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Scholarship is subject to the regulations of this 

 Council. 



The governmental appropriation in 1893 for col- 

 leges, grammar and elementary schools, was $151,- 

 891.22. Of this amount the common or elementary 

 schools received $97,753.15; pupil teachers, $5,610.84; 

 encouragement of teachers, $25,297.87; inspectors, 

 $6,060.00. 



The number of common schools in 1893 was as fol- 

 lows: Church of England, 194, with an attendance of 

 11,808; Church of Rome, 200, with an attendance of 

 10,265; Methodist, 144, with an attendance of 8,465; 

 Presbyterian, Congregational and others 10, with an 

 attendance of 296 making a total of 33,834 pupils 

 attending the common or elementary schools, which, 

 when added to the number of pupils attending the 

 different colleges, makes a grand total of 34,557 pupils 

 attending schools. 



