Excerpt from Report Upon Public Schools and Education, in the State of Rhode Island: Made to the Legislature, January, 1854 The beneficiaries of this State have been sent to the Per ltins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, at Boston. The charge at that Institution is $160 per annum, which covers board, washing, medicine, use of books, musical instruments, and all expenses except clothing and travelling expenses. Pupils must be under fifteen when admitted, and of good character; free from epilepsy or any contagious dis ease and the friends of the applicant are required to answer certain queries respecting his age, and the cause and degree of his blindness, and to furnish an obligation that when dis charged he shall be removed without expense to the Institu tion. If possible, pupils should be taught the letters before going to the Institution. Books in raised letters for the blind can be procured there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.