No. of children between 4 and 16 years of age in the State,

Mean average attendance upon school,

Ratio of attendance to the whole No. of children between 4 and 16, expressed in decimals,

214,436

133,462

.62+

THIRTEENTH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION,

TOGETHER WITH THE

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.

BOSTON:

DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, STATE PRINTERS,

No. 37, Congress Street.

1850.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. Report of the Board of Education.

2. Reports of the Visiters of Normal Schools.

3. Regulations of Normal Schools.

4. Report of the Treasurer.

5. Report of the Secretary of the Board.

6. Abstract of School Committees' Reports.

7. Appendix. Abstract of School Returns.

8. Index.