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young to be received into the Public Schools. Many chil-
dren, particularly girls, are sent abroad to other counties
and States to complete their course of study. But lew boys
are at College. The Schools for colored children have not
come in any manner under the supervision of the Board.
They are usually held in the meeting; houses and have two
sessions each day, a morning and night session. Many
adults attend the evening Schools. They have received no
aid from the county, but their claim will be attended when
presented tor that part of the School fund to which they are
entitled by law.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY
—JAMES W. THOMPSON, President.—I have reported Church
Hyi Academy as being under a distinct organization, but that
is hardly a true statement of the case. It is now under the
joint control of the old Trustees and the District Commission-
er, under circumstances of which you had due notice at the
time the arrangement was made. The Private Schools, ex-
cept the School on Kent Island, which I have ui derstood is
now almost without scholais, (those reported being last
years pupils) are intended for small children, too small to at-
tend the Public Schools. Centreville Academy is in about
the same condition in which it has been for years past.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY—
JAMES BUNTING, President.—I am not aware of any other
Academies or Private Schools in the county, though there
may be one or two others. There are a good many families
which have Governesses, but 1 have not been able to get
their number. The smallness of the number of Public Schools,
which were continued, is not to be attributed to indifference
to education, but to the preference given to the system.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY—
THOS. A. BOULLT, President.—This report of Private Schools
embraces all in this county of which I have received informa-
tion. I am unable to make a full report of the "Hagerstown
Female Seminary," under the control of Rev. Charles Mar-
tin, M. D. I believe, however, the number of pupils to be
about sixty—thirty (30) boarders and thirty day-scholars.
I enclose circular of that Institution.