A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions/Volume 2/Appendix 2

by James Clark Ross

APPENDIX, No. II.

[Referred to in Vol. II. p 13.]

MEMORANDUM OF PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE
JUVENILE ESTABLISHMENT AT POINT PUER.

Point Puer, 24th October 1840.
Number of boys transported from
		London			207
		Liverpool			22
		Manchester			31
		Birmingham			20
		Bristol			18
		Various towns in England			152
		Dublin			1
		Various towns in Ireland			15
		Edinburgh			23
		Various towns in Scotland			64
		Wales and Van Diemen's Land			2
				Total	555
	Sentenced		Seven years		444
			Ten		71
			Fourteen		23
			Fifteen		5
			Life		12
				Total	555
	Could read on landing				415
	Could not read on landing				140
				Total	555
	Could write on landing				154
	Could not write on landing				401
				Total	555
	Could cypher on landing				93
	Could not cypher on landing				462
				Total	555
	Attended		National school	157
			British		27
			Sunday		69
			Private		158
			No		144
				Total	555
	Had both		Parents living		239
			Father only		109
			Mother only		131
			No Parents		76
				Total	555
	Maximum age of boys on arrival				18
	Minimum age of boys on arrival				10