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the objection, always advanced by those not in favour of the 

 boarding-out system, as to the difficulty of finding suitable 

 homes. But, thanks to the care taken by the Y. Emigration 

 authorities, both in placing out the children, and through their 

 system of regular visiting, such homes are very much in the 

 minority, if we may judge from these records. 



No. 13 was committed for theft, and has been accused of 

 stealing since emigration. The record is bad. The sole 

 extenuating circumstance seems to be that this girl was 12 

 on admission. 



To sum up, four of the satisfactory cases, whose records I 

 have given, might, in accordance with the conditions specified 

 on page 17, have been expected to turn out unsatisfactory; 

 and three of the unsatisfactory cases are qualified by one or 

 other of the same conditions. As will be seen on referring 

 to page 19, the total number of unsatisfactory cases out of the 

 40 investigated was 4. 



THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 



The lady from whose case-book I procured these records 

 had been superintendent of this school for fifteen years ; she left 

 in 1910. During her superintendentship she kept continually 

 in touch, as far as she was able, with all the girls who passed 

 through the school ; thus far exceeding the Home Office regu- 

 lations, which require a report to be made upon each child up 

 till the age of 1 8 involving, that is, a two years' record only. 

 Some of the longer records are of girls who left before her 

 time, and of these unfortunately the records are scantier and 

 no previous history is given. 



With regard to the training of these girls, I quote from a 

 letter sent to me on the subject by the lady in question. 



" As at most Girls' Industrial Schools, the industrial train- 

 ing is mainly in the direction of the ordinary household needs, 

 supplemented by technical classes on the same subjects, i.e. 



