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FIRST WARD .- Bounded by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north and east ; by the north line of Washington street on the south ; by the cast Itne ef Kearny street on the west; including the Islands in the Hlay.
SECOND WARD .- Bounded by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north ; by the west line of Kearny street on the rant ; by the north line of Val- lejo street on the south ; by the east line of Larkin street on the went.
THIRD WARD,-Bounded by the south line of Wasli- Ington street on the north, by the waters of the Bay of Han Francisco, and the northerly line of Market street on the east ; by the north linie of California street on the south, and the east line of Kearny street on the west.
FOURTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Val- lejo street on the north, by the west line of Kearny street on the east, by the north line of Washington street on the mouth, and by the east line of Larkin street on the west.
FIFTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Call- fornis street on the north ; by the northerly line of Market street on the southeast ; and by the est line of Kearny street on the west.
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SIXTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Wash- ington street on the north, by the west line of Kearny street on the cast ; by the north line of Pine street on the south ; and by the east line of Larkin street on the went.
SEVENTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Market street ou the north-west : by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north-east ; by the north- erly line of Harrison street on the south-east ; and by the easterly line of Second street on the south-west.
EIOHTII WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Pine street on the north ; by the west line of Kearny street on the cant ; by the northerly line of Market street on the south-east ; and by the east line of Larkin street on the west.
NINTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Harrison street on the north-west; by the waters of the bay of San Francisco on the north-east end east ; by the northerly line of Channel street on the south- east ; and by the easterly line of Seventh street on the south-west.
TENTH WARD .- Bonnded by the southerly line of Market street on the north-west ; by the westerly line of Second street on the north-east; by the northerly line of Harrison street on the south-east ; and by the easterly line of Seventh street on the south-west.
ELEVENTH WASD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Ridley street, the southerly line of Ridley street produced due west to the Pacific Ocean, the sontherly line of Market street, the westerly line of Seventh street, and the southerly line of Channel street on the north ; by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the cast ; by the southerly line of the City and County of San Francisco on the south; and by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the west.
TWELFTH WARD .- Bounded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the Bay of San Fran- cisco on the north ; by the west line of Larkin street on the east ; by the northerly line of Market street, the north line of Ridley street, and the north line of Ridley street produced due west to the Pacific Ocean on the south ; and by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Any and all changes made regarding the political subdivisions of the city are daily chronicled in the Daily Alta California.
"The city is divided into ten Senatorial and twenty Assembly Districts, the boundaries of which are established by an act of the Legislature, and are sub- jeet to change, as provided in the Constitution. The Assembly Districts are subdivided into Election Pre- ciucta by the Board of Election Commissioners at each general election and are changed from time to time so as to come within the requirement, as near 88 possible, of each precinct having three hundred voters. The Ward bound»rles being permanently es. tablished by the Consolidation Act are given as above-
Police Department .*
CHIEF OF POLICE .- PATRICK CROWLEY.
COMMISSIONERS .- Richard P. Hammond, William Alvord, Robert J. Tobin, and the Chief of Police (ex officio).
CAPTAINS OF POLICE .- Isaiah W. Lees, William Y. DouglasH, John Short, A. W. Stone, and Andrew J. Dunlevy.
CLERK CHIEF OF POLICE .- Alfred Clarke.
PROPERTY CLERK .- William Cullen.
DETECTIVES .- John Meagher, John Coffey, G. D. Harper, Joseph Bee, Benjamin F. Bohen, Daniel Cof- foy, J. R. Rogers, Edward Byram, Arnop Bainbridge, Robert Hogan, and Christopher C. Cox.
SERGEANTA .- George W. Harman, Abraham Sharp, J. W. Shields, T. P. Kingsbury, John Spillane, Edward Cohrn, Michael Fitzgerald, Gideon Thomp- son, William L. Coles, William E. Hall, Socrates O. Fleming. Thomas D. Barnstead, Thomas Flanders, Bernard Harter, George L. Gano, George Birdsall, C. H. Witham, John Duncan. Charles Nash, Charles Cul- len. C. Martin, R. J. Falls, J. T. Wright, M. Lind- heimer, Joseph Melody, Charles W. Armager, Wm. D. Hensley, J. A. Wilson, William H. Kentzel, Thos. R. Langford, John P. McDermott, Frederick T. Brown, M. Murphy, Thomas W. Bethel, T. D. McKen- na, Stephen Bunner, A. J. Honghtaling, and George W. Hogue.
