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ffn' ™" FdL] - How long did you sta y there ? —About four weeks. 44y. What was the matter there ?—I went to the hospital the OrphaSj y ° U StOP " h ° Spital ? ~ About three weeks - After that J went back to What was the next ?—I went to Mr. Townsend's again sent mptSl J^ 8 -?? T stay there u this ti ™ ? - Not very long. I got bad, and Mr. Townsend sent me to the hospital, where I have been till now. 453. How"long have you been there ?—About five months 454. Were you in the band in the Orphanage.—No. ■[55. How many are in the band ?—Between thirty and forty. ;°°- £° they teach y° u lessons—reading, writing, and arithmetic ?—Yes 457. morning ?-In the afternoons, and on wet mornings. On fine mornings we work by T IS afte ™°° nS, ° r g6t a holiday ?-Sometimes we do get a holiday —Dy Demg sent up the hill to pull posts down. 459. How many holidays in the year, when you do not do either lessons or work?—At ChristTurn lTthSopsXtbT;t7w:e k k S s hOlidayS leSS ° nB ' ™™« *» ' 460. Where is the cricket-ground ?—Up past the bathing-hole am S bathin g- hole damned up and big enough for swimming ?—Yes 4W. .Do all the boys go to swim in the summer time ?—Yes; nearly every day aa a Tt° W °, d ° yOU play cricket ? —Nearly every day in the season 1 o'clock d ° y ° U Pky cricket? - From after din Der till the bell goes for school at 465. What time does school leave off ?—At 4 o'clock 111' S at ? y ° U d v°i h6 f Kay tiU 5 °' clock ' and ' tb -en go into school till 6.30, or tea-time. 467. When do you bathe ?—Between 4 o'clock and 5. 468. What do you do after tea?— Play games in the yard in summer-time. 469. Do you play football in winter ?—Yes. 470. Do you ever play matshes?—Yes. a%\' 4 gain f' Wh ° m ? — Some of the b °ys- They will not let them go out. aIo 7 0U play ? - A S ainst " Wellington," or " North and South." Hl' Wh I P C °Tlr YeS n o There Were aboUt eight in milk when J was th ere. milk becomes of the milk?-The Brothers get the cream, and we get the skimmed 475. Do you make any butter?— They make butter for themselves out of some of the cream alwaylinSe tea. ™ P ° mdg6 °" h&d U ° milk in the and not 477. Do the boys milk the cows?— Yes. 478. Who looks after the sheep ?—The Brothers a thotSncL™ many haVG they gOt?_l d ° kn ° W eXaCtly ' but beCWeen ei g ht hundred and 480. Do any of the boys help with the shearing ?—No 481. Who kills the sheep for the mutton ?—The boys. I did it while I was there Mr. Townsen l d P l S Ye t s WaS y ° Ul " kn ° wledge ° f butch ering that enabled you to get employment with 483. Who does the cleaning at the school?— Some of the boys. 484. Always the same boys?—No ; they are sometimes changed am £ oe l each b °y make his own bed ?—No. Only in Brother Augustine's dormitory 4bb. Do the same boys who do the beds do the sweeping and scrubbing ?—Yes 487. Do they do the dining-room ?—No ; another boy, who is changed about, does that. The boy who cleans up the downstairs and dining-room stops inside. - ha PPf ns i f the bed s are not kept clean ?—The boys are sometimes punished tailors' sho aWay visitors ' da y?~Some of the boys who work in the thebt 9 «' Wh ° makeS the dOtheS ? ~ The visitors ' suit is bought; the other clothes are made by 491. One of the Brothers is a tailor ?—Yes. R mt S^ The f b T^, W u oW . orkin l th i tai^ r,Sshop , do not 8° out towork?-Sometimes, when the Brother is not m the shop to look after them. There were ten boys in the shop when I was there 49d. When the Sunday clothes are pretty well worn out, what is done with them ?—Thev are worn on week days. «"« 494. Who makes the boots ?—They buy them, tfa mdi nd L J n W° se the y buy the hats ?-Not all of them. Most of them are made there 496. And the shirts?— They buy a piece of stuff and make it up. w 4 ? 7 , You Ba y the clothes are not warm enough. Did you ever tell Father Mahoney that ?— heard of it and *"* Said he W ° Uld S6e * he Brothers > but no more was shirt that y ° U SI66P nlght ?D ° y ° U haVG & ni^hi - shirt 7 ~ No '• we slee P in the same 499. Do you have to wash yourselves every morning ?—Yes. If there is no water in the lavatory we have to go down to the creek. • f OO - Who does the general farm-work ?—Sometimes the men, and sometimes the Brothers assisted by the boys. '