m A (^ A —1 T 1 ERI m 4 4 5 CD 4 1 5 — j 1 jnii»ii»i«ii)i«iwiomi»?w^ Kna ia (■ of VIGTO; i\ wm\\\mnmsm\ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES ►Wi -* mm <:Sli* 3 ■\. %., z H Guide to ebaritx AND TO THE Pbilatitbropie WorR of Victoria COMPRISING 1 . — A Classified and Descriptive Register of the several Charities and Kindred Organisations in the State of Victoria, with a brief description of the scope of each. 2. — A Study of Chanty and a Guide to its Proper Administration. 3. — A Digest of Acts of Parliament, and other Informa- tion of use and interest to the Philanthropic Worker. All rights reserved. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE Charity Organisation Society of flTcIbournc, 47 COLLINS PLACE. 1912 C 13 ^ ^ CONTENTS. Preface --___] A Foreword regarding Charity Organisation - 2 The Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne 3 A Brief Study of Charity and a Guide to its Effective Administration - - - 4 Synopsis of Acts of Parliament of Use and Interest to the Philanthropic Worker - 9 Special Articles — 1. The Blind - - - - 33 2. Rescue Work - - - - 37 3. Tuberculosis - - 40 A Guide to the Charities and Kindred Organisa- tions in Victoria - - - - 43 (For Special List of Contents see page 107.) Index- - . - - - - 107 1166278 PREFACE. In 1888, the Charity Organisation Society published a short Guide to the Charities of Melbourne, but financial resources did not justify a repetition of the experiment in subsequent years. The Society had, accordingly, to rest satisfied with the small and somewhat scrappy Directory of Victorian Charities, which it compiled and issued yearly, iintil 1910, along with, and as part of, its Annual Report. It felt, however, that something more comprehensive and detailed would be of great assistance to philanthropic workers, and to the public gene- rally, and that feeling led, a few years ago, to the planning of this Guide. Initial financial diflBculties were at length cleared away by generous donations towards the cost of compilation and publication from the Ti-ustees of the late Edward Wilson and from the Felton Bequests Committee. Further irritating delays were experienced by the inexplicable difficulty of obtaining from a remarkably large per- centage of Victorian charities the particulars w^hich the Editor thought ic desirable to insert in the Guide This, indeed, has provided the one regrettable feature in an otherwise interesting work. In many cases, requests had to be repeated time and time again before the infor- mation required was forthcoming, and reference to the body of tlie Guide will disclose not a few charities from whom no information whatever has been received. Indeed, only the desire to produce a Guide as nearly complete as human effort would permit actuated the persistence that eventually dragged from many secretaries the necessary information. Despite the great care tliat has been takeii. and tit persistence that has been ex:erted, to render the inforaiation in this Guide complete, omissions may be discovered. The Editor will take it as a kindly act to have his attention drawn to these, likewise to any errors that may have crept into the text, so that they may be rectified in possible futm^e issues. Care has also been exercised to exclude frnm the Guide agencies exploiting the poor and the public, or organisations regarding whose bona fides some doubt exists. A few have been included, however, that might come under the latter category, and it should accordingly be distinctly understood that the inclusion of any institution or society does not necessarily imply a recommendation of its merits or its usefulness. In many instances, two or more societies may be found to be doing similar work over practically the same area, and in arriving at a decision regarding their comparative utility, the reader must use his own judgment. If this does not satisfy him, however, he is invited to apply to the Charity Organisation Society, which may be of assistance to him in his difficulty. The financial assistance received towards the publication of the Guide has enabled the Charity Organisation Society to issue it to the public at a nominal price. It is earnestly hoped that the popularity and value of the Guide will be sufficiently great to justify the time and trouble that have been expended in its peparation. A Foreword concerning Charity Organisation. Charity organisation is a science— a social science, if the wider term give offence— which, so far as Australasia is concerned, is of comparatively recent growth. Even in the older communities of the world its inception, historically speaking, is but a matter of yester- day. In England, the first Charity Organisation boeiety— that of London — was established as comparatively recently as 1869, whereas there are now in the British Isles over 100 such Societies, and many others having dift"erent titles but adhering, entirely or in part, to charity organisation principles. In the United States of America the spread of Charity Organisation Societies has been little short of phenomenal. The New York Society led the way only 30 years ago, and to-day more th,in 200 Societies are dotted over the length and breadth of the States. Indeed, the movement has spread more or less rapidly, and with vni-ying degrees of sKccess, throughout the whole English-speaking world. The first Society in Australasia — the Melbourne Charity Organisa- tion Society — was founded in 1889 at a largely attended meeting of prominent citizens, who felt the insistent necessity of taking dra.stic action to counteract the gross abuse of charity that was growing up in their midst. For over ten years the ^Melbourne Society remained the sole representative in its own quarter of the globe of the organised and scientific charity which it advocated. In 1000, how- ever, Brisbane followed the lead, and established a Charity Organisa- tion Society, which is now a flourishing, well-conducted organisation. It is true that the Charity Organisation and Relief Society of Sydney was formed in 1878, but it has never adopted in its M^ork many of the most valued principles of charity organisation, and has restricted — as it still restricts — its operations to relief work. These, then, practically exhaust the list of Charity Organisation Societies in Australasia. A few others, such as the Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society, the Hobart Benevolent Society, and the Wellington (New Zealand) Society of Benevolent ■ Institution Contributors, adhere to the principles and practise the methods of charity organisation iti a greater or less degree, but are not, in the proper sense of the phrase. Charity Organisation Societies. A comparison with the success of the movement in older communities is somewhat depressing, for in Australasia progress has undoubtedly been sIoav. On first thoughts, the reason for this state of affairs may not easily to be found. In many Australasian communities, existing conditions with regard to public and private charity are undoubtedly such as to render the establishment of a Charity Organisation Society little less than a communal necessity, and certainly a civic duty. Yet, when such a Society is launched on what should be a prosperous voyage, the storms of ignorant abuse, the dangerous currents of pre- .irdice and .iealousy. and the contrary wind of financial embarrass- ment, render total destruction, or at least, partial disablement, an ever-imminent danger. CHARITY ORGANISATION. 3 On this, what may be called the domestic side of the question, we can only speculate — and speculation is anathema to the charity organiser. In considering the slow progress of Charity Organisation Societies in Australasia, however, local conditions must be borne in mind, and may possibly offer a partial solution to the problem. In Australasian communities the work of public charity is largely undertaken, supervised or . subsidised by the State, and we fear that in the result the civic soul, if we may use the phrase, of the private ciiizen — tho feeling that there rests upon liis- shoulders a direct ii'spousibility towards his distressed or suffering brother — is preju- dicially affected. He is brought up to look to the state to do all that is necessary to care for those of its people who are in need. He may contribute acv^ording to his means to local charities not entirely State-supported, but there his interest ceases. Does a hospital wish to erect a new wing? Is a valuable child-sa\iug society faced with a hoa^y debit balance at the bank? "Appeal to the Government of the day," savs the private citizen, "for a buildhig grant or an increased subsidy." The State it is, first, last, and always, to which he looks to meet such difficulties as these, and we greatly fear that this feeling of dependence is an insidious growth which may attain even more serious proportions as the years go on. unless a higher spirit of civic helpfulness is incul- catwi in the private citizen. Charity Organisation Societies, adhering firmly to the principles and methods of older Societies, undoubtedly offer one of the best mediums for the inculcation of this spirit, and one should exist in every large citj' in Australasia. Note. — Details of the work of the Melbourne Charity Organisa- tion Society are inserted here, not with a" desire to give the Society undue prominence, but partly because they form an appropriate appendage to the foregoing article and partly because the work of the Society is so varied as to render its classification difficult. Charity Organisation Society (ISST), 47 Collins-place, Mel- bourne, scrrclary, S. Greig Smith. MniHujemeni — Committee of 18 members. The Society seeks to secure the better organisation of charitable work by promoting co-operation among the charities. It investigates and reports on cases of distress, and assists deserving cases when necessary with monetary grants or in other suitable ways. Last year the number of new cases investigated was 710, and the total number of cases, new and old, dealt with was 12G7. The Society owns a Wood-yard, where able-bodied unemployed may obtain temporary work until they find better employment. Last year. 558 men were given employment on a total of 1G12 occasions. The Society also couducts a Labour Bureau, through which, last year, 478 temporai-y and 28 permanent positions wei*e obtained for a total of 94 persons. It is a matter of difficulty to describe adequately within the brief limits of this Guide the Society's wider work of organisa- tion. The compilation of the Guide itself, however, is an example. The organisation of the movement that resulted in the passing of the Children's Courts Act r.KU; is another instance, as is also the estal)lishment of the Victorian Provident Aid Society. In its relief work the Society disbursed from its own Relief Fund last year £194, and from its Trust Fund (comprising money received for the assist- ance of special cases) £1097. Ini'oinc (administration only) — £833 (almost entirely subscriptions and donations). E rite ml it lire— £932. A Brief Study of Charity, and a Guide to its Proper and Effective Administration. INTRODUCTORY. A Guide to Charity and tlie Charities, to be complete, should not only contain a list of philanthropic Institutions and agencies, but should also set forth briefly the o'bjects and scope of each, so that practical workers and others who, from time to time, may have occasion to consult such a work, may be able to compare the relative merits of societies supported by the community, and to find without difficulty the society or institution which most fully meets their immediate necessities. The true principles of charity should be made clear to the reader, and also the methods by which such principles should be applied to cases of distress. To complete the work, a synopsis should be included of the principal statutes directly or indirectly affecting the field of philanthropy. To perform satisfactorily the task of a personal conductor through all the ramifications of. and the possible means of relieving, remed,v- ing or preventing, poverty and sickness — for preventive work is by no means tlie least important part of charity — might necessitate a well-stocked library, and even the mei-est survey may talvc more time and space than it is convenient to permit. The object of Charity should be the improvement of the condition of the poor, and in practice we should keep in view a standard of life by which we may judge the individual cases which come under our notice. This standard, of course, must have reference to the life and health of the majority of persons of the class to which our sub- ject belongs. We may consider the general standard to be too low, and, therefore, aim at ultimately raising it; but, in the meanwhile, we shall, if we are wise, use all our efforts to lift to the level of such standard all who are below the line, and untiringly endeavour to prevent those who are above it from sinlving below. The standard must naturally be at least that which is calculated to maintain the subject, morally and physically, in a condition to fulfil his duties as a member of a recognised class of workers. A citizen may be poor, and yet neither dependent nor unhappy. Under ordinary circumstances he may well be left to help himself, and it is better so. If, on the other hand, he be indigent, habitually lacking the necessaries of life, great care and thought ai"e needed, so that, instead of degrading him by ill-timed gifts, we may lift him to self- helpfulness. Herein lies all the difference between true charity and false. The thougthless giver of promiscuous alms sows for a veritable harvest of disaster. Some germs of goodness may survive and bear fruit; but if so. the result cannot be credited to the sower. A study of Charity should teach us to help our neighbours to help themselves. . Wherever our interference in the affairs of others relieves, or has the tendency to relieve, them from exerting them- A BRIEF STUDY OF CHARITY. 5 selves, or from accepting assistance from more natural sources, then our intended aid will probably do harm rather than good. It Is hopei'Psent. their characters, capabilities, and environment, if we would aid, not harm, them with our benevolent intentions. For this reason, it is generally found convenient, when inquiring into the merits of an application for assistance, to employ a form containing a set of questions now adopted by Charity Organi- sation and kindred Societies all over the English-speaking world. The sooner a similar system is adopted by all bodies and individuals having frequent dealings with the poor, the better it will be for all concerned, with the jiossible exception of the impostor. It may lie well to explain that, even if one has at hand such a list of questions, there may be no need to ask them all in every case; nor need one ostentatiously display the printed paper on all occasions. Neither is it desirable to adopt the air of an inquisitor, but rather that of the physician, who, before prescribing, wishes to ascertain the extent and gravity of the disease. Hesitation to answer questions must not be regarded as denoting a wish to det-eive. and can generally be overcome by the expfanation that the questions are not inspired by idle curiosity, but rather by the wish to ascertain what help is most appropriate and from what source it can best l>e obtained. Once it is made plain that absence of the required information may result in inability to help, the difficulty generally disappears. Let it be knoAvn that, while wishful to procure the necessary aid. you must base your judgment of the necessity, not on the applicant's assurance alone, but on evidence that will carry conviction to the minds of those whose aid you must enlist, and you will be afforded immediate means, if available, for proving the genuineness or otherwise of the application. 6 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. The form aypeiided has proved its usefulness through many years of practical work in Great Britain, America and Australia, and. there- fore, Avith the qualifications above mentioned, and with modifications or additions to suit special purposes or meet special requirements, may safely be taken as a .auide by all who would combine benevolence with wisdom. It is the form used by the Charity Orsanisation Society of Melbourne. Case No Date, Particulars Furnished by Applicant. 1. Name, Birthplace 2. Date of Arrival in State; Ship's Name S. Present Address and Time there 4. Landlord or Agent, Size of House, and Rent 5. Previous Addresses, and Time at each 6. Married or Single, and Ages. Females. 7. Ages and other Particulars of Children /^^''^^^^ • 8. Trade or Occupation 9. Employment, if any 10. Time out of Employment and Reason, with last Employer's Name 11. Amount of Debts, and Particulars 12. Club or Society 13. Relations, and if able to assist 14. Help now being received 15. Reasons for needing assistance 16. Form of Help asked 17. References 18. Remarks When the applicant has been seen at the oflBce (or, if that be not possible, at the home) and the form filled in, we are possessed of a chart, as it were, and can shape our course accordingly. The next step is usually to visit the home, if thftt has not already been done. There much may be learned without any need to give offence. The neighbourhood, the style of house, its furnishing, its condition of care or neglect, all may guide us as to the nature of the problem. Above all, we must not forget that we have started on our quest with the rum of helping, and that we must guard ourselves at every turn against the danger of effecting harm. As a friend, however, we must endeavour to bind up and restore what has been wounded or injured in the changes and chances of life. If we go rightly to work we shall find that much of the damage may be repaired by means of tho peacemaker, and. in any case, we learn to act wisely and not in haphazard fashion. , In the course of our inquiries we may find that the applicant, with a little advice based on the knowledge of his case acquired by us. may readily help himself; that, for instance, he only requires tiding over for a short time, or that former employers or friends, not pre- viously acquainted with his need, will readily give work or other assistance, either direct, or sub.lect to our advice and supervision. The church to which the applicant belongs, or some friendly society A BRIEF STUDY OF CHARITY. T or club to which he formerly subscribed, may come forward, or neigh- bours may interest themselves in the case. Then there are societle.