PUBLIC DEBT. STATEMENT showing the indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 1st day of December, 1877. Amount of debt redeemed at the State Treasury during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1877, viz: 30,979,010 69 8,035,196 38 $22,943,814 31 Avera e length of school term in months, Average number of pupils... Average salaries of female teachers per month, Percentage of attendance upon the whole number Average cost of tuition per month for each pupil,. 2,145 17,783 6,290 14, 120 90 20,652 $37@38 32@30 6.77 907,412 575,557 .74 89 cents. $1,817,563 35 Cost of building, purchasing, and rent ing school-houses,. 1,276,578 55 Cost of fuel, contingencies, debt, and interest paid, ...... 2,389,237 54 Total cost for tuition, building, fuel, and contingencies. Total cost, including expenditures of all kinds, Total State appropriation, Estimated value of school property, |