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STATISTICS. 



[Sect. XV. 



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given tor the performance of certain religious offices, such 

 .., Tuarriagc, baptisui, and burial ; and sometimes also 

 irom voluntary payments, or oiferlngs, in acknowledn-ment 

 for the instruction and consolation imparted. Nor will 



the cases bo rare in which several of these sources are 



to make up the income. It will be 



con? 





ed, in order 



more 



:isy to learn the number of the clergy, and to 

 ascertain the manner of their appointment, whether by 



election on t'^'^ part of the 



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or by nomination on 



the part of the government or of individuals ; and an esti- 

 mate may be made of their general incomes by observinr^ 

 the clam of the community among whom they usually live 

 upon a footing of eijuHbty. 



There is no subject which v?ill so well enable us to 

 judge concerning \hr- progress and probable ftiture con- 

 dition of any people, as the state and decree of instruction 



which is provided for the vouthful among tham. The 



inq uL cr will therefi:)re endeavour to learn, not only the 

 number of educational establish nients and of stiH^.^s 

 attending them, but also the nature and quality of the 

 instruction imparted ; the proportion of schools connected 

 in any way with the State, and of those established and 

 supi'-rted by private means. It will not be difficult to 



judge from observation, and also through conversation 

 witli the inhabitants, how far the means provided have 

 been effectual in fornier times in rendering the people 



•ost of 

 instruction should also be learned, and whether in any 

 and w'-' degree that cost is borne by the government ; 

 also whether any and what degree of proficiency in the 

 usual branches of knowledge is requisite to enable any 



intelligent and in warming their characters. The c 



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