CORPORAL8-P. S. Hagerty, John C. Ayres, John M. Fitzgibbon, James H. Hutton, Watson Nichols, John Avan, John Burke, Jacob Lerman and Patrick Slevin.
The Daily Alta makes a specialty of the latest news regarding the Police Department, eliminating all ob- jectionable features.
Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph,
SUPERINTENDENT-John Curran.
OPERATORS-Alfred Clarke, Jr., E. H. Reese, and William Morton.
REPAIRERS .- Antone Christiansen, A. B. Kinne and Daniel Shay.
SIGNAL BOX STATIONS.
2-S. W. corner Mason and Lombard.
3-8. E. corner Stockton and Greenwich.
4-N. W. corner Sansome and Greenwich.
5-N. E. corner Battery and Union.
6-S. E. corner Montgomery and Green.
7-S. E. corner Kearny and Union. 8-S. W. corner Powell and Union. 9-N. E. corner Dupont and Vallejo.
12-S. W. corner California and Kearny.
13-S. W. corner Front and Broadway.
14-S. W. corner Stockton and Broadway. 15-S. W. corner Clay and East.
16-N. W. corner Mason and Pacific. 17-N. E. corner Kearny and Pacific.
18-N. E. corner Sansome and Jackson.
19-N. E. corner Davis and Washington.
21-S. E. corner Clay and Kearny.
*By virtue of an Act of the Legislature of 1877-78, approved April 1, 1878, sutborizing the Board of Su- pervisors to increase the police force in their dis- cretion to any number not exceeding four hundred in all. An ordinance has been passed fixing the force at that number.
The salaries provided by law are as follows: Cap- tains. $1,800 per annum; clerk of Chief of Police, $1,800 per annum; property clerk, $1,800 per annum; detectives, $1.500 per annum; sergeants, $1,500 per annum ; corporals, $1,404 per annum; patrolmen, $1,224 per annum.
From these salaries the sum of $24 per year ($2 per month) is deducted from the pay of every member of the force for the creation of "The Police Life and Health Insurance Fund."
KNEASS & CO., agents MAGEE RANGES.
29 TAYLOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO.
PARKE & LACY, 21-23 Fremont Street. HOISTING ENGINES, WIRE ROPE and GENERAL MINING SUPPLIES.
J. MACDONOUGH & CO.
Importers of and Dealers in COAL and PIG IRON, 41 Market Street, corner Spear.
FIRE ALARM AND POLICE TELEGRAPH.
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23-S. E. corner Taylor and Clay.
24-S. E. corner Clay and Powell.
25-N. W. corner Washington and Dupont.
26-S. E. corner Clay and Battery. 27-N. W. corner Montgomery and Commercial. 28-N. W. corner Pine and Dupont. 29-N. W. corner Stockton and California. 31-N. W. corner Sansome and Halleck. 32-N. E. corner California and Drumm. 34-S. W. corner Mission and Steuart. . 35-S. E. corner Montgomery and Pine. 36-N. W. corner Folsom and Steuart. 37-N. E. corner Battery and Bush.
38-S. W. corner Market and Second. 39-S. E. corner Howard and Spear. 41-N. W. corner Sutter and Jones.
42-S. E. corner Geary and Mason. 43-O'Farrell, near Dupont.
45-S. E. corner O'Farrell and Jones. 46-N. W. corner Kearny and Sutter. 47-S. W. corner Eddy and Powell.
48-S. W. corner Geary and Kearny. 49-N. W. corner Stockton and Sutter. 51-N. W. corner Folsom and Beale. 52-S. W. corner Mission and Fremont. 53-N. side King bet Second and Third. 54-Engine House No. 4, Second, near Howard. 56-South side Bryant, west of First. 57-N. W. corner Brannan and Second. 58-N. W. corner Folsom and First. 59-P. M. S. S. Co.'s wharf, foot of First. 61-S. W. corner Howard and Third. 62-S. W. corner Mission and Fourth. 63-N. W. corner Harrison and Fourth. 64-S. W. corner Howard and Fifth. 65-S. W. corner Mission and Sixth.
67-N. E. corner Harrison and Hawthorne. 68-N. E. corner Brannan and Fourth. 69-N. W. corner Bryant and Third. 71-8. W. corner Mission and Eleventh.
72-S. E. corner Mission and Thirteenth. 73-S. E. corner Howard and Eighth.
