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Feidat, 18th August, 1882. The Committee met pursuant to notice. Present : Mr. Daniel, Hon. Mr. Dick, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Sheehan (Chairman), Mr. Swanson, Mr. Turnbull. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The following suggestions were made by Mr. Joyce for the consideration of the Committee: "If the colony had one or two handy vessels that could be regularly employed in the lighthouse or other service, drafts of, say, ten to twenty likely boys, showing any inclination for sea-life, could be put on board from any of the shore industrial schools and kept there for a period of, say, three months; at the end of that time the masters would be able, as the result of their observation of the aptness of the boys, to select those to whom it would be worth while to give further training, preparatory to their apprenticeship ; the others returning to their respective schools." The Committee then adjourned.

Monday, 28th August, 1882. The Committee met pursuant to notice. Present: Mr. Daniel, Hon. Mr. Dick, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Sheehan (Chairman), Mr. Swanson, Mr. Turnbull. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Chairman brought up the draft report of the Committee, which was discussed clause by clause and various amendments made. The report as amended was then adopted, and ordered to be printed. This concluded the business of the Committee.