TABLE 7.—Estimated population of cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over in 1897 and the population outside of such cities.

b Population of cities estimated on the basis of the 1890 percentage of total population.

TABLE 8.-Number of children of school census age and percentage to population in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities in 1897.

in 1897.

TABLE 9.-Number of pupils enrolled, percentage to total population, and percentage to school population in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities

TABLE 10.-Aggregate and average attendance and length of school term in cities of 8,000 population and over, compared with like statistics of public schools outside of such cities.

TABLE 11.-Number of public high school students and percentage to public school enrollment in cities of 8,000 population and over and outside of such cities in 1897.