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1822 Nov 1 Tripoli Account of
1822 Nov 1

Tripoli Account of

Public Instruction

? Schools

? Of the Schools

In every Parish there are Schools one or more according to the population. ”Mathab•[?] is the name of a School of this sort

Official name The [...?] Mooatheb © Teacher of Civilization He is paid by the Scholar. Every Thursday the Scholar brings his [...?] more or less considerable according to the circumstances of his family

No such School exists but by the bounty of some individual who builds it for this purpose

The same motive by which a man is induced to establish a foundation of this sort engages him within the sphere of his observation to look out for those parts of the country in which in respect of the proportion between the actual population and the distance of the nearest Mosques, the demand for a foundation of this sort is most urgent¼.¼+

¼+ Observe to Hassuna the utility of Maps and a system of Statistics for this purpose. This would interest the religious in the advancement of Statistical Science.
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