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The Board also wishes to thank Mrs. Farrell, Hobson Street, for magazines and scraps; also the editors of the following periodicals : The Christian Herald, the Defence, the Liberator, and the Home Journal —for periodicals supplied. The balance-sheet shows a credit on the year, the amount being £39 ss. lOd.

Medical Officer's Report. Dear Sir, — Fenor Dene, Park Road, 19th February, 1908. The report I have to make in regard to the health of the boys in the Institute is highly satisfactory. No serious case of illness has occurred during the past year; I have only had to attend to trivial ailments. The Master and Matron have been most careful in their attention to the boys, and are, in my ■opinion,* to be congratuLated for their excellent management. Yours, &c, Roland Aicken, M.D. (Edin.), Ch.B., D.Ph. The Chairman, Costley Training Institute.

Schedule showing the Trades and Occupations at which the Boys are employed. Boys resident at the Institution. T j Number of Weekly Wages Boys engaged. respectively. Blacksmith ... ... ... ... ... 1 25/-Leather-dressers ... ... ... ... ... 2 25/-, 10/-Stove-maker ... ... ... ... ... 1 15/Bootmakers ... ... ... ... ... 2 20/-, 14/Saddler ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 15/Ironmoulder ... ... ... ... ... 1 15/Cooper ... ... ... ... ... .. 1 9/6 Bookbinders ... ... ... 3 8/-, 8/-, 8/Tailor ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 8/Upholsterer ... ... ... ... ... 1 8/-Wood-turner ... ... ... ... ... 1 5/Chairmaker ... ... ... ... ... 1 5/Trade Boys at Trades (not in the Institution). Number of Boys engaged. Blacksmith ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Bookbinder ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Bootmakers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Gasfitter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Plumber ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Tailor ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Ironworker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Railway Department ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Motor-car driver ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Watchmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Block and pulley maimer ... ... ... ••• ... ... 1 Cabinetmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 At sea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Farmers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Boys at School (showing Standard). Number of Standard Number of Standard Boys. pa»sed. Boys. passed. 1 VI 1 II 1 V 1 I 2 IV 1 ... 3 4 ... ... ... 11l (primer.)