lead the children committed to his care to act rightly from right motives. Having this object in view he is required carefully to admonish and instruct the children both by precept and example.

DUTIES OF MASTER.

1. The Master is the officer into whose hands are committed the control and management of the Institution, and it is his duty to carry out the provisions of the Act or Acts under which the School is established, as well as the instructions which will be given him from time to time by the Provincial Government. He will conduct the correspondence and have charge of all documents, books, and stores, and is responsible for the right use of all stores under his care.

2. The Master will daily inspect every part of the establishment under his care. He will insist upon cleanliness and neatness. He will also attend (or cause the Matron or other responsible officer to do so) at meal times, to see that the food is properly cooked, that the children get a sufficient supply, and behave themselves becomingly at the table, and will see that the beds and clothes are clean, marked, and properly repaired.

3. The Master will ascertain that the assistants perform their duties properly, and that the children are under sufficient supervision at all times. He will also report to the Provincial Secretary any unusual circumstance that may occur.

4. The Master will keep a diary in which he will record the occurrence of anything unusual in the establishment during the day, all changes in the number of attendants and children, all visits to the Institution; and will conclude the entries for each day by giving the number of children and attendants in the Institution at lock-up time.

5. The Master is required so to make his arrangements, that when any visitors come on the establishment, he, or one of the attendants, can at once accompany such visitors (especially those appointed by the Government) for the purpose of giving them any information that may be required, with reference to the arrangements, and the management of the Institution.

DUTIES OF MATRON.

1. The Matron is responsible to the Master for the right discharge of her duties, which are to supervise female assistants and children, and generally to aid the Master in the discharge of his duties.

2. The Matron will see that the place is kept thoroughly clean by the attendants and elder children.

3. In the absence of the Master, the Matron will take charge of the establishment.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. All fires and lights used by assistants are to be extinguished at 10 p.m., unless special permission has been obtained from the Master to keep them alight for a longer time.

2. Complaints against children are to be made to the Master or Matron, who will apportion the punishment.

3. The assistants shall obey all reasonable commands of the Master and Matron.

4. Corporal punishment is never to be resorted to except in cases of direct insubordination, and a record of such punishment will be entered in the Occurrence Book. Breaches of Rules will be punished by substituting bread and water for bread and butter and tea, or by confining the offender to bed for a number of hours.

5. Friends of inmates are allowed to visit the School on the first Monday and Tuesday of January, April, July, and October, and at other times if bringing maintenance money, or by written permission of some member of the Government.

MUSTERS.

6. There will be three musters each day,
   1. When the children are told off for work or school in the morning;
   2. When the children are told off for work or school in the afternoon;
   3. Before retiring to rest at night.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.

7. The Master will be held responsible that all the children in the Institution receive religious instruction in accordance with the entry of religion made against their respective names in the books at the time of their committal. That entry must in no case be altered, except upon the authority of the Provincial Secretary; and the children must be mustered by name and by number every Sunday, when religious instruction is imparted to them in the Institution, or when they are sent to their respective places of worship. To prevent any injustice being done to the children in this matter, when a child states that he or she is of a different religion to that recorded, the Master will at once report the same to the Provincial Secretary, giving the child’s statement, and any other information he may be able to obtain relative to the matter, for the purpose of having the correct state of the case ascertained, if possible.

8. An Inspector of the Institution will be appointed by the Superintendent, who will examine and report upon the general efficiency and management of the Institution, and upon any matter brought before him for that purpose. Such inspection shall take place at least twice in each year.

9. Care must be taken that no books are used by the children, except those which have been approved by the Inspector.

10. The authorised dietary scale of which a copy will be posted in the dining-room will be strictly adhered to, and any deviation in it will be recorded in the Occurrence Book.

SERVICE.

11. Children of good character who are able to read and write will receive license to respectable people in accordance with the