School Attendance.

The whole number of persons attending school during any portion of the census year (1890) is shown in the following table:

The following table shows for each element of the population the number of illiterates and the percentage in each class for 1880 and 1890:

The distribution by age periods of surviving veterans and widows of the Civil War. both United States and Confederate, is shown in the following table:

* Persons of negro descent, Chinese, Japanese and civilized Indians.

Immigration.

NUMBER AND NATIONALITY OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, YEARS ENDING

The statement following shows the amounts of customs duties and internal revenue collected and the costs of collection since 1880:

NOTE.-The interest charge is computed upon the amount of outstanding principal at the close of the fiscal year, and is exclusive of interest charge on Pacific Railway bonds. NOTE.-The total interest-bearing debt, as above, is exclusive of Pacific Railway bonds.

NOTE 1.-The population is for June 1, for 1870, 1880 and 1890, from the census, and for other years from estimates, for the same date each year, prepared by the Actuary of the Treasury Department.

NOTE 2.-The figures for July 1, 1879, were made up assuming pending funding operations to have been completed.

NOTE 3.-The column of "Debt Bearing no Interest" includes certificates issued against gold, ver and currency deposited in the Treasury.