ABSTRACT
Statistical and SOCIal Enquiry Society, was held on January 18th, in the Leinstel' hall, Dublin; the chair was occupied by Professor O'Shaughnessy. Professor Ingram, It'.T.C.D., who delivered the opening address of the session, devoting the larger portion of his address to the subject of the boarding out of pauper childrcn, now read a supplemental paper dealing with aspects of the same question which he could not then consider within the time at his disposal. Since then he had, by further study, increased his knowledge of the history and working of the boarding out plan, and many valuable communications had reached him from persons who were able to supply information founded on pel'sonal experience. As chscussed in Englund, the question had been mainly one between district schools and the boarding-out system-as means of training the permanent children, that was, the orphans and deserted, who came upon the rates. AftcI'making elaborate quotations from the rcport, &c" of Mrs. Senior (in relation to the London schools), Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Doyle, the well-known poor-law inspector, who supported the syst.em established
