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DOMESTIC MANNEBS OF THE PfiüSSIANg.
at the same time, that there is 1 idiot to every 15 souls
througliout the country?
of age. The educational returns of the same period show us, on the other hand,that the number of children receiving instruction througliout the kingdom was, inround numbers, 2,300,000 ; so that, according to this Statement, there wouldappear to be about 600,000 children of the above ages receiving no instruction.As a set-off, however, it is urged that some children are in too delicate a State ofhealth to begin their education at so early a period, whilst others have fmishedit at their 12th or 13th year. Again, the return does not include the attendanceat the first-class academies, as " gymnasiums, lyceums," &c.; so that, makingallowance for all these circumstances, it is said that every child born within thelimits of the Prussian territory—witii the exception of a few districts in Posen—may be considered to be " educated."
Thefollowing table, exhibiting the comparative State of education in Holland,Belgium, France, and Prussia, has been compiled from the returns of 1836 :—■
Kiugdom.
France (1832)Belgium (1835)Holland (1835)Prussia (1831)
Population.
32,569,2234,165,9532,528,387
12,726,823
No. ofSchools.
42,0925,5632,832
22,612
No. ofPupils.
1,968,200411,543304,459
2,045,204
No. of Pupils
to every 100of Population.
7-7
9-712-0161
The subjoined Statement shows the per-centage of scholars to the population
in various parts of Europe and America, between the years 1830 and 1835 :—
No. of Pupils toevery 100 ofPopulation.
State of Maine (1833)......... 33-3
„ NewHampsliire(1833) 333
., New York (1834) ... 27'7
,, Massachusetts (1833) 25-0
„ Vermont (1831)...... 25'0
„ Ohio (1833) ......... 25-0
,, New Jersey............ 20-0
Canton of Zürich (1832)...... 20-0
,, Argovia (1832) ... 18-8
Saxony (1834) .................. 18-2
Bohemia (1833) ............... 17'5
Prussia (1831) .................. 16-6
Canton of Vaud (1834) ...... 16-6
Duchy of Baden (1830) ...... 16-6
Province of Drenthe (1835)... 166
,, Overyssel (1835) 16'1
No. of Pupils toevery 100 ofPopulation.
Canton of Neufchatel (1832) 156
Province of Friesland (1835) 147
Wurtemberg (1830)............ 143
Denmark (1834) ............... 14-3
Norway (1834).................. 14'3
Bavaria (1831).................. 12-5
Holland (1835).................. 12-0
Pennsylvania .................. ll'l
Switzerland (1834) ............ ll'l
Austria (1832).................. 10-
Belgium (1835) ............... 97
England (1833) ............... 90
Scotland (1834) ............... 9 0
Lombardy (1832)............... 7-9
Ireland (1831) .................. 7'6
France (1834) ................. 7'5
Since the date of the above returns, the proportion of scholars in England has