74-Engine House No. 7, Sixteenth. 75-N. W. corner Jones and McAllister. 76-S. W. corner Market and Hayes. 78-N. E. corner Folsom and Ninth.
79-S. E. corner Folsom and Twelfth.
81-S. W. corner Franklin and Hayes.
82-N. E. corner Fulton and Gough. 83-N. E. corner Octavia and Oak. 84-Junction Valencia and Market.
85-S. E. corner Laguna and Hayes.
06-S. W. corner Oak and Van Ness Avenue 91-N. E. corner Hyde and Turk.
92-S. E. corner Franklin and Turk.
93-,N. E. corner Jones and Turk. 94-S. E. corner Polk and Ellis. 95-N. W. corner Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue 96-S. W. corner Ellis and Taylor. 97-S. E. corner McAllister and Polk.
123-S. W. corner Hyde and Union. 124-Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point.
125-N. W. corner Filbert and Jones.
126-S. E. corner Hyde and Washington.
127-S. E. corner Broadway and Polk.
128-S. E. corner Clay and Leavenworth.
129-N. W. corner Pacific and Leavenworth. 132-S. W. corner Pine and Mason. 134-S. E. corner Bush and Hyde. 135-S. E. corner Bush and Polk.
136-N. E. corner Post and Van Ness avenue.
137-S. W. corner Post and Larkin. 138-S. W. corner California and Larkin. 139-S. E. corner O'Farrell and Hyde. 142-N. E. corner Valencia and Twentieth. 143-N. E. corner Mission and Twenty-second. 145-N. W. corner Folsom and Twenty-second. 146-N. E. corner Folsom and Sixteenth. 147-N. E. corner Howard and Twentieth. 148-N. E. corner Mission and Sixteenth. 149-N. E. corner Folsom and Eighteenth. 152-N. W. corner Brannan and Eighth. 353-N. W. corner Harrison and Seventh. 154-N. W. corner Bryant and Sixth. 156 -- N. E. corner Fourth and Berry. 157-N. W. corner Folsom and Fourth. 158-N. W. corner Folsom and Fifth. 159-N. W. corner Folsom and Sixth. 162-S. E. corner Pacific and Franklin.
163-S. E. corner Sacramento and Franklin.
164-S. E. corner Clay and Polk.
172-S. E. corner McAllister and Buchanan.
173-S. W. corner Ellis and Buchanan.
174-N. E. corner Turk and Fillmore. 175-N. E. corner Grove and Webster.
176-N. W. corner Post and Octavia.
178-N. W. corner Buchanan and Geary.
182-N. E. corner Sixth and Townsend.
183-S. E. corner Mission and Eighth.
184-Folsom, east of Eighth.
185-N. E. corner Tenth and Harrison.
192-S. W. corner Francisco and Maaon.
193-S. W. corner Hyde and Chestnut.
194-N. W. corner Stockton and Francisco.
213-S. W. corner Bush and Buchanan.
214-S. E. corner Bush and Steiner.
215-S. W. corner Washington and Webster.
216-S. E. corner Sacramento and Fillmore.
217-S. E. corner Bush and Devisadero.
218-N. E. corner Post and Fillmore.
219-S. E. corner Filbert and Fillmore.
231-N. W. corner Howard and Twenty-fourth.
234-N. W. corner Harrison and Twenty-fourth.
235-S. W. Twenty-second and Potrero Avenue
236-N. E. corner Mission and Twenty-sixth.
237-S. W. corner Twenty-second and Dolores.
238-N. E. corner Santa Clara and Potrero avenue. 239-N. W. corner Butte and Bryant.
241-S. E. corner Gough and Bush.
243-N. W. corner Clay and Scott.
245-S. W. corner Geary and Steiner.
246-S. E. corner Geary and Devisadero.
247-N. W. corner Turk and Scott.
248-N. E. corner Devisadero and Fulton.
251-N. E. corner Broadway and Octavia
253-N. E. corner Union and Laguna
254-N. E. corner Union and Pierce. 256-S. E. corner Fillmore and Pacific.
261-S. W. corner Stevenson and Ecker.
263-N. E. corner Main and Bryant.
264-N. E. corner California and Front.
271-S. W. corner Seventeenth and Church.
273-Eighteenth, east of Castro.
274-N. W. corner Twenty-fourth and Guerrero.
275-N. E. Corner Twenty-fourth and Church. 276-S. W. corner Valencia and Eighteenth. .
