One of the schools is for coloured children, and contains 360 pupils.

There are 91 churches and 4 synagogues, and the population is thus classed--Jews, 3 per cent.; Roman Catholics, 35; Protestant, 62.

The Press is represented by 12 daily and 20 weekly papers.

From these statistics, dry though they may appear, one must confess that the means of education and religious instruction are provided for in a manner that reflects the highest credit on this "Queen City of the West." It is chiefly owing to the untiring perseverance of Mr.Longworth, that they have partially succeeded in producing wine.

As far as I could ascertain, they made about fifty thousand gallons a year.