38 Environment and Efficiency 



14 others are so engaged during partial time. Forty-one boys 

 have left the school during the past year, and all but one 

 have entered skilled or progressive occupations. No less than 

 31 have gone to farm- work. All but two of the situations 

 were found by the school." l 



Of records I have only a small number. The school was 

 awkwardly situated, so that much time was spent in going and 

 coming. I also found it difficult to procure records which had 

 been kept for any length of time, many of them stopping at 

 the age of 18. This is the regulation time appointed by 

 the Government, and after that age there is no compulsion for 

 records to be kept. 



I originally got 33 of these records. Unfortunately half 

 of them were accidentally burnt, so that I am unable to 

 give the number of satisfactory or unsatisfactory cases out 

 of the whole number, but only out of the 1 6 which remain. 2 



I regard these records as less carefully kept than most. 

 The information given was in many cases so scanty that it 

 was often most difficult to classify them properly ; and I think 

 had I been able to take a larger number of cases there would 

 have been a higher proportion of unsatisfactory records than 

 in those of the other homes. This I judged from turning over 

 the pages of the disposal books and seeing the word " recon- 

 victed " occur pretty frequently in the record column. 



The report on this school by the Government inspector for 

 1910 was quite satisfactory. 



Of these 16 records 



1 1 were satisfactory. 



2 were doubtful. 



3 were unsatisfactory. 

 The average length of record was 5 years. 



The average age to which 12 of these 16 records were 

 kept was 20 years 6 months. 



1 Report of the Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 1910. 



2 I have not counted the 33 in the 295 cases investigated, but only the 16. 



