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maintenance of every juvenile offender, viz: £7 per annum, be paid by the Government.

14. I subjoin some general reflections.

(a) From an educational point of view it is generally considered that the best plan for working delinquents is to make them a part of the public penal apparatus, e.g., the Reformatory School for the reception and training of juvenile offenders.

(b) This principle finds but partial recognition by the above proposed arrangement with the so-called Reformatory of Bishop Raimondi, and would require a special Government institution to be started for the purpose.

(c) But the organization of a Government Reformatory school would be a very costly experiment; say, for 50 offenders, Master's salary $1,440, Assistants $240 + $240, house rent $720, coal £4, furniture $200, food and clothes $4,200, total $7,084 per annum, besides being dependent on the capabilities of the staff.

(d) There being no private educational agency in the Colony likely to start a Reformatory, there is no other alternative possible but either to come to terms with Bishop Raimondi or to start a Government Reformatory.

The Bishop's Reformatory is in charge of an educational brotherhood (St. Joseph's) having a sufficient and experienced staff. Almost all juvenile offenders, being Chinese (who have no relatives here), are repudiated there.

The question provided for by sub-section 12 of the Reformatory School's Ordinance will cause difficulty.

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519 maintenance of every juvenile offender, viz: £7 per annum, be paid by the Government. 14. I subjoin some general reflections. (a) From an educational point of view it is generally considered that the best plan for working delinquents is to make them a part of the public penal apparatus, e.g., the Reformatory School for the reception and training of juvenile offenders. (b) This principle finds but partial recognition by the above proposed arrangement with the so-called Reformatory of Bishop Raimondi, and would require a special Government institution to be started for the purpose. (c) But the organization of a Government Reformatory school would be a very costly experiment; say, for 50 offenders, Master's salary $1,440, Assistants $240 + $240, house rent $720, coal £4, furniture $200, food and clothes $4,200, total $7,084 per annum, besides being dependent on the capabilities of the staff. (d) There being no private educational agency in the Colony likely to start a Reformatory, there is no other alternative possible but either to come to terms with Bishop Raimondi or to start a Government Reformatory. The Bishop's Reformatory is in charge of an educational brotherhood (St. Joseph's) having a sufficient and experienced staff. Almost all juvenile offenders, being Chinese (who have no relatives here), are repudiated there. The question provided for by sub-section 12 of the Reformatory School's Ordinance will cause difficulty.
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mainknance of every juvenile

offender, viz: £7 per annum,

be

haid

by

the

Government.

14.

subjoin

save

I venture to

¡ general reflections.

(a) From

an educational point

view it is generally ensidered that

plan for working deforma.

the best

Lory

School

for the reception and of juvenile offenders/is

to make them a part of the public penal aptior.

(4) This adinciple furds but partial seoquition by the above proposed ar

-ingement

t

with the so-calica Re-

ommatory of Bishop Raimondi, and wound require a special Government rustikihow to be starked for the pur. pose.

(c)

But the organization of a Goon. Govern nent Reformatory school whild be a very costly experiment / say, for 50 offenders, Master's

salary

$ 1440, Assistants

$240

8240, house rent, $7-), coo in £4,

furniture $200, food and clothes $4,200, total 76,884 per annum, de-

sides be

being diper cent for its muccess capabilities of the staff.

the moral

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in the Colony likely to start Reformatory,

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sechon 12 of the Reforma.

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