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them to sing and repeat some of the lessons they have learned. Thus the interest is kept up until their destination is reached."
The report on page 40, gave a description of the ’Final disposal of the Children’:
"The Indenturing Agent is charged with the duty, when disposing of one company of children, to make provision for the next, before he returns home, so that, whenever a company arrives in the West, there will be no delay in settling them. To facilitate this object, local agencies are established, from point to point, within certain prescribed limits, easy of access, in order to enable him, at frequent intervals, to visit them all, and see that they are well provided for, and are content while under indenture; and, also, not only to enforce an observance of indentures on the part of employers, but to see that the child does its duty as an apprentice. Thus, both employer and apprentice are made to feel that this Institution may be appealed to, at any time, for the correction of any abuse or delinquency on the part of either."
Later the article stated, "Girls are more sought after, and we experience some difficulty in supplying the demand for them."
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