TRANSACTIONS OP THE SECTIONS. 137 



The returns relative to the Roman Catholic schools were not received 

 in time to include them in the tabular statements, and are therefore to 

 be added to the numbers exhibited in the following abstract. In these 

 schools there are boys, 123 ; girls, 92 ; total 215 ; being an increase of 

 58 boys and 33 girls since 1821. The number of Roman Catholics in 

 Bristol at that period is estimated at 3000, at the present time it is above 

 5000 . The instruction is wholly gratuitous, and embraces book-keeping 

 and some of the practical mathematics. 



The population of Bristol and its suburbs (now incorporated in the 

 new borough) according to the census of 1831 was 104,378. 



Which number at the usual rate of increase (1^ per cent, per ann.) 

 would now amount to 112,438. 



The total number of schools of which returns have been obtained 

 is 128, of which there are. 



Scholars. Scholars. 



Day schools 51 with 4,130, of whom 1526 attend Sunday schools also. 



Infant...; 9 .. 1,124, 119 ditto. 



Sunday ..68 .. 11,108. 



128 16.362 



Deduct duplicates. . 1,645, leaves scholars 14,717. 



In both day and infant schools the number of boys is greater than 

 that of girls ; in the Sunday schools the proportions are reversed. 

 Of the 14,717 scholars: 



Scholars. Per cent, of Pop. 



Attend day or infant schools only .... 3609 3*20 



day or infant and Sunday schools 1645 1*46 



Sunday schools only 9463 8"42 



14,717 1308 



Thus it would appear that the number of children receiving instruc- 

 tion every day is only 35 70 per cent, of the total number under in- 

 struction, and 64 30 per cent, of that number receive only Sunday 

 instruction. 



On comparing the number of children under instruction in Bristol 

 and some other places of which we have accurate returns, the results 

 are as follow : 



