fund), $50,340.85; from general appropriations, $73,700; from other sources, $37.56; total, $129,757.62.

The ordinary expenses for the year were: For salaries of officers, wages and labor, $34,795.54; for provisions, $15,898.62; for household stores, $2,094.06; for clothing, $3,750.83; for fuel and light, $9,990.54; for hospital and medical supplies, $632.30; for transportation and traveling expenses, $3,797.51; for shop, farm and garden supplies, $2,741.30; for ordinary repairs, $107.70; for expenses of managers, $628.47; for remittance to State Treasurer, $45.96; for all other ordinary expenses, $3,249.44; total, $77,732.27.

The extraordinary expenditures were reported as $50,738.45, of which $46,536.33 was for buildings and improvements, $228.29 for extraordinary repairs, and $3,973.83 for all other extraordinary expenses, making the total expenditures for the year $128,470.72, and the cash balance September 30, 1909, $1,286.90.

Of the expenditures for maintenance during the year, 44.8 per cent. was for salaries, wages and labor, 20.5 per cent. for provisions, 2.7 per cent. for household stores, 4.8 per cent. for clothing, 12.9 per cent. for fuel and light, .8 of 1 per cent. for hospital and medical supplies, 4.9 per cent. for transportation and traveling expenses, 3.5 per cent. for shop, farm and garden supplies, .1 of 1 per cent. for ordinary repairs, .8 of 1 per cent. for expenses of managers, and 4.2 per cent. for all other ordinary expenses.

Chapter 432, Laws of 1909 (Appropriation Bill), appropriated for the maintenance of the institution and for the transportation of those committed to it, $83,000.

Chapter 433, Laws of 1909 (Supply Bill), appropriated from refund moneys, for maintenance, $5,000; also reappropriated for furnishings, $4,421.75; and for contact bed, $1,000.

Chapter 461, Laws of 1909 (Special Appropriation Bill), appropriated for new boiler house, coal pockets and necessary appurtenances, $62,000; for switch to coal pockets, including grading and material, $6,350; for trunk conduit to connect boiler house with present conduit, $5,500; for a cold storage room in the basement of the storehouse, $600; for plumbing in third story of administration building, $450; for repairs and equipment, including steel ceilings in gymnasium and in coachman's room in barn,

temporary fences during erection of new buildings, additional farm houses, wagons, sleighs and harness, $3,000; and for adequate sewage disposal, $1,200.

The maintenance appropriations amounted to $88,000, the reappropriations to $5,421.75, and the special appropriations to $79,100, making the total available, $172,521.75.

The New York State Training School for Girls is the only State institution to which destitute, neglected and delinquent girls under the age of fifteen years from any part of the State can be committed for training.

When finally completed, the maximum capacity of the institution will provide accommodations for 500 girls. At the present time, the Training School has seven three-story brick cottages, each of which provides dining and sitting rooms, laundry, kitchen, bath and toilet accommodations, and separate sleeping rooms for an average of twenty-six pupils and three officers. Thus each cottage is practically independent and, as far as possible, reproduces to the girls committed the methods and spirit of a family home. Besides the seven cottages, there are fourteen other buildings, including a chapel, an administration building, storehouse, a prison, now used partly as a dormitory for low grade girls and partly for a hospital, a schoolhouse, a three-story cottage for mothers with their babies, a disciplinary building, ice houses and other minor structures.

The "Lowell" cottage, named for Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, a former member of this Board, was opened on August 24, 1909, and makes the present capacity of the school 331 girls. The occupation of this cottage permitted the transfer of thirty-six of the lowest, or third grade, inmates from the old prison building to the more pleasant and homelike cottage. The beneficial effect of removal upon the girls was immediately apparent and emphasizes the necessity of the completion of additional cottages so that all girls may be removed from the old prison building to cottages where they will be under better discipline and live in a more pleasant atmosphere.

Experience has shown that the confinement of girls in the prison building arouses a rebellious spirit, and in the case of many, results in demoralization. The building is repellent within

and without; its barred windows, cells, damp and gloomy halls, are depressing; there are no suitable dining or recreation rooms, and the construction is such that it cannot be remodeled for residential purposes. As it occupies ground required for other purposes and is unsuitable in every way for permanent use, the prison building should be removed as soon as possible. This will require the erection of a new hospital with sufficient accommodations for the care of the sick, but when this building is ready for use, the old prison can be abandoned.

