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of 2,00Q inhabitants, one-third, however, of all schools to be public. Superior schools 

 were provided by the law in each town of 10,000 inhabitants or more, though they could 

 be established in towns of less population if thought advisable by the municipal authori- 

 ties. Kindergarten and night and Sunday schools were also provided for in all towns 

 of 10,000 inhabitants or more, and a normal school for the education of teachers in the 

 capital of each province, with at least one school in Havana for the education of the 

 deaf, dumb and blind. Secondary education was provided for by the establishment of 

 institutes, one in the capital of each province. These were maintained by provincial 

 funds, and were under the immediate supervision of the provincial deputations. The 

 course in these institutes covered five years, and included Spanish or Latin grammar, the 

 elements of rhetoric and poetry, outlines of geography, of universal history, the history 

 of Spain, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, plane trigonometry, elements of physics and 

 chemistry, outlines of natural history, psychology, logic, moral philosophy, physiology, 

 hygiene and elements of agriculture. For admission to these schools it was necessary to 

 pass an examination in the complete course furnished in the primary schools which we 

 have mentioned. Special instruction was furnished in these institutions in linear, topo- 

 graphic, ornamental and figure drawing, in the outlines of theoretical and practical 

 agriculture, in industrial mechanics and chemistry as applied to the arts, topography, 

 measures of area, and construction of plans, in commercial arithmetic and bookkeeping, 

 accounts and correspondence, commercial transactions, outlines of political economy, 

 commercial and industrial legislation, physical geography and commercial statistics, 

 Enghsh, German and Italian languages, and shorthand. Upon the completion of the 

 general course of studies in these institutions, the pupils were to receive the degree of 

 A.B., and were eligible to the University of Havana. Those who had taken the special 



