CORRESPONDENCE. THE THREE KINGS INSTITUTION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5771, 27 March 1876, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE. THE THREE KINGS INSTITUTION.

To the IMitoi . Nil,— I h.ivf read with mtciCht tho ujumwn.liiioo (.iiiiooriiin? the Three Kin^rt, .i.id <oiiM.hr you worthy of lioncmr for join Ui-oum on Ik >i ilf » f the di<?titiitc rhihlien The poor b •!>■"» etimot thank you, biu tiM.'tv ■•hoitl! Ik- .;i.iti«ful if, liy your cxurtici.s of Ukimj wh<> now infest our citv .in 1 put to lu-H.-r U'lolnmjftii'l liioapcLts. '1'liL'ic 1 , hov.o\oi, .1 point m.uh' piominent lit tlw c\|io,u-< to s\l<kh I w<»ul<l hricily .ilhi.l. Ml Hi- «\m|illliy Mi to be on the p n t >>f tin- in iiui-^' n for t!io M -on — Wlllli' the Jiuoi in '.'u'l'teil wllltc JllM 1-. to lio lett uiihwdml in tl.o fitter, notwith st.ndiny tin- m:mt w.is e\pn»sly for the benoiit of liotli i.uos, oi bl.ieL Tint, is pioiiuucnt in Mi. Hu'l'i llit luttor, wheie tho Kutopc.m >hil<l is quite ij)ioicil,tilth"U^'ii the \ civ fact that Sir (Jioii^e (Jicy'h ii. > i \piLsaly »ofi.ninj{ as thty ilo to tlic e-(ta blishiiui'it by (Jovemineiit al Tlnee Kinir« of ji M,hool toi -'the i Ui'-itiim of ehil«lieii of 1) >tli l.i.i'-s," \e., ami thu .icci ]>t.iuco by the Wesley »:i body of lh» now "n.its '.o Mpecilic.vlly tr.x:i>eil commit them hi all mnril law to tho.so uomlitions. This l^nuriug of the < hildren is also shown in the jninteil «yidcnoe of the rrovmcial Council, session 24.

1 Arth'ii in uU'IlMli NUt' 1 - v » • li.mtt.'l ut, <Iul<ticu to the m-tituti<in < ■>.. < jit tin- taj»\titi<m .iIIow.uk f was either by the J'lovin. l.il 01 <!< ueral <!overnmcnt, or by tin ir friends And in a lcttei signed " M H S.isw. dated Oetobei ±i, 1S'<S, .vMri'xm-d t> in* Provincial (iovuumi'iit, it i-> s^ itc-il that the management had "uu.i'iimoih 1 } il olvort that ail the European children be r turned, unless the (iovciutntiit ke|»t the CIO pc >• annum for e.i'-h |>an1. ' Thi^ l«ttei anw from the fact that the Provinu.il <Jo\oinnicnt being hard up, were trying to n-diu-c the amount paid by one-half. Then, .is to the value, hear Mr. Riuhard Kekly, who w.m f.inn overseer for 10 months, lie, giving bi3 evidence, says, "The institution l»iiM bo maile self-supporting If I lin<l tin f'm in li'Uidnl over to mi' with th' hiiildiixj inlh'nif capUuliou allowance for each boy, I would carry on the establishment, and pay for their maintenance and education i never saw a farm in a worse state It has be -n very badly managed. If all the l.vnd reclaimable were reclaimed it would bring in about C 1,000 a-year. 1 could have brought up the boy* on 1(1 aorc-i, and grown enough for the institution." And the Kev, J. Wallia, in the same report, after stating "The Wesleyan Missionary Society has not contributed ainjthbuf toward* the. mpjtorl of the insulation, but hombthim: has been derived from the proceeds of the farm." And he adds: "I have heard that £100 a-year of the rent is paid to the Wesleyan Missionary Society for interest ; " and this anm paid 'confessedly in some '' unknown sum," the particulars of which were in some person's mind who was then li\ing in Sydney. Surely it h time the public mind was directed to the improvement and utilisation of this trust, tune the reclaimable land was reclaimed, and, above all, time the rt'cLunuble children should be under^oiii- the same process. I hope, sir, you will continue the excellent service you have so well begun, and, for the sake of a righteous administration of public trusts — espcei illy for the sake of destitute children — ■ you will not < f.i^o your efforts for the necess.iry rifonns of tins and kindred institutions. —I am, X.c , Cm Went.