for them in Calcutta, (East Indies,) wishing to open a communication, and receive the reports of this institution. The Honorable the Secretary of State observes, in his report as Superintendent of Common Schools, made to the Honorable the Senate, on the 3d March, 1830, as follows: "The facts and opinions which have been alluded to, give the strongest assurance that one school well supported, and furnished with competent teachers, would be abundantly sufficient for the present and future wants of the deaf and dumb in this state. "In view of all the facts and circumstances connected with this case, the Superintendent is decidedly of opinion that it is not advisable to make a grant for the erection of permanent buildings for the use of the deaf and dumb, to be located at Canajoharie. He is also of opinion, that the New-York Asylum is sufficiently large to contain all the deaf and dumb who will attend school. This building will accommodate from 150 to 200 scholars, and the state has paid 10,000 dollars towards its erection. It is hoped and believed that the directors of this institution will procure an additional number of well qualified teachers, and place the school as they now have the power of doing, upon as good a footing as either of the schools at Hartford or Philadelphia, and when this is done, it is believed that it will be for the best interests of the deaf and dumb, as well as good economy, to concentrate the patronage of the state, and of individuals, in building up one good school." The preceding detail on the subject of teachers, will show the earnestness, zeal, and success, with which the directors have exerted themselves to conform to the expectations held forth by the Secretary of State, and their determination to fulfil, as far as may be in their power, the utmost expectations of the Legislature. In relation to the subject now referred to, while they feel by no means disposed improperly to interfere with other schools, they nevertheless deem it their duty to express to the legislature, their willingness to receive, accommodate, and instruct, any number of pupils that may be provided for by the munificence of the public, to the full extent of their means. If the views of the Secretary, as Superintendent of Common Schools, should meet with the approbation of the legislature, and it should appear to them as to him, that it will administer to the "best interests of the deaf and dumb," to consolidate the Central Asylum with this institution, the directors would readily make arrangements to receive their pupils and teachers, under such regulations as the legislature might prescribe. All which is respectfully submitted. By order of the Board. SAMUEL AKERLY, Sec'ry. New-York, 4th January, 1831. JAMES MILNOR, President. DOCUMENTS. No. 1. Abstract of the account current of Charles Mapes, Treasurer of the institution, for the year 1830. mittee,. Mayor of N. York, for lottery licenses, ... Treasurer of N. Jersey, for N. Jersey pay and part pay pupils, Female Association, for their pupils,.. donations and subscriptions in cash,.. $651 31 Asylum fund, received from Asylum com 233 40 5,263 79 7,000 00 1,650 00 453 33 716 11 231 76 ... sale of produce of work-shop,.. 196 271 parents of children, for shoes and 151 101 sale of elementary exercises,.... 12 00 $16,923 33 Expenditures in 1830. For superintendence and tuition,.... $3,137 50 steward, matron, gardener, tailor, shoemaker and provisions and groceries,. wood and coal for fuel, and carting them,. shoes for pupils before engaging shoemaker,. Brought forward,..$ For tin-ware, stoves, stove-pipe, erecting, repairing,.. hardware,... 121 94 678 30 200 00 ... 108 12 236 90 123 69 boards, plank, paling, &c. for fencing,. 273 17 218 31 new oven, plastering round chimneys,. 145 05 bricks for oven, paving, lime, sand, and carting, 152 53 garden, for seeds, box, manure, &c...... 101 88 a horse, a cow, cart and harness, 158 81 oats, hay and straw,. 170 54 making stone-wall, blasting rocks, ditching, pa ving, &c..... 599 25 sundries, as cart and carriage hire, crockery, lea- 176 181 Balance in cash, December 22, 1830, carried to new account,.... 671 511 $16,923 33 The committee, having examined the accounts of Charles Mapes, treasurer, and compared them with the vouchers, report a balance in his hands, due the institution, of six hundred and seventy-one dollars and fifty-one cents. New-York, 22d December, 1830. PETER SHARPE, Committee of Finance. (No. 2.) To the Hon. the Comptroller of the State of New-York. In conformity to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of the state of New-York, entitled "An act to provide for the building an Asylum for the deaf and dumb in the city of New-York," passed 23d March, 1827, the directors of the institution for the deaf and dumb, herewith transmit to the Comptroller of the state, the vouchers for the expenditure of the sum appropriated by the Legislature, as also the amount provided by the directors of the said institution, and set apart for the purposes aforesaid, amounting in the whole to 36,870. dollars. 33 |