[39] The Philippine school report for 1892, entitled "Report of the children's schools for both sexes, at present in these islands, classified in accordance with the orders of his Excellency, the governor-general, in his decree of July 29, 1892," gives the following data. The schools are classified by grades, i.e., into schools of entrada, ascenso, and finishing schools of the second and first rank; and the order in charge of each village or province is also given. We condense from this report (a manuscript belonging to Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A.), the number of schools in the various provinces, and the order or orders in charge of the same.
Abra, 28 Antique, 57 Bontoc, 8 Ilocos Norte, 30 Lepanto, 20 Quiangan, 2 Tiagan, 9 Union, 35
Cebú, 120 Capiz, 65 Ilocos Sur, 61 Iloilo, 95 Pampanga, 54
Manila, 84 Franciscans Albay, 88 Burias, 4 Camarines Norte, 20 Camarines Sur, 68 Isla del Corregidor, 3 Infanta, 4
Misamis, 74 Leite, 89 Principe, 5 Samar, 76 Surigao, 59 Tayabas, 45
Bohol, 94 Cavite, 50 Cottabato, 6 Calamianes, 10 Isla de Negros, occidental, 56 Isla de Negros, oriental, 34 Isabela de Basilan (?) 2 Masbate and Ticao, 23 Mindoro, 44 Paragua, 6 Romblon, 33 Zambales, 48
Carolinas, orientales, 4 Carolinas, occidentales, 3
Cagayan, 39 Islas Batanes, 14 Isabela de Luzón, 33 Laguna, 56 Pangasinan, 62
[40] LeRoy, ut supra, pp. 203-204, says: "The advance in primary instruction from 1863 to 1896 was altogether notable, though the figures revealing it are largely superficial, after all, in their significance. The number of school buildings increased in the villages from seven hundred to twenty-one hundred, but the number of pupils did not reach two hundred thousand, in all probability, as against one hundred and thirty-five thousand in 1866."
[41] Notwithstanding this admirable prescription, Tomás G. del Rosario, writing in Census of Philippines, iii, p. 595, says concerning the sanitary qualities of the Philippine schools: "The necessary sanitation was not observed in the schools, either to preserve the health of the children or for personal cleanliness, an important purpose of every educational system. Many of the schools were in the filthiest condition. They had no water-closets nor play-grounds, and no instruction was given in physical culture or in social matters."