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TABLE XVI.-NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony, in 1895. Estimated Number of Children of local school-age (6 to 16 years) in the Colony, in 1893 :-

Boys,.

Girls,.

16,448

.14,586

31,034

Number of Scholars in Schools of all descriptions in 1893:-

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Government Schools,

2,088

268

2,356

Grant-in-Aid Schools,.

3,256

2,994

6,250

Kaifong Schools,.....

2,533

63

2,596

Unclassed Schools,

392

529

921

12,123

Uneducated or imperfectly educated Children in the Colony,.

.18,911

E. J. EITEL, Ph. D. (Tub.),

Inspector of Schools and Head of the

Education Department.