INSTRUCTION
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The mimber of adherents of the different churches in the various provinces, accordinc? to the census of 1899 and 1909, was as folloAvs : —
Provinces
Dutch Reformed
Other Protestant
R. Cath. Church
Jansenists
Jews
Other or
no
creeds
N. Brabant . .
51,051
16,331
551,576
21
1,784
1,316
Guelders . . .
339,869
52,170
226,070
361
5,171
15,961
South Holland .
749,270
195,800
334,064
2,230
18,733
'.•0,647
North Holland .
442,425
172,271
307,199
5,425
64,426
115,947
Zealand . . .
125,857
31,098
58,974
14
381
16,191
Utrecht . , .
147,704
36,l'.tl
92,478
1,939
1,390
8,812
Fricsland . . .
192,685
93,645
25,273
6
1,284
46,659
Overyssel . . .
212,720
46,424
102,139
14
4,401
17,182
Groningen . .
197,655
72,158
20,305
33
5,686
32,208
Drenthe . .
125,128
28,039
10,654
31
2,186
7,280
Limburg . . .
8,872
2,059
324,153
8
960
955
1899 .
2,471,021
598,111
1,790,161
8,754
103,988
132,102
1009 .
2,588,261
746,186
2,053,021
10,082
106,309
353,158
The government of the Reformed Church is Presbyterian. At the end of 1911 the Dutcli Reformed, Walloon, English Presbyterian, and Scotch Churches had 1 Synod, 10 provincial districts, 44 classes, and 1,360 parishes. Their clergy numbered about 1, 636. Ten other Protestant bodies had about 250 churches and about 260 clergymen. The Roman Catholic Church had one archbishop (of Utrecht), 4 bishops, 1,127 churches, and about 2,400 clergy- men. The Jansenists had 1 archbishop, 2 bishops, 27 churches, and 28 clergymen. The Jews had about 169 parishes.
Instruction.
Public instruction (primary) is given in all places where needed, religious convictions being respected. Instruction is obligatory ; the school age is from 6 to 13.
In 1806, and more expressly in 1848, secular instruction was separated from religious or sectarian instruction. By the Act of 1887 public instruc- tion is diminished and a greater share in the education of the youths left to private instruction, which is now largely supported by the State. The cost of public primary instruction is borne jointly by the State and the communes, the State contributing to the salaries of the teachers and being responsible for 25 per cent, to the costs of founding or purchasing schools. The Act is supplemented by Act of 1901 and 1905.
The following table is taken from the Government returns for 1910-11 :
Institutions
Staff IPupils or Students
Universities (public) 1 . Technical University Classical schools Schools for the working people Navigation schools . Middle class schools Elementary Schools :
Public
Private
Infant Schools :
Public
Private
4,128 2
1,235
2,318
35,854 852
14,941
1 Leiden, Utrecht, Groningen, Amsterdam. 2 Under which 686 female students.
