Age (years)?-2 at 16; 1 at 18; 3 at 19; 2 at 21; 5 at 22; 2 at 24; 5 at 25; 2 at 26; 3 at 27; 3 at 28; 3

The following are some of the remarks appended to the questions by the men themselves :-

If there are two hours' work we must oblige them for nothing-Drives us like slaves, or as if we were dogs, and calls us foul names, and swears and curses all day-Too many to put down-Sometimes work all night, and get paid for quarter of a day-Not paid in full for time worked-Sometimes, if I work four and a half days, get paid for three and three-quarters-Have to work any time when wanted, and not paid-Drives us like dogs-Treated very bad-Very badly treated; children play in the workshop-If I complain of the many hours, he says, " Go home, you are only fit for cat's meat ;" and sends the apprentice to find him another horse-The workshop is in a dilapidated condition, and not fit for a wild beast to be in it; the ceiling falling through day by day, and raining in-When he expects the Inspector, he puts the poor girls in his bedroom or kitchen, and many a Thursday night the poor girls don't go home to sleep- The master ought to be buried, as he is very bad -The apprentice has to be left after other girls are gone-I have cruel treatment, and he always tries to take as much off wages as possible; he tries his utmost-He is a bad man-as good as the lot-very cruel, and thinks nothing of a workman, calls them his horses-Paid Sunday instead of when leaving off-A very spiteful man-Employers have decided to give their men piecework,

which is greatly to the disadvantage of the employe, reduces wages to nothing-Very bad man, not worth serving-Very bad master-We work all the week and he pays us three times, and he goes about the workshop grumbling that we work too short hours; he says that we got to work from six to twelve at night-The employer don't care to get up early, and tries to detain you as long as possible in the evening-- Very insulting-Never work on Friday, but finish and don't get paid for it-He is very insulting.

Misery and despair, loathing of the curse of life, mocked with the vocabulary of religion, groanings that cannot be uttered, an ever-growing torrent of children poured into an environment of wretchedness and vice, are some of the chemicals seething in the caldron of civilization. Abroad we have done no better. Tribes chaste and temperate are decimated by loathsome diseases, and ruined by raw spirits proffered by the hand that does not hold the

Many a valiant soul fights gallantly to stem the tide of woe and want. But their efforts, if not fruitless, make no permanent and palpable impress on the mass of wrong to be cleared away. Ever increasing at compound interest, the volume of our national debt grows with rapid strides, and even now the mutterings of subterranean fires can be heard by those who have ears to ear and who are not muffled in comfort. Every winter a bitter cry is raised by permanent distress. Fleeting notice is attracted, and twopence-halfpenny

What is to be done in order to liquidate the National Debt? The right course to pursue may be doubtful, but it is clear that this is no time to stand in the ancient ways. The present system of the churches after a course of evangelical teaching extending over one hundred and fifty years has failed beyond hope of redemption. Philanthropy is a paid profession supporting swarms of administrators. The struggle for existence between benevolent societies is as bitter as the strife between the various forms of the Christian faith, or between members of the same Cabinet. Disease has corroded the texture of civilization, and such an analysis as was never bestowed upon it is needed before prescriptions can be prepared and exhibited to the suffering nation with any hope of success. Diagnosis of the disease

That which is required, therefore, is the