281-San Bruno Road and Twenty-eighth. 283-Corner Twenty-eighth and Church. 284-N. W. Corner Twenty-ninth and Mission.
285-S. W. corner Twenty-fifth and Florida. 286-N. E. corner Twenty-fourth and York. 291-S. W. corner Jones and Vallejo.
312-N. E. corner Jackson and Laguna.
314-S. E. corner California and Laguna.
321-S. E. corner Pierce and California.
324-S. E. corner Sacramento and Broderick.
325-S. E. corner California and Central avenue.
326-S. E. corner Sutter and Baker.
327-N. W. corner Geary and Boyce.
341-S. W. corner Ellis and Pierce.
342-S. E. corner Golden Gate Avenue and Octavia.
351-N. W. corner Montgomery and Broadway.
352-North Point Sea Wall.
361-S. E. corner Ridley and Guerrero. 362-N. W. corner Noe and Fifteenth.
364-S. E. corner Howard and Fourteenth.
371-N. E. corner Sutter and Mason.
372-S. E. corner Post and Leavenworth.
381-S. E. corner Haight and Buchanan.
382-N. W. corner Fillmore and Waller.
384-N. E. corner Webster and Oak.
385-S. E. corner Haight and Scott.
BOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH.
2-Twenty-eighth and San Bruno Road.
3-N. E. corner Honduras and Kentucky.
4-S. W. corner Teneriffe and St. John. 5-E. side Kentucky, bet Sierra and Nevada.
6-S. W. corner Butte and Kentucky.
7-S. W. corner Yazoo and St. Thomas.
8-Michigan, bet Sierra and Nevada.
DIRECTIONA FOR KEY-HOLDERS .- Upon the discov- ery of a fire near your signal-box. turn the crank steadily to the right, forty times, then wait a few moments, and if you hear no alarm on the large bells, turn as before. If you still hear no alarm, go to the next box and give the alarm from that. Never open the box or touch the crank except in case of fire. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Do not give an alarm for a burning chimney. Be sure
JOHN HAMMOND
CALIFORNIA } CAR WORKS
Manufacturer of every description of PASSENGER, STREET AND FREIGHT CARS. 42 to 50 Beale Street, San Francisco.
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA, ASSETS, $456,840 71.
STEAM ENGINES AND THRESHING MACHINES.
TRUMAN, ISHAM & HOOKER 421-427 Market Street.
SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.
SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY. The Largest Laundry Establishment on the Pacific Coast. OFFICE, 33 GEARY ST.
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your hex in forked before leaving it. Upon a second alarmu belug atruck for the samo fire it will be con- øidered a general aların. Second alarms will be turned in only by order of the Chief Engineer or ble Assistante.
Keys of the signal boxes are deposited in the vicin- Ity of each box, at puch placen an are indicated upon carda placed thercon.
The alghal boxrs in uer consist of thirty-one crank În Ira and one hundred and fifty-nix automatic boxea. An aların from an automatic box jo given by pulling down the hook once and letting go, nnerring mechan- iam doing the rent.
Complainta concerning the working of the Fire Alarm Telegraph, irregular striking of the bells and gange, broken wires, etc .. should in all cases be made at the Fire Alarm ODice, Hrenbam Place.
In case of tumult or riot, whereby the services of the Police force are required, an alarm will be given, consisting of ton strokes upon the bells and gongs, repeated five times, which will be a signal for the Po- lice to assemble at the old City Hall. Thia alarm will be given only by order of the Mayor or Chlef of Police.
The telegraph apparatus consists of about one hun- dred aud forty- four miles of wire, divided into twenty- one circuits, of which thirteen are signal circuits, or circuita running to the signal boxes. Alarm gongs are located in the different Engine, look and Ladder, and Hose houses, each connected with the Central Office by the fre alarm circuits and eight aların bells for striking the alarm box, located as follows: One on the Hall of the Exempt Fire Co., one on the Engine House on Sixth street, Que on the Engine House on Stockton street, one on the Engine House on Second street, one on the Engino House on California strect, one on the Engine House on Sixteenth street, one on the Engine House on Bryant street, and one on the Engine House on Pa- cife street. The bells and gongs are each struck at the same time by electrical machinery.
Any changes and directions for the benefit of the public will be at once published in the Daily Alta.
Fire Department.
The Paid Fire Department of the City and County of San Francisco was organized December 3, 1866.
