TABLE II. Showing the number of alumni and the number of ministers at the above mentioned colleges in four distinct periods, between the first settlement of the country and the year 1810.

*For 18 years of this period no college was in existence. Harvard was not established till 1638.

Remarks. From the above table it appears that the proportion of liberally educated young men in this country who have entered the ministry has been continually diminishing for the last century. For the first century after the landing of our forefathers at Plymouth, more than one half of all the young men who were educated at our colleges entered the ministry. For the next period of 50 years the proportion was only one third. From 1770 to 1810 it was only one fifth; and during the last 10 years of this period only one sixth. Within a few years the number of students preparing for the ministry has very much increased, owing to the efforts of Education societies.

Questions. 1. What proportion of those who graduated at our principal colleges, previous to 1720, entered the ministery? 2. What proportion, of those who graduated between 1720 and 1770? 3. What proportion, of those who graduated between 1770 and 1810? 4. What proportion, of those who graduated between 1800 and 1910?

MISCELLANEOUS.

TABLE I. Showing the net revenue from the customs paid by each state in 1816; the number of representatives in Congress, to which each state is entitled, and the number of militia in 1821.

Remarks. The revenue from the customs is paid in those ports where the goods are first landed. Tennessee, Kentucky, &c. pay no revenue, because they are interior states and have no ports. New-York pays a great revenue, because the goods consumed in New-York, half of New-Jersey, and the western half of New-England are first landed in the city of New-York. Goods to a considerable amount are also transported coast-wise from New-York to the southern states. The goods consumed in the western states pay duties in Philadelphia, Baltimore, New-Orleans, &c.

Questions. 1. What proportion of the revenue from the customs in 1816 was paid by New-York? 2. What proportion, by

Years.

Pennsylvania? 3. What proportion, by Massachusetts? 4. What proportion, by Maryland? 5. Why does New-York pay so much more than the other states? 6. Why was there no revenue from the western states? 7. Where do the goods consumed in the western states pay duties? 8. Which state has the greatest number of representatives in Congress? 9. Which, next? 10. Which, next? 11. Mention all the states which have more than 10 representa

tives.

TABLE II. Of the Post-office establishment, showing the num her of post-offices, the amount of postages, the compensation to post masters, the cost of the transportation of the mail, the incidental expenses, the nett revenue of the establishment, and the extent of post roads in miles, for each year from 1790 to 1818.

Dols. 22,081

Dols.

Miles.

5,795 1,875

46,294 10,312

3,092

23,293

9,597 1,905

1792

195

5,282

1793

209

.

67,444 16,518 32,731| 12,913 5,642 104,747 21,646 5,660 44,734| 32,707 5,642 128,947 17,156 9,812 53,005 38,974 11,934 160,620 30,27212,262 75,359| 42,727|13,207 468 195,067 35,730 14,353 81,489 63,495 13,207 554 213,998 47,109 13,623 89,382 63,884 16,180 639 232,997 56,035 16,035 107,014 53,893 16,180 1799 677 264,846 63,958 14,605 109,475 76,808 16,180, 1800 903 280,804 69,243 16,107123,644 66,810 20,817| 1801 1,025 320,443 79,338 23,363 | 152,450 65,292 22,303| 1802 1,114 327,045 85,587|21,658 174,671, 45,129 25,315 351,823 93,170 24,084 205,110 29,459 25,315 389,450|107,716|24,231 205,555 51,948 29,556 421,373 111,552 26,180 239,635 44,006 31,076| 446,106 119.785 25,895 267,893 32,533 33,431 479,763 129,041 32,093 292,751| 24,878|33,755 460,564 128,653 28,676 | 305,499 |

1803 1,258
1804 1,405
1805 1,558
1806 1,710
1807 1,848
1808 1,944
1809 2,012
1810 2,300
1811 2,403
1812 2,610

1813

34,035

508,634 141,579 23,516 332,917 8,622 34,035 551,684 149,438 18,565 327,966 55,715 36,40€ 587,247 159,244 20,689 319,166 88,148|36,400 649,208 177,422 22,117 340,626 109,043 39,378; 703,155 221,848 20,605 | 438,559 | 22,143|39,540 730,380 234,354 17,170 | 475,602 3,244 41,735 3,000 1,043,065 241,901 18,441 | 487,779 294,944 | 43,966| 1816 3,260 961,782 265,544 16,508 521,970 157,760|43,976| 1817 3,459 1,002,973 303,916 23,410 589,189 86,458 51,600 1818 3,618

1814

1815

Remarks. From the table it appears that the number of postoffices, the amount of postages, and the extent of pest roads bas increased about thirty-fold in thirty years. This great increase in the extent of the post roads has been one cause of the rapid improvement of our country. Much of the commercial prosperity of nations is owing to the despatch and safety of well regulated post-office establishments.

The post-office establishment was not intended originally as a source of revenue to the government, and as the amount of pos tages bas increased, nearly all the surplus has been employed in the extension of the post routes, and the establishment of new post-offices. In December, 1814, however, the rates of postage were increased 50 per cent, and the revenue of 1815 was in conséquence, very considerable. In February, 1816, the postage was restored to the former rates.

Questions. 1. How much has the amount of postages and the extent of post roads increased since 1790? 2. In what year was the nett revenue from the post-office establishment the greatest? 3. What was the occasion of the unusual revenue in 1815 ?

TABLE III. Showing the expense of building and completely equipping vessels of war, of different rates, in the United States, together with the annual expense of each when in actual service, according to the estimate of the Secretary of the Navy in 1811.

GENERAL VIEWS OF EUROPE.

1. GENERAL TABLE. Showing the extent, population, density of population and chief city of the principal countries in Europe.

Questions. 1. Which state in Europe has the largest territory! 2. Mention the states which contain more than 100,000 square miles, in their order. 3 Mention the four principal states i the order of their population. + What states contain more than 7,000,000 inhabitants? 5, Which is the most thickly settled country in Europe? 6. Which is most thinly settled? 7. Which states have more than 100 on a square mile?