New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-27
THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY
A GOOD RECORD FOR THE YEAR.

The animal meeting Of the Children's Aid
Society was held yesterday afternoon aJ the Metro
poitaD Bank, No 2Os Broadway, William A. Booth pre-
siding The reports Of the Secretary and Treasurer were
presented and referred 10 the Trustees with power 10
publish such portions Of them as they think proper
From these reports it appears that the financial CON
don Of the Society has improved during the past year.
enabling IT to pay of debt Of S2OO0 and retain bal
ance ON Nov Of 1884 6s. The receipts S25o 49, OF
which from investments sO3t2l6 from the
city State, $1,000 borrowed, and Ss76 Oj came
from contributions &c. s6O9S9 30 were expended for
the support Of the industrial schools $6O51 % for the
lodcing-houses with s5sTl a for repairs and improve
ments on them and 1881 46 for the five readngTooHs.
$29564 emigration account, and for salaries. gem
eral expenses, &C., $2025s c. the total expenditures
with $4,000 repaid on loans amounting 70 s2ol Oci H.
present resources Of the Society consist OF $5S00
invested in bonds OF various kinds, and building fund
of S7 900 for the new Newsboys' LOdgingHouse, $4,000
Of which have however, already been PAD out for Tue
Among the industrial schools there have been several
changes during the yeal the coored school u srHg-
ST. having been closed a. the extension OF fii.i,aEe
scattered the children and new schools having been
opened in Waterst and Avenue c. At the u day aud
10 evening schools mere are ~ Dad le"caCIs anu ~ WI
unteeTs, with an aggregate attendance OF 957 scholars
Ten Of the day schools have furnished free meals at
noon to the children ana 54l4 garments anu Ivo5 pairs
of shoes have been given out Eight hundred aud nine
teen children have been sent to the pubic schools ana
46l 10 situations At the NeWsDOys lodghs House ia
Park place. S7j7 different boys have been lodged ana
fed; contributing toward the expenses S45l5 yj one
thousand ana tWehiy-H OF theu uepos!,t' III . nv
saviugs-bank S2644 43 Of their earnings increase
over last year. boys have been placed IN OJt homes
and 723 lost truant boys returned 20 thrr parents
Tle Girls Lodging House in 81. Marksplacc, has pro-
yided lodging and meals for 1855 girls From II $50
girls were sent situations, and IS 70 the VEST over
400 learned to operate the sewingmachine, and ~ OF
them have obtained employment. During the year SCI
boys have found shelter aud meals at the Eeyenthst
Lodging house so, have been PROVIDED Win MONIES or
employment the city and suburbs, ana 81 with homes
IN the West At the sixteenth Ward Lodging House, No
West EiRhteenth-st, lodgings aud meals were fuf
nshed 20 79 boys the Riving 0gst House.
The work the Society emigration continues 20 grow,
32 children having been sent out OF 20 more than last
These have gone not only 10 the West and North
West but 10 the New-Engand and neighborng states,
hey have found pleasant homes aud are reported
as doing well. The Society has sent out since 1856 over
5000 ch dren 20 all parts Of the country aud receives
from time 10 time excellent accounts concerning them.
The real estate society present comprises the
Sixteenth Ward Lodging house IN Vest Eigheenth-st
valued at 14 0OO the in RyingtOns, az $1,000 the
$4,000 and the old International Hotel property recently
purchased for $65 600 The latter building has been torn
down. and II is designed 70 Ol1 upon Is sue maui
structure for the NewsbOys' clearinghouse. Ihe
for this has been gwen out ~ VIII cost $4,000
about $4,000 of which is still unprOvded for though II
is anticipated that the rents from stores, &cI
will i0uidate IL ia time. The officers hope, how
ever, that some generous friends wiz contrib
ute TO this iund 10 addition 10 these, me 80,
the children at number Of the Industrial Schools,
which have Interested them greatly In the work and
machine has Deen gwen 70 many, win CONSIDERABLE
profit 10 them The Society proposes ALSO 70 try again
this Winter obtain law Tor the better protection OF
factory children In conclusion the OhceIs report the
work OF the Society for the past year the greatest bas
ever done, aud give promise OF It's increased usefulness
In the future. .---.-.. -, - .~. - 80
stOn, ID. Willis James, and Charles L. Brace were re-
elected Trustees for three years aud, at subsequent
meeting OF the Trustee, VIM ~ Boom was elected Fres-
den Charles L. Brace, Secretary, and john l. Williams,