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.account of the practical work being done at the Gardens by the older 

 boys. The smaller boys have been occupied as usual in keeping the 

 buildings and grounds in order. Besides performing various duties of a 

 domestic nature, the boys in general have also been engaged in the 

 planting and caring of shade and fruit trees, and ornamental shrubs. 



(5.) The demonstrations by Mr. Cradwick at the Gardens have been 

 regularly attended by all the boys, and by the Master-in-Charge. The 

 Bulletins of the Botanical Department have be n regularly read by 

 some of the older boys. 



(6.) The Elementary School was closed from the beginning of the 

 financial year, when Mr. Wilson was away, to the 17th June, when the 

 present teacher took charge. Until the end of September the number 

 of School hours daily had been as usual two, but has since then been 

 increased to three. The school was examined, on the 9th August, 1895, 

 by F. E. Reid, Esq , and took 48 marks — being a total increase of 4 

 marks. It was again closed for six weeks from the 9th December, 

 1895, to the 18th January, L896, on account of a general outbreak of 

 sore eyes in the Institution. The Bulletins of the Education Depart- 

 ment and other circulars issued to Managers and Teachers generally 

 have been received. 



(7.) The Expenditure for the financial year has been £695 8s 3£d. » 

 out against this amount the Institution has been credited with the sum 

 of £364 2s. 6d., as reimbursements by the Parishes of Kingston, St. An- 

 drew, St. Eiizabeth, Westmoreland and Clarendon for the maintenance 

 of children sent in under the Industrial Schools' Law. An immigrant 

 boy in the School is a charge on General Revenue. This leaves the 

 actual cost of the Institution at £317 lis. 3Jd. The expenditure has 

 been under the usual heads : — Salaries, diet, clothing, lighting, soap, 

 fuel, forage, books for school, agricultural implements, hospi'al extras 

 and miscellaneous. The average number of boys for the year under 

 report is 31. The gross cost per head of the average number £22 8s. 

 7.846d. The actual cost per head of average number £10 4s. 10.556d. 



(8.) During the year some minor repairs were done by the Public 

 Works Department : but general painting and the erection of a veran- 

 dah around the additional dormitory are now in operation. With res- 

 pect to increasing the accommodation of the school, the Inspector of 

 Industrial Schools said, in his last report that the working of the school 

 would be much more satisfactory and economical when it has its full 

 complement of boys. 



(9.) The health of the boys has been on the whole good. In the 

 month of December there was a general outbreak of sore eyes (catarrhal 

 conjunctivitis) in the Institution, which lingered until about the end of 

 January. A little boy suffering from heart-disease was ordered by the 

 Surgeon to be removed to the Public Hospital, Kingston. He was sent 

 on the 17th January, 1896, but died in that Institution since the end 

 of the financial year. Some general directions in cases of accidents 

 have been furnished by Dr. Cargill. 



(10.) Prayers have been read daily in the Institution, and the Sunday 

 Schools have been regularly held. On Sunday the boys usually attend 

 Public Service at the Grove Church, with the exception of a Roman 



