COST OF VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
| Total amount of State and Local Taxes expended in Virginia on Public Schools from 1870-71 to 1890-91—20 years | $22,759,249.38 |
| Amount received from Peabody Fund | 296,134.00 |
| Private contributions | 324,926.59 |
| Total | $23,380,309.97 |
| Cost of Negro education in Public Schools, including total Current Expenses | $4,792,290.06 |
| Amounts appropriated by the State to Hampton and Virginia Normal Institutes | 471,708.72 |
| Cost of permanent improvements, sites, buildings, etc., for Colored Schools | 588,223.05 |
| Total cost of Colored Public Schools and Normal Institutes for 20 years | $5,852,222.57 |
| Total cost of White Schools for same period | 17,528,087.60 |
| Total of all Public Schools same period | $23,380,310.17 |
| Percentage of whole fund expended on White Schools | $75.00 |
| Percentage of whole fund expended on Colored Schools | 25.00 |
| $100.00 |
Actual statistics for 1891 show the following facts:
| Total taxes. | Per cent. of whole. | |
| White | $1,769,576.06 | 91.7 |
| Colored | 163,175.67 | 8.3 |
| Total | $1,959,751.73 | 100.0 |
The U. S. Census for 1890 shows the population of Virginia to be as follows:
| White | 1,015,123 | = | 61.3% |
| Colored | 640,857 | = | 38.7% |
| Total | 1,655,980 | = | 100.0% |
Thus showing that while the Negroes comprise nearly four-tenths of the population, they furnish less than one-tenth of the amount expended on public schools.
The number of Public Schools for the year 1898-90 was
| White | 5,358 |
| Colored | 2,153 |
| 7,511 |