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STATEMENT L.—Continued.

Total Receipts Fiscal Year 1897, and bal-
ance from 1896 ............................		$982,831 76
Total Disbursements of Public School Tax
during Fiscal Year 1897..................		496,224 69
Balance applicable to School Year com-
mencing October 1st, 1897................		$486,607 07
Of this balance $440,607.07, there was dis-
tributed October 1st, 1897, to wit : —
To White Schools..........................	$202,625 00
To Colored Schools.........................	25,000 00	227,625 00
Amount on hand to equalise future distri-
butions....................................		$208,982 07