TABLE XVI.-NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony in 1891.
Number of Children of local school-age (6 to 16 years) in the Colony, as per Census of 1891 :-
Boys, Girls,
.....
.15,748
.............................14,151
29,899*
Number of Scholars attending Public Schools under Government:-
Boys, Girls,
4,951
2,791
7,742
Private Schools :-
Boys,
1,706
Girls,
310
2,016
9,758
Remaining uneducated or imperfectly educated,
20,141
* NOTE. This uumber includes 7,601 Children (of school-going age) belonging to the boat population, viz.: 4,310 Boys and 3,291 Girls, and, at a rough estimate, about 2,000 purchased servant girls (of school-going age), of which two classes of children hardly any attend School at present.
E. J. EITEL, M.A., Ph. D. (Tubing.)
Inspector of Schools.
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