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MAYOR'8 ANNUAL REPORT. 253be able to find room with the present capacity of thecolored schools.The great pressure upon the schools for severalyears has made it necessary in many instances tosustain very large classes, and to tax the characterof the teacher's work to the limit of reasonable em>ciency. There is a limit in the number of pupils forsatisfactory work even for the best teachers. Whenthis limit is passed good results are impossible. Withclasses numbering from thirty to forty-five the bestwork can be done, but in no case should the numberof pupils to one teacher exceed fifty.In the provisional arrangements for the work ofthe ensuing year, care has been taken to remedy theevils of overcrowded classes as far as practicable, andin consequence much better results are made possible.The opening of the new Thirty-eighth StreetSchool and the restoration and enlargement of ChathamAcademy will make it necessary to change thedistrict lines to secure a proper distribution of thechildren. Before the close of the schools in .June Iobtained the necessary data to enable us to determinethe district lines with reasonable certainty.From a careful study of all the facts and conditionsit appears that Charlton street lane, instead ofLiberty street lane, as at present, should be thesouthern boundary of Chatham Academy district,and that Gwinnett street lane, instead of Boltonstreet lane, as at present, should be the dividing linerespectively between Barnard and Henry, and Massieand Anderson, Whitaker as formerly separatingthese districts from north to south. The boundaries