NOTES TO BOOK I. 71 their naval p0wer.—See Account of the British American Fisheries, book iii. chap. vii.

NOTE H, page 49.

THE following is a general statistical summary of the colleges in the United States :—

Whole number of colleges in the United States . 4:3 Instructors in 32 colleges . . . . . 217 Whole number of alumni in 28 colleges . . 20,520 Alumni living in 23 colleges . . . . 11,866 Alumni, ministers of 20 colleges . . . . 4,335 Ministers living in 19 colleges . . . . 2,814 Graduates in 30 colleges, in 1828 . . . 632 Under-graduates in 33 colleges, 1828-9

Seniors 670, Juniors 64,6 1 2,509

Soph 660, Freshmen 533 1 Students professing religion in 22 colleges . . 587‘ Students assisted by college funds in 15 colleges . 321 Students ditto by Education Society in 14 colleges 148 Medical students in 7 colleges . . . . 590 Law students in 3 colleges . . . . . 23

Volumes in 80 college libraries . . . . 121,118

Volumes in 25 students’ libraries . . . . 66,780

The number of theological seminaries is 18; of which 3 are Congregational ; 4 are Presbyterian ; 2 are Baptist; 1 is Unitarian; 2 are Episcopal; 2 are Evangelical; 3 Lutheran, and 1 is German Reformed. Since the commencement of their operations they have educated 1526 students. Of these 140 have been aided by the funds of the seminaries, and 151 by education societies. The whole number of volumes in the libraries of the seminaries is 35,960; besides which, there are 3720 volumes in the libraries of various societies belonging to these institutions. The residences of the students now at the seminaries are as follows:

Maine . . . . . . . . . 15

New Hampshire . . . . . . . 35

Vermont . . . . . . . . . 48