* within whose scope the case may come, or in the cases of deserted wives or widows, assistance may be rendered by the State boarding out the children, if any, to the mother. Finally, where all these sources fail or prove inadequate, an appeal may 'be made, through the public press, by some well-known resident, minister or layman. Even this may be avoided and the requisite funds obtained privately and without unnecessary delay by seeking the advice of the Charity Organisation Society. In any case the less publicity involved the better. The names and address of the distressed family should never be made public where this can be obviated, and needless humiliation should be prevented whenever possible. Those would-be benefactors who seek special information may receive it in strict confidence if thought advisable; but the general experience is that confidence in the bona fides of the appeal can be established without chancing positive identification by the public of the proposed beneficiary. TEMPORARY AID. Pending inquiry, of course, tlie person may apparently be in urgent need. In such eases we must run no needless risk of suffering on the part of the applicant. While we are debating the question of more permanent assistance, he or she must not be left in want of food and shelter. An order on a decent shelter or lodging-house, the gift of groceries, or even, where not likely to be abused, a small sum of money, may save much temporary misery and obviate for the giver the too frequent lament that " while the grass is growing the steed is starving." But in all such cases the interim help must be followed by careful inquiry, if only for future reference. RECORDS FOR REFERENCE. By means of a good method of indexing, such as the card system. the history of any case as recoi'ded on the application form, with notes of subsequent investigations attached, may in a few momenta be made available even iafter the lapse of years. Much valuable time is thus saved to the investigator; a person proved in former years to be of good character may with confidence be helped upon alleged sudden emergency without immediate inquiry, or the piteous appeal of a notorious begging-letter writer may be treated with the necessary caution. The system, it will be seen, is one that distinctly makes foi* justice in either case, and, we may add. for mercy where mercy is most needed. ON CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. A reference to the body of the Guide will soon show the novice that for most cases where private aid is not available some society or institution exists which may be appropriate. Apart from the index giving the oSicial (and, in some instances, the popular) appellation, these agencies are also arranged according to the class of distress which it is the object of the almoner to relieve or possibly prevent. In some cases there is apparently more than one source of help applicable, but the objects and scope of each institution will further aid in the choice of a particular one for the case in question. It must be borne in mind that every so-called Charity that is not needed, however well it may be conducted, is harmful, even if only in so far as it tends to fritter away the funds of the benevolent, 8 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. which, better bestowed, might do incalculable good. It has been well said that the money at present disbursed with a benevolent pur- pose would be fairly adequate if only judiciously applied. THE KIND OF HELP THAT INJURES. Indiscriminate alms-giving does an infinity of harm. Without a backbone man is man no longer. The moral backbone is no less necessary; yet how easily it is destroyed. Citizens are legally for- bidden to beg for alms In the open street, and yet the indiscriminate giver goes scot free. It has not always or everywhere been thus, and morally the scatterer of largess is the more culpable. The beggar would not exist without his patron. Those whose business it is to know are well aware that real distress does not parade itself in our highways. Nor does it, as a rule, resort to the free shelter, breakfasts or dinners. Such an institution as tho free soup kitchen promotes the maximum of harm in return for tha minimum of nourishment. The reason must be apparent to any who will think. We may be actuated in giving by a desire for ostentation, or by laziness; but, if by a spirit of humanity, let us pause and think how we should feel were the positions reversed 'and we ourselves the persons to be benefited. The golden rule would then prompt the benefactor in jmsse to become, first of all, the friend of the person to be benefited. As friend and neighbour, lie would then find it necessary to search out the cause of the trouble, and apply the remedy or relief unostenta- tiously, so that it might be received Avith little or no loss of self- respect. But such a course involves the spending of more than money — the spending of one's self. THE ORGANISATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE. Since the foundation of the world, no great good has ever been done without the organiser. Yet there are still some who contend that Charity and Organisation are incompatible. These, however, comprise a fast dwindling number. St. Vincent de Paul Societies, the Salvation Army and its imitators, not to speak of Charity Organi- sation Societies and others bearing different names, but whose scope and objects are identical, have amply proved that social service must be organised if it would avoid being largely ineffective and even harmful. The philanthropic worker must be a specialist and band himself with other specialists to effect any good amongst the masses of our cities. Whether he work on the plan of Elberfeld, of London, or of New York, each city must be mapped out in districts, 'and the districts federated through a centre. The district must again be subdivided until we come to the individual helper, or " private " in the company, whose duty it is to befriend a few poor families in his neighbourhood. Such a plan, providing as it does, for the co-operation of all philan- thropic forces, whether purely voluntary or aided by State or municipality, may, if properly administered, enable much good to be effected. Social service without system, however, under the complex conditions of our crowded cities, must ever be doomed in some degree to failure. A Synopsis of Victorian and Commonwealtti Statutes of Use or Interest to ttie Charit- able Worlier, INTRODUdTION. The consideratiou of applications for asslstauce may not infre- quently involve the Avould-be helper in a difficulty by reason of ignorance of the law as it may affect the circumstances of n case. Such Statutes, or parts of Statutes, as, for Instance, those relating to Old Age Pensions, Deserted Wives, Public Health and Mendicants, should be within the knowledge of, or easily accessible to, all philan- thropic workers and societies. It has been thought advisaljle, there- fore, to include in the Guide freely paraphrased extracts from several Statutes, which experience has demonstrated to be of use or interest to those engaged in charitable work. It is to be understood that a resume is not necessarily given of the whole of each Act dealt witli, those sections having been ignored which do not appear to have any possible bearing on chari- table work. In the same way it is possible that every Victorian Statute, a knowledge of which is of A'alue to the philanthropist, has not been included. In point of fact, this part of the Guide is largely cxpeiimental, and, if it proves of value, is capable of considerable expansion and elaboration in future issues. .The prolixity and perplexity of the average Act of ParIiM:">nt has been carefully avoided and a clear and easily-comprehensible description of the law has been given additional value by virtue of revision and approval by the Hon. Solicitor to the Charity Organisa- tion Society. Hospitals and Charities Act, 1890 (No. 1099). Part I. — Division I. INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CURE OF DISEASE. ETC. By Section 3 any institution established for the cure of disease, or for the relief of distressed, aged, incurable, or destitute persons, and supported in whole or in part b.v the voluntary contributions of not less than fiftj' persons, each of whom shall have paid not less than One pound per annum, or Twenty pounds in one donation, may be incoi-poi'atod with, in legal jargon. " perpetual succession and a common seal " — that is to say, may become a Company, or, in other words, a body capable of entering into and enforcing contracts and owning property. Sections 4 and 5 deal with the method of incorporation. Section G provides that each institution so incorporated shall be governed by a committee of not less than seven members, to be '^0 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. •elected by the contributors, and that such committee, or any four •of them, shall have all the powers vested in the corporation by the Act, and that one fourth of such committee, or such fractional part as shall be nearest one-fourth (but not more) may be honorary medical men on the staff of the institution. Division II. PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS. By Section 19 any institution, society, or association of persona for the saving of human life, the promotion of health, temperance, or morality, the prevention of cruelty or vice, or other cognate objects of a philanthropic or humane nature, may be incorporated. By Section 22 any person receiving the benefits of such insti- tutions, societies, etc., as aforesaid, and afterwards becoming entitled to property, may be called upon to show cause why such property should not be made available for payment of amount due for main- tenance, attendance, or relief, and, in default of payment, the pro- l^erty may be seized and sold, or a person authorised by the insti- tution, etc., may be appointed to receive the rents, profits, etc., of real property. By Section 25, any inmate of an institution, etc., who, before or after admission to same, pleads destitution, on becoming able to pay is legally liable to contribute any sum not exceeding the cost of his maintenance, which may be demanded of him by the com- mittee or trustees, and such sum, on demand, becomes a debt due by such person and recoverable from him, his executors, or admin- istrators. He is also liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. Part II.— HOSPITALS UNDER 11 VICTORIA No. 59. Section 26 provides that this part of this Act shall not extend or apply to, or in any manner affect, any institution incorporated under Part I. of this Act. Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act, No. 17 of 1908 (Federal), and Amending Acts. (Except where otherwise stated, the figures in brackets refer to Sections of the 1908 Act.) Part III.— OLD AGE PENSIONS. Any person having attained the age of 65 years (or 60 years, if permanently incapacitated for work) is qualified to receive an old age peijsion (15). (Note. — By Proclamation under S. 15 (2), the qualifying age for women has been reduced to 60 years.) A pension may be paid only if the claim is certified by a Regis- trar, and reconunendetl in writing by a Deputy Commissioner of CJld Age Pensions (15). The following persons are disqualified from receiving a pension (16):— 1. Aliens. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. H 2. Naturalised subjects who have uot been naturalised for at least 3 years preceding the date of their claim. (Note. — S. 11 of No. 3 of 19U9 excludes from this disqualifica- tion persons who became naturalised on or before BOth June, 1910.) 3. Asiatics (unless born in Australia), aboriginal natives of Aus- ti'alia, Africa, Pacific Islands, or New Zealand; but women who have married disqualified persons are not thereby themselves disqualified (16). To obtain a pension, a claimant (17) 1. Must be residing in Australia at the date of his claim, and must have so resided continuously for at least 20 years — (formerly 25 years, but amended by No. 3 of 1909, S. 12). Occasional absences are ignoi'ed if they do not aggi'egate 1/lOth of the total residence (18) or if they are spent in a terri- tory under the authority of the Commonwealth, or in a British possession that becomes such a territory (No. 3 of 1909, S. 13), and all absences are ignored dunng which claimant's home was in Australia, and his wife any family, if any, resided there, and were maintained by him (18) 2. Must be of good character 3. If a husband, must not, without just cause, (a) Have deserted his wife for 12 months during the imme- diately preceding 5 years (b) Have failed to provide her with adequate means of maintenance (c) Have neglected to maintain any of his children under 11 years of age. 4. If a wife, must not (a) Have desertetl her husband for 12 months during the immediately preceding 5 years (b) Have deserted her children 5. Must not have accumulated property in or out of Australia exceeding £310 in value G. Must not directly or indirectly have deprived himself of income or property so as to qualify for a pension 7. Must not within 6 months have been refused a pension certi ficate unless for an approved reason. Part IV.— INVALID PENSIONS. This Section of the Act came into operation on 15th December, 1910, by proclamation under S. 19. It provides (20) that every person over the age of IG who is permanently incapacitated for work by reason of an accident or invalidity, and who is not in receipt of an old age pension, shall be qualified, while in Australia, for an invalid pension. Aliens. Asiatics (except those born in Australia), aboriginal natives of Australia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, or New Zealand, are not qualified (21). Women married to an unqualified person are not thereby themselves disqualified (21). A claimant for an invalid pension (22) (a) Must be residing in Australia when claim is made, and must have done so continuously (subject to the above exceptions) for 'at least 5 years (b) Must have become permanently incapacitated while in ! Australia 12 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. (c) Must show that the accident or iuvaliditj' was not self- induced in any way with a view to qualifying for a pension (d) Must have no claim against any employer or other person or body compellable to maintain or compensate him. (e) Must have no income or property exceeding the limits laid down for old 'age pensions (f) Must not have directly or indirectly deprived himself of income or property in order to qualify for a pension (g) Must show that his relatives do not adequately maintain him. The Commissioner or Deputy C<»mmissioner shall determine annually in every case, having regard to all the circumstances, the amount of the pension payable (23). In all cases of invalidity, and in cases of accident, where the permanent incapacity for work is not manifest, the claimant shall be examined by a duly qualified medical practitioner, who shall cex-tify as to the merits of the claim (No. 3 of 1909, S. 14). Pakt v.— general. The amount of an invalid or old age pension shall not exceed the rate of £26 a year, or be at such a rate as will make the pen- sioner's income, together with pension, exceed £52 a year (24). If the pensioner has accumulated property, the maximum pension shall be reduced (24) by £1 for every £10 by which the net capital value of the property exceeds £50 (£25 if both husband and wife are pen- sioners, and living together). If the property includes a home, how- ever, in which the pensioner permanently resides, and which pro- duces no income, the deduction shall be (24) £1 for every £10 by which the net capital value exceeds £100 (£50 if both husband and wife are pensioners and live together). In assessing the net capital value of accumulated property (25) (a) All real and personal property shall be included. (b) All charges and encumbrances shall be deducted. (c) A valuation made for a local authority will hold good as the capital value, unless satisfactory evidence is adduced to the contrary. (d) In the case of husband and wife living together, the net capital value of the accumulated property of each will be half the total net capital value of the accumulated property of both. In computing income (26) — (a) The estimated value of board and lodging (not exceeding 5s. a week) shall be included (b) In the case of husband and wife living together, the income of each shall be half the total income of both. The necessary forms, Avliich must be filled in by claimant and two persons who have known him. or her, for a lengthened period, may be obtained from the Old Age Pensions offices. The claim must be accompanied by a declaration (endorsed thereon) signed by the claimant to the effect that the particulars given are true (27). The declaration may be made before certain specified persons (27). A pension claim may be withdrawn at any time by notice sent to the Registrar (27). SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 13 The claimaut, uuless otherwise unable, in due course is called upon to appear before a magistrate in support of his claim (29). Magisterial investigations must be made in, or as near as possible to the locality where the pensioner resides, and in open court (30). Evidence may be taken at discretion, and the magistrate is expected to deal with the claim according to equity, good conscience and the substantial merits of the case, rather than according to technicalitie:^ or legal forms (30). The magistrate may (31) — (a) Recommend the claim as made or modified (b) Postpone for further evidence (c) Recommend rejection, the claimant having the right o-f appeal to the Minister, or, if he thinks that the claimant, although otherwise qualified for, is unfit to be trusted with a pension he may recommend that claim- ant be sent to a benevolent asylum or charitable institution (31). The Minister or Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner may at any time cancel, suspend, or reduce a pension, but any decision of a Deputy, Commissioner shall be subject to appeal by the claimant to the Minister (37). "Whenever required, a pensioner shall send to the Deputy Commis- sioner a statement relating to his income and accumulated property. According to the results of investigation, the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner may discontinue, decrease or increase the rate of pension (No. 3 of 1909, S. 15). For the purposes of a magisterial inquiry under the Act, a magistrate may summon witnesses, receive evidence on oath and require the production of documents. (No. 3 of 1909, S. 16.) Instalments of pensions are paj'able fortnightly in amounts at the rate of one-twenty-sixth of the annual pension, at the office named in the pension certificate (39, and No. 3 of 1009, S. 17), and within 21 days after due date on personal application by pensioner (40). Non-application is visited with forfeiture unless Deputy Commissioner or Registrar is satisfied as to reasons (40). A Pension is absolutely inalienable (41). Pension payments may be made to any person other than the pensioner if the latter is so old, infirm or improvident as to render that course desirable (43). If thought fit, pension payments may be intrusted to any bene- volent or charitable society, minister of religion. Justice of the Peace, or other person named by the Deputy Commissioner (44). If 'a pensioner becomes an inmate of any asylum for the insane or a hospital, his pension is suspended until his discharge, when payment is resumed together witli arrears not exceeding four weeks' instalments for the period during which payment wa? suspended (46). A pensioner leaving Australia without intending to return forfeits his pension (46). A waiver of the forfeiture, however, may be granted if he returns (46). If a successful claimant is an inmate of a benevolent asylum or other charitable institution, the pension becomes payable as from a date not more than 2!? days prior to discharge, but no payment shall be made while he is an inmate (47). 