SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION.
There will be a unique gathering held in London next July, when a world's convention of Sunday-school workers will be held under the auspices of the London Sundayschool Union, when various matters of interest in the Sunday-school world will be discussed. A census of schools, teachers, and scholars is being compiled for presentation to the convention, and the secretary of the local union has, at the request of the London Union, collected the figures required relating to New Zealand. About oneseventh of the entire population of the colony are Sabbath-school teachers and scholars attending the various Protestant Sundayschools. The following are the details: Denomination. Schools. Teachers. Scholars Anglican .. .. «4 2,668 29,135 Ilaptlßt .. .. 40 652 • 4,970 Congregational ..24 290 • . 2,718 Presbyterian .. ..217 1,641 16,641 Primitive Methodist 05 .' 519 4,798 Wesleynn Methodist 283 2,375 :'22,364 Unclassified (appro*.) SOU ,1,500 . 13,500 Total " .. ';.':! 1,243 •„ '"' 0,475 '' 93,823 Of this total there are 310 schools, 2278 teachers, and 22,823 scholars in the Auckland provinoiil district, ;* !.;V" V : .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10752, 13 May 1898, Page 4 (Supplement)
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