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In 1797 only 393,126 children attended the primary schools of Spain 

 and these were very imperfect. 



Up to 1808 public education was entirely in the hands of the eccle- 

 siastics. 



Until 1838 there was scarcely any progress. 



In 1848 the number of pupils attending all the schools was 663,711. 



On January 1, 1861, the number was 1,046,558, as follows: Private 

 schools, superior, elementary and mixed, 3,800 with 134,383 scholars ; 

 public schools, same classes, 18,260, with 912,175 scholars. — Martin. 



It is believed that since 1861 the number of pupils has fully doubled. 

 For a summary of the extremely liberal provisions for public education 

 since 1861, consult U. S. Rep. Com. Education, 1871, p. 477. 



Wages. 



Years 1787-89. (Arthur Young.) Wages near Esparagara, spinners, six 

 cents a day ; carders, eleven cents ; lace-makers, nine cents and food. 

 Near Gerona, laborers twenty cents, without food. Near Barcelona, 

 laborers, twenty-five cents a day, without food ; highest, thirty-three 

 cents, lowest, twenty-two and a-half cents. 



Year 1864. (Com. ReL, 1865.) Wages in Bilboa, day laborer, 20c.@25c. ; 

 mechanics, 40c.@45c., without food. 



Year 1864. (Com. ReL, 1865.) Since 1854, a notable rise in wages in 

 Bilboa: Day laborers now, 55c(^70c. ; mechanics, 95c.((||1.25 without 

 food. 



Years 1869 to 1871. (Land Tenures, pp. 20, 24, 32, 38, 40, 45, 51 and 53. 

 Com. Rel., 1871, p, 1010.) The following table gives the wages current 

 in various provinces of Spain : 



Daily Wages of AGBicuLTURAii Laborers, without Food, 1870-1. 



* This last and probably unreliable line is from the O. R., 1871, p. 1010. The same 

 authority quotes mechanics' wages throughout Spain at 40@75 cents per day, -which 

 is undoubtedly below the truth. It states the working hours in summer at fourteen, 

 and in winter ten, which is probably correct. 



