17, and the number on board 176. The total number of boys received on
the 'Chichester,' up to the 31st of December, 1877, was 2165. Number
discharged, 2092; sent to sea, 1797.

Besides the number sent on a first voyage, the following numbers were
re-shipped, not counting those who after their first voyage got ships
without coming to the 'Chichester' ship-master. Shipped for second
voyage, 686; for third, 451; fourth, 291; fifth, 180; sixth, 108;
seventh, 72; eighth voyage, 55.

The total number of boys received on board the 'Arethusa' from 1874 to
end of 1877, was 659; discharged, 450; sent to sea, 386, of whom 102 were
so sent in 1877. In July, 1878, there were 400 boys on the two ships
when the annual presentation of prizes took place. The total expenses
for the two ships for the year 1877 amounted to 10,494 pounds 10_s_.
8_d_.

I had again the privilege of presenting the sailor boys 'Rob Roy' prizes
in the Guildhall, in the presence of the veteran philanthropist the Earl
of Shaftesbury, in 1880.

'CLARENCE.'--(MERSEY.)

Established 1863.

This is a Reformatory School Ship for Roman Catholic boys. The average
number on board this vessel is 200, and the cost 20 pounds per head per
annum, paid chiefly by the Treasury. In the year 1877, 80 boys had been
admitted, of whom 54 were from Liverpool, and the rest from 15 other
towns; 47 of them had not been previously convicted, 58 were sent to sea
"on license." In the preceding three years 192 had been discharged, of
whom 150 were "doing well" at the beginning of 1878, while 5 were
"doubtful," 8 reconvicted, 10 dead, and 19 "unknown."

'CLIO.'--(MENAI STRAITS.)

Certified February, 1878.

This vessel is for 200 boys (from 11 to 15 years of age), sent under the
Industrial Schools Act, or partly paid for otherwise, and the ship is
managed by "The North Wales, City of Chester, and Border Counties
Industrial School Training Ship Society." The first boy was admitted in
September, 1877, and on the 13th of July, 1878, there were 197 boys on
board; of these, 8 are "voluntary." About 80 were from London, 50 from
Manchester, 26 from Liverpool, and the rest from ten other places.

'CONWAY.'--(MERSEY.)

Established 1859.

A new vessel (late the 'Nile') was substituted in 1877 for the old
'Conway,' but it was rechristened with the old name, and the cost of
alterations was 6000 pounds.

It is managed by "The Mercantile Marine Association," and is inte