Sir,— The above-named gentleman has for years been circulating appeals for help. Everybody knows them. He Also circulates a sort of magazine devoted to the description of his work among children. His receipts mast be enormous, as the mere expense of circulating these appeals must be very large, and if the whole affair is bona fide we must presume he does not spend more than a reasonable percentage of bis income on advertise ments. It would, I think, interest your readers if someone who knows would tell them who this Dr. Barnardo is. What does he do with bis receipts? Does he have a balance-sheet, and is ib merely "audited" or are the items vouched for by an advising committee? What does the doctor get for himself 1 Does be draw a regular salaiy. or how does he lire ? He must, I suppose, pay for his clothes, rent, cab hire, postage stamps, &o. What Is his object? Pure philanthropy ? You may say these questions are very imperti nent, bub then I think a man who delnges tbe colony with these appeals ought to furnish at the same time a plain statement) of bis position. Some of his statements are extravagant, and I do not think they conld be publicly made in England without being instantly and publicly contradicted. He says re peatedly in bis magazine that no really destitute boy or girl is turned away. Think of it 1 If this were true, would not the clergy In the East End of London advise tbe starving street arabs to go on his hands in thousands ? Would not they draft in from Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle— everywhere ? Other state ments are quite Incompatible with the profession of philanthropy. Look at en closed cutting from bis magazine. He i actually prints tbe portrait of the " sweet j young face " of Dally rt hite whom he has " rescued " from a life that you can leave your readers to guess. Dolly was over 14, and wltbin a very few years will prac tically have a choice between respectable marriage and a relapse to vice, Having had her shame advertised all over the world in 1893, who oa earth will marry her in 1596? Will any clergyman or minister of any denomination defend Dr. 