plishment of the great design, of offering education to every deaf and dumb youth of the United States."

In connection with this notice of the means of education now enjoyed by the deaf and dumb, it is gratifying to be assured that their privileges confer upon them permanent benefits. The Board state, "We continue to receive very interesting accounts of the prosperity, respectability and happiness of many of our former pupils; and sometimes from their parents, or others, we are favored with details of their usefulness as members of the community and of their virtuous and exemplary conduct as professing christians."

The Instructors are Lewis Weld, A. M. Principal, and nine assistant teachers. The number of pupils in the Asylum, within the year ending on the 16th day of May, 1840, was one hundred and thirty-two.

TERMS OF ADMISSION.

I. Pupils are provided for by the Institution in all respects, clothing and travelling expenses excepted, at the rate of one hundred and thirty dollars each, per annum. Clothing will also be furnished by the Institution if desired, at an additional annual charge of thirty dollars. Payment is required semi-annually in advance.

II. The regular time of admission is at the close of the vacation, which extends from the fifteenth of July, to the first of September. No pupil will be received at any other time except in very extraordinary

cases.

III. No deduction will be made from the annual charge in consequence of absence cany account whatever except sickness, nor for the

vacation.

IV. Pupils are at liberty to reside during the vacation in the Institution, without extra charge.

V. Applicants for admission should be between the ages of twelve and twenty-five years. The Institution will not hold itself bound to receive any not embraced with in this rule, but may do so at discretion.

VI. Satisfactory security will be required for the punctual payment of bills, and for the suitable clothing of the pupils.

VII. Applications from a distance, letters of inquiry, &c. must be addressed post-paid, to the principal of the Institution. The selection of pupils to be supported at the public expense, is made by the Secretary of State at Albany, to whom all communications on the subject must be addressed.

VIII. Should objections exist to the admission of any individual, the Board reserve to themselves or their officers a discretionary power to reject the application.

H. P. PEET, Secretary.

By order of the Board,

JAMES MILNOR, President.

The above terms are to be understood as embracing the entire an nual expense to which each pupil is subjected. Stationery and necessary school-books are furnished by the Institution. No extra charge is made, in case of sickness, for medical attendance, medicines, or other necessary provisions.

It is suggested to the friends of deaf-mute children, that the names of familiar objects may be taught them with comparative ease before their admission, and that the possession of such knowledge in any degree, materially facilitates their subsequent advancement. To be able to write an easy hand, or at least to form letters with a pen, is likewise a qualification very desirable. In reference to this subject, it is recommended that the words which constitute writing lessons, or copies, preparatory to admission, should be such as have been previously made intelligible to the learner.

In the case of each pupil entering the Institution, it is desirable to obtain written answers to the following questions. Particular attention to this subject is requested.

1. Was the deafness from birth, and owing to some original constitutional defect; or was it produced by disease or accident? And if so, in what way, and what time?

2. Are there any cases of deafness in the same family, or among any of the ancestors or collateral branches of kindred; and how, and when produced?

3. Is the deafness total or partial, and have any means been employed to remove it; and what are the results of such efforts?

4. Have any attempts been made to communicate instruction, and is the individual acquainted with any trade or art, or with the mode of forming letters with a pen?

5. Is the individual laboring under any bodily infirmity, such as palsy, nervous trembling, or mal-formation of the limbs; or does he or she show any signs of mental imbecility or idiocy?

6. What are the names, occupation and residence of the parents? 7. If either of the parents is dead, has a second connexion been formed by marriage?

8. What are the number and names of their children?

No. 74.

IN ASSEMBLY,

February 23, 1843.

COMMUNICATION

From the Superintendent of Common Schools, transmitting the Annual Report relative to the Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.

I transmit herewith the annual report of the New-York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, for the year ending on the 31st day of December last.