Honorable JOHN G. MARVIN,

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 853. }

Sup't Public Instruction.

Vallejo, January 17, 1853.

Sir: In reply to the inquiries contained in your communication of the 18th ult., I have the honor to communicate the information therein solicited.

1st. Table A, showing the amount of School Tax assessed in the several counties for the year 1852, as far as returned, with the probable amount of delinquencies and deductions for commissions and mileage chargeable thereon.

2d. The quantity of 101,920 acres of land has been sold up to the 31st of December, 1852, inclusive, under the Act of May 3d, 1852, yielding the sum of $203,840; the interest on which at 7 per cent., from the date of sale, will be credited to the School Fund at the close of the fiscal year, and on all sums that may be received hereafter.

3d. Nothing has, up to this time, accrued to the School Fund from escheated estates--Act of May 4th, 1852.

Very truly, your obedient servant,

WINSLOW S. PIERCE,

Comptroller.

APPENDIX F.

A catalogue of Books belonging to the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

A.

Adams F. A. Key to Examples for Practice in Written Arithmetic. 12mo,

1851.

Adams F. A. Arithmetic in two parts.
Adams F. A. Frst Book in Arithmetic.
Army. See Military Laws.

Ainsworth's Dictionary. 8vo, 1835.

Appleton D. Catalogue of Educational Text Book. 12mo.
Austed D. F. The Gold Seekers' Manual. 12mo, 1829.
American Quarterly Register. 8vo.

American Monthly Review. 8vo, 1832.

B.

Biot, J. B. An Elementary Treatise on Analytical Geometry, translated from the French by F. H. Smith. 8vo, 1851.

Bouvier, J. Law Dictionary. Vol. 1, 1839.

Butler, F. The Spanish Teacher. 18mo, 1849.

Bible Stories, or a Description of Manners and Customs peculiar to the East. 12mo.

Bache, A. D. Notices of the Western Coast of the United States. Sro, 1851.

C.

Cleveland, C. D.
Cleveland, C. D.

Lessons in Latin.

Cleveland, C. D.

Second Latin Book. 12mo, 1845.

Frst Latin Book, being the Author's Original First

12mo, 1845.

Third Latin Book. 12mo, 1846.

Cleveland, C. D. First Latin Book. 8vo, 1845.

Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America, by

Hickey. 12mo, 1846.

Catalogue of the Students of Law in Harvard University from the estab

lishment of the Law School to 1851.

Catalogue of the Students of Law in Harvard University, 1852.
Catalogue of the Students of Harvard College, 1852.

Catalogue of the Students of Harvard College, 1844.

Cicero, M. T. The Life and Letters of. 8vo, 1839.

Canada, Upper. Annual Report of the Normal, Model and Common
Schools for 1851. 8vo, 1852.

California. Journal of the Legislature of 1852. 8vo.
California. Inaugural Address of the Governor of. 1852.
California. Governor's Special Message. 1852.

Cache, R. J. Address of. Svo, 1847.

1-1

Chandler, J. R. A Grammar of the English Language. 12mo, 1848.
Cicero, M. T. The Political Works of, comprising his Treatise on the
Republic, Laws, &c., translated by F. Barham. 2 vols. 8vo, 1841
Commerce and Navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
8vo, 1852.

Columbus, C. The Life of, illustrated by Tales, Sketches and Anecdotes.
12mo, 1851.

C

Colburn, W. Intellectual Arithmetic. 12mo, 1847.
Canada, Lower. Report of the Agricultural Society of. 8vo, 1852.
Common Schools. The Common School Journal.

1849.

Catalogues, Law. Svo.

Catalogues, Miscellaneous. 2 vols, 8vo.

11 vols. 8vo, 1838 to

Catalogue of the Library of Harvard University. 8vo, 1834.
Catalogue. H. Bossange. 8vo, 1845.

Catalogue. Thomas Cowperthwaite, &c. 12mo, 1851/ 2.or
Catalogue. Catalogus Senatus Academici in Universitate Harvardiana.
8vo, 1851.

California. The Statutes of, passed at the First Session. 4to, 1850.
California. Journal of the Senate and House, First Session. 8vo, 1850.
California. Report of the Debates in the Convention on the Formation
of the State Constitution. 8vo, 1850. B

California. The Statutes of, passed at the Second Session. 8vo, 1851.

Democratic State Convention. Proceedings of, held in Sacramento City.
8vo, 1850.

De Salme, J. S. The British Empire in Europe. 8vo, 1787.
Doctor and Student. 8vo, 1787.

Education. Report of Committee on, in Senate of California. By F.
Soule. 8vo, 1852.

English Constitution. Historical Essay on. 8vo, 1771.

F.

Fremont, Col.

Fowle, W. B.
Teachers.

Fowle, W. B.

Fowle, W. B.

Fowle, W. B.

Frait, John.

Notes of Travel in California. 8vq, 1849.

The Teachers' Institute, or Familiar Hints to Young 12mo, 1849.

An Elementary Geography. 12mo.

The Common School Speller. 12mo, 1851.

The Companion to Spelling Book. 12mo, 1850.
The American Speaker. 12mo, 1851.

Frait, John. A History of the United States for the Use of Schools and
Academies.

Follen, Chas. A Practical Grammar of the German Language. 1843.

Fables of Æsop, and others. 18mo, 1851.

12mo,

Finance. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. 8vo, 1849.
Florida. Acts to Establish a Common School System, and to Provide a
School Fund.

8vo, 1849.

G.

Girard College. Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of. Svo

Goldsmith's Natural History, abridged for the Use of Schools. 1850.

12mo,

Green, S. S. A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language.

12mo, 1851.

Green, S. S.

Good, J M.

First Lessons in Grammar. 12mo.

The Book of Nature. 8vo, 1836.

Guy's Elements of Astronomy, and an Abridgment of Keith's new Treatise on the Use of the Globes. 30th edition, 18mo, 1851.

Goodrich, C. A. The Child's History of the United States. 12mo, 1851. Graham, D. A Treatise on the Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts of Law and Equity. 8vo, 1839.

H.

Harper & Brother. Book List, 1852.

Henry, James. An Address upon Education and Common Schools.8vo, 1843.

Horatii, Q F.

Horatii, Q. F.
Historiæ Sacræ.

Holbrook, N. M.

The Child's First Book in Arithmetic. 12mo, 1850.