14 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. The Act provides (49) for a penalty of G months' imprisonment for— (a) False statement or representation (b) Unlawfully obtaining payment of forfeited or suspended instalment (c) Personation or fraudulent device to obtain payment (d) Unlawfully aiding and abetting another to obtain a pension (e) Wilfully lending pension certificate to another person Pension certificates may also be cancelled and fines imposed (50). A pensioner convicted of drunkenness may, by order, forfeit any one or more subsequent instalments of pension (51). A pension certificate shall be cancelled if pensioner is convicted twice within twelve mouths of an offence punishable by imprison- ment for not less than one month, or if he is convicted once of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or upwards (51). A pensioner may be summoned by the Registrar before a magis- trate to show cause why his pension should not be cancelled, reduced, or suspended on account of his drunken, intemperate, or disreput- able habits: and the magistrate may, if he thinks fit, recommend accordingly (52). Neglected Children Act, 1890 (No. 1121). (The figures in brackets refer to Sections of the Act.) A " Neglected Child " (18) is one apparently under the age of 17 years:— (1) Found in any public place 'begging or receiving alms \^) Found wandering about or frequenting any street or place of public resort, and being homeless and without visible means of subsistence (3) Associating or dwelling with any known or reputed thief, drunkard, or vagrant, whether the parent of the child or not (4) Having committed an offence punishable by some less pun- ishment than imprisonment, and every child apparently under the age of ten years found engaged in any casual employment after 7 p.m. during May to September, both inclusive, or after 9 p.m. during any other month. A neglected child may be immediately apprehended by a con- stauie without a warrant, and taken before two or more neighbouring justices (19), who, if satisfied as to compliance with the Act. may forthwith commit the child to the care of the State Department for Neglected Children, or to a reformatory (20). A similar course may be adopted with regard to a child, apparently under the age of IG years, found residing in a brothel, or with a prostitute, whether she is the mother of the child or not (21). A child may be committed by two or more .lustices to the care of the Department for Neglected Children, if they are satisfied by the guardian that he or she is unable to control the child (23'). Tlie guardian, father, or the mother, if a widow, must enter into an agreement to contribute towai-ds the maintenanc(> of the child such sum as the justices may fix (23). The Secretary to the Department for Neglected Children becomes legal guardiiin of all children committed to the Department, and retains fliat relati')pship until they reach the age of IS (unless sooner SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 15 discharged) or such greater age, not exceeding 20 years, as the Governor-in-Council may direct (25). A ward of the Department for Neglected Children may be (30)— (1) Placed in a receiving depot (2) Boarded out (3) Placed at service (4) Apprenticed on land or at sou (5) Placed in custody of a suitable and willing person (6) Detained in an *industrial or probationary school (in the latter for not longer than 6 months unless an extension, not to exceed a further six months, is authorised by the Minister) (7) Transferred to a reformatory school. Children T^oarded out or apprenticed may be visited at their home or work at any time by an Inspector, or other authorised person (31). The Secretary of the Neglected Children's Department may apprentice any ward of the State (32). Constables and peace officers must assist in retaining or recover- ing the custody of an absconding ward of the State (33). The Secretary becomes guardian of the estates of children com- mitted to the care of his Department (34), and in that capacity may manage and lease lands, recover rents, sue for wages and earnings, etc (35). All monies received on behalf of wards of the State must be paid into a special trust fund (36) subject to such deductions as are allowed for expenses of maintaining wards (37). Local Visiting Committees may be appointed to visit and report on wards of the State (41). Ministers of religion (42) and certain other specified persons (43) shall also have access to wards. The parent (including mother, stepmother, stepfather, etc.) (58) of a ward of the State shall pay for maintenance such sum not exceeding 12/- a week as shall be decided upon by the Court, due regard being taken of the parent's 'ability to pay (45), the burden of proof of inability to pay to rest with the parent (50). Persons too poor to pay may be released from payment (54). Maintenance money is recoverable before justices (55). Neglected children may be committed to the care of pri%''ate per- sons or institutions approved by Governor-in-Coiincil (Gl). In the case of institutions, the manager thereof must also be so approved («52). Approved persons oi- managers l)eeome guardians of children committed to tlieir care (64). A child cannot be committed to an insti- tution if the father objects, or if the child would there be educated in a religion other than that to which the child, is accustomed (66). The father (or the mother, if she be the guardian) of a child may, by written declaration before a J.P., transfer the guardianship to any approved person or institution (67). The person or manager then becomes guardian of the child during his minority to the exclu- sion of the father or mother or other guardian (67). The children, however, may be visited by the father, mother, or other specified persons (68). No guardian of a child under this Act may remove the child out of Victoria without the consent of the Minister (74), and all guardians must keep proper accounts of receipts and expenditure under their guaruianship (75). If a destitute child is, without objection from father or other guardian, received into an asylum for the care and management of destitute children and remains there for 2 years or more, the father 16 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. or guardian shall not be entitled to remove the child without the consent of the Committee of the institution or the order of the Governor-in-Council (76). A child otherwise under age but complying with certain condi- tions may be registered under the Act, and may then engage in casual employment (77). Registration continues in force for twelve monws (77), and thei'e is a penalty for employing an unregistered child (78) and for forging or fraudulently obtaining a certificate of registration (79). The remainder of the Act, Parts X. and XI., deals with the penalties for offences and the power of the Governor-in-Couucil to make certain regulations. Infant Life Protection Act, 1890 (No. 1198) and 1907 (No. 2102). No woman shall receive for reward or payment any child under the age of 5 ;^ears (1907, Sec. 4) for nursing and maintaining for a longer period than 3 days, or for adoption unless she is the regis- tered occupier of the house in which she lives, and the house is registered under the Acts (1890, Sec. 4). No male person may be so registered (1907. Sec. 5). The Secretary (i.e., of the Department for Neglected Children) must keep a register of suca persons, houses, etc., and issue eertitieates of registration — renewable annually during December — no fee chargeable (1890, Sec. 5). Regulations may be made, inter alia, for fixing the maximum number of infants that may be received by any person or in any house, appointing visiting committees, regulating the inspection, feeding, care, management, and medical treatment of infants; pre- scribing accommodation to be provided in registered houses and conditions as to milk supply to boarded-out children, etc. (1890, Sec. 6, and amendments 1907). Male and female inspectors may be appointed to carry out the provisions of the Act (1907, Sec. 8). The Secretary has power to refuse registration of person or house (1890, Sec. 8) if for some good reason dissatisfied with either, and to remove names from the register (1890, Sec. 11). Registered persons must keep a roll containing particulars of the reception, removal, etc., of infants received by them, and must notify the Secretary as soon as a child is received; the roll must be produced on demand by certain authorised persons (1907, Sec. 12). A registered person must notify the Secretary and the nearest police station within 12 hours of the deatn in her house of an ille.gitimate infant or any infant not being her own child (1907, Sec. 16). Such infant dying under 5 years of age may not be buried without a certl- cate signed by a coroner, dei)uty coroner, or justice, authorising burial (idem). This section applies to the death of any infant who has within two months previously been in the charge of a registered person. Houses in which women are received for treatment for certain diseases must be registered as private hospitals under S. 158 of the Health Act (1890, Sec. 1.5). The occupier of any house in which an illegitimate cliild is born, or in which an illegitimate child under the age of 5 years dies, must give notice in writing of the birth or death to the deputy-registrar within 3 days (or, in the country, within one week^. In the case of SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 17 birth, if the occupier is the mother, uotice may be given within 3 weeks (1890, Ss. IS and 19). Persons adopting children under "> years of age must notify, and seek registration from, the Secretary within 14 days of the adoption (1890, S. 22). Persons neglecting, ill-treating, or exposing any boy under 14 years or girl under 10 years, are liable to a severe penalty, and the children may be dealt with as neglected under the Neglected Chil- dren's Act (1890, S. 17; 1907, S. IS and First Schedule). The employment of children under 14 years of age in dangerous performances is forbidden, and the parent or guardian aiding and abetting is liable to severe penalties (1890, S. 23). If a child under 14 years is injured in the course of a dan'gerous performance, the employer, not being the parent, may be ordered to pay compensation, not exceeding £100, to the child (idem). Maternity Homes, Infant Asylums, and separate Cottage Homes- for the care of Infants and their mothers, may be established by Order in Council (1907 S. 6). Infants may be boarded out to registered persons on application to the Secretary and after medical examination (1907 S. 9). The weekly payments for a boarded-out child under 12 months shall not be less than 10s.; over 12 months, 7s.; maximum payment allowed, 40s. a week (idem). Payments must be made through the Secretary, and if they fall in arrear for four weeks, the infant becomes a Ward of the Department for Neglected Children (idem). Infants in charge of registered persons shall be in the medical care of a medical officer appointed under the Neglected Children's Act (1907 S. 13). Children's Courts Act, 1906 (No. 2008). (The figures in brackets refer to Sections of the Act.) This Act authorises the establishment at every place where a Court of Petty Sessions is appointed to be held of Children's Courts (3) to hear and adjudicate on all charges against children (12) including applications to have children committed to the Department for Neglected Children (12) and for this purpose a Special Magistrate or Magistrates may be appointed (4). Otherwise the Children's Court may be presided over by any two or more Justices or a Police Magistrate (5). A " child " under the Act. is a boy or girl under the age of 17 years (2). A Children's Court may sit in any room or building not being used at the time for the purposes of any other Court (16), and only those directly interested shall be allowed to remain while a case is under consideration (1.5). Probation Officers (male or female) may be appointed to each Children's Court (7). Their duties shall be "(9)— (a) To investigate and report to the Court upon the habits. conduct, and mode of living of any juvenile offender, and upon the circiniistances of the offence (b) To visit and supervise the child before and after the hearing, and generally, to assist the Court and perform such other duties as may. by regulation, be directed. Probation offi- cers may appear in. and, if necessary, address, the Court in the interests of any child (9). 18 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. A juvenile offender may be placed under the supervision of a probation officer for a specified time, and remain free from punisli- ment so long as his behaviour is good (10). A probation officer has power to apprehend, without a warrant, any child in his care whom he finds to have broken any of the terms of his probation (10). A child apprehended as a neglected child, or for a misdemeanour, shall be brought before a Children's Court within 24 hours, or other- vvdse, before some justice sitting out of sessions (18). If the heariny is adjourned, the child may be (a) sent to the Royal Park Receiving Depots; (b) placed with some respectable person or persons, or in the home of a married probation or police officer; (c) placed in the gaol or lock-up, but apart from other prisoners, or (d) admitted to bail. A child absconding from custody may be placed in gaol (18). The parent of a child charged before a Children's Court may be heard on behalf of the child, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine witnesses; the case may be heard in the absence of the parent or the parent may be summoned to attend (19). A child found guilty of an offence (not indictable) punishable on summary conviction by penalty or imprisonment, may (20) — (a> Be dealt with as a " neglected child " or juvenile offender (b) Be dismissed, if not previously convicted (c) Be discharged on entering into recognisances, with sureties, to appear for punishment when called upon or to be of good behaviour for a term not exceeding 12 months. If the wilful default or habitual neglect of a parent is deemed to have contributed to a child's offence, the parent may be prose- cuted and convicted, provided that poverty is not the cause of neglect or default (21). A child proved to be " neglected " under the Neglected Children's Act 1890, or, being apparently under the age of 16 years, proved to have been residing in a brothel or associating or dwelling with a prostitute, whether the mother or not, may be dealt with by the Children's Court, as provided for by the Neglected Children's Act, or released on probation for a term not exceeding 12 months, and upon sucb conditions as are thought desirable (23). The execution of a sentence of imprisonment for not exceeding S years may be suspended, subject to good behaviour, in the case of a child found guilty, before the Supreme Court or Court of General Sessions, of an indictable offence (24). If the parent of a boy under 16 years of age found guilty before a Children's Court of an offence punishable on conviction, undertakes to punish the boy privately by whipping, the Court, on being satis- fied at an adjourned hearing that such punishment has been adminis- tered, may discharge the boy (2.5). A child over 7 but under 12 years of age convicted of an indict- able offence, other than homicide or a capital offence, may, subject to the parent's consent, be dealt with summarily by the Court (26) — (a) As a neglected child or juvenile offender (b) By fine not exceeding forty shillings (c) If not previously convicted, by discharge on recognisances with sureties, or by sentence to imprisonment for not more than one month, and suspension of execution of sentence subject to good behaviour. A Children's Court may summarily deal with a child convicted of an indictable offence other than homicide or those outside the jurisdiction of a Court of General Sessions, and subject to the chilli's consmt (27) — SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 10 (a) As a neglected child or juveuile offender (b) By fine not exceeding ten pounds (c) By imprisonment not exceeding six months (d) If not previously convicted, by discharge on recognisances with sureties, or by sentence and suspension of execution thereof subject to good behaviour. Desertion and Custody of Children. THE MARRIAGE ACT 1890 (No. 11G6) AND AMENDING ACTS. (Except where otherwise stated, the figures in brackets refer to Sections of the 1890 Act.) Parts I and II. deal with the celebration of Marriage and offences relating to such celebration. Part III.— CUSTODY OF CHILDREN. On petition, by her next friend, of the mother of an Illegitimate child under the age of 16 years, the Court may make order (a) for the access of the mother to the child, or (b) that the' child be deliv- ereu to the mother or remain in her custody until sixteen, subject to such regulations as to access of father or guardian as the Court may think fit (31), and such order may also provide for the infant's maintenance (32). If the mother, after the making of such order, is guilty of adultery, habitual intemperaiice, or other misconduct, which, in the opinion of the Court, disentitles her to such custody or control, the order may be discharged or cancelled (33). Tbe Court's powers may also be exercised on the return to any writ of habeas coiinis in regard to the custody of a legitimate infant (33). The custody of children under separation deed Is also provided for (34). The maintenance and custody of an Illegitimate child until the age of sixteen is the legal duty of the mother; but, if the Court see fit, it may order otherwise (35). The mother has the same power as to appointment of a guardian of an illegitimate child as tne father has in respect of the legitimate child (36). On petition of the next friend of any infant alleging cruelty, ill-ti"eatmenf, or gross abuse of parental authority by father, mother, or guardian, the Court may order that the Infant be freed from such custody and control and be cared for by a suitable guardian either as to its person or estate, or both, and order the parent or guardian to pay a weekly sum for maintenance and ediication (37). No father has any right to the earnings of an infant while it is in the control or custody of the mother (38). On the death of the father, in case the child has not formed distinct religious views in the meantime, the mother may bring the child up In her own religious faith (39), she being deemed the guardian in case none had been appointed by the father (40). All petitions re custody or religion of child may on application be heard in chambers (41). Part IV.— MAINTENANCE OF DESTITUTE OR DESERTED WIVES AND CHILDREN. On complaint made on oath by the wife or mother or any reput- able person that a husband has deserted or left his wife without 20 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. support, or that a father has deserted his children, whether legiti- mate or not, or left them without adequate support, a justice may- issue a summons to such husband or father to show cause why he should not support his wife or children; and, upon proof of deser- tion, may issue a warrant for the man's apprehension (42). An order of maintenance may be made by two justices whether the husband or father appear or not, and in default of a sufficient surety (if thought necessary) being forthcoming, the defendant may be committed to gaol pending compliance Avith the order (43) or may be sent to hard labour for any term not exceeding 12 months, it being understood that his discharge will follow the finding of an approved surety (1901 Act, S. 2). The justices have power to authorise the sale of a deserter's goods or the receipt of rents due to a deserter (44), and may give this authority or make an order of maintenance without the previous issue of any warrant or summons in the case of a deserter who has left Victoria (44). Such a deserter is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for a period not exceeding 1 year, and complaint on oath before a police magistrate by the wife or mother, or by some reputable person on her behalf, shall justify the magistrate, if he be satisfied, in issuing a warrant for the apprehension of the deserting husband or father (1901 Act, S. 4). A man who refuses to comply with an order to maintain his wife and children and leaves or attempts to leave the State is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for not exceeding 1 year (1901 Act, S. 4). An order of maintenance may be made on any man believed to have the intention of deserting his wife or children (47). A woman complaining that she has been deserted must either produce direct evidence of her marriage or swear an affidavit setting forth the time, place or circumstances of such marriage (46). If the Legislature of any British possession make the act of deserting a wife or children and leaving the limits of the possession an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, any such deserter coming to Victoria may be arrested and dealt with pursuant to the provisions of the " Imperial Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 " (1901 Act. S. 5). No man shall be taken to be the father of an illegitimate child on the oath of the mother only (48). The latter may also be called upon to contribute, either in part or wholly, to the support of her child (49). A pre-maternity order may be made on the father of an illegiti- mate child for confinement expenses (including reasonable medical and nursing expenses and the cost of clothing necessary for a child for two months after its birth), and such order may be included with, or kept separate from, the maintenance order (1900 Act, No. 1084, Ss. 2 and 3). The committal of an illegitimate child to the care of the Depart- ment for Neglected Children shall be prima facie evidence of lack of means of support in any proceedings against the putative father (1901 Act, Sec. 5). I'ART v.