pay occasional visits of inspection to the homes, which are managed by committees composed of the clergy and ladies and gentlemen of the district wherein they are situated; but they are controlled by the Executive Committee at the headquarters in London. At the outset I touched on another important undertaking which the Society is engaged in, viz., the boarding out of children of tender years in country villages, under proper supervision. There is no lack of homes waiting for them, nor of parish clergy and others who are prepared to accept the responsibility of seeing that the children are properly cared for; and the cost of their maintenance in these homes is considerably less than it would be if they were kept in an institution. Recently the Society has appointed a Lady Inspectress, who pays regular visits to the homes where the children are boarded out. We get interesting reports from time to time, and, by the way, some of these will show the progress they make under this arrangement.
“One lady writes:—‘Of one large party of little folks boarded out in our village, I can say that they are all bright, intelligent children, and are all thoroughly happy and well. Three girls and one boy have been in our choir for some time. The schoolmaster spoke in high terms of all who attend the day school…. The foster-parents are very fond of the children, and treat them quite as though they were their own in every way. As soon as they come to us we try to forget all their antecedents, and to make them believe they belong to us as much as our own village children, and there is no difference between them.’
