No. of children between 4 and 16 years of age in the State,
Mean average attendance upon school,

209,919

130,547

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

expressed in decimals,

.62+

HOUSE.....No. 2.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BOSTON;

January 5th, 1848.

To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives :

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SIR, I have the honor herewith to transmit, for the information of the two Houses, the Annual Report of the Expenses of this office, required by the resolve of 1819, chap. 268.

I have the honor to be,

Very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

JOHN G. PALFREY.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BOSTON;
January 5, 1848.

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives: AGREEABLY to the provisions of the resolve of 1819, chapter 268, I have the honor to submit to the Legislature the following statement of the amount of salary and allowances made to the Secretary, and the number, names, and periods of service, of the clerks employed by him during the last political year, with the amounts allowed them, and all the expenses attaching to this office.

The amount received by the Secretary, in fees,

The two permanent clerks have received, respectively, $1,200 and $1,000, agreeably to provisions of the acts of 1845, chapter 113, and 1846, chapter 217.

By the resolve of 1838, chapter 81, the Secretary is authorized to employ, from time to time, such clerical assistance, in addition to the permanent clerks, as may be necessary for the despatch of the public business; and, by the 13th section of chapter 13 of the Revised Statutes, he is authorized to make to assistant clerks a compensation not exceeding the rate of $900 a year.

The names, terms of service, and amount of compensation