The church of San Agustin is particularly notable for the magnificent carving of its main altar and pulpit, and the rich gilding that adorns them. The Jesuit college building has been occupied by the University of Trujillo since the inauguration of the republic, in accordance with a decree of President Bolivar, dated the 10th of May, 1824. The convent of Belem, founded in 1671, is now used as a hospital. The schools and benevolent institutions of Trujillo receive especial attention, and the best interests of both are made a subject of public and private consideration. Besides the University and the National College of San Juan, maintained by the government, the Institute Moderno, the Colegio de La Independencia and other schools afford secondary instruction, and primary training is given in ten or more municipal colleges. The night schools of Trujillo are worthy of emulation in every city of Peru. Not only is manual training given, but lessons in bookkeeping, etc., are taught, and classes are instructed in the English language, which is regarded as of especial importance because of its usefulness in a commercial career. The Railway Society of Mutual Protection, the Employés’ Union of the Department of La Libertad and similar societies are doing a great work for the improvement of conditions among the clerks and other working people of the capital. Not only are classes formed for the benefit of men who wish to pursue a special study, but free instruction is given to boys who would otherwise be spending their evenings in idle company on the streets. It is interesting to visit these schools and see them filled night after night with eager and ambitious pupils. The teachers give their services free during certain evenings each week. Trujillo has a theatre, a hippodrome, and social clubs, the Club de La Libertad being an important organization which directs the amusements and festivals held every season in the Park of La Libertad, the most beautiful _paseo_ of Trujillo, and one of the finest parks in Peru. The Central Club, the leading social organization of the city, counts among its members many prominent men of the department. The press is represented by three daily newspapers—of which _La Industria_ is the largest—and a number of monthly periodicals. _The Torch_ and _The Shoemaker_, both labor journals, are an expression of the interest taken by the workingmen in the affairs of the day. A novel enterprise is the publication of an illustrated almanac of three hundred pages, called _El Mercurio_, devoted to a description of the Department of La Libertad, its history, government, schools, and industrial development, and issued at the publisher’s cost, in the interests of his commercial house and as a propaganda of the department.