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ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS 
to dictation. In geography many of the scholars 
knew the ordinary divisions of the earth, its shape, 
diameter, circumference, and the names of the con- 
tinents, oceans, seas, gulfs, &c. &c. together with the 
general description of the inhabitants of each part, 
as to colour, &c. Of the girls, fourteen had been 
taught to sew, and have made upwards of fifty gar- 
ments for themselves, besides several shirts for 
Europeans. 
Mr. Klose receives as salary £33. per annum from 
the Government, and a remittance from his society 
at Dresden. The matron of the establishment also 
receives £20. from the Government. The average 
expense of provisions for each child per week, 
amounts to two shillings and ten pence. The cost 
of clothing each child per year is £2. Until very 
recently this school was taught in the native lan- 
guage ; but English is now adopted, except in 
lecturing from Scripture, when the native language 
is still retained. 
At Walkerville, about one mile from North 
Adelaide, another school has been established under 
the superintendence of Mr. Smith, since May, 1844. 
Up to October of the same year the average attend- 
ance of children had been sixty-three. In that 
short time the progress had been very satisfactory ; 
all the children had passed from the alphabetical 
to the monosyllabic class, and most had mastered 
the multiplication table ; eighteen could write upon 
the slate, and six upon paper; twelve girls had 
