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 A MODEL MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT 489

Some further conception of the number and character of these employment certificates may be derived from the following table for the year 1901 :

No. of children interviewed applying for certificates 30,406

No. of employment certificates granted - 23,492

No. of employment certificates refused - 2,203

No. of duplicate certificates issued ... 1,456

FRANCIS R. COPE, JR. DIMOCK, PA.

[ To be continued^

NOTE. In this paper, completed during the summer of 1903, allusions to the "present" administration of course refer to that of Mayor Low. [ED.]