The present force consists of three hundred and thirty officers and men (including the Board of En- gineers, the Clerk and Messenger of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Veterinary Surgeon, and employ- ees at the Corporation Yard), fifteen steamera, to each of which ia attached a hose reel, seven hose carriages, and four hook and ladder trucks ; also aix ateamers, four hose reela, and one hook aod ladder truck in reserve at the Cor- porstion Yard. the condition of which ia as fully kept up to the standard required as that of the apparatus in active service. Each steamer and hook and ladder truck is drawn by two horses, and the hose carriages by one each. Number of horses in the Department, eighty. Amount of hose in use twenty-eight thousand feet, all of which ia carbolized.
Expenditurea for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1885 .- Salariea, $208,820 00; running expenses, $49,- 810 67 ; purchase of material, $12.893 32, included in which were two new steamera, $8,754 50, and total coat of two new engine houses built during year, $27,189 74. Total coat of department, $298,713 73.
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS .- Frank G. Edwards, President: Gordon E. Sloss, Samuel Neuman, Fred. C. Siebe and John Mason. E. B. Vreeland, Clerk ; George W. L. Post, Messenger.
Officers .- David Scannell, Chief Engineer ; James Riley, Assistant Chief Engineer; A. C. Imbrie, John McCarthy, Thomas Sanda and Geo. W. Kennard, Assis- ant Engineers ; Samuel Rainey. Superintendent of Steamers ; John W. Reilly, Assistant Superintendent of Steamers ; Peter Burns, Veterinary Surgeon ; Will- lam Eyre, Corporation Yard Clerk ; Charles A. Lyons, Corporation Yard Drayman ; George Maxwell and Dennis Sullivan, Hydrantmen; John Wills, Carpen- ter ; H. H. Gorter. Substitute Engineer and Machinist; Cornelius Guinee, Corporation Yard Watchman.
STEAMER No. 1 .- Located 419 Pacific street. Fore- man. John Hewaton.
STEAMER No. 2-Located 412 Bush street. Fore- man, Richard Downing.
STEAMEN No. 3 .- Located on the south side of Cali- fornia atreet, between Leavenworth and Hyde. Fore- man, M. J. Dolan.
STEAMER No. 4 .- Located 144 Second street. Fore- man, Patrick Curran.
STEAMER No. 5 .- Located 1219 Stockton street. Foroman, John J. Mahoney.
STEAMER No. 6 .- Located 311 Sixth street. Fore- man, John Dougherty.
STEAMER No. 7 .- Located on the north side of Six- teenth street, between Valencia and Guerrero. Fore- man, John O'Neil.
STEAMER No. 8 .- Located Pacific avenue, between Polk and Van Neas avenue. Foreman, James Grady.
STEAMER No. 9 .- Located 320 Main street. Fore- man, John W. Welch.
STEAMER No. 10 .- Located on Bryant street, be- tween Third and Fourth. Foreman, Bernard A. Rawle.
STEAMER No. 11 .- Located on Fourteenth avenue, between Railroad avenue and N street, South San Francisco. Foreman, C. J. Gillen.
STEAMER No. 12. - Located southwest corner of Drumm and Commercial streets. Foreman, John Lavaroni.
STEAMER No. 13 .- Located Valencia street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. Foreman, Thomas Cavanagh.
STEAMER No. 14 .- Located south side of McAllister,. between Buchanan and Webster streets. Foreman, J. E. Littlefield.
STEAMER No. 15 .- Located on the north side of Cal- ifornia street, between Laguna and Buchanan. Fore- man, David A. Smith.
HOSE No. 1 .- Located 112 Jackson street. Foreman, Charles Towe.
HOSE No. 2 .- Located on Post street, near Fillmore. Foreman, Cornelius Shine.
HOSE No. 3 .- Located on Folsom street, near Twenty-second. Foreman, Isaac V. Denniston.
HOSE No. 4 .- Located 1802 Stockton street. Fore- man, James Derham.
HOSE No. 5 .- Located on the south side of Market street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Foreman, James Riley.
HOME No. 7 .- Located on Tennessee street, between Sierra and Napa. Foreman, M. McCoy.
HOSE No. 8 .- Located on Filbert street, between Fillmore and Webster. Foreman, Ira J. Casebolt.
HOSE No. 9 .- (Fireboat. Governor Irwin). Located Broadway Wharf, foot of Broadway. Foreman, Thom- as Coleman.
