536 Report S.A.A. Advancement of Science. 



The Director of Education in the Orange River Colony in his 

 Report for the year ending June, 1905, writes : " The census which 

 was taken during the year shows that there are in the Colony 37,000 

 children of school-going age, i.e., from 5 to 14. The total number 

 attending Government Schools on the 30th June, as already stated, 

 was 15,577. The numbers attending private schools containing 

 more than ten pupils, all of which are supposed to be registered, 

 appear to be about 1,000. This means that over 20,000, or more than 

 one-half of the school population, receive no instruction, except such 

 as may be given by parents or by older brothers and sisters." 



In Rhodesia about 700, or one-half the number of children of 

 school-going age, are receiving no instruction in Government or private 

 schools. 



Summarising the foregoing, we find that the approximate 

 number of children of school-going age not attending any school in 

 Cape Colony is 40,000; in Natal, 4,000; in Transvaal, 25,000; in 

 Orange River Colony, 20,000 ; in Rhodesia, 700, making a total for 

 South Africa of 89,700. 



