Average attendance of white children in corporate schools supported by public funds 2,826 ------ 46,684 b. Proportion of average attendance of white children in public schools to whole number of same is as 1 to 3.40. 3. From these facts it appears that colored children attend the public schools (and schools supported by public funds in the city of New York) in the proportion of 1 to 2.60, and that the white children attend similar schools in said city in the proportion of 1 to 3.40; that is to say, nearly 25 per cent. more of colored children than of white children attend the public schools, and schools supported by public funds in the city of New York. 4. The number of colored children attending private schools in the city of New York, 125. a. The number of white children attending private schools in 1850, census gave 10,560, which number has since been increased by the establishment of Catholic parochial schools, estimated in 1856, 17,560. b. The proportion of colored children attending private schools to white children attending same, is as 1 to 140. c. But the average attendance of colored children in all schools is about the same as that of the white in proportion, that is to say, as many colored children attend the public schools as do whites attend both public and private schools, in proportion to the whole number of each class of children. Locality, capability, etc., of colored schools. 1. The Board of Education, since its organization, has expended in sites and buildings for white schools $1,600,000. b. The Board of Education has expended for sites and buildings for colored schools (addition to building leased 19 Thomas), $1,000. c. The two schoolhouses in possession of the Board now used for colored children were assigned to same by the Old Public School Society. 2. The proportion of colored children to white children attending public schools is as 1 to 40. a. The sum expended on school buildings and sites of colored and white schools by the Board of Education is as 1 to 1,600.