ensure free ventilation and good drainage in the internal space;

That in the dormitories the allowance for each inmate shall be not less than 25 square and 300 cubic feet of space; in the school and day rooms not less than 10 square and 100 cubic feet;

That boys and girls shall not be boarded together in the same institution; neither shall the number of inmates in the same institution exceed 150, except in the case of school ships, or under special circumstances, and with the special sanction of the Secretary of State thereto; That the plans of the buildings or premises of the proposed school be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State, such plans to show the area, height, and connexion of the rooms, the external offices and conveniences attached to the building, and all necessary details as to the drainage, ventilation, and arrangement of the offices.

Note 3.

The returns and accounts required (rule 15) are-
Form A. Notice of each admission to the school.

Form B. Monthly return of admissions, re-admissions, licences, deaths, discharges, desertions, &c. for the preceding month.

Form C. Quarterly return of all inmates chargeable for maintenance during the previous quarter.

Quarterly account of the sums due for the maintenance of the children under detention during the quarter.

Quarterly report of the sanitary state of the school and health of inmates

Quarterly return of punishments and offences.

Note 4.

In case of the managers of any industrial school desiring to resign their certificate, the Industrial Schools Act requires that six months' previous notice of such resignation be given to the Secretary of State (section XLV.).

Note 5.

By section 11 of the Industrial Schools Act it is provided "that no substantial addition or alteration must be made to "the buildings of any certified industrial school without the approval of the Secretary of State."

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Note 6.

All communications for the inspector's office should be addressed

To the Inspector of

Reformatory and Industrial Schools,

Old Scotland Yard,

London, S. W.

N.B.-The postage on letters, returns, &c. thus addressed

need not be prepaid.

1. Lodging and clothing.

2. Dietary.

3. Instruction.

4. Religious exercises and worship.

APPENDIX D (2).

MODEL GENERAL RULES for the MANAGEMENT and DISCIPLINE of CERTIFIED TRUANT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS for the DETENTION of CHILdren,

Under the provisions of the Statutes 29 & 30 Vict. c. 118, and 39 & 40 Vict. c. 79.

ESTABLISHMENT of a CERTIFIED TRUANT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

Application should be made in the first instance to the Secretary of State for the Home Department stating the grounds for the application, naming the site of the proposed school, the amount of accommodation required, and supplying all requisite information bearing on the subject.

Before a certificate can be issued, legalising the school as a place of detention for truant children under the Industrial Schools Act and Elementary Education Act, the site, the plans for the buildings, and the rules for the managenent of the school must be previously approved by the Secretary of State.*

Every school must be carried on by a responsible committee.

The rules should state

(a.) The name and situation of the school.

(b.) The constitution and powers of the governing body. and the proposed scheme for the management of the school.

(c.) The conditions of age, health, &c. on which its inmates are to be admitted.

(d.) The number of inmates to be provided for. The rules should also embody the following:

The inmates shall have separate beds, and shall be supplied with a sufficiency of plain useful clothing.

The inmates shall be supplied with plain wholesome food, according to a dietary to be submitted to and approved by the inspector; no substantial alterations in the dietary shall be made without previous notice to him. A copy of the dietary shall be hung in the dining-room; it shall be carefully adhered to, and all deviations from it recorded.

The secular instruction shall consist of reading, spelling, writing, and arithmetic, and, as far as practicable, the elements of history, geography, and vocal music. It shall be given for at least three hours daily. The industrial training shall be, for boys, in farm and garden work, in technical instruction in the use of tools and wood work, or such handicrafts as can be conveniently practised. The industrial employment of the inmates shall not, as a general rule, exceed five nor fall short of four hours daily.

Each day shall be begun and ended with simple family worship, consisting of prayer and praise to God, and the

* See instructions at end.

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reading of Scripture. The religious instruction shall be governed by the following rule:

The ordinary religious instruction and observances shall consist of prayers and hymns and reading from the Bible, with such explanations and instructions in the principles of religion and morality as are suited to the capacity of children; and in the selection of such prayers and hymns, and in explanations and instructions from the Bible, no attempt shall be made to attach children to, or to detach them from, any particular denomination. No child shall be required to attend any religious instruction or observance, or be taught the Catechism or tenets of any religion to which his parents or guardians object, or other than that to which he is stated in the order of detention to belong. With regard to children who are specified in the order of detention as belonging to any particular religious persuasion the managers shall, so far as practicable, make arrangements that such children shall, during the time set apart for religious instruction, attend religious instruction or observances conducted by ministers of such persuasions, or by such responsible teachers of the school or other persons as are delegated by such ministers with the approval of the managers. While any religious instruction or observance is going on, none of the scholars or teachers shall be employed in any other manner in the same room.

On Sunday the inmates shall, if possible, attend public worship at some convenient church or chapel, provided that no boy shall be taken to any church or chapel to which his parents or guardians object on the ground that its religious services are not in accordance with the religious persuasion of the child, or with that religious persuasion to which he is stated in the order of detention to belong.

A time-table showing the hours of rising, work, school 5. Time table. instruction, meals, recreation, retiring, &c., &c. shall be drawn up, be submitted to and approved by the Inspector of Industrial Schools, and shall be fixed in the schoolroom and carefully adhered to on all occasions. All deviations from it shall be recorded.

