CO129-222 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [7-10] — Page 157

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His Excellency appears to be curder the incxpression that the ollagistrates - object

of the Reformuatory

to make

on account. " of that cestitution being Roman Catholic. Nothing come be further from the real state of the cuve, sofer avell Wodehouse is concerned. He is fully alive. to the cxcellent character of the West Biect Reformatory, and to the moral advantages

to be derived from

from a training

ive it.

W. Hodehouse however; bears in mind

that however admirable Christian

unlititions

are able to

way appear to those who appreciate thew,

they dorot

present themselves in the same

light

to others, such as the Chinese brought up under

different auspices, and that

consequently

apoutly as these juvenile Offenders

are

are

in all casts

with

every

Chivere, the ellagistrates

intention of

of benefiting the

Offender way, in sending time to the Konur Antholic Reformatory be wrkitmurity

acting in opposition to the wishes of the parents of the leed and to their religions

ideas.

It must be remembered that the Offender is only before the ellagistrate,

in order that he

cxccording

may

be dealt with

to lance, and that, until the low

empowers him to do so, the Margitrate

has 110

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right to send aw

to

to the Reformatory

Offender,

!

than he has to

send other child that he way

any

happen to thick would be benefited by a Reformatory curriculum:

If therefore the Government

desiro

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