STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

HIS EXCELLENCY, WM. B. BATE, ex officio President. DR. J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY, Secretary and Treasurer. HON. W. P. JONES, M.D., SUPT. FRANK M. SMITH, PROF. FRANK GOODMAN, HON. LEON TROUSDALE, HON. THOMAS H. PAINE.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

OFFICE OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT,

NASHVILLE, TENN., Dec. 15, 1886.

To His Excellency, WM. B. BATE, Governor of Tennessee :

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SIR-I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State for the scholastic year ending June 30, 1886.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

THOMAS H. PAINE,

State Superintendent of Public Instruction.