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"_-'"-'"-""-"--'" ,V-- __ W ___ it: Jlar rtyisg,',t'g,ti'Mll2 "it 'ti; . bringing room an i omen "thfll .amrroundirttrre of children. tho report 'Ihows that a good work has been car- ried on in thiding foster-homes for the {homeless ones. A careful record is kept of such children, and they are regular- Ira-visited and looked after, no matter where there home may he. During theI 8t," Your homes. have been found for T children, and there are now over' 1.300 wards of'th'e department. Many ct the boys and girls so provided tor are under six years of age. and situa- tions have been provided for oldor ohii- ', then. ot whom no record is kept. Tlyy rhildren's vHitor is Mrs. Howie. and' Mr. Wm. O'Connor has recently boon, added to the staff to assiqt in placing? and visiting Catholic children. An ac- count is given of Industrial School work. and it is stated that the popula- tion of those 30110019 is as follows '.--- Victoria School for Boys, 140; St. John's School For Catholic Boys, (is, and the Alexandra School for Girls, 30. The supervision of English children also comes under thiw department. Last year the total number of churn-m. brought to Ontario from Great Britain by the societies outraged in who nun-k was 1,053--ut.'.2 boys and '82:] girls. Tttest children are all rurel'ul'y gnaw)"- ed by an Ontario oilir-iul liefori- they leave the old country. Central Prison Industries. _ The Provincial Secretary laid on the table a copy" of the agreement betwvett the Inspector of Prisons and the. H. A. Nelson & Sons Company. whereby 'hrooma and Whisks at the rate of 130 dozen per day are made nt the Central :Prison for the connmm'. Tin? ugrpn- ment in dim-d Juno I, it"), and 1'xplress: June I, 190.1. but must be ratified hr the Logisiaturo at the present "you". . Noun". The Deputy Game Warden of the northorn district roports that deer were never so plentiful in that region as now.' and that the); arts particularly thick on: Maple Islands. , Mr. w. It. Kiddo". K.C.. has been an" pointed Crown Prosecutor for the Lon- don .Assizcs. at whit-h the Sifton case will Fare up tpr trial. .