the city of New York) in the proportion of 1 to 2.60, and that
the white children attend similar schools in said city in the
proportion of 1 to 3.40; that is to say, nearly 25 per cent. more of
colored children than of white children attend the public schools,
and schools supported by public funds in the city of New York.

4. The number of colored children attending private schools
in the city of New York, 125.

a. The number of white children attending private
schools in 1850, census gave 10,560, which number has since
been increased by the establishment of Catholic parochial
schools, estimated in 1856, 17,560.

b. The proportion of colored children attending private
schools to white children attending same, is as 1 to 140.

c. But the average attendance of colored children in all
schools is about the same as that of the white in proportion,
that is to say, as many colored children attend the
public schools as do whites attend both public and private
schools, in proportion to the whole number of each class
of children.

Locality, capability, etc., of colored schools.

1. The Board of Education, since its organization, has
expended in sites and buildings for white schools $1,600,000.

b. The Board of Education has expended for sites and