on has found it necessary to have a training
ship of its own. More than 500 boys sent at the instance of the Board
were in training on board the 'Formidable,' 'Wellesley,' 'Southampton,'
&c., at distant ports, where visitation and supervision could not be
readily exercised. After more than six years of experience in regard to
training boys for sea, the Board decided to establish their own ship in
the Thames. The Admiralty was unable or at least declined to lend one of
the few old hulks at their disposal, so the School Board purchased for
7000 pounds the P. and O. iron steamship 'Nubia,' and at an additional
expense of more than 30,000 pounds, she was fitted up and moored in a
berth prepared for her in July, 1878, close to the Poor Law ship
'Exmouth,' so as to accommodate 450 boys to be sent under the Industrial
Schools Act at the instance of the Board. She is 'certified' for 350
boys, of whom 70 may be Roman Catholics. The first 6 boys were sent on
board her on August 15, 1878. The vessel was rechristened with the name
of 'Shaftesbury,' in honour of one who is everywhere known as the friend
of the hapless and the patron of everything good. The vessel is longer
and narrower than those of the old "man-of-war" type, and her four decks
are lofty, giving plenty of light and air for educational and sanitary
purposes, although the wider space for drill above all is necessarily
curtailed. The cost of the vessel (including purchase) is repayable in
50 years by annual instalments, with interest at 3.5 per cent.

The Shaftesbury has now her full number of 500 boys (May 1880.)

'SOUTHAMPTON.'--(THE HUMBER.)

Established 1868.

The management is amalgamated with that of "The Hull Ragged and
Industrial Schools." At the beginning of 1877, 234 boys were on board
(all of them under the Industrial Schools Act), and 62 were admitted
during the year (30 from 10 to 12, and 32 from 12 to 14 years of age),
while 56 were discharged, of whom 27 went to sea, and 23 were returned to
friends. Up to the end of that year 426 boys had been finally discharged
from the ship. Half of these on entry could not read, write, or cipher,
but all learned to do so. Many of the boys were sent at the instance of
the School Board for London and eight other School Boards. The
expenditure for the year was 6000 pounds.

'WARSPITE.'--(CHARLTON, _Thames_.)

The Marine Society established its first ship the 'Beatty,' with a crew
of 40 boys, 12