. The Statemans Yearbook : Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year . ants, 1,149 ; Jews, 4,652 ; Mohammedans, 16, the last belong, besides the Arnauts and Turks, almost all the gipsies. 1 n1895, 2,281,018 belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church, and 31,466belonged to other professions. The Church is governed by the Synod of Bishops, the Archbishop ofBelgrade as Metropolitan of Servia being president, but all the ecclesiasticalofficials are under the control of the Minister of Education and PublicWorship. There is unrestricted liberty of conscience. Instruc


. The Statemans Yearbook : Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year . ants, 1,149 ; Jews, 4,652 ; Mohammedans, 16, the last belong, besides the Arnauts and Turks, almost all the gipsies. 1 n1895, 2,281,018 belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church, and 31,466belonged to other professions. The Church is governed by the Synod of Bishops, the Archbishop ofBelgrade as Metropolitan of Servia being president, but all the ecclesiasticalofficials are under the control of the Minister of Education and PublicWorship. There is unrestricted liberty of conscience. Instruction. Elementary education in Servia is compulsory, and, in all the schools underthe Ministry of Education, including the University, education is free. Inthe year 1893-94 the numbers of these schools, and of their teaching staff andpupils, were as follows :— Elementary Schools iliddle Schools:Lower Gymnasiums .Hij^her ,,Technical SchoolsHigh School for Schools .Theological SeminaryTotal of Middle Sch. University :Philosophical FacultyJurisjirudence .Technical .Total of University .. The school attendance was, however, considerably less than that indicatedin the table, over 16 per cent, of the children at the elementuiy schools, and 990 SERVIA about 12 per cent, of the pupils at the middle schools having discontinuedattendance before the end of the year. Of the elementary schools only 63were girls schools, but in the villages the girls are taught with the boys. Ofthe female teachers, 362 were engaged in boys schools. On the average thereis in Servia one elementary school for every 2,500 inhabitants, and one en-rolled pupil for every 31 inhabitants, there being one boy enrolled for every19 of the male population, and one girl for every 100 of the female population. Other Government schools are : the Military Academy, the CommercialSchool, the School of Wine Culture, the Agricultural School, and the CadastralSchool. There are also several private schools, elementar


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