Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 18: education., page 381

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Female Teachers.	Salary.	Amount.	Male Teachers	Salary.	Amount.
1	$1,200	$1,200	1	$4, 000	$4,000
7	1,000	7,000	1	3,000	3,000
7	850	5,950	11	2,500	27,500
			———		———
25	800	20,000	13	---	34,500
116	700	81,200	Female 171	---	123,950
			———		———
11	600	6,600	184	---	158,450
4	500	2,000	Superintendent	---	3,00
——		———			———
171		$123,950			$161,450

An additional expense of $5,862.44 was incurred for ‘Evening Schools for Adults.’¹

1 In his Inaugural Address, Jan. 1, 1877, the Mayor says that, with 29 schools, 176 teachers, and 7,554 pupils, the amount expended during the year 1876, on account of schools, was:—

For General Instruction	$159,318.00
Instruction for Evening Schools	5,881.50
Furniture and Apparatus for Evening Schools	2,126.47
Care and Repair of School-houses	32,052.43
Alterations of School-houses	1,636.50
Books for Indigent Scholars	3,166.89
Stationery, etc., for Schools	406.77
Truant Officers	5,500.00
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Total	$210.088.57

Boston. Houghton and Mifflin. 1877.

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Grade.	No. Teachers.	No. Pupils.	Cost of Instruction.	For each Pupil.
High School.	12	402	$21,700	$53.98
7 Grammar .	88	3,445	76,850	22.31
20 Primary .	83	3,701	57,400	15.51
Music . . . .	1	-	2,500	-
Superintendent	-	-	3,000	-
	———	———	———	———
	184	7,548	$161,450	$21.14

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