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Bolivian population was receiving even elementary instruction. On the other hand 

 there are no less than five " universities," with a collective staff of 83 professors in 

 the three faculties of law, medicine and theology, and a total attendance of nearly 

 1,400 students, besides 16 secondary schools or colleges with over 2,000 pupils. 

 These are exclusive of a military school with a staff of nine professors maintained 

 by the government, which also contributes about £10,000 to the yearly support of 

 the public primary schools. 



Bolivia is divided into eight administrative departments, which are officially 

 called "provinces," and which, with their estimated areas and populations according 

 to various official returns between the years 1880 and 1888, will be found tabulated 

 in the Appendix. 



