...well looked after by their priests." As to the rest, he says, — " I believe that less than half of the whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen attend any Sunday-school, 'or do so only most irregularly. It is easy to infer what sort of hold the...

...in the State was 6,865, from 5,882 of which reports had been received in accordance with law ; that the whole number of children, between the ages of five and sixteen, residing in the State during the preceding year, was 380,000 ; and the total number of all ages taught...

...looked after by their priests." As to the rest, he says, — • " I believe that less than half of the whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen attend any Sunday-school, or do so only most irregularly. It is easy to infer what sort of hold the...

...thirty-five towns and wards (the whole number in the State) have made reports for the year 1833. There are nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-five school...hundred and thirty-four thousand and two; and the number insfructed in the common schools in 1833 was five hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty....

...school-house. This number is as nearly as possible the two-thirds of the number forty-six, which is the number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years in the school section ascertained in the manner required. This seems, in these regards, a compliance with...

...hand, the aggregate attendance of pupils at the Common Schools in the State of New York was larger than the whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years ; while in Upper Canada the whole number of children between those ages returned was 230,976, of whom...

...fund warrants the expectation that it will be about three thousand dollars annually hereafter. A plan will probably be adopted at the approaching session...hundred and thirty-four thousand and two, and the nums School district libraries were established by chapter 80, passed April 13. By chapter 260, passed...

...showing that the average time during which schools were kept open in these districts was eight months. The whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years, residing in the State, estimating those residing in the city of New York at 80,000, was 696,548 ; and...

...thirty-five towns and wards (the whole number in the State) have made reports for the year 1833. There are nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-five school...thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty. . . . The whole amount expended during the year 1833, on the common schools, cannot fall short of one million...

...been about eight months. The number of scholars instructed in the common schools, exceeds, by 4437, the whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen. From diis estimate the children instructed in the cities of New York and Albany are excluded, as an...