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Rh Knebworth, Messing, Pelsall and Warrington. The elder girls are provided for in the Fareham Industrial Home, which was taken over by the Society fifteen years ago. Since then the number of inmates has risen from seventeen to thirty-two, and the laundry business has increased considerably, the home having a good reputation for doing its work well and thoroughly. Another home of this class is Connaught House, Winchester, which was known as the Diocesan Home for Friendless Girls. The home for elder girls at Newark is the result of the liberality of friends in the Southwell Diocese. There are other homes for girls at Andenshaw, near Manchester, Bangor, Belbroughton, Brighton, Carnarvon, Cheltenham, Cullercoats, Darlington, Dickleburgh, Eastnor, near Ledbury, Exeter, Handsworth, Harrow, Hull, Kensington, Leamington, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, New Brighton, Marylebone, Penkridge, Shrewsbury, Southbourne-on-Sea, Torquay, Wavertree and Worsley. And there are Cottage Homes for little girls at Atherington, near Barnstaple, Hillingdon Heath and Mirfield.”

“What is the total number of homes, and how are they managed?”

“Well, there are altogether eighty-five homes belonging to the Society, situated in various parts of England and Wales. The clerical secretaries, besides preaching sermons and addressing meetings,