194 Farming and Agricultural Training in 
£ s. d. 
Sales and other receipts, brought forward .. .. 278 13 9 
For supplies to school : — £ s. d. 
Vegetables 5 5 0 
MUk and butter 31 19 3 
37 4 3 
Hire of horses 185 2 4 
Total £501 0 4 
" Heebert Philips, 
" Hon. Sec, 
" MancJieste)' and Salford Eeformatory School, Blackley, Manchester." 
This establishment chiefly illustrates a point which was 
apparently very much neglected when many of the existing 
Reformatories were built, viz., the suitability of the locality and 
its surroundings. In this case the land is about to be given up 
on account of the pernicious effect of the vapour from chemical 
works and the unconsumed smoke of Manchester. Still, H.M. 
Inspector has testified that the school is " cleverly managed " 
by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Arnold, and the educational examina- 
tion showed that, of 75 boys, 11 were in the Fifth Standard, 
21 in the Fourth, 19 in the Third, 15 in the Second, and 6 in 
the First. 
xi. — northamptonshike society's reformatory for 
Boys. 
" There are 45 boys maintained on the average. They are admitted betweeD 
the ages of 10 and 16 years, and are usually sent for a term of 4 years ; if, 
however, the boy's conduct justifies the managers in releasing him, and a suitable 
situation is procured, he is sent out on licence after having been in the school 
for a period of not less than 18 months. Past history of the boys : — bad, chiefly 
owing to parental neglect. Future career. — About 75 per cent, of those who 
have left the school are known to be earning an honest livelihood. Boys work 
in the field about seven hours daily. The gratuities for the past year amounted 
to 281. The amount a boy earns is entered in a book to his credit ; part of his 
earnings may be spent in the purchase of any little necessity while in the 
school, and the remainder reserved till after his discharge. Plots of garden 
ground are given, and found to be an attractive form of recreation, and also 
a means of instruction in horticulture. The fai m includes 9 acres of perma- 
nent grass, 34 acres of arable, worked with spade-husbandry, and 2 acres of 
garden. The rent for the 45 acres is 129Z. 12s. Gd. Payments for labour 
include bonus to inmates, 28/., and wages of bailiif, &c., G21. The four-course 
system of cropping is pursued, chiefly beans, wheat, roots, barley. The live- 
stock consists of 1 horse, 6 cattle, 20 sheep, 10 pigs, 20 poultry. The receipts 
for 1884 included— 