The maximum periods for which children may be detained 6. Discipline. are as follows:

In the first instance for three months.

In the second instance for four months.

In the third instance for six months.

If necessary again to re-admit a boy for a further period of detention, in no case shall the period exceed six

months.

But if the detention of any child exceeds in the first instance two months, and in the second and third three and four months, the case shall be specially reported to the Inspector at the end of the quarter with an explanation.

No boy shall be detained after 14 years of age.

Any boy shall be liable to punishment in case of misconduct or breach of rule. All faults and punishments whatever

Punishments.

8. Recreation.

shall be carefully recorded, and entered in a book kept for
that purpose. This book shall be laid before the committee
of managers at their meetings, and shall be open to the
Inspector when called for by him. The discipline of the
school shall be maintained not only by punishment, but by a
well-considered system of encouragements. Such system to
form part of the Supplementary Rules to be made by the
managers, and to be approved by the Secretary of State.
All rules immediately affecting the inmates shall be fully
made known to them, and be placed in a conspicuous place
in the schoolroom or elsewhere, for this object.

No other punishments than the following are allowed:-
(a.) Forfeiture of privileges, or degradation from rank,
previously attained by good conduct.

(b.) Reduction in quantity or change of character of
food.

(c.) Confinement in a light room, or light cell.

(d.) Moderate personal correction and chastisement. Referring to (a.), (b.), and (c.). No punishment under any of these heads may be given except by the superintendent. Referring to (a.). The Supplementary Rules shall state clearly what offences constitute a breach of law, with the accompanying penalties.

The regulations as to degradation shall also be inserted in the Supplementary Rules.

Referring to (b.). For simple offences the boy may be deprived of one regular meal or of that portion of the meal which renders it most agreeable, but shall be allowed eight ounces of bread, with water or gruel, when deprived of any regular meal. No boy shall be deprived of two meals in succession.

Referring to (c.). No boy shall be confined under any pretext whatever for a longer period than 48 hours, and never after dark. Offences requiring graver penalties shall be dealt with by the magistrates of the district in which the school is situated. No boy shall be kept in solitary confinement in darkness under any pretence whatever. In confinement each offender shall be allowed one pound of bread, with gruel or milk, and water daily.

The use of the cell on admisson as a method of discipline is entirely prohibited.

Referring to (d.) the following regulations shall apply :—
(i.) For very serious offences the punishment of whipping
may be inflicted on the posterior with a birch rod, such
punishment not to exceed six strokes, to be applied
once for all, for the same offence, and to be inflicted
only by the superintendent himself, or in his presence
by an officer specially authorised by him.
(ii.) For less serious offences personal punishment may be
inflicted with a tawse, to be applied to the palm of the
hand, and shall not exceed four strokes. Punishment
on admission or re-admission is prohibited.

The inmates shall, as a rule, be allowed two hours daily for recreation and exercise (one hour being absolutely devoted to recreation). They may be taken out for exercise from time to time beyond the boundaries of the school.

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The parents and near relatives of the inmates shall be 9. Privileges of friends. allowed to correspond with them at reasonable times, and to visit them once a month, but except in special cases where the express permission of the managers has been obtained, parents will not be allowed to visit their children if any members of the family or other persons in the house in which the parents reside are suffering from infectious disease. The privilege may also be forfeited by misconduct or interference with the discipline of the school. In the case of the serious illness of any inmate, or of his removal from the school by licence or legal discharge, notice shall be sent to the parents.

A medical officer shall be appointed to visit the school 10. Medical officer. periodically. He shall enter his visits in a book kept for that purpose, with a note of all serious cases of illness attended by him in the school, their course, duration, and the treatment prescribed. He shall also give a quarterly report as to the sanitary condition of the school. Application should be made to the Secretary of State for the discharge of any inmate certified as medically unfit for detention.

In the case of the sudden or violent death of any inmate of 11. Inquests. the school immediate notice shall be sent to the coroner of

the district in which the school is situated, and the circum

stances of the case at once reported to the inspector.

The school shall be open to the inspection of visitors at 12. Visitors. convenient times, to be regulated by the managers.

The superintendent shall keep a journal of all that passes 13. Journal. in the school. All admissions, licences, discharges, and every event of importance connected with the school shall be recorded in it. The journal shall be laid before the managers at their meetings, and be open to the Inspector when called for.

The superintendent shall keep a register of admissions, with 14. Register, returns, &o. particulars of the parentage, previous circumstances, &c. of each of the inmates.

He shall also keep a discharge book, showing the date of discharge and disposal of each individual, and shall keep a record of the attendance cf the children at the elementary school when absent on licence.

He shall also regularly send to the office of the Inspector the required return of admission, and the monthly return of admissions, discharges, licences, &c.; also quarterly list of cases under detention, and quarterly accounts for maintenance, and in the month of January in each year a full statement of the receipts and expenditure of the school for the past year, showing all debts and liabilities duly vouched by the managers.

The inmates shall be examined and their proficiency in 15. Inspector. school instruction and industrial training tested from time to time, and at least once a year, by the Inspector. All books and journals of the school shall be open to the Inspector for examination. Any teacher employed for the instruction of the inmates shall be examined by him if he think it necessary. Immediate notice shall be given to him of the appointment, death, resignation, or dismissal of the superintendent and of

the school teacher.