Statistics of Van Biemen's Land. HI 



of the youth of the Colony under education at schools 

 in 1848:— 



Children of both Sexes. 



In private Schools 26G8 



In Schools under the Penny-a-day' 



system 



In Government Schools under Board' 



of Education 



In Infant Schools 194 



In Queen's Orjphan Schools 460 



1813 

 1080 



Total 6214 



Considering also the large number^ especially girls, receiving 

 domestic instruction, the foregoing total displays an educa- 

 tion-power of immense influence upon the destinies of the 

 rising generation ; although there must obviously be, after 

 making every allowance, a considerable number of children 

 as yet destitute of all training. 



The next group, Nos. 24 to 27, form the Medical 

 Statistics of the Colony. Table 24 is a return of the Insane 

 under confinement at the New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum ; 

 the increase of patients, chiefly in the Convict class, being 

 8 per cent, upon the previous year. Table 25 shows the 

 number of Paupers treated in the various Convict Hospitals 

 during 1848, the expense of whom is defrayed by the 

 Colony ; the charge for each being at the rate of \s. per 

 diem. There are 629 in all, of whom 80 per cent, are 

 persons who have been Convicts. Table 26 is a classified 

 list of Diseases treated in the Colonial Hospitals during the 

 same period, the whole number being 3475, and the deaths 

 \^'6. By analysis of the several classes, we obtain the 



