The number of the students in the University of Montevideo during the year 1891 was 668, distributed thus:
For law, 377 For social sciences, 176 For medicine, 85 For mathematics, 30 --- 668
Out of those 668 students, 631 were natives and 37 foreigners.
The professors were 75: 14 for law and social sciences, 23 for medicine, 19 for mathematics and 19 for the preparatory studies; being 58 of them natives, 12 Spaniards, 3 Italians, 1 German and 1 Frenchman.
In the year 1891 there were in the Republic 483 public schools; that is to say, 143 more than in the year 1886.
The number of pupils was then for the whole Republic 43,676 (24,541 boys, 19,135 girls)--14,763 boys and girls in the capital, and 28,913 in the departments.
All the schools cost $690,574, the education of each pupil representing a value of $13.27.
The professors were 863--272 men and 591 women.
Ninety-four schools were established in buildings belonging to the National Educational Board and representing a value of $448,541, and 11 of them in buildings belonging to the State, with a value of $45,942.
In 1891 there existed in the Republic 375 private schools, with 21,945 pupils and 930 professors (381 men and 549 women).
We obtain, therefore, the following result:
Public schools 483, with 43,676 Private " 375, " 21,945 --- ------ Schools: 868, 65,621
In this national school 114 girls received the title of professor for the first degree, and 29 for the second degree, from the year 1887 to the year 1891.
In the same building is established the "_Museo Pedagogico_, or Pedagogic" Museum, one of the most important institutions of this kind in South America, under the direction of Mr. A. Gomez Ruano.
This important establishment is actually under the care of the "National Charity and Public Beneficence Commission." It is established in a large building of its own, fit for 600 pupils. In 1891 there were 227 of them who received there, besides professional instruction, a very serious general instruction up to the third degree.
In that establishment they study for carpenter, cabinet-maker, ironsmith, shoemaker, bookbinder, typographer, lithographer, mechanican, turner, silversmith, tinsmith, sculptor, painter, etc. There are also classes of telegraphing, drawing, gymnastics, singing, and music. The professors are 46.