Note 5 — PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Reading edition
This school was located in the same building as the nautical school, and was established July 15, 1839 at the request of the board of trade, which had presented its petition to this effect, October 1, 1838. The report of 1883 shows a total enrolment of 562 pupils in double entry bookkeeping for the years 1866–72, with a graduation of 91; and an enrolment of 228 for the study of English, with a graduation of 57. See Census of Philippines, iii, p. 614; and Montero y Vidal, Historia, iii, p. 30. ↑