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Luke (S. Naparima) ; St. Stephen (Savannah Grande). County 

 of St. Patrick Christ Church (Trois and Oedros) ; St. Matthew 

 (Oropouclie and La Bred). County of St. Andrew St. 

 Bartholomew. 



The Catholic parishes are as under : County of St. George 

 Port of Spain, San Juan, St. Joseph, Arouca, Armia, Caroni, 

 Santa Cruz, Maraval, Diego Martici, Carenage. County of 

 Caronia Chaguanas, Couva. County of St. David Toro and 

 Blanchivense. County of Victoria San Fernando, Pointe-a- 

 Pierre, Savannah Grande. County of St. Patrick Siparia and 

 Oropouche, La Brea, Erici, and Cedros. County of Mayaro 

 Mayaro. 



Some of these parishes are extensive, and yet, in many cases, so 

 difficult is the communication between their different parts, that 

 it is a matter of impossibility for the most zealous and robust 

 clergyman fully to attend to his multifarious duties ; as a conse- 

 quence, not only is religious instruction almost utterly, because 

 unavoidably, neglected, but it may be said that too many, in those 

 districts, live and die like heathens. 



EDUCATION. During the period of slavery, a few private 

 teachers, of the lowest standard in point of qualification, were 

 employed in instructing the children of the free classes. After 

 the passing of the Act of Emancipation in the year 1834 

 schools were established in several districts, with the aid of funds 

 bequeathed by Lady Mico for educational purposes ; but they were 

 soon afterwards broken up. Other schools were then projected 

 in connection with the Anglican and Romish churches, and 

 under the auspices of the local government : but the system of 

 tuition not being based upon any comprehensive or practical plan, 

 and being conducted with few exceptions by incompetent 

 persons, proved very inefficient. There may, however, be 

 mentioned, among such exceptions, several which were found in 

 Port of Spain, and especially those supported by the board of 

 the town council. 



The adoption of a general and liberal system of primary in- 

 struction had become necessary since emancipation, not only to 

 eradicate the ignorance so deeply rooted in the soil of slavery, but 

 also to impart a knowledge of the English language to a popula- 

 tion of foreign origin. This, Lord Harris perceived at once ; and 

 in the year 1851, the following resolutions were, on his proposi- 



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