 36 f10 423 IGt S23 Sixteenth 21 S2 I Seventeenth 177 26 q 437 I Eighteenth 222 2C3 SS9 Nineteenth 2i1 t 23L 652 I Twentieth 271 2GD 101 Twontyllrst Itt 603 1011 ntINt G I 10J I I Twentysecond 433 471 757 Twentythird 73 S 15 I Twentyfourth 275 2v 62 Center 50 52 SO Annex J ISO 17 3Z Totals 7015 73S3 131GS Other statistics gathered by the enumerators I enu-merators are as follows Can read and I write 607Q boys 6162 girls cannot read j i ana write 975 boys 921 girls attend public schools GH boys C077 girls attend at-tend private school 279 boys 305 girls attend no school 1125 boys 1001 girls I white 7ny boys731S girls colored 30 boys 35 girls The figures were complied by enumerators enu-merators appointed by the Board of Education Ed-ucation and under the supervision of J BMoreton clerk of the board COUNTY SCHOOL FINANCES Superintendent Van Cott Fled His Annual Statement Yesterday Coimty Superintendent of Schools Oscar Van Cott filed his annual financial finan-cial report as to the condition of the county schools yesterday The report Is as follows BALANCES LAST REPORT State and county fund 2f > 05T43 District fund 6247Sl From district taxes 2041027 For special purposes 23SOSiM From State school apportionment 2328370 From county school fund 2207620 Tuition fees i 333Ti Bonds sold 2183060 Sinking Fund STOOO Other sources 1 322330 Total 1377 OI7 DISBURSEMENTS Payment of teachers 5 101325 Rent mw Furnishings 1S3iJ2 Library books SUSS Books for Indigent pupils 35313 School supplies 0 i 9S1W Repairs and Improvements 3i lG2 Other current expenses 43iS > Payment census enumerators 21000 Compensation trustees 2S2050 Compcnston 133417 Matured bonds lo51 22 Interest on bonds li97 Sinking fund 111145 537552 Other disbursements 2XASh Stato fund on hand 302312 District fund 1lr 92 Total 513775047 FINANCIAL CONDITIONS Bonds Issued 2181000 Floating Indebtedness fSiHX Present bonded indebtedness 20 Floating Indebtedness S3S310 Increaso for Year Bonds 9S1000 Floating 43171 Decreaso Current Year Bonds 300 FJoatlng 6S01 |