Report On Schools Issued

Washington, Aug. 18. - The :eport of the United States commissioner of education, Dr. William T. Harris, for the year ending July 1, 1896, has been completed. The report shows a total enrollment in that year in the schools, and colleges, both public and private, oL 15,997,197 pupils. This was an increase of 308,575. The number in public institutions was 14,465,371, and in private institutions, 1,531,826. In addition to all these there were 418,000 pupils in the various special schools and institutions, including business colleges, music conservatories, Indian and reform schools, making the grand total enrollment for the whole country 16,415,197.