by the director of
the institution. The number of those assisted amounts at present to
about 400, who live respectably in all parts of Saxony, are almost
self-supporting, and feel themselves free men. For, just as a son does
not feel galled by a gift from his father, so they are not ashamed to
receive assistance from their second paternal home, the institution."

Holland.

The number of the blind in Holland, according to the census of the 1st
of December 1869, was 1593, or one in every 2247 of the general
population. The Protestants and Roman Catholics were about equally
balanced. No cognizance was taken of the blind in the census of 1879.
There is only one blind institution, that of Amsterdam, with 60
pupils, with a preparatory school at Benuchem (with 20 pupils) and an
asylum for adults with 52 inmates (unmarried). Besides these, there
are workshops at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, Utrecht and
Middelburg.

Denmark.

According to the census of 1870, there were in Denmark 1249 blind (577
males and 672 females), or one blind for every 1428 persons. One
institution has been established by government, i.e. the Royal
Institution for the Blind, at Copenhagen; 100 children, aged 10 and
upwards, are here educated. There is a preparatory school for blind
children under 10 years of age, and an asylum for blind females, most
of whom are former pupils of the royal school. An association for
promoting the self-dependence of the blind assists not only former
pupils of the school but every blind man or woman willing and able to
work.

TABLE IV.--_The Blind, by Consanguinity of Parents, Degree of
Blindness, and Blind Relatives of Other Classes._

+---------------------+--------+----------+----------+---------+-------+
| | | | |No Blind | |
| | | |Collateral|Relatives| |
| Consanguinity | | Blind |Relatives |or Rela- | Not |
| of Parents. | Total. | Brothers,| or De- |tives by |Stated.|
| | |Sisters or|scendants |Marriage | |
| | |Ancestors.| alone, | alone, | |
| | | | Blind. | Blind. | |
+---------------------+--------+----------+----------+---------+-------+
|All Classes-- | |