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feature of this institution should be specially noticed, namely, 
that connected with religion. In England and Wales there are 
about four Reformatory Schools specially for Roman Catholic 
boys, but not one for Jewish children. However, at Netherton 
all religions are at home ; the Roman Catholic boys have their 
own schoolmaster, who gives them instruction in their own 
religion ; the Rabbi comes occasionally to examine the Jewish 
boys, who are sent unleavened bread for Passover, from whose 
<liet pork is excluded, and who do not work on their Sabbath, 
as an additional payment of Is. per week for each boy is made 
to the school on that account. It is believed that this is the only 
Reformatory in England to which Jewish boys are sent. The 
educational state of the boys is reported as being " a little 
backward ; " 14 boys were in the Fifth Standard, 30 in the 
Fourth, 48 in the Third, 50 in the Second, and 28 in the First. 
XIII. — The Suffolk Refoematory for Boys. 
" Eighty boys are generally maintained. Their ages when admitted vary 
from 12 to 16 years (only special cases are admitted under 12 years). 
Boys, when discharged, generally turn out well ; about 10 per cent, are re- 
convicted. Agricultural operations are carried on as a means of instruction 
and physical exercise, each boy receiving 3 hours' instruction daily. Small 
plots of garden ground are given to boys as a reward for good behaviour, &c. 
The farm includes 17 acres of permanent grass-land, 40 acres of arable, and 
2 acres of garden. The total rent, including the school and farm premises, 
is 99?., of which 81?. is charged to the farm. The land is cultivated under 
what is termed the ' Four-course Shift,' vii., 2 straw and 2 root or green 
crops within the 4 years. The live-stock consists of 4 horses (which are 
used on the farm), 6 cows, 2 bullocks, 8 calves, and 70 pigs ; no sheep are 
kept. The farm-buildings are very suitable for the purpose, most of them 
being nearly new. 
" Agricultural employment must have a good influence on the mind ; no 
one, however bad, could at times fail to see the Hand of the All-wise and 
"Wonderful Providence working around him. The boys are taught practical 
farming, and there is a dairy attached to the school, all operations in which 
(butter-making, &c.) are carried out by the boys under proper supervision. 
" We have not found that the education of the school suffers in the least 
by its combination with practical work ; in fact quite the reverse, and I am 
confident that the results obtained here would compare very favourably with 
any Board School in the district. 
"Fkederick W. Gill, 
" Superintendent, 
" Tliorndon Reformatory, Eye, Suffolk" 
The Superintendent of this Reformatory succeeded his late 
father three years ago, and the state of the school and the farm 
seemed to me highly creditable, and a testimony to the success 
with which he has carried out the family traditions. It will 
have been noticed that a large head of stock is kept, but I 
should add that, of the four horses, three are brood mares. 