HOOK AND LADDER NO. 1 .- Located 22 O'Farrell street. Foreman, A. Risland.
HOOK AND LADDER NO. 2 .- Located 627 Broad- way. Foreman-John O'Brien.
HOOK AND LADDER, No. 3 .- Located on the south side of Market street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Foreman, George T. Silvey.
HOOK AND LADDER, No. 4 .- Located on the north side of Pacific street, between Jones and Leaven- worth. Foreman, James W. Kentzell.
The Daily Alta makes a specialty of news regarding fires, embracing all items of interest.
Fire Patrol.
Established in May, 1875, by the Board of Fire Un- derwriters. It is conducted on the same principle as the one in successful operation in New York City. The apparatus consists of wagons carrying rubber covers, fire extinguishers, ladders, and other appli- ances for extinguishing fires, saving life, and protect- ing property from damage by water. The force con- sists of fourteen men including the Captain, who are
I. S. VAN WINKLE & CO.
IRON, STEEL and
413-415 MARKET ST. Importers and Dealers in HEAVY HARDWARE
SHIP PLANK and TIMBER, LOCUST TREENAILS: JOHN WIGMORE.
133 Spear Street.
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on duty day and night. There are two stations, No. 1, located southwest corner of Stevenson and Ecker streets, and No. 2, north side of Grove, between Lar- kin and Polk streets. Telegraph wires extend from Station No. 1 to the office of the American District Telegraph Co., and also to the Palace and Grand Hotels. Station No. 1 .- Members .- Russell White, Captain ; Charles H. Okell, Lieutenant; Christopher Lee, A. D. Yost, O. P. Huntress, James Igo, J. Cavanaugh, Harry Nash, F. W. Brown and George W. Lake, Privates.
Station No. 2 .- Members .-- John F. O. Comstock, Lieutenant; W. T. Thoney, William C. Horn and James Maloney, Privates.
FIRE MARSHAL .- John L. Durkee (appointed by the Board of Underwriters). George W. Harrison, Dep- uty. Office, old City Hall, first floor, room 21.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, there were 64 schools, employing 734 teachers, and having an enrolled attendance of 43,265 pupils, of whom 22,923 were boys, and 20,342 girls. By the report of the School Census Marshal, June 30, 1885, the number of youth in the city between five and seventeen who are entitled to draw school money is 69,000, an increase of 5,971 for the year. The number attending school (private and church schools inclusive) during the year (not including Chinese) wae 52,009, an increase during the year of 5,194. The number between five and seventeen years of age (not including Chinese) who have not sttended school at any time during the year was 16,593, an increase from the preceding year of 424. The enrollment at the different schools Was as follows : High schools-Boys, 423; girls, 896 ; total, 1,319. Grammar schools-Boys, 6,887; girls, 7,343 ; total, 14,230. Primary schools-Bove, 15,613; girls, 12,103; total, 27,716. The financial condition of the Department is represented as follows : The city tax for school purposes in the year 1884-85 was .1136 cents on each $100. The total income, including cash on hand at the beginning of the year, was $886,- 340 94, an increase over last year of $112,087 48. The expenditures were $817,168 14; increase for the year of $19,715 91. The amount paid teachers' salaries, $646,401 25, a decrease from the preceding year of $11,423 18.
EVENING SCHOOLS .- Mr. Joseph O'Connor, In- spector of Evening Schools, reports the number of pupils enrolled during the year at 3.021. Average daily attendance, 1,074 ; average number belonging to Evening Schools, 1,202. The terms and holidays are the same as those of the day schools. The studies are reading, arithmetic, penmanship and composi- tion or letter-writing, bookkeeping, industrial draw- ing, mathematica, etc. There are two Spanish classes which receive lessons alternate evenings, from two teachers appointed for that purpose. The total num- ber of classes now in the schools are twenty-eight. The Evening Schools are held at the Lincoln, Mis- sion, Haight and Washington Schools.
SCHOOL HOUSES .- The total number of build- ings used by the Department is 62, of which 56 are owned by the city and 6 rented. Of those owned by the Department, 4 are of brick and 52 are of wood. The amount paid for rented rooms was $6,245 83.
LOCATION OF SCHOOLS; NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOLS, MAY, 1885.
BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL .- Location, north side Sut- ter street, between Gough and Octavia. Pupils en- rolled, 325 ; average attendance. 260.
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