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sity, with its two affiliated colleges, one attached to the Church of England and the 

 other to the Presbyterian Church. There are, besides, two Roman Catholic colleges, 

 two \Vesleyan colleges, and one, which is conducted by the Presbyterian Church, for 

 ladies, the Scotch College, and numerous grammar schools and private educational 

 establishments of a high character ; while the schools controlled directly by the State 

 furnish gratuitous instruction to upwards of two hundred and thirty thousand children 

 of both sexes, irrespective of the Roman Catholic schools maintained independently 

 of the Government ; and of the Sunday schools connected with the principal places 

 of worship belonging to the various denominations. The number of State schools 

 in the colony on the 3ist of December, 1887, was one thousand nine hundred and 

 eleven. Of these nineteen were night schools. The number of children enrolled during 

 this year was two hundred and thirty thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, of whom 

 one hundred and nineteen thousand five hundred and fifty-nine were boys, and one 

 hundred and eleven thousand three hundred and twenty-three were girls. The average 

 attendance was one hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred and sixty-three. The 

 educational staff of the State system numbers four thousand two hundred and ninety-six 

 persons ; of whom one thousand three hundred and seventy-one males, and five hundred 

 and nine females, were enrolled as head teachers ; one hundred and seventy-one males 

 and six hundred females, assistant teachers; five hundred and twenty-eight work-mistresses; 

 and two hundred and nine males and nine hundred and eight females, pupil teachers. 

 On the same date the private schools of all kinds throughout the colony numbered 

 seven hundred and forty-nine, and had one thousand eight hundred and twelve teachers, 

 and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-three scholars. This included the six 

 colleges and grammar schools, with sixty-two masters or professors, and one thousand and 

 eighty-six pupils. 





