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ABUSE OF PUBLIC CHARITY.
Industrial schools —
Salaries of superintendent and teachers §106,265.71
Rent of schoolrooms 5,119.26
Books and school supplies 5,178.54
Provisions 8,509 . 70
Clothing and special relief 5,512.56
Fuel, gas, repairs, etc 20,497 . 88
Sick Children's Mission $655.48
Children's Summer Home . . 9,405 . 37
Health Home 8,307.45
Farm for Boys — Summer Charities 2,719 . 59
Brace Memorial Lodging House 12,914. 13
Elizabeth Home for Girls 10,366 . 33
Tompkins Square Lodging House 7,546 . 38
West Side Lodging House 9,079 . 26
East Side Lodging House 1,848.06
Forty fourth Street Lodging House 7,948 . 56
Fogg Lodging House 1,942.26
Brace Farm School 12,150.64
Reading rooms 402 . 96
Medical examinations 812.00
Salaries, executive officers 8,659 . 92
Immigration, fares, food, clothing, etc 30,162.69
Reinvestment, bonds sold 29,902 . 50
Amount due treasurer, November 1, 1898 435.71
Printing, stationery, car fares, and incidental expenses 3,551 . 85
$309,394.79
This shows a total salary account of $114,925.63, or about thirty-seven per cent of the expenditure. The society received from the city $100,764, and from general subscriptions and donations $119,768. The balance of the income was derived from legacies, endowments, special trust funds, and sale of bonds.
One of the private institutions in the city for the instruction of deaf-mutes receives city, State, and county pupils under the pro- visions of special acts of the Legislature. The report of the treas- urer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1898, shows the following receipts:
Balance on hand, October 1, 1897. $2,885.03
New York State 44,216.74
New York County 27,179.54
Kings County 12,697.05
Queens County 1,217.19
Westchester County 1,060.94
Various other counties 2,727 . 02
Paying pupils 791.75
Donations 11,754.46
All other sources 6 1 3 . 89
$105,143.61
