Have there been many instances of _theft_ among the scholars?
Not more than among any other class of children.
RESULTS.
Besides an attendance upon the various schools, we procured specific information from teachers, missionaries, planters, and others, with regard to the past and present state of education, and the weight of testimony was to the following effect: First, That education was by no means extensive previous to emancipation.

The testimony of one planter was, that not a _tenth part_ of the present adult population knew the letters of the alphabet.

Other planters, and some missionaries, thought the proportion might be somewhat larger; but all agreed that it was very small.

The testimony of the venerable Mr.Newby, the oldest Moravian missionary in the island, was, that such was the opposition among the planters, it was impossible to teach the slaves, excepting by night, secretly.

Mr.Thwaites informed us that the children were not allowed to attend day school after they were six years old.