The  Committee  report,  that  the  progress  of  the  Childreti
is  satisfactory }  and  that  their  conduct,  while  in  School,  is  or-^
derly  and  becoming.  Urat  they  regularly  attend  Divine  Ser^
tice,  on  Sundays,  at  the  Parish  Church.  That  there  being  in'
the  town  a  large  manufactory  6f  Stdekings,  sewing  the  s^ams
forms  a  part  of  the  employment  of  the  female  Children.  That
Visitors  are  appointed  monthly,  and  regularly  attend.  That
could  a  better  Room  be  provided,  and  the  Boys  be  separatist
from  the  Girls,  a  great  increase  niight  be  made  in  the  numbei^
•f  Children,  who  now  amount  to —

Boys  81.     Girls  96.
FOlltST  OF  DEAN.
FOREST  SCHOOL,  NEWLAND  DISTitlCf:

instituted  ldl2.
Mr.  Proctok  reports^  that  ihe  Children*  iih'pr6ve  in  feli-
l^ous  knowledge  to  his  satisfaction;  and  that  great  thankfttln^is'


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is  found  in  the  Parents^  and  aiTectionate  attention  in  the  Ctiif^
dren.     That   a.  Mistress   to    teach    plain   sewing  and   knitting
would    be  of  use  in  encreasing  the  School,  and    detaining  the
Children  much  longer  in  it,  as  a  very  high  value  is  set  upon
these  qualifications  by    the    Parents.     That    the    School    being
extra  parochial.  Divine    Service  is    performed    there,  by  the  li-
cense of  the  Bishop,    every  Sunday  Afternoon,  when    all  the
Childien  attend.    That    the    Parish    of   Newland  is    divided
into  the   four  tythings    of  Brbam,   ClearweliI,    CouroBD,
and   Newi.ano;  and   that    there  are    Sunday    Schoob    al  the
two  former,  the  one,    for  want  of  a  School-Room,  very  disor-
derly and    on   a  contracted    scale,  and    the    other    just    csta-
bli:9hed    by   the   Curate,   containing    120    Boys,    but  without  a
proper  room.     That  the    number    of    Children    under   instra«'
tion,   in    the   Forest  School,  are —

Boy$  160.     GirU  170.
of  whom  200  receive  daily  instruction.
FOREST  SCHOOL,  MITCHELL  DEAN  DISTRICT.
