Note XXVII-76 — Chapter XXVII · CENTRAL AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. 1886.

In 1874 there were in the state 17 primary schools with 1,065 pupils. The numbers steadily increased till 1882, when the schools were 59 and the pupils 2,167. There were appropriated for supporting the schools in 1873 $14,191, and every year after there was an increase; the amount allowed in 1882 being $33,310, and in 1883 $63,962, the govt now becoming alive to the fact that the funds formerly supplied were insufficient, as appeared in the report of the educational bureau on Nov. 15, 1881. Pan., El Elector, May 1, 1883; Pan., Inf. Sec. Est., 1866; Id., Mensaje, 1872; Id., Mem. Sec. Est., 1876; Id., Informe Direct. Gen. Instruc. Púb., 1877-80; Id., Leyes, 1876-7, 26-32; Id., Mem. Sec. Gob., 1877; Id., Min. Sec. Gob., 1879; Pan., Boletin Ofic., May 28, 1863, to Sept. 8, 1869, passim; Id., Gaceta, July 28, 1870, to Feb. 20, 1881, passim; Colombia, Diario Ofic., Feb. 18, Aug. 14, 1874; Jan. 27, March 2, 1876.