From the Barbadian of Dec. 1.
Barbados.--Comparative Table, exhibiting the number of Complaints preferred against the Apprentice population of this Colony, in the months of August, September and to the 15th of October, 1838; together with the Complaints charged against Free Labourers of the same Colony, during the months of August, September and to the 15th of October, 1838. The former compiled from the Monthly Journals of the Special Justice of the Peace and the latter from the Returns of the Local Magistracy transmitted to his excellency the Governor
APPRENTICESHIP.
Total of Complaints vs. Apprentices from the
| 1st to 31st August 1837. | 1708 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 30th September | 1464 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 15th October | 574 |
| Grand Total | 3746 |
Total number of Apprentices punished from the
| 1st to 31st August | 1608 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 31th September | 1321 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 15th October | 561 |
| Grand Total | 3490 |
Total compromised, admonished and dismissed
| 1st to 31st August | 105 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 30th September | 113 |
| Ditto from the 1st to 15th October | 38 |
| Total | 256 |
| Deficiency in compromised cases in 1837 comparatively with those of 1838 | 158 |
| Grand Total | 414 |