deserted.
When the parents of these children cannot be found, and nobody appears in Court to claim them, W. Smith and I have of late sent them to the Reformatory which has recently been founded by the Very Reverend Raimondi, agreeing to pay for their maintenance, out of the funds which are at the disposal of the Magistrates for charitable purposes; the charge is two dollars a month per boy.
The account not having been regularly furnished, we were somewhat surprised to find that we are now responsible for sixteen inmates of the Reformatory.
We feel that we are bound to support those we have sent there, but we are at the same time of opinion that we should not be justified in allocating to the same purpose any larger amount of the fund of our Poor's-box, because we have a considerable number of applicants for relief.
Under these circumstances, we wish to bring this matter under His Excellency's consideration. We have little doubt that a satisfactory arrangement could be made with the Reverend founder of the Reformatory for the reception, at a moderate charge per annum, of all youthful...