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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,

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.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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