THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION.' Created as a Department March 2, 1867. Made an Office of the Interior Department July 1, 1869. COMMISSIONERS. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., March 14, 1867, to March 15, 1870. JOHN EATON, PH. D., LL. D., March 16, 1870, to August 5, 1886. August 6, 1886, to September 3, 1889. WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL. D., September 12, 1889, to date. Table 1.-Total population, school population, and adult male population... Table 2.-School enrollment and its relation to the number of children 5 to 18 years of age. Table 9. Amount raised per taxpayer; amount raised for each child of the school population; Brief conspectus of the State system of education and operations in 1890-'91.. Progress of primary schools since Guizot's law, 1833. Translation from La Population Fran- |