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families. Under the conduct of masters from the above, there are 

 at present twenty-two ward schools, with a total of 1,246 pupils, 

 namely : 



County of Saint George. San Juan, 65 ; Upper Caroni, 13 ; 

 St. Joseph, 60 ; Maranas, 24 ; Tacarigua, 76 ; Santa Cruz, 23 ; 

 Arouca, 88; Diego Martici, 57; Arima, 36. 



County of Victoria, North Naparima. Village of Saint 

 Joseph, 60 ; Savannah Grande, 60 ; the Mission, an Indio- 

 American Settlement, 146 ; Village of St. Magdalene, 48. 



South Naparima. Victoria village, 61 ; Rambert village, 35. 



County of Saint Patrick. Oropouche, 56 ; Cedros, 37 ; 

 Guapo, 35. 



County of Caroni. Chaguanas, 70 ; Savonetta, 64 ; 

 Couva, 92. 



County of Mayaro. Mayaro, 40. 



Out of these 1,246 pupils, 350 are girls, and 896 boys. Besides 

 these ward schools, there are, in Port of Spain, two public schools 

 maintained by the borough council ; one for boys, with 74, and 

 the other for girls, with 45 pupils ; one also in connection with the 

 Church of England, with 34 boys ; and an infant school, with 100 

 children ; 94 boys, and girls, 51. In addition to these, are two 

 girls' schools, instituted and maintained by the sisterhood of St. 

 Joseph, with 300, and one boys' school, supported by the Catholic 

 bishop, with 190 pupils : in the three latter are taught reading, 

 writing, the four primary rules of arithmetic, and the church 

 catechism, to which, for the girls, are added needle and fancy 

 work. All the above schools may be said to be gratuitous esta- 

 blishments, for the instruction of the children of the poorer classes. 

 There are, besides, several private institutions, in which is afforded 

 an education superior to that which can be acquired at the public 

 foundations. 



In the year 1836, two seminaries were established in Port of 

 Spain, under the patronage of the then Catholic bishop, the Right 

 Reverend Dr. Macdonnell. The first of these, called St. George's 

 College, receives boys from all parts of the island, and in it the 

 English, French, and even Spanish languages are taught, as also 

 the elements of the Latin and Greek, with history, geography, the 

 mathematical sciences, and the Catholic doctrines. It is a day- 

 school, under the superintendence of Catholic clergymen. There 

 are at present 57 pupils ; the charges being four dollars per month. 



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