Besides the "Lowell," two other new cottages are now practically completed and, it is expected, will be occupied early in 1910. These will increase the capacity of the institution to 381. With the "Lowell" and the nursery building, they form three sides of the new quadrangle, to complete which two more cottages are required. During the year, the grounds around this group have been graded; walks and roads built; and a new conduit for steam, water and electric light lines constructed. This will provide for the new group of buildings except that a branch will be necessary for the two additional cottages. Among other improvements, a new power house, coal pockets and trunk conduits are in process of construction, so that when new cottages are provided, the power and steam for heating may be in readiness.

The general work of this school is determined by the age and character of the girls committed to it. As a rule, they have been either neglected, or had unhappy home conditions unfavorable to moral and useful lives. They represent many nationalities, and in the case of the foreign born, at least, the first true. conceptions of American institutions are formed in the school. Their ages range from under twelve to eighteen years, but, whatever the age or cause of commitment, the officers endeavor, by a course of training and suitable discipline, to promote their mental and moral development. The greatest influence in forming the character of the girls is their association with the teachers and matrons. In the schoolroom, intellectual training and ethical teaching are joined, and in the domestic life of the cottages, the industrial work is supplemented by the instruction and example of the matrons, and the girls find in the training school an atmosphere which incites to high ideals of life. The methods adopted, the classification, daily routine, music and physical training, are

all intended to assist the girls to self control and a well ordered life.

The industrial department is intended to prepare girls for self support. The cooking school provides instruction in the preparation and service of foods, and the laundry school covers washing, ironing and other processes, necessary in any well ordered home. In the sewing school, the girls follow a graded course which leads to dressmaking, cutting and fitting. Out-of-door employment has a place also in the routine of the institution. A garden matron supervises the girls when employed in gardening, and teaches them how to plant and cultivate vegetables and flowers. This open-air work is very beneficial.

The completion of this institution to its maximum capacity at an early date is urged, and this board recommends that the following appropriations, or so much thereof as may be needed, be made by the Legislature of 1910:

For two new cottages and outside connections....

For porches for cottage No. 7.....

$52,000

800

For repairs and equipment..

4,000

For trunk steam main and feeder cables in new conduit . .

18,750

For central hot water heating system.

5,000

WESTERN HOUSE OF REFUGE FOR WOMEN, ALBION, ORLEANS COUNTY.

Established 1890.

This institution has capacity for 250 inmates. The number of inmates present October 1, 1908, was 232, and 88 were admitted during the year, making the total number under care 320. During the year 105 were discharged and 1 died, leaving 214 present September 30, 1909, of whom 11 were infants. The average number present during the year was 230, and the average weekly cost of support, including the value of home and farm products consumed, $4.35; excluding this value, $4.15.

The receipts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1909, were: From cash balance of the previous year, $199.41; from special appropriations, $64,147.63; from general appropriations, $50,003.55; from home products, $2,394.19; from miscellaneous sales and other sources, $14.04; total, $116,758.82.

The ordinary expenditures during the year were: For salaries of officers, wages and labor, $23,177.74; for provisions, $9,492.97; for household stores, $978.27; for clothing, $1,899.31; for fuel and light, $7,260.25; for hospital and medical supplies, $439.69; for transportation and traveling expenses, $1,196.63; for shop, farm and garden supplies, $1,205.37; for expenses of managers, $1,062.95; for remittance to State Treasurer, $14.04; and for all other ordinary expenses, $5,212.38, of which $2,394.19 represents the value of home products; total, $51,939.60.

The extraordinary expenditures for buildings, improvements and repairs were $64,147.63; making the total expenditures, $116,087.23. The balance at the close of the fiscal year was $671.59.

Of the expenditures for maintenance during the year, 44.6 per cent. was for salaries, wages and labor, 18.3 per cent. for provisions, 1.9 per cent. for household stores, 3.7 per cent. for clothing, 14 per cent. for fuel and light, .8 of 1 per cent. for hospital and medical supplies, 2.3 per cent. for transportation and traveling expenses, 2.3 per cent. for shop, farm and garden supplies, 2.1 per cent. for expenses of managers, and 10 per cent. for all other ordinary expenses, including the value of home products, ($2,394.19).