— DESERTED WIVES. A deserted wife may, on application to the court or to a County Court judge, a police magistrate, or justices in Petty Sessions, obtain an order to protect, as against husband and creditors, any property she may accpiire after the desertion (55). If the husband disregards SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 21 the order he becomes liable to restore the property and also to pay a sum equal to double the value of the property seized or held (57). Part VI.— AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ON WIFE. If a husbaud be convicted of au aggravated assault ou his wife the Court may order that the latter be not bound to cohabit, and that the husbaud pay a specified weekly sum to the wife and give her the legal custody of the children, but such order is dependent on the wife's conduct (GO). Service of Writs of Summons throughout the Commonwealth " SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT No. 11 OF 1901 " (FEDERAL). (The figures in brackets refer to sections of the Act.) Service of Writs of Summons. — It is provided that a writ of Summons issued in any one part may be served in any other part of the Commonwealth, the order or service being the same as if served where issued (4). The writ must bear (a) an indorsement that it is for service outside the State; (b) an address within five miles of the court of issued, one witliin and one without the State of issue (7). The time statement of the nature of the claim (5). If the writ Is not properly indorsed it is ineffective for service (6). Concurrent writs may be issued, one within and one without the State of issue (7). The time limit for appearance may be prescribed by Rules of Court, but must not be less than 45 days if issued or to be served in W.A. or in Northern Territory of South Australia or 30 days in other cases (8). Process, other than a writ of summons, and subpa?nas may also be issued in a similar manner (14, 15 and 16). Part III.— EXECUTION OF WARRANTS. A warrant for the apprehension of any person (a) charged with eny offence, whether indictable or punishable on summary conviction, or (b) against whom an indictment has been found or presented; or (c) against whom an order for the maintenance of his wife or children has been made, may also be indorsed for execution In another State (IS). Indorsement according to schedule gives autliority to apprehend the person named and bring same before a J. P. of the State where arrested, and such J. P. may (a) order him to be returned to the State where the warrant was issued; or (b) admit him to bail to answer the charge at time and place appointed in the State of issue (18). A Writ of Attachment mav also be executed in another State (19). Part IV. provides for the enforcement in all parts of the Com- monwealth of judgments issued in any other part (20-26). Police Offences Act, 1890 (No. 1126). Part I. provides for penalties for offences causing nuisance or ennoyance or tending to personal injury. Part II., 16, provides for cases of assault being dealt with by fine, not exceeding £10 or imprisonment for not exceeding three months; aggravated cases to be committed for trial. 22 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. 17. Persons committing specified offences with liorses and vetiicles subject to a penalty not exceeding £10. 25. Di'iinli and disoi'deiiy persons found on a road or public place liable on first offence to a penalty of £2 or gaol, with or without hard labour, up to tliree days. Subsequent offences, penalty not exceeding f5 or imprisonment for not more than fourteen days. 26. Obscene, threatening or abusive language, conduct, etc., in any public place (definition in Sec. 27) involves penalty up to £10 or imprisonment for three calendar months. (Note.— An amending Act of 1891 (No. 1241, Sections 8 and 9) allows a woman or girl convicted under Sections 25 or 26 to be sent, with her consent, to a reformatory institution for not less tlian nine or more than twelve months, instead of undergoing other punishment.) Part III.— VAGRANCY. 40. An idle and disorderly person is defined inter alia as 1. One who has no visible or insufficient lawful means of support, and cannot give a good account of himself before a justice. 2. An habitual drunkard thrice convicted within the previous 12 months, or a common prostitute behaving in a riotous or indecent manner in a public place. 3. The occupier of any house frequented by thieves or persons having no visible lawful means of support, and others in their company who cannot give a good account of themselves and their object in being there. 4. Persons wandering abroad, etc., to beg or gather alms or causing a child to do so. 5. Persons found by niglit with firearms without valid reason. 6. Persons found with deleterious drugs or articles of disguise about them. Such persons are liable to imprisonment up to 12 mouths with or without hard labour. 41. Defines " Rogues and Vagabonds " as being — 1. Any person committing any of the before-mentioned offences who has been previously convicted as an idle and disorderly person. 2. Any person soliciting, gathering or collecting alms, subscrip- tions or contributions under any false pretence. 3. Any person imposing or endeavouring to impose upon any charitable individual or institution by any false or fraudu- lent representation either verbally or in writing with a view to obtain money or any other benefit or advantage. 4. The seller or exhibitor of obscene literature or prints, etc. 5. A person guilty of wilful indecent exposure in public. 6. A person playing or betting at any unlawful game. 7. A person playing or betting or soliciting or encouraging any other person to plaj^ or bet in or upon any public place with table or instrument of gaming at any game of chance (Amendment under 1891 Act). Such persons are liable to gaol with hard labour up to two years and to forfeit of weapons and instruments. Section 42 deals with Incorrigible Rogues, who are defined as follows: — 1. Any person escaping from legal confinement before the expiration of his sentence. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 23 2. Any person who, having already been convicted as a rogue and vagabond, again commits an offence against this part of the Act for which he would otherwise be liable as a rogue and vagabond. 3. Any person apprehended as a rogue and vagabond and violently resisting if subsequently convicted of the offence for which he was apprehended. Such persons are liable to gaol for any term up to 3 years witli liard labour. Parts IV., v., VI. deal with Gaming, Obscene Publications, and Miscellaneous respectively. Health Act, 1890. This Act, which applies, except where expressly limited, to every city, town, borough and shire in Victoria, authorises the appointment of a Board, with power, amongst other things, to make regulations for the prevention of food adulteration and of the spread of infectious disease. Local Councils have power to make by-laws for the carriage of meat, registration of dairies, inspection of grazing grounds and dairies, securing cleanliness of milk tins, shops and vessels, prescrib- ing precautions for protecting milk against contamination, prevention of the storage of bone-dust or other manure or of the keeping of animals so as to be a nuisance, supply of sufficient water to slaughter- houses, prevention of danger through storage of inflammable material, disinfection and prevention of nuisance or injury to health from rags, etc.; regulation of noxious trades, etc., or injury therefrom; and closets, urinals, etc. (The Board may require Councils to make such by-laws, but there is no effective legal means to compel the enforcement. This- has been in part remedied by the " Meat Supervision Act.") Part V.— COMMON LODGING HOUSES. Applies to Melbourne and Geelong and where other Acts have applied. Local authorities are to execute provisions of this part. Section 79. — Occupier or keeper of any common lodging house must register with local authority, and the fee for registration is not to exceed £10 for Melbourne or Geelong, and in other cases 10s. Registi"atlon (annual) must first be certified by Council. Local authority must keep a register of all common lodging houses, and may make regulations from time to time. Common lodging houses must report deaths to Coroner, and notify Infectious diseases and make due provision for preventing the spread of disease. Access at all times must be given to officer appointed by local authorities, and the keeper of common lodging houses must use sanitary precautions, including cleaning and lime-"n"ashing in accordance with local regu- lations, in first weeks of April and October in each year. Keeper must furnish to local authorities, whenever called upon by them, and on their forms, return of lodgers in house on previous night, subject to penalties, and the keeper may be suspended for breach of regulations. Part VI.— DWELLINXf-HOUSES. Section 98. — Buildings may bo declared unfit for human habita- tion and their occupation forbidden, and on conviction of default owner and occupier is liable to penalty from 10s. to £5 for every day. 24 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Section 99. — Overcrowding renders offenders liable to penalties from £1 to £5 for every day. Section 100 prohibits occupation of cellar or undergi-ound room as a separate dwelling. Subject to penalty (107) not exceeding £1 per diem, occupation for one night renders offenders liable. In case of two convictions, the cellar may be closed. By Section 104 a building not hitherto used as a dwelling may not be used without consent from local authorities (Municipal). Section 105 prohibits building on unhealthy sites, and existing dwellings may be destroyed. Sections 106 and 107 provide as to dwellings in existing and newly-laid-out streets, that no house shall be erected that cannot be properly drained or where there is not proper access to rear without passing through the house from the front. The house must have a frontage to a street at least 50-ft. wide, and the side have a surplus area of at least IGO square ft. No stagnant water must be allowed to remain in cellar more than 24 hours after notice given, and must be deodorised before being emptied. Cellars must, if required, be asphalted. Past VIII.— Division I. PROTECTION AGAINST INFECTION. Section 119. — Every Council rhust report to Board as required as to health, cleanliness and general sanitary state of city, etc., and (120) must report appearance of certain diseases. The Govemor-iu-Council may enforce provisions to prevent diseases (121), the Board may make regulations as to diseases, amongst others, for cleansing, etc., of streets, buildings, etc., and disinfection of bedding, clothing, etc., and for home and house visitation and inspection for lessening or regulating number of inmates and occupants of common or other lodging houses and factories or other public buildings or work-rooms and speedy removal of all nuisances. By Section 134, any infected person without proper lodging may, on a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner, and with the consent of the superintending body, be removed to any local hospital by order of any Justice. Any person wilfully disobeying or obstructing the execution of such order is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10, or (135) upon proof by certificate of municipal officer of health and two legally qualified medical practitioners (or one if no more resident in the district) that a person is suffering from any dangerous infectious or contagious disease, the patient may (with the approval of the Board) be forthwith removed to the Sanatorium at Cut-Paw-Paw. Section 130 provides for removal to hospital of infectious persons brought by ships. By Section 137 a penalty not exceeding £5 is imposed for the exposure of infected persons and things either in street (without taking reasonable precautions) or public conveyance or building. A similar penalty appli(-s on failing to provide for disinfection of a public conveyance and (by Section 139) any person sending a child to school within throe months of suffering from such disease or within six weeks of residence in a house where such disease exists •without furnishing a medical certificate, and. unless the child's clothes have been disinfected, is also liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 25 Section 140 exacts a penalty not exceeding £20 for letting houses in whicli infected persons have been lodging, and (Section 141) for false statements to any negotiator for hire, -as to infectious diseases within a period of six weeks prior to inquiry. Divisiox III.— HOSPITALS, Etc. Any Council (Section 153) may provide hospitals and temporary places for the reception of the sick, and two or more Councils may combine to provide a common hospital, and (Section 154), in default of the Council acting, the chairman may (by order of the Board) provide the necessary accommodation and record same. The State may be required by the Board to make reasonable arrangements with the Council (or combined Councils) for the recep- tion into such hospital, of sick inhabitants of their district or districts to the satisfaction of the Board. The recovery by Council of cost of maintenance of patient in hospital is provided for in Section 156. Section 157 provides for the expenses of the Sanatorium at Cut- Paw-Paw, and Section 158 provides that the Board may make regu- lations and inspections and provide for registration of private hospi- tals and other buildings or places not receiving aid from the State, but which receives persons and lodges them for medical or surgical treatment or care. (Kegulationg have been made whereby the keep- ing of an unregistered private hospital is an offence.) Public disinfecting rooms and sale of disinfectants, if directed by the Board, must be established by Councils, which may (if necessary) make a small charge for their use. Part IX.— VACCINATION. provides for the appointment of Public Vaccinators. Infants must be vaccinated before they are six months old, or an offence is committed. The Board has for some years arranged for a sufficient supply of calf lymph so that all infants can be vaccinated with such lymph if desired. No lympth is taken from a calf unless the animal has been proved by careful post-mortem examination to be free from disease. Part X.— NUISANCES. Section 216. — Nuisances under this division may be — (1) Houses, Streets, Lanes, Gutters, Outbuildings, Accumulation or Deposits, etc., injurious to health; (2) any Building, Factory, House, etc., so unclean, overcrowded, or otherwise as to be injurious to health; and (;5) Fire- place, Furnace, etc., which does not as far as practicable consume its own smoke. Information of a nuisance may be given to a Council by the person aggrieved, or by the police of the district, where the Council must serve a notice to abate such nuisance. Complaint must also be made to a Justice. Part XL— Division L— PUBLIC BUILDINGS— SANITARY PROVISIONS. Deals with Theatres, Hospitals, Benevolent Asylums, and other public buildings, and regulations as to buildings, sanitation, over- x^rowding, etc. 26 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Inebriates Act, 1904. (The figures in ibrackets refer to Sections of the Act.) An Inebriate is a person who habitually uses alcoholic liquors or- intoxicating or narcotic drugs to excess (3). On the application of (4)— (a) An inebriate, or a person authorised in writing by an inebriate when sober (b) The husband, wife, parent, bi'other, sister, son, or daughter of full age, or a business partner of an inebriate (c) A member of the police force above the rank of sub-inspector, and acting on the written request of an inebriate's medical adviser or relative, or at the instance of a justice, a judge or the Master-in-Lunacy or a Police Magistrate, if satisfied: that the person concerning whom the application is made is an inebriate, may order that such inebriate (4) 1. Be placed under control for a period not exceeding 28 days in his or her home, or in the house of a friend, in a public or private hospital, or in an institution 2. Be placed in an institution for a period not exceeding 12 months 3. Be placed for a period not exceeding 12 months in the care of an attendant or attendants who shall be under the control of the judge or other authorised person making the order. No order, however, shall be made unless (4) a medical certificate and corroborative evidence is forthcoming to the effect that the person concernhig whom the application is made is an inebriate, or unless personal inspection of the inebriate is made by the Police Magistrate, Judge, or Master-in-Lunacy, or (in the case of the two latter) by someone authorised on their behalf. Medical certificates must specify facts (4) on which opinion is formed, and shall distinguish 'between facts observed and those com- municated by others. No order shall be made on a certificate based on communicated facts (4). An inebriate shall be afforded an opportimity of being heard in objection to an application (4). A medical practitioner who is an applicant shall not sign a cer- tificate (5). Neither shall an oi'der be made if it appears that the medical practitioner whose certificate is produced, or his father, brother, son, pai'tner or assistant (5) — 1. Is the superintendent, medical ofticer or a professional attend- ant at any institution 2. Is wholly or in part tlie proprietor, licensee, mortgagee, or lessee of any institution 3. Is interested in the payments to be made by or on account of any inebriate received into any institution. An inebriate convicted thrice within 12 months may be placed for not more than 12 months (extensible from time to time for fiu'- ther periods not exceeding 12 months each) in any institution which may be established by the Government for the reception, control and treatment of inebriates so convicted (6). If the inebriate is physically unfit to travel, he may be placed for not exceeding 28 days (renew- able from time to time) in a gaol, lock-up, hospital or private house under the supervision of the police (G). The Judge, Master-in-Lunacy or Police Magistrate may order that the expense of the cai-e, charge and maintenance of t'le inebriate