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TABLE XVI. NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony in 1892.

Estimated Number of Children of local school-age (6 to 16 years) in the Colony :-

Boys,

Girls,

.16,322

.14,665

30,987

Number of Scholars attending Public Schools under Government :—-

Boys,

Girls,

5,781

2,942

8.723

Number of Sebolars attending Private Schools, about :-

Boys,

Girls,

1,868

349

2,217

10,940

Remaining uneducated or imperfectly educated,...

20,047

373