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 RELIGION AND INSTRUCTION

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Estimated population, December 31, 1910, 1,112,000.

The Results of the census of October, 1908, showed a population of 1,042,186 (530,008 males and 512,178 females). Of this total, 180,722 were foreigners, 62,357 being Italian, 54,885 Spanish, 27,789 Brazilian, 18,600 Argentine, 8,341 French, 1,324 British, 1,406 Swiss, 1,112 German, and 4,531 of other nationalities.

The population of Montevideo City in November, 1912, was 352,487. Of the other cities, Paysandu had 20,953 inhabitants; Salto, 19,788; Mercedes, 15,667.

Births, deaths, and marriages for five years. The births and deaths include still births : —

Years

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

Still-Births

Marriages

Deaths

Surplus of Births over Deaths

1,183 1,268 1,287 1,307 1,367

6,444 6,368 6,591

6,818

6,967

15,561

18,096

14,421

21,099

15,249

20,414

16,515

19,412

16,552

20,978

Of the living births in 1911, 9,823, or 26-3 per cent, were illegitimate. For five years the arrivals and departures by sea at Montevideo were : —

Immigrants Emigrants

1907

1908

1909

111,589 98,067

112,003

96,875

116,055 102,267

1910

122,514 108,769

1911

141,224 123,934

Of the immigrants landing in Montevideo in 1911, 16,605 were Spanish ; 15,319 Italian; 381 Brazilian; 1,519 French; 1,277 German; and 1,213 English.

Religion and Instruction.

The Roman Catholic is the State religion, but there is complete toleration. The Archbishop of Montevideo has 2 suffragan bishops. The 1908 census showed 430,095 Catholics, 12,283 Protestants, and 45,470 unspecified.

in 1908, the population over six years of age numbered 1,042,668 (861,583 Uruguayans and 181,085 foreigners), and the illiterates over six years of age numbered 350,547 (266,045 Uruguayans and 84,502 foreigners).

Primary education is obligatory. In 1911 there were 934 public schools with 82,441 enrolled pupils.

There is at Montevideo a university, with faculties of law, social sciences, medicine, mathematics, commerce, agriculture, and veterinary science. There are also a preparatory school and other establishments for secondary and higher education with 2,591 pupils. In 1910 the university had 112 professors, 530 regular students, and 661 pupils receiving secondary instruction. There are normal schools for males and for females. There is a school of arts and trades supported by the State where 185 pupils receive instruction gratuitously. At the military college, with 8 professors, there are 46 pupils. There are also many religious seminaries throughout the Republic with a considerable number of pupils.