be paid out of any property he or she may possess (7). SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMEx\T. 27 The Supreme Court or a Judge thereof, if satisfied that an inebriate is incapable of managing: his own affairs, may make orders regarding the utilisation of his property and income, and may appoint any person to undertake the care and management of his property as in the ease of a hiuatic under the " Lunacy Acts " (8). An order placing an inebriate under the control of an attendant shall instruct such attendant, under penalty for neglect, to prevent the supply to the inebriate of any intoxicating liquors or drug or instrument likely to produce a state of inebriation (10). Any person so supplying the inebriate is liable to a heavy penalty (14). Neither must such inebriate be allowed to leave the State unless under some permissive variation of the order (11). An inebriate who escapes from custody may be arrestetl and returned (12). All places where inebriates are under control are liable to inspec- tion by the Inspector-General of the Insane or person deputed by him (13). Proceedings under the Act must not be published except by permission of the Judge, Master-in-Lunacy, or Police Magistrate adjudicating (15). The Governor-in-Council may by order establish or license Insti- tutions for the reception, control and treatment of inebriates (17). Servants' Registry Offices Act, 1897. (The figures in brackets refer to sections of the Act.) No person in Victoria can legally keep or conduct a registry oflBce for servants or receive any charges in connection therewith unless duly licensed (3). Such license may be issued by the Chief Inspector of Factories on a written application, accompanied by an annual license fee of 10s. and certificate of character in due form signed by a J. P. and six ratepayers of the district in question (4). The license, which is not transferable, may be renewed from year to year (on payment of a fee of 10s. by indorsement (4), but the Chief Inspector has power to refuse in case of anything unsatisfactory appearing in connection w-ith the applicant or his premises (5). In such case a written statement of reasons for declining must li-? given such decision to 'any Court of Petty Sessions in the district, the deci- sion of such court being final (5). For the purposes of this section, the court shall consist of a Police Magistrate (5). Licenses e.Ki)iri' o > 30th June (6). The licensee must keep books and records (8) which are open for inspection by any inspector (9), or, on the written con- sent of the Chief Inspector, by any employer or servant who nii\y take extracts from same (11). The licensee must plainly display on his premises his name and the words " liiceused Registry Ofhce Keeper" (12), and must post up a list of foes payable to him in respect of hiring servants (16), and may not directly or indirectly accept more or other rates or forms of remuneration than those specified in such scale (17). Power is reserved to the Governor-in-Council to mnke regulations and pre- scribe a scale of payment (19). The penalty for a license holder's breach of the Act is not to exceed £10 (20). Any conviction for breach of the Act must be indorsed on the license or the license may he cancelled (22). 28 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Hawkers and Pedlars Act, 1890. (The figures in brackets refer to sections of the Act.) Applications are sometimes made to the charitable to start a person in business as a hawker or to renew stock; it is, therefore, well to know under what condtitions and restrictions this class of trade may be conducted. The " Hatckers and Pedlars Act 1890 " recognises two descriptions of trade, each provided for by a special form of license. One license authorises the holder to carry on his own person his wares and merchandise for the purpose of sale; tlie other empowers him to carry goods by pack-horse or vehicle or by boat or other craft (5). Any person not already authorised under some previous Act carrying on business as a hawker or a pedlar wiliiout a license is liable to a penalty not exceeding £20; a person being deemed to be unlicensed unless he can prove to the contrary (4). The provisions of the Act do not apply to the sale of newspapers, fish, fruit, water-fowl, vegetables or victuals of any description, or any agricultural produce in any city, town, borough, street, road or place; or to the sale of goods by the actual makers or their agents residing with them; or to the sale of any goods whatever in any market or fair legally established in Victoria, or in any house or shop occupied by the person so selling (3). The Act does not apply to Melbourne or Geelong. Licenses are granted at general meetings of the Justices held in each police district on the second Tuesday of March, June, September, and December of each year (6). Persons desirous to obtain a license must give the Clerk of Petty Sessions seven days' notice in writing of intention to apply (7). Applicants for a personal license must produce a certificate of good character from two known and respect- able persons of the district (8) and pay a fee of fl per annum or pro rata (10). A hawker using a vehicle is required to enter into a recog- nisance with two approved sureties each in the sum of £20 (9), and pay a license fee at the rate of £2 per annum (10). The period of license commences on the first of the ensuing month, and terminates on the 31st of the following December (11). Any person trading Avithout a license may be seized and detained for two days unless the case can be sooner disposed of (12). The words " Licensed Hawker " must be painted in large Roman letters, together with licensee's name and number (13); penalty for neglect not exceeding £10. A similar penalty is exacted from any unlicensed person convicted of assuming such 'a badge (14). A refusal to produce license is -visited with a like punishment (15). Forging a license is accounted a misdemeanour entailing imprisonment not exceeding six months (16). Hiring or lending a license results in permanent forfeiture of same and any right to renewal (21). Selling, knowingly or not. smuggled or stolen goods is similarly punished (20). Selling spiritiious liquors may be punished by 'a fine of £20 (17), and on the information of thix'd parties, hawkers suspected of carrying such goods may be searched and on conviction fined up to £30 or confined with hai'd labour in the nearest gaol (18). Money Lenders Acts, 1906 and 1907. (Except when otiierwise stated, the figures in brackets refer to the section of the 1906 Act.) A transaction with a money-lender may be reopened (4) in the- event of the money-lender taking proceedings in any Court, and there SYNOPSIS OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 20 is evidence that tbe interest charged or the amounts charged for expenses, inquiries, etc., are excessive, or that the transaction is harsh and unconscionable, or is such that a Court of Equity would give relief. The person sued may be relieved by the Court from payment of any sum in excess of that adjudged to be fairly due, and if any suc'h excess has been paid the money-lender may be ordered to refund it. A transaction may also be reopened on application of the bor- rower or surety or other person liable. No proceeding to reopen a transaction or obtain relief may be taken within 12 months after the close of the transaction, unless in the case of th*e legal personal representative of a deceased person, who may take proceedings within two years after the close of a transaction in which the deceased person was liable A money-lender is liable to a heavy penalty if he is not registered only (5) under his own and his usual trade name (if any), and with his business address or all his money-lending business address. He must carry on his money-lending business only in his registered name, and at his registered address or addresses. Registration holds good for three years, but may be renewed from time to time (6). He must enter into agreements in money-lending transactions only in his regis- tered name (5). He must, on reasonable request and on tender of a reasonable sum for expenses, furnish the borrower with a copy of any document relating to the loan or any security thereof (5). He must, when selling, assigning or transferring any debt, P/N, B/E, etc.. furnish full particulars of the ti'ansaction in connection there- with (5). Convictions for an offence against Section 5 shall not make a money-lending contract void or voidable (1907 Act, Sec. 2). Moneylendei's or their agents are liable to heavy penalties (7) for false statements or misrepresentations inducing persous to borrow money or to agree to the terms upon which money is or is to be borrowe SJ^lum (1859). Secretary, R. average occupied — 105. i. In-patients — Hargrcavcs, jun., Ararat. Manage- 1595. Out-patiettts — 2516. Income — ment — Committee of 15 members. £7566 (including Government grant, (For particulars relating to the Bene- £2400; municipal grants, £282; pri- volent Asylum, see page 82). A ward vate contributions, £l943; patients' with 4 beds is reserved for infectious contributions, £942). Expenditure — cases, and a tent with 2 beds for con- £7161. sumptives. No. of beds — 49. Daily average occupied — 41.07. In-patients — 513. Out-patients — 316. Income — £1805 (including Government grant, £750: municipal grants, £192; private Camperdown District Hospital (1909), Camperdown. Hon. Secretary, J. C. Manifold. Management — Com- mittee of 9 members. No infectious or full-paying patients are accepted. contributions, £353; patients' contri- Visitors are allowed at anv reason butions, £258). Expenditure — £1854. Bairnsdale District Hospital (Incor- ^ . , „ . . , porated 1888). Bairnsdale, Gippsland. Out-patients are not treated. Prmcipal Secretary, J. Kennedy Smith. Infec- sources of /ncorn*?— Govenment grant. able time. No. of average occupied — 5. beds — 12. Daily In-patients — 99. tious cases are admitted, and five such cases were treated last year. The Hospital is managed by a Committee of 12 members. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays are visiting days. No. of beds — 39. Daily average occupied — 27.5. In-patients — 439. Out-patients — 99. In- £150; municipal grants, £145; private contributions, £261; patients' contri- butions, £112. Expenditure — £787. Castlemaine Hospital (1853), Castle- maine. Secretary, Albert H- Drum- mond. The Hospital has an isolation ward with ten beds for the acommo- come — £2041 (includine Government dation of infectious cases. Manage- grant, £550; municipal grants, £82; ment by a Committee of 15 members, private contributions, £466; patients' Visiting days are on Wednesdays, contributions, £322). Expenditure— Saturdays and Sundays, from 2 to 4 £1890. p.m. No. of beds — 75. Daily average Ballarat District Hospital (1855), occupied— 41. In-patients— 352- Out- Sturt-street, Ballarat. Secretary, Fran- patients — 374. Prmcipal sources of G. Eagleton. Twenty beds are set /«cowj(?— Government grant, £620; pri apart for infectious cases. The xios- pital is managed by a Committee of 15 members. Visiting days are on Sun- days and Thursdays, from 2.30 to 4.30 vate contributions, £305; patients' contributions, £135. Expenditure — £1840. Clunes District Hospital (1869^ p.m. No. of beds— 170. Daily average ciunes. Secretary, J. W. Preston. occupied — 90. In-patients — 1312. Out- patients — 2092. Income — £4946 (in- cluding Government grant, £2200; municipal grants, £328; private con- tributions, £1355; patients' contribu- tions, £431). Expenditure — £5401. Management — Committee of 15 mem- bers. Infectious cases are accepted, 4 beds being reserved for the purpose. llsiting days —Tuesdays and Sundays. No. of beds — 44. Daily average occu- pied — 12.78. In-patients — 117. Out- Bendigo Gold District General paticnts-ssS Income — £938 (mclud- Hospitai (I8S4), Lucan-street, Ben- '"g Government grant, £500;. muni- digo Secreiarv, ]. C. Stamp. The c}Pal grants, £3?} private contnbu- Hospital owns' a detached Cottage tions £128; patients contributions. Hospital with 10 beds for contagious ^74)- Expenditure— i.947- and infectious diseases, and also un- Colac District Hospital (1881), Colac. dertakes the care and treatment of Secretary, R. J. Hearn. Four beds are lunacy cases, for which 6 beds are provided for infectious cases. The provided in the Refractory Ward. Hospital is managed by a Committee Of these, six were admitted last year, of 18 members. Thursdays and Sun- or a daily average of three. The Hos- days are visiting days. No. of beds—- pital is managed by a Committee of 40. Daily average occupied — 26.4. In- 15 members. Visiting days are on patients — 469. Out-patients — 251. In- Sundays and Thursdays, from 2.30 to come — £1695 (including Government >0 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. grant, £500; municipal grants, £130; private contributions, £376; patients' contributions, £300;. Expenditure — £ 1644. Creswick District Hospital (1864), Cresvvick. Secretary, W. S. Northcott. Accommodation is provided for infec- tious diseases. Managemtnt— Co. nmit- tee of 20 members. No. of beds — 47. Daily average oceiipied — 17.3. In- patients — 173. Out-patients— 280. In- ^■oj,i(. _ £1005 (mcludmg Government grant, £400; private contributions, £176; patients' contributions, £161). Expenditure — £992. Uaylesford District Hospital and Benevolent Asylum (1863), Daylesford, Secretary, F. W. Horsnell. The par- ticulars concerning the Benevolent Asylum will be found on page 83. The Hospital has separate wards for infectious cases, and also accommo- dates phthisical patients sent by the Board of Public Health. For particu- lars regarding phthisical side, see page 56. The Hospital is man- aged by a Committee of 14 mem- bers. Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays are visiting days. No. of beds (excluding consumptives) — 40- Daily average occupied — 21. i. In patients (excluding consumptives) — 159- Out-patients— I SI- Income— £3197 (in- cluding Government maintenance grant, £550; for consumptives, £525; municipal grants, £43; private coritri- butions, £1349; patients' contribu- tions, £140). Expenditure— £3200. DunoUy District Hospital (1859), Bull-street, Dunolly. Secretary, J. B. Hicks. Full-paying patients are ad- mitted, provided beds not required for ordinary cases. Accommodation is provided for infectious cases. The Hospital is managed by a Committee of 15 members. Visiting days are Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdavs. No. of beds— 60. Daily average occu- pied — 24.1. In-patients — 304. Out- patients — 542. Income — £1313 (includ- ing Government grant, £400; muni- cipal grants, £71; private contribu- tions, £391; patients' contributions. £136). Expetrditure — £1211. Echuca District Hospital (1882), High-street. Echuca. Secretary, D. Sinclair. Two small wards are pro- vided for infectious cases. The Hos- pital is managed by a Committee of 12 members. Visiting days are Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. No. of beds — 25. Daily average occupied — 20. In- patients — 343. Out-patients — 161. In- come — £1416 (including Government grant, £450; municipal grants, £126; private contributions, £250; patients' contributions, £148). Expenditure— £1244. Geelorig Infirmary (1852), Geelong. Secretary and Superintendent, A. ]. Reilly. " Managed in conjunction with the Geelong Benevolent x\sylum (see page 84). Management — Committee of 22 members. 20 beds are re- served for infectious cases. Visiting (^ay.y— Sundays and Thursdays. No. of beds — 107. Daily average occupied — 63.2. In-patients — 1158. Out-patients — 1456. Income (including Benevolent Asy- lum) — £5752 (including Government grant, £2400; municipal grants, £468; private contributions, £i34S; patients' and inmates' contributions, £1067). Expenditure (including Benevolent Asylum) — £6716. Gippslaud Hospital (1886), Sale. Secretary, Thomas F. Legge. Three tents are provided for infectious cases. Management — A Committee of 12 members. Visiting days — Wednes- days, Saturdays, and Sundays. No. of beds — 68 Daily average occupied — 51.6. In-patients — 608. Out-patients — 261. Income — £2939 (including Go- vernment grant, £850; municipal grants, £94; private contributions, £683; patients' contributions, £481). Expenditure — £ 2462. Hamilton Hospital and Benevolent Asylum (1862), Lonsdale-s t r e e t , Hamilton. Secretary, S. G. Clapham. The particulars relating to the Bene- volent Asylum' will be found on page 84. Accommodation is nrovided for a few infectious cases. The Hospital comprises the M'Kellar Maternity Ward, which treated 85 cases last year. Management — A Committee of 16 members. Visiting days — Wednes- days and Sundays. No. of beds — 103. Daily average occupied — 33.1. In- patients — 501. Out-patients — 346. Income — £2875 (including Government grant, £785; municipal grants, £445; private contributions, £711). Expenditure — RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 51 £2676. The income and expenditure include Benevolent Asylum figures. Heathcote District General Hospital (1859), Heathcote. Secretary, W. Par- ker. A tent is provided for infectious cases. Management — Committee of 16 members. Visiting days — Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. No. of beds — 15. Daily average occupied — 5.6. In-patients — 66. Out-patients — 115. Principal sources of Income — Govern- ment grant, £135; municipal grants, £25; private contributions, £68; 'patients' contributions, £27. Expendi- ture — £546- Horsham District Hospital (1874), Horsham. Secretary, J. B. Wishart. A few infectious cases are accommo- dated, and a small number of full-pay- ing patients are also accepted. Man- agement — A Committee of 24 mem- bers. Visiting days — Sundays and Wednesdays. No. of beds — 32. Daily average occupied — 21.5. In-patients — 278. Out-patients — 116. Income— £1709 (including Government grant, £400; municipal grants, £301; private contributons, £491; patients' contri- butions, £173). Expenditure — £1392. Inglewood Hospital (1868), Ingle- wood. Secretary, Samuel Deeble. A few infectious cases are accepted, 12 beds being set apart for the purpose. Management — Committee of 10 mem- bers. Visiting days — Tuesdays and Fridays. No. of beds — 48. Daily aver- age occupied— ig.4. Income — £1380 (in- cluding Government grant, £500; municipal grants, £85; private con- tributions, £129; patients' contribu- tions, £99). Expenditure — £i374- Kilmore Hospital (1854), Kilmore. Secretary^ A. M. Luckie, Sydney- street, Kilmore. No infectious cases are accepted. Management — Commit- tee of 9 members. Visiting days — Thursdays and Sundays. No. of beds — 35. Daily average occupied — 14.2. In- patients — loi. Out-patients — 32. Income —£806 (including Government grant, £250: municipal grants, £5;; private contributions, £292; patients' contri- butions, £61). Expenditure — £892. Kyneton Hospital (1858), Kyncton. Secretary. Thns. Carroll. Infectious cases accepted, 8 beds being set apart for the purpose. The Hospital is a recognised training school for nurses and has the distinction of being the first country Hospital to appoint a lady as medical superintendent. Man- agement — A Committee of 18 mem- bers. Visiting days — Sundays, Tues- days, and Thursdays. No. of beds — 56. Daily average occupied — 26-3. In- patients — 355. Out-patients — 383. In- come — £2086 (including Government grant, £550; municipal grants, £115; private contributions, £579; patients' contributions, £218). Expenditure — £1787. Maldon Hospital and Benevolent Asylum (1859), Maldon. Secretary, A. R. Dabb. For particulars relating to Benevolent Asylum see page 85. Four beds are reserved for infectious cases. Management — Committee of 15 members. Visiting days — Sundays and Wednesdays. No. of beds— 44. Daily average occupied — 19.4. In- patients — 139. Out-patients — ^43. Income —£849 (including Government grant, £350; municipal grants, £24; private contributions, ^100; patients' contri- butions, £156). Expenditure— £8j2. The income and expenditure include Benevolent Asylum figures. Mansfield Public Hospital (1871), Mansfield. Secretary, George Fitz- maurice. No infectious or maternity cases are accepted. A few full-paying patients (£2 weekly) are accepted if beds are available. Management — A Committee of 12 members. Visiting days — Sundays, Tuesdays, Fridays. A^o. of beds— 14. Daily average occu- pied— 4.8. In-patients— gg. Out-patients —46. Income— £4^6 (including Gov- ernment grant, £150; municipal grants, £30; private contributions, £372; patients' contributions, £158). Expenditure — £743. Maryborough District Hospital (1854), Maryborough. Secretary. C. Lean. The Queen's Ward, contain- ing 10 beds, is reserved for infectious cases. A few full-paying patients are accepted if beds are available. Man- agement — Committee of 10 members. Visiting days — Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 2 to 5 p.m. No. of beds — 95. Daily average occupied— 27.7. In-patients— 41,^. Out- patients-sgy. Income— £228$ (includ- uig Government grant, £1050; muni- 52 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. cipal grants, £ioo; private contribu- tions, £474; patients' contributions, £320). Expenditure — £2017. llildura District Hospital (1892), I3th-street, Mildura. Secretary, Ste- phen H. Semmens. No infectious cases are admitted. A few full-paying patients are accepted if beds are avail- able. MaHfl^^mcH/— Committee of 13 members. Visiting days — Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, from 2 to 4 p.m. No. of beds — 16. Daily average occupied — 10.6. In-patients — 182. Out- patients — 9. Income — £1139 (including Government grant, £190; municipal grants, £20; private contributions, £452; patients' contributions, £253). Expenditure — £ 13 10. Mooroopna District Hospital (1876), Mooroopna. Secretary, Hugh McKen- zie. Eight beds are reserved for infec- tious cases. A few full-paying patients accepted if beds available. Manage- ment — Committee of 21 members. /- isiting days — vVednesdays and Sun- days. No. of beds — 80. Daily average occupied — 55.5. In-^tients — 667. Out- patients — 183. Income — £3611 (includ- ing Government grant, £1250; muni- cipal grants, £300; private contribu- tions, £86i; patients' contributions, £204. Expenditure — £3070. Khill Hospital (1882), Nhill. Sec- retary, Chas. H. Towns. Infectious cases are admitted, 4 beds being re- served for the purpose. Management— Committee of 21 members. Visiting days — Wednesdays and Sundays, from 2 to 4.30 p.m. No. of beds — 28. Daily average occupied — 15.7. In-patients — 199. Out-patients — 75. Income — £1229 (in- cluding Government grant, £.'