, 1893-02-15

vember was 627, while, as stated above, the
lists taken up by the Police Showed 400.
This difference can be in part accounted for,
as 26 children attending Christiansteds Free
School but living outside the town are not on
the Police lists, as also 8 children who are
over school age. A comparison of the Police
list with the lists from the schools has further
shewn that Is children returned on the former
as attending no school all attended Christian
sted's Free School, as did also 3 children re-
turned as attending private schools. On the
other hand Is children eturned on the Police
list rs attending the Christiansteds Free
School were not found in that school for near
ly all of these Is children the Board has re-
ceived satisfactory explanations. When the
number in the Police lists is corrected in ac-
cordance with the above it gives Al, while
the school lists give a total of 1872. This diff
ference can no doubt, with regard to some of
the names. be satisfactorily explained, but in
many cases it will doubtless be found to arise
from want of care in filling up the list. This
point will receive further attention from the
Board.
. As regards the private schools, the number
226 includes some children between 5 and 6
years Of age as we'll as some over Is years,
and is therefore, III order to find out whether
it corresponds with the facts to be compared
AOb Will lQ0 nuu1D0E OL SUlIuTeu OF bCQOOl age
attending the private schools, but with the
total number Of children attending these
schools, which is 226. Notwithstanding that
this number is the same as that from the Police
lists, many differences are found when the
lists are compared. A detailed investigation
of t hese cases has been made, and most of the
discrepancies have be- II satisfactorily account
ed for.
II. In regard to the town of Frederiksted
The total number of Children returned on
the list taken up by the Police in November
was 602 in 1891, 500, which were entered on
the Police list in the following manner:
/. AS attending Frederiksted Free School $40
2. =" " private schools 251
3. " taught at home or by private
teaohers "A
4. " not receiving instruction 81
6O2
The total number Of children entered on the
lists Of. the Frederksted Free School at the
end of November. was 800, from which how.
sver must be deducted 63 children being be-
yond the limits Of the town and il omitted
from the Police lists rs over school age. When
these IA are deducted there remains 246 chill
dren whose names should appear on the Police
lists as attending Frederiksted Free School;
the actual number is 240 as stated above.
The total number of pupils returned on ihe
lists received from the private schools at the
CLOSE of the year was 322. of whom 20 lived III
the..country, 262 in the town. The number
according to the Police list, as stated above, is
25l.
A comparison of the lists similar to that
which has been made for Frederiksted, has
been commenced by the Inspector of Schools,
but is not yet completed, SO that the results of
the comparison cannot be stated.
III. In regard to the Country.
The total number of children on the list
taken up by the Police in the month Of Aa-
gust was l,129,. but of these, SO between 5
and 6 years Of age and 4 over 13 years of age
were not found in the School list.
The l,067 names remaining were entered on
the Police list as follows .
/. As attending the Country Schools 837
2" the public town schools SO
D." a." the private schools II
T." taught at home 8
o." not receiving instruction 80
1,067
The total number of bouHd scholars attend
ing the Country Schools on he 10Th of Sep
tembsr, after the children who had completed
their 18th year had been written off, was 800;
while according to the Police list it was, as
above stated, S37. a difference which for the