460 XATIVK EDL't ATIOX 1 X THE TKANSKEl. 



were J4i\en no real hardship wuulcl be ex]jerienee<l from such a 

 condition. 



Up to the present we ha\e been so bu>\ copino^ with the 

 problem of prt)\idino- accommodation that we have hardly 

 stopped to enquire what kind of buildings was being i)rovided 

 — the day is now come tor us to deal with this matter. 



(c) CrowtJi in Number of Schools. — In order to illustrate 

 the growth in the number of schools let us glance for a mcjment 

 at the available statistics. In Cape Province there were 120 

 non-European schools in 1854, 'i^yj i'l 1894. 1,265 in 1904. 1,830 

 in 1914, and 1.842 in 1916. If we consider the 24 year period 

 of Sir Thomas .Muir's regime, and taking into account abori- 

 gines' schools onl\-, we hnd that there were 2^}^ in 1892, 770 in 

 1907, 940 in 1913, and 1.007 ''^ 1916. An examination of the 

 figures will show an increase i>f 182 per cent, in 15 years to 

 J907, and of 268.5 P^i' ^'^i^t. in the 24 )ear ])eriod to date. 



In connection with the enrolment for the years 1892, 1907. 

 and 1916, we find that the 15,193 grows to 45,936 at the middle 

 date. re])resenting an increase of 202 per cent., and by 1916 the 

 enrolment is 65.45(; — an increase of 431 per cent. With these 

 figures before us we are able to get a fair idea of the rate (^f 

 progress which may reasonably be expected. 



(/) Denominational Control of Schools. — The next point 

 is to show to what extent the \arious Churches and Missionar\' 

 Societies control Xati\e Education, and once more it is neces- 

 sary to resort to the Superintendent-Ceneral's .\nnual Report 

 (1914). How few schools are managed apart from Missionaries 

 may be observed under the heading of " other " in the accom- 

 panving Tabic. 



Taiu.k III. 



{No)i-I:nropean.) 



Dcnoininalional Schools. .Schools. Pupils. 



Wesleyan 672 49-443 



Anglican 415 31,667 



Presbyterian — 



1. South African Church .. 151 9,223 



2. V.F. Church of Scotland.. 124 8,986 



Independent 109 7,7^7 



l^utch Reformed Church /2 6,290 



Moravian 6S 537^ 



Roman Catholic _|o 3.097 



Ik'rlin Mission 31 2,595 



I^>ench bA angelical 26 2,o8o 



Rhenish Mission 17 2,510 



I^)ndon Missionarx Societ\ .... 12 762 



Bai)tist . ".....' 8 363 



South Africa (ieneral Mission ... 6 2H/ 



Salvation .\rmy 5 330 



Lutheran 1 39 



Other 44 4,427 



1,801 135,444 