^25; municipal grants, £222; private con- tributions, £206; patients' contribu- tions, £118). Expenditure — £1226. Omeo Hospital (1892), Omeo. Sec- retary, Jas. Slianahan. Management — Committee of 9 members. Infectious cases are admitted. No. of beds---\^. Daily average occupied — 5.9 In-patients — 70. Out-patients — II. Income — £715 (including Government grant, £188; municipal grant, £30; private contri- butions, £193; patients' contributions, £56). Expenditure — £502. Ovens District Hospital (i8';6), Beechworth. Secretary, Charles Hem- brow. Accommodation is provided for infectious cases. Management — • Committee of 9 members. Visiting days — Wednesdays and Sundays, from 2 to 4 p.m. No. of beds — 95. Daily average occupied — 36.6. In-patients — 309. Out-patients — 324. Income — £2747 (including Governme'nt grant, £1000; municipal grant, £58; private contributions, £987; patients' contri- butions, £220). Expenditure — £2762. Port Fairy Hospital and Benevolent Asylum, Port Fairy. Secretary, L. W. Earle. The particulars relating to the Benevolent Asylum will be found on page 85. No. of beds — 16. In-patients — 160. Out-patients — 178. Income — £1030. Expenditure — £983. Portland Hospital and Benevolent Asylum (1849), Bentinck-street, Port- land. Secretary, E. W. Harvey, Blair- street, Portland. The particulars re- lating to the Benevolent Asylum will be found on page 85. No infectious cases are admitted. A few full-paying patients are accepted if beds available. Management — A Committee of from 9 to 15 members. Visiting Day — Tuesday. No. of beds — 8. Daily aver- age occupied — 2. In-patients — 12. Out- patients — 3. The Borough of Portland imposes a special charity rate of 2d. in the £, the proceeds of which are de- voted to the support of the institu- tion. Principal sources of Income (including Benevolent Asylum) _ — Government grant, £100; municipal grants, £166; private contributions, £25; patients' contributions, £44. Ex- penditure (including Benevolent Asy- lum)— £493. St. Arnaud District Hospital (1873), St. Arnaud. Secretary, G. H. Osborne. Eight beds are reserved for infectious cases. Management — Committee of 28 members. Visiting days — Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. No. of beds— -So. Daily average occupied — -J26. In-patients — 430. Out-patients — 245. Income — £2109 (including Government grant, £600 maintenance, £200 special; municipal grants, £137; private con- tributions, £264; patients' contribu- tions, £165). Expenditure— £2179 (in- cluding building, £344)- Sale Hos'iital— See Gippsland Hos- pital. RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 53 Stawell Hospital and Benevolent Asylum (1858), Main-street, Stawell. Secretary, W. Hastings Bell. For par- ticulars relating to the Benevolent Asylum, see page 85. Until ]88^ the institution was known as the Pleasant Creek Hospital. The Syme Ward of 9 .beds is reserved for infec- tious diseases. A few full-paying pa- tients are accepted if beds available. Management — Committee of 25 mem- bers. i\o. of beds — 43. Daily aver- age occupied — 30. In-patients — 282. Out- patients — 279 Income (including Ben- evolent Asylum) — £1590 (including Government grant, £650; municipal grants, £115; private contributions, £292; patients' contributions, £297). Expenditure (including Benevolent Asylum) — £1854. Swan Hill District Hospital (i860), Swan Hill. Secretary, William Bell. No infectious cases are admitted. A few full-paying patients are accepted if beds available. Management — Committee of 15 members. Visiting days — Wednesdays and Sundays. A'o. of beds — 30. Daily average occupied — 13.63. In-patients — 174. Out-patients — 148. Income — £1132 (including Gov- ernment grant, £300; municipal grants, £240; private contributions, £509; patients' contributions, £i9j). Expenditure — £ 1288. Upper Goulburn District Hospital — — See Woods' Point. Wangaratta District Hospital (1870). Green-street, Wangaratta. Secretary, J. Hinchley. Management — Commit- tee of 15 members. Visiting days — Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. No. of beds — 77. Daily aver- age occupied — 52.1. In-patients — 600. Out-patients — 854. Income — £2470 (in- cluding Government grant, £750; municipal grants, £162; private con- tributions, £760; patients' contribu- tions, £220). Expenditure — £2895. Warracknabeal District Hospital (1891), Warracknabeal. Secretary, W. Candy. Eight beds are reserved for infectious cases, who are expected to pay for accommodation if in a posi- tion to do so. Management — Com- mittee of 22 members. Visiting days — Wednesday and Sunday after- noons. N'o. of beds — 24. Daily average occupied — 15.4. In-patients — 236. Out- patients — 27- Income — £1448 (includ- ing Government grant, £350; muni- cipal grants, £240; private contribu- tions, £542; patients' contributions, £ 1 93 Expenditure — £ 1 486. Warragul District Hospital (1908), Warragul. Secretary, H. Rintel. No infectious cases are admitted. Man- agement — Committee of 21 members. Visitors welcomed daily. No. of beds — 22. Daily average occupied — 13.6. In- patients — 178. Out-patients — 9. Income — £997 (including Government grant, £150; municipal grants, £64; private contributions, £307; patients' contri- butions, £156). Expenditure — £8x6. Warrnambool Hospital and Bene- volent Asylum (1854), Warrnambool. Superintendent, Secretary, and Dispenser, J. G. Butler. For particulars relating to Benevolent Asylum, see page 85. Six beds are reserved for infectious cases. Management — Committee of 24 members. Visiting days — Tues- days, Thursdays, and Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m. No. of beds — 42. Daily average occupied — 27.7. In-patients — 343. Out- patients — 1922. Income (including Ben- evolent Asylum) — £2305 (including Government grant, £1000; municipal grants, £114; private contributions, £417; patients' contributions, £353). Expenditure (including Benevolent Asylum) — £2617. Wonthaggi District Hospital (1911). Secretary, M. Mitchell, Wonthaggi. No information has been received regard- ing this hospital. Wood sp Dint.— Upper Goulburn District Hospital (1865). Secretary, J. Renwick. Management — Committee of 12 members. No. of beds — 11. Daily average occupied — 2.5. In-patients — 22. Out-patients — 43. Income — £473 (mcludmg Government grant, £300; private contributions, £110; patients' contributions, £15). Expenditure — £508. Wycheproof Hospital (1898), Wyche- proof. Secretary, Alfred Shaw. Infec- tious cases are not admitted. A few full-paying patients are accepted if beds available. Management — Com- mittee of 18 members. Visiting Days — Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. No. of beds — 12. Daily az'erage occupied — 6. In-patients — 64. Out-patients — 3. Principal sources of Income — Govern- ment grant, £150; municipal grants, £120; contributions — Private, £312; patients', £60. Expenditure — £555. 54 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. B. — Special Hospitals. If no statement is made to the contraiy it is to be understood — 1. That the destitute are treated free, and that others are expected to contribute in accordance with their means. 2. That in-patients are admitted on the recommendation of a subscriber, or of any charitable society or reputable citizen. 3. That the statistics are those for the last completed financial year, which is generally that ended on 30th June, 1911. 4. That "private contributions" include legacies and bequests and special donations, and that financial figures are on maintenance account only. 1.— MELBOURNE INSTITUTIONS. Austin Hospital for Incurables In-patients are admitted subiect to the (i88i), Heidelbero^, Melbourne. Secre- approval of the Committee or their re- tary, VV. J. G. Turner, 414 Collins- presentative. Out-patients are treated street, Melbourne. Management — daily. No. of beds — 132. Daily aver- Committee of 15 members. For the age occupied — 123.2. In-patients — 2204. reception of persons who are suffering Out-patients — 78,419. Visiting days — from incurable disease progressing to Sundays and Tuesdays, 2.30 to 4 p.m. a fatal termination, and who require. Income — £10,445 (including Govern- above all things, careful nursing and ment grant, £2000; municipal grants, more or less frequent medical atten- £428; private contributions, £3666; on tion. Application for admission must behalf of patients £1036). Bxpendi- be made on printed forms provided ture — £11,004. The Hospital owns a for the purpose bv the Secretary. Ap- Convalescent Home for Children at plicants are admitted only on the order Brighton (see page 57). of the Committee. Twenty beds are ■ ^ o reserved for consumntive cases sent Greenvale Sanatorium for Consump- by the Board of Public Health. tives (190.O, Broadmeadows (13 miles No. Daily i'rom Melbourne; 4^ miles from of average Broadmeadows railway station). A beds. occupied. Government institution for the cura- Consumptive . 123 . , 120 tive treatment of incipient cases of Cancer 36 . . 25 consumption, and the education of pa- Children 16 . . 16 tients in the prevention of the snread General ...... 52 . . 52 of the disease. Application for admis- Altocether, qo2 natients were cared sion should be made to the Board of for at the Hospital during the year. Public Health, Queen-street, Mel- Visiting days — Sundays, Tuesdays, bourne, which controls the Sana- Tliursdavs, and Saturdays, from 2 to torium. Patients must, in the opinion 4.30 p.m. Principal sources of Income of the Hon. Medical Examiners, be —Government grant, £3150; munici- suitable incipient cases. Onlv those pal grants, £294; private contribu- are admitted who are unable to pay tions, £30^2; patients' contributions, f^ill fees at a private sanatorium, but £87'; E.vpenditure— £11.897. ^^^^ '^ expected .to contribute in ac- cordance with his or her means. All Children's Hospital (1870), Pelham- patients are admitted for one month street. Carlton, Melbourne. Secretary, on trial, and three months is gene- R. J. Love, J. P. Management — Com- rally the maximum period of stay, un- inittee of 30 members. Receives sick less the prospects of a complete cure children for treatment up to the ago render a longer stay desirable. Pre- of 14 years, subject to their parents' ference is given to those without inability to pay ordinary medical fees, homes or means of support or living Contributions are expected in accord- under unfavourable conditions. There aiice with the means of the parents, is accommodation at the sanatorium RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 55 ior 70 males and 20 females, and last year 276 persons underwent a course of education and tieat- ment; 46 males and 14 females were under treatment at the end of the ^ear. Visiting days — Sundays, from 2 to 4.30 p.m. Cabs meet the 12.47 p.m. train from Melbourne at Essendon station. Intending visitors must ob- tain written permits from the Medical Superintendent. Patients' contribu- tions last year were £89, and the net cost of maintaining the Sanatorium was £3966. Melbourne Dental Hospital (1890), Spring-street, Melbourne. Secretary, E. Joske, LL.B., 454 Collins-street. Melbourne. Management by a Council. Provides treatment of the teeth of the poorer classes 01 the community. No charge is made in cases of destitution. Others are ex- pected to contribute in accordance with their means. Application for treatment must be made to the Secre- tary at the Hospital between 9 and 11 a.m. daily, except on Saturday, when the hours are 9 to 10.30 a.m. The Hos- pital has no wards and no in-patients. Last year 8324 new patients were treated. Principal sources of Income — Patients' contributions, £1764; private contributions, £140. Queen's IVl emorial Infectious Diseases Hospital (1904), off Heidel- berg-road, Fairfield. Secretary, Henry Crosbie. Management — Committee of 20 members elected by contributory municipalities. An institution for the care and treatment of infectious diseases. Municipalities pay for the up-keep of the Hospital proportion- ately to the annual assessment of rate- able property within their areas. These payments are recoverable from patients taken from within the respective muni- cipal areas, but the charges are seldom enforced by municipalities. No. of beds — 200. Daily average occupied — 150. In-patients last year — 2000. No finan- cial figures have been supplied. Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital for Womfn and Children (1896), 483 Little Lonsdale-street, Melbourne West. Secretary, Miss I. D. G. Shackell. Management — Committee •of 15 members. Provides medical treatment for poor women and chil- dren. All cases are treated by fully qualified medical women. No infec- tious cases are admitted. Patients rnust present a letter from a reliable citizen certifying to their inability to pay ordinary medical fees, and are ex- pected to contribute to the Hospital funds in accordance with their means. No. of beds — 25. Daily average occupied — 1975- (This is low, because of the fact that the wards were closed for six weeks lor painting operations.) In-patients — 288. Out-patients — 2979. VuuHng days — Sundays and Thursdays, from 2.30 to 4 p.m. Other days, during the same hours, on payment of six- pence. Income — £2090 (including Government grant, £400; municipal grants, £112; private contributions, £68c'i; patients' contributions, £600). Expenditure — £1997. The Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907), Clayton. Secretary, Miss M. !\1. Guthrie, Scourfield Chambers, 165 Collins-street, Melbourne. (Office liours — Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Management — Committee of 22 members. The Colony is situ- ated about 154 miles from Clayton, and 3 miles from Oakleigh railway station, and provides medical treat- ment and suitable occupational train- ing for epileptics. Payments are ex- pected from all patients in accordance with their means. There is accom- modation at the Colony for 30 males and 30 females, and in all probability separate accommodation for children will be provided at an early date. A total of 87 eniieptics were cared for last year. Visiting days — Saturdays. Income — £2141 (including Government grant, £500; patients' contributions, £904; private contributions, £297)- Expenditure — £ 2680. Victorian tye and Ear Hospital (1866), Victoria-parade, East Mel- liourne. Secretary, Thos. G. Leslie. Management — Committee of 13 mem- bers. For the treatment of the poor suffering from diseases of, or injury to, the eyes, ears, nose and throat. No. of beds — 82. Daily average occupied — 63.3. In-patients, 1045; out-patients, 77S~- Visiting days — Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m.: Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Principal sources of Income — Govern- ment grant, £950; municipal grants. 56 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. £308; private contributions, £760; pa- tients' contributions, £1982. Expendi- ture — £4461. Women's Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases Pec^uliar to Women (1856), Madeline-street, Carlton. Superinten- dent and Secretary, Walter F. Wyatt. Management — Committee of 21 mem- bers. Provides medical and surgical aid for women only. Apphcacion for admission should be made on Fridays at 10 a.m. By arrangement with the State Government, 25 beds have been reserved experimentally for the treat- ment of syphilitic cases. The Hospital also treats confinement cases in their own homes (known, as Extern treatment) if such a course be considered desirable. Ap- plications for Extern treatment should be made to the Sroerintendent. No. of beds — 113. Daily average occupied — 112. In-patients — (a) Maternity, 1886; (b) gynaecological, 712. Extern treat- ment caseo — 212. Out-oatients — iS'^Q. Visiting days — Wednesdays and Sun- days, from 2.30 to 4 p.m. Principal sources of Income — Government grant,- £2800; municipal grants, £.^6i; pri- vate contributions, £1329; patients"^ contributions, £1046. 2. -PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS. The preliminary information on page with reference to Melbourne Institutions applies equally to Provincial Institutions. A number of the provincial General Hospitals might be classed among special Hospitals in yo far as they possess separate isolation wards for infectious cases, a class of case that is not, as a rule, accepted by the Melbourne General Hospitals. It has not been thought necessary, however, to include these provincial Hospitals in this section of the Guide. Their special work, which is generally small in extent, is dealt with in the General Hospitals section. Amherst— Talbot Consumptive Sana- torium- — ^The Sanatorium is situated in the grounds of the Amherst Dis- trict Hospital (see page 48), and is maintained by the Board of Public Health, Queen-street, Melbourne, which sends there suitable incipient phthisical women and children for educative and curative treatment. Similar conditions with regard to duration of stay, etc., applv as in the case of the Greenvale Sanatorium (see page 54) The Sanatorium is under the management of the District Hos- pital Committee, which receives from the Board of Public Health the sum of 2s. 3d. per head per day in respect of each phthisical t^atient. Last vear £1239 was received from this source. No. of beds — 32. Daily average occupied — 28. 