Note XXX-14 — Chapter XXX · INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT. 1800-1887.

In 1875 there were 333 primary schools for boys, 50 for girls, 23 mixed, 29 high schools, one normal for males and one for females, one telegraphic, one lithographic, and one academy of fine arts. The appropriations for teachers in 1874 were nearly $69,000. It must be also remarked that many are teaching without compensation to benefit their country. Secondary and higher instruction are free. The primary is uniform, gratuitous, and obligatory. Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 202, 206, 282.