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of 4 boys. These bake 34 stones of flour, sufficient for a 

 week. 



" The physical drill of these scholars is famous in the neigh- 

 bourhood. The Government inspector reports : ' The physical 

 training is absolutely first-rate, as it has been for years past.' * 



" Of 39 boys who are 1 3 years of age or over, 29 are 

 regularly engaged in skilled occupations. 



"Of 17 boys who have left the school during the past year 

 14 entered skilled or progressive occupations, and 12 of these 

 situations were found by the school." 2 



The earliest of my records dates from the year 1901 ; 

 the superintendent of this school having held his present 

 position for II years. He was previously schoolmaster in the 

 Boys' Industrial School (No. i). 



Of the 80 records procured from this school 



73 were satisfactory. 



7 were doubtful or fairly satisfactory, and none were 

 definitely unsatisfactory. 



The average length of record of 54 of the records of which 

 I have all the dates is 6.6 years. The average age to which 

 these 54 records are kept is 22.2 years. 



There are two features in particular which stand out from 

 the general impressions which I received of this school : 



1. The cheerfulness and content of its inmates. 



2. The loyalty and affection for their school and its head- 

 master continually evinced in the many letters from old boys 

 which I read. 



I visited this school three or four times, and on each 

 occasion the door was answered by a very smiling, happy- 

 looking boy, who held himself well, and smartly saluted. 

 Sometimes I would hear him in the distance whistling to him- 

 self as he came along the corridor. I do not think it was 

 always the same boy who answered my ring. 



1 Report of the Inspector of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, 1910, p. 144. 



2 See Appendix B. 



