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the
time, but the boys sent by Magistrates had already finished Past the time prescribed typ
the law, and then having no person
to look
them,
after the Refinuality,
long
a o
coure sout to there to remain
they pleased.
3. It has never been a general rule that all the boys who have :
been in prison, should be sub to the Reformatory, but it was left to the will of the Magistrate
theme or not.
or not, Sonctiones.
received sorcie, sometimes
to send
zoe
u oul).
4. With all these drawbacks we
tried to do our
beet,
and we
we have done some
thick
d. Me
good!
adopted the voluntary systence,
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cocreion; and we endeavoured
to affectionate the boys to the
Establishment
5. The
(
5. The
greatest part of the boys have
the Magistracy, a feco
been sent by
by
(11) by the Registrar Tenerals, and the Colonial secretary. All
2.
by
together. they did not execco sixty
6. Two thirds
of
the boys sent by the Government Departments rem
in the Reformatory four
years.
one to five
The other third left in the first month. The formes got situatia
in the Kawloon Docks, in
7.
Angkong
shops, and ow board of vessels.
In the first years, W. While being Magistrate, several boys were sent to the Reformatory. After Mr. While left very few have been sent. In the last six years only river boys
-have been received and all from the
Registrar General. Of there a certai Chaw - afat entered the Refonuatory in 1879 and left it in 1884 to go
lo
Singapore