1. (The number of beds has now been increased to 62.) Last year a lotal of 161 patients were treated. Ballarat District Lying-in Hospital (1857). Ascot-street Ballarat. Secre- tary, C. C. Shoppee. Managed in conjunction with the Ballarat District Benevolent Asylum. A Hospital for women approaching and during their confinement. No. of beds — 18. Total inmates last year — 51. Average dura- tion of stay — 31.3 days. Children born — 44. Visitors are allowed daily. For financial and other information see under Ballarat District Benevolent Asylum on page 82. Bendigo Lying-in Hospital (1884), Barnard-street, Bendigo. Secretary, L. B. Birch. Managed in conjunction with the Bendigo Benevolent Asy- lum. Provides a temporary home and suitable medical treatment for women approaching and during confinement. Patients are kept until 14 days after confinement. No. of beds — 22. Daily average occupied — 0.6 (the smallest daily average since the Hos- pital was opened). Total inmates last year — 18 women and iS infants. Visit- ing days — Wednesdays and Sundays. For financial and other information, see under Bendigo Benevolent Asylum on page 83. Daylesford Consumptive Sanatorium, Daylesford. The Sanatorium is situ- ated in the grounds of the Daylesford RELIEF IN SICKNESS. 57 District Hospital (p. 50) and Benevo- lent Asylum, and is maintained by the Board of Public Health, Queen-street, Melbourne, which sends there suitable incipient phthisical women and chil- dren for educative and curative treat- ment. Similar conditions with regard to duration of stay, etc., apply as in the case of the Greenvale Sanatorium (see page 54.) The Sanatorium is under the management of the Committee of the Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. A sum of 2/2, per head per day is paid by the Board of Public Health in respect of each phthisical natient, a total of £525 being received by the Committee of Management from this source last year. Twelve beds are provided, and last year 65 patients were treated. Daily average — 8.2. The Mortlake Fever Hospital (1889) Mortlake. Secretary, J. McMeekin, Shire Office, Mortlake. Affords medical aid and nursing care to those suffering from infectious diseases. The Hospital was estab- lished, and is entirely supported, by the Alortlake Shire Council. Patients are expected to pay £1 a week during treatment. No. of beds — 4. The num- ber of patients treated last year was 7. C— Convalescent Homes. 1.— FOR CHILDREN. Convalescent Home for Children. (191 1), Holyrood-street, Brighton Beach, Melbourne. Owned and man- aged by the Children's Hospital. A home for convalescing patients from the Hospital. Aecommodation — 30. Daily average — 26. Visiting day — • Saturday afternoon. The Home was opened only recently. It replaced the previous Home, which was destroyed by tire in 1910. The financial figures are included with those under the Children's Hospital on page 54. Ihe Cottage-b^-iheSea, Clueens- Cliff (1895 j, IS a convalescent and holi- day home for poor and weak children, under the maiiagement of, and main- tained by, the Ministering Children's League (see page 104). Modern Cham- bers, 317 Collins-streeti Melbourne. Ciiildren from any part of Victoria are accepted at tiie home, but especially those from the cities and hot parts of the State. Any branch of the League is entitled to send children to the home. Girls must be over four and under sixteen years of age, boys over four and under nine. The Cottage is pleasantly situated on the Point Lons- dale-road, about one mile from QueensclifT. Those sending children from Melbourne must pay travelling expenses (8d. each way by boat or 4s. 7d. return by train). From country towns; children may be sent at holi- day excursion rates. Station-masters and other railway officials kindly keep an eye on the children, who are met at Queenscliff pier or station. The Cottage has accommodation for about 24 children. The Calder Wing, re- cently opened, will accommodate an additional 4, and will be suitable for isolation purposes should the need arise. The children generally remain at the home for a fortnight, save under exceptional circumstances. Last year 176 girls and 58 boys enjoyed a holi- day at the home, which is closed an- nually during the winter months of July and August. The cost of main- tenance last year was £442. Homes of Hope Sanatorium, Ocean Grove. Owned and managed by the Home of Hope Orphanage for Desti- tute Children, Collingwood (sec page 75). A convalescent home to which the children in the Collingwood Or- phanage are drafted in accordance with the needs of their health. There is accommodation for about 30 children No other statistics are available. Ragged Boys' Seaside Home, P'lankston. A convalescent and holi- day home for boys. Owned and man- aged by the Melbourne Ragged Boys' Ifome and Mission, from which boys 58 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. are drafted to the Seaside Home as for 20 boys. Visitors are welcomed' deemed desirable, and for varying daily. For financial and other particu- periods in accordance with their state lars, see under the Melbourne Ragged of health. There is accommodation Boys' Home and Mission on page 76. 2.— FOR ADULTS. Convalescent Home for the Blind (1909), Mair-street, Brighton. Owned and managed by the Association for the Advancement of the Blind. A convalescent home for aged, sick or in- firm blind people. Total inmates last year — 15. Reinaining at end of year — 8. Visiting days — Wednesdays, Thurs- days, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 3 to 5 p.m. Cost of main- tenance — £300. The Home is held bv the Association on a lease, but an efi'ort is now being made to have it purchased outright. For other infor- mation, see under Association for the Advancement of the Blind on page oo. Melbourne Convalescent Home for Women (1886), Clayton. Hon. Secre- tary Mrs. C. D. Lloyd, Glen Eira-road, Caulfield. Management — Committee of 18 members. Affords a home where poor women who have been suffering from illness (other than in- fectious) may convalesce. Applicants must have a card of admission (to be obtained from the Hon. Secretary) signed by a doctor. Each patient is allowed to remain at the Home for fourteen days, and is charged a fee of 5s. Accommodation — 40. Total in- mates last year — 681. Daily average — 23.3. Visiting days — Daily, except- ing Sundays, from 2 to 5 p.m. Income — £878 (including Government grant, £205; municipal grants, £.33; private contributions, £313; inmates' pay- ments, £62). Expenditure — £846. Maternity Patients' Convalescent Home (1883), Normanby-road, Caul- field. Hon. Sccrctarv, Airs. R. Jolly, "Ulmarra," St. Kilda-road, 'Mel- bourne. Management — Committee of 16 members. Assists friendless and helpless mothers on their discharge from a maternity hospital by afifording them the comforts and surroundings of a home during convalescence. Ap- plicants must be respectable and have had only the one child. Accommoda- tion — 8 mothers and children. Total adult inmates last year — 20. Average duration of stay — One month. Visi- tors are allowed daily. Income — £103 (including Government, grant, £40; private contributions, £58). Expendi- ture — £104. The Melbourne Convalescents' Aid Society for Men (1886), Cheltenham, near ]\Ielbourne (about three-quarters of a mile from Cheltenham railway station). Hon. Secretary, J. G. Davis, Royal Bank Chambers, Elizabeth- street, Melbourne. Management — A council of 2^ members. Assists male convalescents from the hospitals or elsewhere by providing them a home where they may obtain the rest and change of air necessary to restore them to health and fit them for work. Patients are admitted from fourteen years and upwards, and those able to are expected to contribute in accord- ance with their means to the funds of the Society. Patients are allowed to remain at the home for fourteen days, but a longer stay may be authorised on application to the Hon. Secretary if he deem it advisable. Accommo- dation — 21. Total inmates last year — 400. Daily average — 16.2. Visiting days — Daily, from 3 to 5 p.m Income — £832 (including Government grant, £165; municipal grants, £43; private contributions, £279; patients' contri- butions, £50). Expenditure — £y20. Upton House (1895), Queensclifif. Owned and managed by the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevo- lent Association (p. 65). A convalescent home for poor women in need of rest and recuperation. The usual duration of stay for each visitor is 2 weeks, but this period may be extended if thought desirable. The visitors, as a rule, are sent from Geelong, and a total of 62 were accommodated ]?.st vear. RLTLIEF IN SICKNESS. 59 D. — Free Dispensaries. Dr. Singleton's Free Medical Mis- R ic h m o n d Dispensary (1869), 283 3ion Dispensary (1869). 162 Welling- Hi:"''^'^-^^''^^*' Richmond. Medical „ ... , <-..-. (Jinccr, Dr. Burton. Management — Coni- ton-street, Golhngwood. Sul'cnnten- ^^i^^^^ ^^ ^2 members. Provides medi- dent—'Dr. J. M. Rose. Management — cal advice and medicine free for the Committee of 7 members. Furnishes sick poor. A registration fee of is. is medical and dental advice and medi- charged for each new case. Those cine free to the sick poor ot Colling- too ill to attend at the Dispensary are , ATA, ^. . visited in their homes. Last year 1975 wood The Dispensary is open on ^^^^^ ^^.^^^ registered. The visits of Monday, Wednesday and Friday alter patients to the Dispensary numbered noons. Number of new cases treated 3381, while those to patients at their last year— Medical, 2558; dental, 172. own homes totalled 1112. The Dis- Total attendances— 6970. The hgures pensary is open on Mondays, Wednes- include 271 patients visited in their own days, and Fridays at 10 a.m. Income — homes. Income — £371 (including £408 (including Government grant, municipal grants, £24; private contri- £100; municipal grant, £50; registra- butions, £196; patients' contributions, tion fees, £98; private contributions, £64). Expenditure— £2,07. £82). Expenditure— £376. E. — Auxiliary Societies. Hospitals' League of Mercy (1903), tirely ear-marked for the Fund, and formerly the Hospitals' Volunteer the clergv help matters along by Help League. Hon. Secretary— Mrs. preaching 'special sermons on that day. John Elhson, " Cono," Westbury- ^he amount collected has increased street St^Kilda Hon Treasurer— Mr. ^^om £4218 in 187^ to over £11,000 in Harold Bickford, 238 CoUms-street, ^o of institutions benefiting— Melbourne. The League, which is ^ost of printing, advertising, undenominational, and has branches ^f^^;^^, assistance. etc.-£340. operating in 10 suburban districts, en- deavours, bv a continuous voluntary Melbourne District Nursing Society system of collecting, to raise funds (1885), 5 Royal-terrace, Nicholson- for the support of metropolitan hospi- street, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Sister in tals. These efforts are supervised by Charge, Sister Hawkes. Management a Central Council and District Com'- — Committee of 33 members. For the mittees. During last financial year, nursing of the sick poor in their £478 was raised and distributed own homes. JNlaternity cases a'c among metropolitan hospitals. The undertaken in conjunction with the cost of collection is nil. Women's Hospital. When able, pa- tients are expected to pay is. a fort- Hospital Saturday and Sunday night for registration. The distric*^3 Fund (1873). Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. visited by the nurses are North, West, J. G. Turner, 414 Collins-street, Mei- and South JMelbourne, CoUingwood, bourne. A voluntary movement hav- Brunswick, Fitzroy, Carlton, Ricli- ing for its object the collection of mond, Burnley, Hawthorn, South funds for the metropolitan hospitals. Yarra, Prahran. Windsor, Hawksburn, The last Saturday and Sunday in Oc- Albert Park, St. Kilda, and Port Mel- tober is devoted annually to this pur- bourne. Medicines and medical coni- pose. On the former day systematic forts are given when necessary. Th^ collections are made in the public Society employs nine nurses and one streets and wherever large crowds sister. Number of cases last year — are assembled together for pleasure. General, 1090; midwifery, 220. Num- On Sunday the church collections in ber of visits paid — 22,673. Income — Melbourne and suburbs are almost en- £1461 (including Government grant. 60 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. £200; municipal grants, £82; private contributions, £907; patients' contri- butions, £83). Expenditure — £1324. St. John Ambulance Association (1883), 41 Selborne Chambers, Bourke- street West, Melbourne. Secretary, J. C. Anderson. Management — Council of 10 members. Established with a view to arranging for the instruction of all classes in the preliminary treat- ment of cases of sickness or injury. The Association now owns one motor and four horsed ambulance waggons, and a number of litters for use in cases of accident. The motor and two-horsed waggons are stationed at Lang-lane (Central 3264), behind the Grand Hotel, Spring-street; one- horsed waggon at 33 Grosvenor-street, South Yarra, (Windsor, 2246), and another at 36 Ormond-road. Ascot Vale (Ascot, 201). All these may be summoned by telephone or otherwise when required. Since its establish- ment until 30th April, 191 1, the Asso- ciation has trained 20,920 persons, of whom 12,161 qualified; that is to say, gained a certificate of proficiency. No charge is made for the use of ambu- lances unless patients are able to pay. There were 5022 cases last year, of which 1514 were charity cases. Income — £4049. Expenditure — £4030. Ballarat Distriet Nursing Society (1911), Corresponding Secretary — Sister Helen, A.M. P. Buildings, Lyd- iard-street, Ballarat. Management by Committee. Visits the sick poor in their homes and renders medicinal and nursing aid. The Society employs one nurse, whose average monthly num- ber of visits is somewhere about 155. As the Society has not yet been in ex- istence for a year, further statistics- are not available. Division II. Relief in Temporary Distress. A.— Relief in Money or Kind. Note. — In addition to the relieving or almsgiving agencies? included in this section, a number of organisations, such as the Religious Missions on page 103, the Charity Organisation Society, the Old Colonists' Association, and others which do not exist primarily to bestow alms, find it necessary to do so in connection with their work In addition, nearly every church helps in a greater or less degree, to swell the total of almsgiving relief. 1.— MELBOURNE LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. Much of the work of relieving distress of a more or less temporary nature in Victoria is performed by Ladies' Benevolent Societies. These societies, as a rule, comprise women only. Indeed, as far as has been ascertained, in only one case are men co-opted on the Committee of Management. The ladies, in a voluntary capacity, personally inquire into cases of alleged distress and administer relief, as required, from the funds of their societies. Relief is generally given through the medium of grocery orders, wood, or coal, blankets, clothing, and, in some cases, the payment of rent. The Ladies' Benevolent Societies in Melbourne and suburbs quite recently federated by forming an Association of Ladies' Benevolent Societies, which is intended to be a central deliberative and advisory body to consider matters affecting the work of the federated societies. The" Association does not yet possess any head-quarters, but the Hon. Secretary is Mrs. Ogden, " Simla," Cohuna - street, Brunswick. Melbourne. Brighton Ladies' Benevolent Fociety for at least the preceding three (1864). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Stran- months. 201 cases, involving 560 indi- ger, St. Kilda-street, Brighton. Man- viduals, were assisted last year, and agement — Committee of 19 members. £314 was expended on relief. Incomr Applicants for assistance must have —£412 (including Government grant, resided in Brighton for at least the £176; municipal grants, £30; private preceding three months. No statis- contributions, £195)- tics are available as to the number of cases assisted during 1910, but £228 _ , ,, , j- > -n 1 x was expended on relief. Income— Camberwell Ladies' Benevolent £202 (private contributions, £177). ^P^^^^^ . ,/^^^^;. ,^°''- .>5'f^''5f«''3', Mrs. Wallace, Royal-crescent, Cam- Brunswick Ladies' Benevolent berwell. Covers the Camberwell and Society (1862). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Canterbury districts. Management — Ogden, " Simla," Cohuna-street, Committee of 10 members. The cases Brunswick. Management — Committee assisted last year numbered 20, and of 16 members. Applicants for assist- £90 was expended on relief. Income ance must have resided in Brunswick — £50. U2 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Caulfield. — See St. Kilda and Caul- field Ladies' Benevolent' Society. Coburg Ladies' Benevolent Society (iS8i). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Love, Kendall-street, Coburg. 'Management — Committee of 9 members. The number of persons relieved last year was 722, and £80 was expended pn re- lief. Ineome — £117 (private contribu- tions, £92). Essendon Ladies' Benevolent Society (1892). Hon. 'Secretary, 'Mrs. T. J. Heaney, 10 The Parade, Ascot Vale. Management — Committee of 18 mem- bers. JT) cases, involving 290 persons, were assisted last year, and £162 was expended on relief. Income — £127 (private contributions, £38). Flemington and Kensington Ladies' Benevolent Society (reorganised 191 1). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Cox, 54 Shield- street, Flemington. As the Society has only recently been reorganised, no statistics are yet available. Footscray Ladies' Benevolent Society (about 1871). Hon. Secretary, Miss Lawler, Napier-street, Footscray. Management — Committee of 15 mem- bers. No statistics are available as to the number of cases assisted last year, but £343 was expended in relief. Income — £398 (including Government grant, £148; municipal grants, £33). The Society possesses a small Home for the aged at Droop-street, Foot- scray. (See page 80V Hawthorn Ladies' Benevolent So- •Ciety (1889). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. W. Warren Kerr, " Trenant," Wrixon- street, East Kew. Management — Com- mittee of t8 members. 178 cases were assist-^d last year, and £570 was ex- pended in relief. Income — £576 (in- cluding Government grant, £35; muni- cipal grant, £30; private contribu- tions, £207). Hebrew Ladies Benevolent So- ciety Hen. Secretary, IMiss Alice Solo- mon, 379 Toorak-road, South Yarra. For relief of necessitous and deserving persons of the Jewish faith. No. other particulars have been received. Kensington Ladies Benevolent So- ciety—See Flemington and Kensing- ton. Kew Ladies' Benevolent Society (1891). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Israel, " Eschol," Sackville-street, Kew. Management — Committee of 15 mem- bers. The Society assisted 64 cases last year, and disbursed £245 on re- lief. Income — £223 (including Govern- ment grant, £56; municipal grant, £35; private contributions., £30). Malvern Ladies' Benevolent Society (1876). