go Environment and Efficiency 



are in no way inferior to the average elementary school boys ; in 

 fact, they are superior, for they have the benefit of excellent training, 

 good discipline, good food, and good lodging, and physical training, 

 which are not enjoyed to any great extent as a rule by the boys at 

 the elementary schools, 



The difficulty of keeping in touch with the boys in the Royal 

 Navy and Merchant Service does not grow less, and is the chief 

 reason why the percentage of " no late reports " is unduly large and 

 slightly higher than in 1909. 



2. LETTER FROM HEADMASTER OF THE POPLAR 

 TRAINING SCHOOL 



The Guardians have received the Annual Reports from the 

 Association for Befriending Boys upon 279 boys placed out from 

 this Parish, which are summarised as follows : 



Satisfactory .... 



Fair 



Unsatisfactory 



Returned to Guardians 



No late report 



Not yet reported . 



Lost sight of ... 



Reported directly to Guardians 



Emigrated .... 



127 



10 \ Should be re- 

 9 s garded as not 

 5/ creditable. 



i 



17 

 74 



4 



Dead 



279 

 Of these, 29 will be 21 years of age in 1912. 



3. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF SIR JOSIAH 

 MASON'S ORPHANAGE 



When children leave this institution they go either to situations 

 found for them or to the care of their own friends and relatives. 

 Generally speaking, we keep in touch with them for years afterwards, 

 and the Trustees have arranged for their "after-care." 



From my record of " old boys " under 2 1 last year, I find that 

 very few are not in satisfactory situations. The following figures 

 may prove interesting : 



