176 



EIGHTH REPORT — 1838. 



The next subject is the Parochial Returns of Births, Deaths, and 

 Marriages. 



Average of the Annual Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in the different 

 Parishes of Cadiz, from the year 1827 to 1836 inclusive. 



EDUCATION. 



Return of the Establishments for Education in Cadiz, distinguishing Day 

 Scholars from Boarders and Males from Females, January, 1838. 



Total Males and Females 3,526 



The total number of children attending schools being 6*02 per cent, 

 of the population, or one in every 16*51 inhabitants ; and supposing the 

 children between 5 and 15 years of age to be 25 per cent, of the popu- 

 lation, or 14,631, the per-centage receiving instruction is only 1 in 

 4*13, or 24*1 per cent. — a proportion much below the lowest averages 

 yet ascertained in England, as Liverpool 47j per cent., and New- 

 castle 51^ per cent. But the 455 poor children receiving instruction 



