"For the last thirty-eight years I have been employed in this city in the tuition of children of all classes and colors, and have no hesitation in saying that the children of color are equal both in conduct and ability to the white. They have always carried off more than their proportion of prizes, and at one examination, out of seventy prizes awarded, sixty-four were obtained by children of color."
Mr. R. afterwards sent to us the table of the number of schools in Kingston, alluded to in the foregoing communication. We insert it here, as it affords a view of the increase of schools and scholars since the abolition of slavery.
1831.
| Schools. | Scholars. | |
| 2 | Wolmer's, | 403 |
| 1 | National, | 270 |
| 34 | Gentlemen's private, | 1368 |
| 40 | Ladies' do., | 1005 |
| 8 | Sunday, | 1042 |
| 85 | Total, | 4088 |
1832.
| Schools. | Scholars. | |
| 2 | Wolmer's, | 472 |
| 1 | National, | 260 |
| 31 | Gentlemen's private, | 1169 |
| 41 | Ladies' do., | 856 |
| 8 | Sunday, | 981 |
| 83 | Total, | 3738 |
1836.
| Schools. | Scholars. | |
| 2 | Wolmer's, | 527 |
| 3 | National, | 1136 |
| 3 | Mico, | 590 |
| 1 | Baptist, | 250 |
| 1 | Jamaica Union, | 120 |
| 31 | Gentlemen's private, | 1137 |
| 59 | Ladies' do., | 1339 |
| 9 | Sunday, | 1108 |
| By itinerant teachers and children. | 1500 | |
| 109 | Total, | 7707 |
1837.
| Schools. | Scholars. | |
| 2 | Wolmer's, | 502 |
| 3 | National, | 1238 |
| 4 | Mico, | 611 |
| 1 | Baptist, | 260 |
| 1 | Jamaica Union, | 200 |
| 34 | Gentlemen's private, | 1476 |
| 63 | Ladies' do., | 1525 |
| 10 | Sunday, | 1316 |
| By itinerant teachers and children. | 1625 | |
| 118 | Total, | 8753 |