CO129-222 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [7-10] — Page 145

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sum which is almost sure to be greatly exceeded.

5.

In the meantime, I

think the Noman Catholic dehool

at West Point should be utilized,

inf

not

as a

Reformatory, then as an

Industrial dehool. The Government

is at present paying it an~~ annual grant of six hundred (#600) dollars, which should be discontinued. if no direct benefit to the publie can be obtained thereby,

The West Point Reformatory

has been in existence for

over

twenty

Awenty years.

It was established

by the Roman Catholic Clergy here for the edusation and reformation of such neglected waifs and strays

as would be picked up

~~

the streets of the city, and it is

now under the care

of

the

Christian Brothers. The boys

in

Are

taught various trades, and, in

A 11

unassuming way,

the

institution does an immense

amount

of good.

When the late

Mr. White, the late Mr May, and

the present ruisne Judge (M.: ~

Russell

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