The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-10-06 00:00:00

BURTON BRLDErfOCK.

ElnklOiliFFT OF TB! PARINI CBUROHTLID.--Ola
Thursday afternoon, tits Bishop of !Salisbury consecrated
ma aidition to the churchyard, in this parish. Th.
neergrousd (10i perches) adjoins the old cturohrud,
sod via 6o from gift of Lord Mimi to 6o poriok.

BLANDFORD.
TITS INQUIRY AT TER 114110.1.-0 n Saturday last a
meeting of the Board of Guarsliens was held at the
130. rd-room. There was • full attendance. After the
ordinary business lied turn transacted. the result of
the inquiry into the late defalcations (contained in •
letter from the Poor Law Board) was read. The late
master's conduct hoe been unhesitatingly condemned,
and the clerk hi, been requited to resign his office.
The board will proceed to the election of a new clerk on
the 24th of October. The guardians considered it [in-
advisable for the letter from the Poor Law Commies-
ionersto bepubl,shed.
RoTAL 00WIllantoN OW TUB EXPLOTWINT OF
CHILDRZI, YOUNG PIRNONS, AND WONKY ie Acts-
CULTUIL —The following circular has been ieued by
order of the comniiirioners W magistrate., clergymen,
and poor law guardisma in this and other peril of the
kingdom :—" 2, Victoria-street, We.timnster, ILW,
1807. Sir,—On the 10th of May, 1867, Her Slajd*q
wee pleased to issue • commission to Mr. Hugh Seymour
Tremenbeere, and Mr. Edward Carleton 'Purnell, to
inquire into and report upon the OM ploy men of children,
youog persoria, and women in agriculture, for the
purpose of awertaining to what extent, and with what
niodifications the principles of the Factory Ade can be
adopted for the rozulation of such employments, and
especially with • view to the better education of such
children. The oormuissionera direct me to express to
you their hope that you will be disposed to grant
to them your aid teeerds the full elucidation of the .
subjects of great public interest embraced in the inquiry.,
The assi.tant commissioners appointed with the
approval of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Home department are. Frederick Robert Boyle, Seq.,
Frederick Henry Norman, Seq., the Hon. Edwin it.
Portman, Georg. Colley, Esq., and the Hon. Edward
Stanhope. One of these gentlemen will addriss him-
self to you. He will point out to you the manner in
which your co-operation might be moot effectual, and
will thankfully avail himself of any assistance which it
may be in your power to render him. The subjects on
wait& the assistant cernirdssioner will especially desire
to be favoured with such information se it may be in
your power to give him are the following—The age at
which children are usually employed ; the employment
of women and children in farm work ; the hours of work
of women sad children, and the distance from their
homes to their places of work ; their health, and the
state of their education. I have the honour to be, sir,
your obedient servant, PIIIDCAUX 811 LOT, Secretary.
We are informed that the assistant commissioner
appointed for thiv dietriet—the Hon. Edward ritanhore
—will be present at the meeting of the Board of
Guardians on the 31st October next to confer with the
guardians on the subject.