For the results produced by these establishments, the average attendance of the schools of navigation, and the number of sailors, who have become captains or boatswains, we refer to the following tables.
Number of sailors who have attended the schools of hydrography from 1849 to 1866; of candidates who have obtained the rank of “captain” for sea voyages, or “boatswain” for the coasting trade.
AC (of the sea voyage.) Captains.
AB (of the coasting trade.) Boatswains.
| Scholastic Year. | NUMBER OF SAILORS. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils of the Schools. | ADMITTED AS | |||
| AC | AB | Total. | ||
| 1849-50 | 1,307 | 163 | 331 | 494 |
| 1850-51 | 1,347 | 187 | 369 | 556 |
| 1851-52 | 1,344 | 156 | 325 | 481 |
| 1852-53 | 1,324 | 168 | 317 | 485 |
| 1853-54 | 1,255 | 208 | 292 | 500 |
| 1854-55 | 999 | 151 | 178 | 329 |
| 1855-56 | 1,116 | 148 | 182 | 330 |
| 1856-57 | 1,804 | 253 | 493 | 746 |
| 1857-58 | 1,907 | 252 | 426 | 678 |
| 1858-59 | 1,568 | 258 | 354 | 612 |
| 1859-60 | 1,525 | 234 | 278 | 512 |
| 1860-61 | 1,424 | 253 | 263 | 516 |
| 1861-62 | 1,422 | 213 | 244 | 457 |
| 1862-63 | 1,424 | 229 | 252 | 481 |
| 1863-64 | 1,571 | 279 | 276 | 555 |
| 1864-65 | 1,410 | 309 | 260 | 569 |
| 1865-66 | 1,205 | 270 | 278 | 548 |
| —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Total, | 23,952 | 3,731 | 5,118 | 8,849 |
| Ann. average, | 1,409 | 219 | 301 | 520 |
Ports where schools of hydrography are established, with the average number of pupils who annually attend every school, collected from official documents since the year 1849.
| Ports. | Number of pupils. |
|---|---|
| Dunkerque, | 58 |
| Calais, | 8 |
| Boulogne, | 7 |
| Saint-Valerie-sur-Somme, | 21 |
| Dieppe, | 11 |
| Fécamp, | 24 |
| Le Havre, | 39 |
| Rouen, | 5 |
| Honfleur, | 11 |
| Caen, | 19 |
| Cherbourg, | 70 |
| Granville, | 37 |
| Saint-Main, | 116 |
| Saint-Brieuc, | 30 |
| Paimpol, | 28 |
| Morlaix, | 19 |
| Brest, | 74 |
| Douarnenez, | 9 |
| L’Orient, | 94 |
| Vannes, | 34 |
| Le Croisic, | 27 |
| Saint-Nazaìre, | 24 |
| Nantes, | 77 |
| Les Sables-d’Olonne, | 37 |
| La Rochelle, | 11 |
| Rochefort, | 86 |
| Blage, | 27 |
| Bordeaux, | 50 |
| Bayonne, | 17 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz, | 16 |
| Narbonne, | 29 |
| Ogde, | 42 |
| Cette, | 24 |
| Arles, | 16 |
| Martigues, | 13 |
| Marseille, | 50 |
| La Ciotat, | 8 |
| Toulon, | 72 |
| Saint-Tropez, | 20 |
| Antibes, | 16 |
| Nice, | 9 |
| Bastia, | 30 |