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331. Have you ever seen any of this taken ?-Yes ; by some of the boys, who ate them out o?tt^ t rhe y n 0 L c d e th S e c L a fe bOyS With b ° neS there? -*»: they ™* *> them sometimes of?" W7° y ° U Say the boys were reall y hun S r y about the premises ?—Yes mP 19 rru aS ji S b6CaUSe the ™ was not food enou S h , or because it was too long between Sd cn y ough nOt *" ' n ° M gOt en ° Ugh ' but latterly Only the litile °™ 335. Mr. WardelL] Why do you say the little boys did not have enough ?-Because the V only had one and a half pieces of bread. My brother told me he did not have enough J V 6db. Mr. Hurley.] Your brother is there now, is he not ?—Yes. 337. Did you have enough clothes?— No. oon" ** ow ' man y suits did y° u have ?—Two ; a Sunday and a week-day suit kept separate* S6parate ** bo y ? ~ The s P ecial ones they had for visitors they 340. Each boy kept his own?—No; they were locked up in the study 341. Mr. Wardell.] That was a special suit?— Yes odd slite Mr ' HaHey - ] What about your Sunda y suit?-They were kept in presses. They were 343. Mr. Wardell.] And the working clothes you wore ? Yes. 344. Mr. Harley.] When did you put the visitors' suit on?— When any visitors came yOU n ° W VlBitors Were coming ?_The Brothers knew before the visitors 346. What did the Brothers do then ?—They told us to change 347. Did you all go and change ?—Yes. Hl' wv, th , e f7 isitS , did l al ] the boys a PP ear ' or onl y some of them?-They all appeared 349. What did you do before you went to see the visitors ?-Sometimes played in the yard and sometimes we would go into the school. y 350. And there, I suppose, the visitors came to see you? Yes. 351. When visitors were coming, was anything else done?— Yes. We tidied ud in the morning. About eighteen attended to the dormitories, and others would be cleaning 5 up the farm 3s2 ' y ° U * U ** ** ?_A S °° d lot W ° uld be - Others would be working on the ■ f u 3s3 ; f Mr - Were some working on the farm when visitors came ?—The visitors came in the afternoon. The cleanmg up and work was done in the morning condition Harle yl This every-day suit of clothes. What condition was it in ?-A poor 355. Was it ragged ?—Yes. 356. What sort of boots did you have ?—Thick boots. 357. Did they keep the water out all right ?—Yes. 358. Were they allowed to wear very badly? Yes. et them So ° kS ?—Sometimes - Sometimes when we asked for them we would not 360. And what then ?—We had to go without. qco' at ° f shirts did you have ? —Shirts made of hard stuff, like bags dbl. What colour were they?— Some brown, some blue. 363. Had you undershirts ?—No. awhile 6 the^;ouM a ge y t soT **** ? ~ N °" ly aU After ™^ 365. You had no undershirts in winter ?—No. 366. Had you no underpants ?—No. 367. Were the clothes warm enough ?—No. 368. Were your own warm enough ?—No. I was always cold 369. Who washed the clothes ?-Five of the boys had to do all the washing 370. live of the big or little ones?— All sizes had to help. 371. Were they picked out every week ?—No. They had to do it a long time 372 How many washing-days a week did they have?-They washed every day, nearly 373. You know that hill behind the Orphanage?— The hill they pull the posts down? Yes 374. Have you been up it yourself ?—A lot of times 3?6! Sere , faCsh^bliMttlilft-Y^ 11 ° f *"***> h had sTe W6nt U P ? ~ Nearl y all > those wh ° c™ld not go up, and those who 378. How many trips have you made up there in one day?— Four times 379. Mr Wardell.] On one or two occasions ?—Four times nearly every day twice in the morning, and twice in the afternoon. ' y ' ne s§?" w r ' HH r F{t Tf °4 lly mornin S or afternoon you would go up about twice ?-Yes obi. Was that hard work ?—Yes. 382. Very hard ?—Yes. then^yXSS^£ ComfOTtably? - N0 - A lot ° f boys — ld ««7 11 tne loads, and hands B*'8*' H ° W W6re they P uniBhed? - Sometimes the y bad to go without tea ; sometimes on their qqa' a i d< l yoU mean , by On their bands?— They were caned on their hands. 38b. Did the boys complain much of this work ?—Yes.