Freedom's Journal/1827/03/16/Deaf and Dumb

​Deaf and Dumb.—From the 8th Annual Report of the New-York Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, submitted last week to the Legislature, it appears that the receipts during the year 1826 (including $4868.37 cents in the treasury at the beginning of the year,) amount to $16,068 74: and the expenditures during the same period, to 88476.34; leaving a balance of $7592.40, which had been disposed of as follows:—$2260 in the Savings Bank, $3000 in the Asylum fund, and $2332 40 in the hands of the treasurer.

The present number of pupils is 64, of which 31 are state pupils, 1 charity, 7 pay pupils, 3 part pay, and 7 of the Female Association.—At the date of the last report there were 56 pupils. The average number has been about 30. During the year, 23 have been received, and 15 dismissed. The whole number of pupils received the last 8 years, is 177—discharred 113.—Hb.

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