or THE NiLAGIRI DISTRICT. Cvii 



and for over quit claim unto the said (A.B.) 



his heirs personal representatives and assigns the said annual assess- 

 meut or sum of Rupees (a) and fdrther doth declare that 



the said land and premises may for ever be held as freehold fully and 

 absolutely enfranchised exonerated acquitted and discharged by these 

 presents from all demand on the part of Her Majesty for or on account 

 of quit-rent assessment land-tax or other land-revenue : provided 

 always and it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the parties 

 hereto that in all other respects the said land and premises shall be 

 subject to the several exceptions reservations covenants and conditions 

 in the hereinbefoi-e in part recited indenture contained. In witness 

 whereof the Hou'ble the Governor of Fort St. George in Council on 

 behalf of the said Secretary of State in Council hath hereunto affixed 

 the seal of the said Governor in Council and the said (A.B.) 



hath set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. 



No. 28. — Rules of the Ootacamand Lawrence Asylum- 



1. The object of this Institution is to provide for the children of 

 Soldiers of the British Army, who are serving, or have served, within 

 the limits of the Presidency of Madras, a refuge both from the 

 debilitating efiects of a tropical climate and from the serious draw- 

 backs to the well-being of children incidental to a barrack Hfe ; to 

 afford them an education suitable to their condition in life, plain, 

 practical, and essentially Christian ; and, as far as practicable, to 

 train them to useful occupations. 



2. The Asylum received its designation, the " Ootacamund Lawrence 

 Asylum," in honor of the memory of the late Sir Henry Lawrence, k.c.b. 

 In January 1860 it was transferred to the Government of Madras • 

 and, by an order of the Governor in Council, dated 2nd June 1862, it 

 received its present constitution. 



3. The Asylum consists of two separate branches, the male and the 

 female, united under the general supervision and control of one head, 

 designated the Principal, who is responsible to a governing body 

 named the Committee of Management. 



4. The Asylum is designed to provide accommodation for 300 

 children, viz., 200 boys and 100 girls, to -which numbers it is at present 

 limited. 



6. The Institution depends for its support partly on a grant from 

 Govei^nment and partly on voluntary contributions. The Government 

 grant is calculated to provide for the salaries of the Principal and hia 

 stafi" and for the maintenance of 150 boys and 80 girls ; all beyond 

 those numbers will be maintained ])y the public. 



6. No child will be admitted under five or above twelve years of age, 

 except in special cases to be decided by the Committee. 



