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those who are dieted by their parents. The average charges for 

 the former may be estimated at 200 dols., and for the latter at 

 120 dols., a year. Day scholars pay from three to four dollars 

 per month. 



The Seminary of Saint Joseph may be regarded as a blessing 

 to the colony, and certainly is an institution unique in the British 

 West Indies. Unaided as it is, it supplies gratuitous education — 

 consisting of reading, writing, Scripture history, the four rules 

 of arithmetic, needlework, and the Church catechism — to more 

 than 300 poor girls yearly. The Saint Joseph nuns, at present, 

 keep six girls' assisted schools. 



Connected with the subject of education, I should mention 

 here the " Public Library/'' formed in the year 1851. It is 

 supported by the Colonial Government and private subscriptions. 

 The terms are moderate, the subscription being only £1 sterling 

 per annum. 



The library is under the control of a Committee of Manage- 

 ment, chosen by the Governor and the subscribers, in the propor- 

 tion of one member to every £50 of contribution. The stock of 

 books consists of 10,500 volumes, English and French. There 

 are besides a few Spanish works, also maps, periodicals, and 

 reviews. In the year 1856, the stock of books consisted of 2,887 

 volumes; increase in twenty-three years, 7,613. 



The library is open from seven to ten in the morning, and 

 rom eleven to six o'clock in the evening. The regulations may 

 considered as very liberal. 



Of the " press " I have very little to say. There are at 

 resent published in the colony, besides " The Royal Gazette/' 

 ve weekly papers: "The Port-of-Spain Gazette/' "The San Fer- 

 ando Gazette/' " The New Era," " The Palladium," and "The 

 Fair Play " ; bi-weekly paper, « The Chronicle." " The San- 

 jFernando Gazette " is issued in that town ; the others in Port-of- 

 ppain. The Trinidad " Official and Commercial Register and 

 Mmanac," which is published yearly, is a very useful and credit- 

 able compilation. 



Chime.— This is a subject the examination of which is of 

 ;*reat importance, and particularly so in an island wherein is con- 

 gregated such an admixture of so many different races, and in 

 yhich there exists such a diversity of religious creeds. But this 

 xamination is, at the same time, replete with difficulty, inasmuch 



