Sweden, " 5-1/2
Saxony, " 6
Prussia, " 6-1/4
Norway, " 7
Great Britain, " 8-1/2
Actually receiving instruction, " 7
Ireland, 1 in 14
Belgium, " 8-1/2
France, " 10-1/2
Austria " 13-3/4
Holland, " 14-3/4
Greece, " 18
Russia, " 50
Portugal, " 81
Spain, Not known.

FREE COLORED POPULATION--UNITED STATES.

Maine, 1 in 5
Rhode-Island, " 6-1/2
Massachusetts, " 6-1/4
New-Hampshire, " 7
Vermont, 1 in 8
Connecticut, " 6
Pennsylvania, " 8
New-York, " 9

It may be seen, by the foregoing table, that a thorough system of
education for the masses requires that one third of the aggregate
population should be kept at school for a goodly portion of the year.