pending appearance before the Juvenile Court; (b) those on Remand; (c) those committed to a period of residential training not exceeding six months. 4,147 juveniles, of whom 675 were girls, passed through the Home during the year. The average daily muster was forty eight and the average daily number of juveniles undergoing residential train- ing was thirty five. The majority of cases are sent by the police for custody in the Home pending appearance before the Juvenile Courts. Most of these are hawkers, shoe-blacks and mendicants. 3,914 such cases were admitted to the Home during the year. 127 cases were received for observation and inquiries, and 106 cases were committed for periods of residential training. The curriculum includes primary education, character training, scout activities, folk-dancing, puppet- making. organized games and sports, within an atmosphere of discipline and orderliness. Film shows and week-end parties are privileges for the well-behaved.
59. The Children's Centre, Shanghai Street, Kowloon, has main- tained its function of offering accommodation, food, primary education, vocational training, scouting activities, and organized sports and games to boys who are accepted at the Centre upon the recommendation of Probation Officers and various welfare agencies. Over 100 boys some forty of whom are boarders attend the Centre daily. Films, lectures, and competitions widen the interest and education of the inmates. Facilities at the Centre are inadequate and a new Centre for 175 boys is expected to be ready for occupation at the end of 1959. This institution will incorporate the existing Centre and will provide better opportunities for the training of the boys; particularly as regards older boys who will be given occupational training in carpentry, tailoring, shoe-making and leatherwork.
60. On 1st April, 1958 the Castle Peak Boys' Home ceased to be run by the Salvation Army and became a Government institution administered by the Probation Section. It is being developed as a modern Approved School in accordance with the system in the United Kingdom. Boys are admitted to a classifying grade and thenceforward proceed through four progress grades. There are also four Houses, each of which has a Captain and Vice-Captain, in order to promote a healthy spirit of pride and competition relating not only to sports and games but also to conduct and progress. The boys have their own Committee which puts forward their views to the Superintendent and staff. Their weekly pocket-money is governed by good conduct and
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