New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-12
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SOCIETY FOR THE REFORMATION OF JU-
vENILE DELINQUENrS.

NENILE DELiNSuENLc.
The .birseth annual repor. Of the managers Of the
Society for the Reformation Of Juvenile Dslinqusnis,
which hss been laid on our table, shows that since
the opening of the House Of Refuge in isa5 six thou
,and three hundred and seventy children have been
received into the institution. The NUMBER Oh cnuofen
In the House on the lss ofJanuary, 1854, was SCI
received during the year 1854, 42a-nakmg total
for 1854 Of so3 The number remaining on the Let Of
January, 1855, was 49l-eaving the number disposed
Of during the year 1854, 3s2
The boys have been employed, hall in making and
caDirg chair seats and half in the manufacture Of
shoes. The managers regret to cay Mat, for two
months pss there has been interruption, the par.
ties not having renewed their contracts snce the re-
movsl Of the Institution to Rsndans Island. con-
tract has been made for the employment OF nearly
half the boys to commence Immediately, and il IL TO
be hoped that the rest may be &c. TO work before long
The instruction has been conducted with the
usual beneficial results There s deficiency Of in.
telect as general rule, in the precocious children
that are sent TO our care and their advance in kno1
edge il ordinarily very rapid. The majority OF them
have not epioyed, or have neglected the means Of
education and their commtsl to the House Of Refuge
becomes the opportunity Of endowing them with
hisher intelligence than it would have been possible
for them to have secured otherwhe.
The Institution has been blessed in high degree
during the year, with exemption from sickness and
death. There were, in all, is cases Of smallpox and
variolod in both houses, aud also many cases Of
cholera dy sentery, and darrhea, but only two deaths
oc curred during the year. The report alludes in
feeling terms to the decease of Mahon Day and wife,
both Of whom, for the past ten years were identified
with the N arrangement Of this Institution.
The mot: important event in the history OF this In
sttuion, during the year, has been its removal to
Randall. leland, to the buildings which have been 10
course of erection for two years past.
The subject which now presses with most urgency
upon The Managers, with respect to future operations
ia the erection of the Female House. The revised
scheme of internal organization is at stand-stil,
until the ghs can be removed from their temporary
location in the Boys House, to building specially
designed for them and their industrial occupations,
and indispensable to the completeness Of the estsb-
hsbment The only reliance of the Managers is on
the liberal action ofthe Legislature, as all their other
resources are exhausted.
The report of the Treasurer shows that daring the
past year the sum of 1881 80 has been paid for food
and provisions and other expenses. The amount re-
ceived from various sources was sh, 4O3 81. Bal
uDce Uuc tnc SOOActyJ Wa AM '~tN--
of the Treasurer Of the Building Fund shows that
the balance due the Treasurer from las! years ac-
count was s3,l59 40. Cashpald warrants OF the
Building Committee, si7536l &c. There was re-
ceived from various sources, sl76,iO7 25. Balance
due Treasurer, Jan. 6, 1885, e2,ll4 o5.
For several years past the income has been found
sufficient TO meet the expenses Of maintaining the
establishment, and by means of a steady and vigant
all. haao lv haau
allied. The accumulation Of these savings enabled
the Society to pay for the site on Wards Island,
costing about $4,000, which was aftergard e1-
changed with the City for the convenient and extern
rive site OIL Randall Island. The past year has been
attended with some unusual expenses connected
with the removal and with considerable increase
Arising fom the very high price Of fuel and food, and
there is a deficiency in the income of the year to
meet the current expenses, of about $4,000. The
coet of conducting the Institution at the new location,
will be considerably increased and the Managers can
not reasonably anticipate that there will be any sur
plus Of income hereafter. they indulge the hope,
however, that the income may still be found adequate
10 support the Institution with lbs present number Of
inmates, If they should succeed in making contract
for the labor of the boys other aivanta cous
disposition Of the same. II they should be disap-
pointed or delayed in this respect, there will I'M
doubtedly be deficiency during the year just COM
menced 1t is not necessary to auds to the obvious me-
cessity Of augmentipg the income hereafter when the
number of children provided for in the Institution
ihall have been increased.
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