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. John Healy, 40 Denbigh-street, Armadale. Management — Committee of 12 mem- bers. 15 cases (involving 19 adults and 27 children) were assisted last year, and £50 disbursed in relief. Income — £40 (including municipal grants, £14; private contributions, Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society (1845). Secretary, Miss Ged- die, 117 Wattletree-road, Malvern. Management — Committee of 46 mem- bers. The Society operates over Mel- bourne proper, Melbourne City south of the River Yarra, West and North Melbourne, Carlton, Fitzroy, Colling- wood and Abbotsford. The cases as- sisted last year numbered 975, and in- volved 3045 distinct individuals; £3309 was expended on relief. The Society owns the Haimes Memorial Cottages, Prahran, for elderly indigent women. (See page 8oy. Income — £3745 (includ- ing Government grant, £2725; munici- pal grants, £310; private contribu- tions, £418. Northcote Ladies' Benevolent Society (1888). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. Den- nis, Walker-street, Northcote. Man- agement — ^Committee of 21 members. 35 cases, comprising 167 indi- viduals, were assisted last year, and £198 was disbursed in relief. Income — £185 (including Government grant, £35; private contributions, £66; municipal grants, £17). Oakleigh Ladies' Benevolent Society (1892). Hon. Secretary, Miss A. F. Thomson, The Avenue, Oakleigh. Management — Committee of 12 mem- bers. 19 cases, involving 62 indi- viduals, were assisted last year, and £41 was expended on relief. Income — £39 (includmg Government grant, £15; private contributions, £8). Port Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society (1868). Hon. Secretary, Sister E. J. Todd, 26 Mountain-street, South RELIEF IN TEMPOR'\RV DISTRESS. i;;'> Melbourne. Managc))icnt — Commit- tee of ID members. 30 cases as- sisted last year, and £228 expended in relief. Income — £222 (including Go- vernment grant, £35; municipal grant, £25; private contributions, £87). Prahran, South Yarra, and Toorak Ladies' Benevolent, Society (1859). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. Campbell Smith, " Te Aro," Munro-street, Ar- madale. Management — Committee of 28 members. The number of cases assisted last year' was 216, comprising 470 individuals, and £998 was expen- ded on relief. Income — £1027 (in- cluding Government grant, £105; municipal grant, £100; private contri- butions, £255). Preston Ladies' Benevolent Society (1888). Hon. Secretary'. Mrs. Allchin, Plenty-road. South Preston. Man- agement — Committee of 23 members. 39 cases, involving 116 persons, were assisted last year, and £56 was expen ded on relief. Income — £71 (including Government grant £25; private con- tributions, £38). KichraondLadies' Benevolent Society (i8(;)7). Secretary, Miss A. Spooner, 100 Richmond-terrace, Richmond. Management — Committee of 30 ladies and 6 gentlemen. 285 cases (involv- ing 737 individuals) were assisted last year, and £606 was disbursed in relict. Inconie — ^733 (including Government grant, £375; municipal grant, £75; private contributions, £185). St. Kilda and Caulfield Ladies Bene- volent. Society (1859). Hon. Secretary Miss S. L. Jennings, 38 Blessington- street, St. Kilda. Management — Committee of 26 members. 156 cases (involving 391 persons) were assisted last year, and the expenditure on re- lief was £418. Income — £479 (includ- ing Government grant, £130; muni- cipal grants, £55; private contribu- tions, £97). South Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society (1875). Hon. Secretary. Mrs. M'Arthur, 9 Howe-crescent, South Melbourne. Management • — Commit- tee of 20 members. 127 cases were as- sisted last year, and £117 was dis- bursed in relief. Income — £314 (in- cluding municipal grant. £100; private contributions, £175). South Yarra— See Prahran, South Yarra, and loorak Ladies' Benevolent Society. Toorak.— See Prahran, South Yarra, and Toorak Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety. Williamstown Ladies' Benevolent Society (1858). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. Roberts, Custom House, Williams- town. Management — Committee of 12 ladies. 61 cases were assisted last year, and £jii was spent in relief. Income — £179 (including municipal grant, £15; private contributions, £28; ball, £95). 2.— PROVINCIAL LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. Distress rarios very considerably in its incidence in the conntry districts of Victoria. In some districts it is almost non-existent: in otners. jterhaps, no more congested, it is prevalent. The resnlt is that, althonuh almost every township of any pretensions possess(>s a Ladies' Benevolent Society to attend to the distress in the district, some of them tind little or nothing to do. The Federal Old Age Pen- sions system, and the more recently institnted system of Invalid I'ensions. has still further reduced the work imposed upon country societies, and many ai'e, in consequence, now defunct, or nearly so. 'J'he following are all the country societies known to the compilers of the Guide. The list is believed to be practically exhaustive. Avoca Ladies' Benevolent Society Bairnsdale Ladies' Benevolent (1883). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Chcllcw, f'ociety Hon. Secretary, Ivlrs. W. Avoca. Ma;m^r;Hr;,/- Committee of JV^^H^y; Ba.rnsdale. Management- . LonnniLtee 01 12 members. 9 cases 16 members. 13 cases assisted last ,,.ere assisted last year, and £20 spent year, and £100 spent in relief. Income jp relief. Income— £28 (Governjnent — £113 (Government grant, £30). grant, £10). 64 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Ballarat Ladies' Benevolent Cloth- ing Society (1864). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. E. Murray, 7 Errard-street North, Ballarat. Management — Com- mittee of s^ members. 405 cases (in- volving 1019 individuals) were as- sisted last year, and £632 was expen- -ded in relief. No financial figures re- ceived. Beaufort Benevolent Society (formed about 30 or 40 years ago). Hon. Sec- retary, Miss H. L. Wotherspoon, Neil- street, Beaufort. Management — Com- mittee of 3 members. 13 cases assisted last year, and £28 spent in relief. Principal sources of Income — Municipal grants, £20; private con- tributions, £5. Benalla Ladies' Benevolent Society (1890). FFon. Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Jennings, Benalla. Management by Committee. 21 cases were assisted last year, and £34 was disbursed in re- lief. Income — £55. Boort Ladies' Benevolent Society Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Mead, Boort. The Society comprises a few ladies, who each pay a small membership fee, which is sufficient, in the aggregate, to defray the cost of the very small amount of relief that has to be ad- ministered in the district. No private or other contributions are received. Bright Ladies' Benevolent Society Hoik Secretary. Mrs. M. Waxeth, Bright. The Societv has few calls on its funds, and is likely to be disbanded in the near future. Buninyong Local Relief Fund— No particulars received. Camperdown Ladies' Charitable Fund (1894). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. D. H. Darke. Camperdown. Management — By Committee. The number of cases assisted last year was 8, and £17 was spent on relief. Income — £20. Casterton Ladies' Benevolent Society (t886). Hon. Secretary, Airs. Skinner, Henty-street, Casterton Manage- ment — Committee of 12 members. The number of cases helped last year was 9, and £20 was spent in relief. Income — £23 (municipal grants, £20). The Society owns two cottages for the aged and destitute. (See page 83). Castlemaine Ladies' Benevolent Society (1862). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Woolley. Castlemaine. Management — — Committee of 14 members. 40 cases assisted last year, and £135 dis- bursed in relief. Principal sources of Income — Municipal grants, £-2;i; pri- vate contributions, £96. Chiltern Ladies' Benevolent Society (1909). loint Hon. Secretaries, Mrs. W. Boucher and Miss R. I. Hodgson, Chiltern. Management — Committee of 12 members. 15 cases were assisted last year, and £19 spent in relief. Income (all from private sources) — £30. Clnnes Ladies' Benevolent Society (1865). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. Turn- bull, Service-street, Clunes. Manage- ment — Committee of 11 members. 54 cases, involving 113 individuals, were assisted last year, and £121 wa^ disbursed in relief. Income — £178 (in- cluding Government grant, £100; pri- vate contributions, £39). Cobden Ladies' Benevolent Society (1894). Hon. Secretary'. Mrs. J. Kerr, " Times " Office, Cobden. Manage- ment—Committee of 6 members. The Society was originally known as the Heytesbury Relief Association, the title being altered as above in 1897. There is little or no distress in the district, and last year the Society neither received nor disbursed any moneys The funds standing to the credit of the Society in the bank were handed over to the hospitals in the district. Colac La<1ies' Benevolent Society (1880). Hon. Secretary. C. H. John- stone, Murray-street, Colac. Manage- ment — Committee of 12 members. 24 cases were assisted last year, and £240 was expended in relief. Incom.f^ —£344- Coleraine Ladies' Benevolent Society Hon. Secretary, Mrs. M. Ingamells, The Vicarage, Coleraine. Manage- ment — Committee of 6 members. Only I case (a family) was assisted last vear, and £19 was spent in relief. There is very little distress in the dis- trict. Creswick Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety. No particulars have been re- ceived. RELfEF JX TEMPORARY DISTRESS. Gu Daylesford Ladies' Benevolent Society (1864). Secretary, Mrs. H. H. Burr, " Helensbrae." Daylesford. Management — Committee of 14 mem- bers. 62 cases were assisted last year, and £101 was expended in reliet. Income — £182 (including Government grants, £111; private contributions, £67). The Society owns seven cot- tages for the aged. (See oage 84). Drouin Ladies' Benevolent Society — No particulars received. DunoUy Ladies' Benevolent Po- C e J— No particulars received. Eaglehawk Ladies' Benevolent Society (1S81). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. Laycock, Eaglehawk. Matiage- HJfH/— Committee of 14 members. 26 cases were assisted last year, and £87 was expended in relief. Income — £71 (including municipal grants, £25; private contributions, £18). Echuca Ladies' Benevolent Society (1878). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. S. Cox, Hare-street, Echuca. Manage- ment — Committee of 14 members. Last year 25 cases (involving 86 indi- viduals) were assisted, and £82 was spent in relief. Income — £91 (includ- ing municipal grants, £22; private contributions, £52). The Society possesses 6 cottages for the aged. (Ste page 84). Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Association (1855). Secretary, Mrs. W. Gurr, 60 Maud- street, Geelong. Operates over Gee- long and surrounding districts. Man- agement — Committee of 30 members. The cases assisted last year involved 614 individuals, and £952 was expen- ded in relief. Income — £900 (including Government grant, £600; municipal grants, £27; private sources, £215). The Association owns and manages the Upton Convalescent Home, ()ueeniscliff (see page 58); the Haim-?s' Memorial Homes, Geelong (see p^gc 81); the Federal Homes, Geelong (see page 84); the Juibilee Homes, Geelong West (see page 84); and the Elizabeth Austin Cottage Homes (see page 84); and has been given the management of the Elizabeth Austin Terrace Homes. Geelong (see page 8.4). It also controls and conducts the Mis- sion School for Destitute Children. \ arra-street, Geelong (see page 79). Hamilton Ladies' Benevolent ociety. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. D. F. Laid- law, " Eildon," Hamilton. Manage- ment — Committee of 15 members. 25 cases were assisted last year, and £66 was spent in relief. Income — £55. Heathcote Ladies' Benevolent Society (1873). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. J. J. Far- ley, Heathcote. Management — Com- mittee of 6 members. 7 cases were assisted last year, and £45 was disbursed in relief. Principal sources (jf Income — Government grant, £21; private contributions, £23. Horsham Ladies Benevolent Society (about 1881). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. G. W. Ward, Horsham. Management — Committee of 15 members. The cases assisted last year numbered 34, and £22, was expended in relief. Princi- pal sources of Income — Municipal grants, £30; private contributions, £63. Inglewood I adies Benevolent So- ciety -No particulars received. Kilmore Ladies' Benevolent Society — No particulars received. Kornmburra Ladies' Benevolent Society (1894). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. R. Shegog, Guy's-road, Korumburra. Management — Committee of 15 mem- . bers. 9 cases were assisted last year, and £10 was expended in relief. Income — £24 (statistics for year ended 30th November, 1910). Kyneton Benevolent Society (1864). Hon. Secretary, Miss Janet B. Murray, Kyneton. Management — Committee of 26 members. 66 cases (in- volving 130 persons) were assisted last year, and £168 was expended in relief. Income — £167 (including Go- vernment grant, £40; private contri- butions, £113). The Society owns an almshouse for the aged poor, (bee page 85). Lilydale Ladies' Benevolent ^'oc'fity. Hon. Secretary, Miss Taylor, " Wyn- field," Lilydale. Management — Com- mittee of '8 members. 14 cases were assisted last year, and £16 was spent in relief. Income — £16. Mafira District Benevolent Society This Society is now practically de- funct. There is little or no poverty in the district. The remaining funds of the Society are in the hands of the CG A GUIDE TO CHARITY. former Hon. Secretary, Mrs. R. T. Thomson, Charlecote, Sale, who has authority to administer them while they last in the interests of any de- serving cases of distress brought to her notice. Majorca Ladies' Benevolent Society (1889). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. C. E. Jenkin, Majorca. Management — Committee of 8 members. Last year 3 cases were assisted, and £21 was expended in relief. Income — £17. Maldoa Ladies' Benevolent Associa- tion (1865). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. T. B. Brooks, Templeton-street, Maldon. Management — Committee of 8 mem- bers. 19 cases were assisted last year. Income — £94 (Government grant, £40). Malms bury Ladies' Benevolent Society- Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. E. Hooppell, " Hopewell," Malmsbury. This Society is almost defunct, as there is little or no distress in the dis- trict, and few calls are made on the Society. Maryborough Ladies' Benevolent Society (1868). Hon. Secretary, Miss Humphris, Maryborough. Manage- tncnt by Committee. The number of cases assisted last year totalled 72, and £.240 was spent in relief. Income — £291 (including Government grant, £60; private contributions, £161^. The Society owns 10 cottages for the ao:ed (see page 85). Mooroopna Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety. — No particulars received. Numurkah District listress Relief Society. — No particulars received. Numurkah Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety — No particulars received. Penshurst Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety — No particulars received. Portland Ladies' Benevolent Society (1892). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. F. Di- mond, Julia-street, Portland. Man- agement — Committee of 10 members. The number of cases assisted last year was II (involving 17 persons), and the amount spent in relief was £26. Income — £6. The Society owns the Victoria Cottage Homes for the Aged (see page 85). Butherglen Ladies Benevolent Society (1898). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. J. M'Kay, Rutherglen. Management — Committee of 7 members. 30 cases, involving 191 adults and children, were assisted last year, and £65 was ex- pended on relief. Income — £57 (in- cluding Government grant, £10; pri- vate contributions, £40). Statistics for year ended 31st March, 1911. St. Arnaud Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety (187s). Hon. Secretary, Miss Manallack, St. Arnaud. Management by Committee. The cases assisted last year involved 76 distressed persons. No other particulars have been re- ceived. Sale Ladies Benevolent f^ociety (1869). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Norman M'Lean, Sale. Management — Com- mittee of 15 members. The cases as- sisted last year numbered 14, and in- volved 34 mdividuals. £55 was spent in relief. Income — £68. Feymour Ladies' Benevolent Society (1894). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Harper, Seymour. Management — Committee of 9 members. 15 cases were assisted last year, and £31 was spent in relief. Income — £25. This is al- most entirely raised by subscriptions of 6d. per month from members of the Society. (Statistics for year ended 30th September, 191 1.) Sheppartou Ladies' Benevolent Society (1893). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. Ford, Nixon-street, Shepparton. Management— Comm\\.i&& of 12 mem- bers. 15 cases were assisted last year, and the amount disbursed in relief was £46. Income — £32. Skipton Poor Relief Fund.— No l)articulars received. Springdallah and Linton Relief Fund — No particulars received. Stawell Ladies' Benevolent Society H())i. Secretary, Mrs. Hamilton, Stawell. Management by Committee. The cases assisted last year numbered 100, and £181 was spent in relief. Income — £164 (including Government grant, £10; private contributions, £118). Talbot Tadies' Benevolent Fociety (1872). Hon. Secretary. Mrs. E. P. Dowding, Talbot. Management — Committee of 5 members. 14 case-? were assisted last year, and £41 RF.LfEF IN TEMPORARY DISTRESS. <'>T was spent in relief. Principal sources £26 was spent in relief. hiconie — of Income — Government grant, £10; £39. private contributions, £11. The So- Warrnambool Ladies' Benevolent ciety owns five Cottage Homes for CQcJety (1891). Hon. Sccrctarw Mrs. the aged (see page 85). j. Salter, " Coryndon,'" Canterbury- Taradale Ladies' Benevolent So- road, Warrnambool. Management — ciety— Xi) particulars received. Committee of 21 members. 4.? Wangaratta Ladies' Benevolent cases were assisted last year, and Society (1892). Hon. Secretary, Misj ^7^ was disbursed m relief. In- A. E. Clements, Wangaratta. Man- come— £51, received almost entirely agement — Committee of 27 members, from private sources. The cases assisted last year number Wert derbum Ladies' Benevolent 17, and involved 50 individuals. £53 Society (1879). Hon. Secretary, Mrs. was spent in relief. Principal sources A. Leek, Wedderburn. Management of Income — Government grant, £10; — Committee of 4 members. 6 cases private contributions, £40. were assisted last year, and £19 was Warragul Ladies' Benevolent Society expended in relief. Income— £16. (1894). f^on. Secretary, Mrs. C. S. Yea Ladies' B'^nevolent Society Alleck, Queen-street, Warragul. Hon. Secretary, ]\Irs. Oswald Shields, Management— Committee of 12 mem- Yea. This Society is now practically bars. 7 cases (involving 32 indi- defunct, as there is little or no dis- viduals) were assisted last year, and tress in the district. 3.— ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY. The St. Vincent de Paul Society is a huge relieving organisation under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Church, but professing to relieve suffering, distress and destitution without regard to creed 01 nationality. In Melbourne the Society is split up into branches, each working in different districts on lines somewhat similar to those guiding the w'ork of the Ladies' Benevolent Societies. The poor are visited in their own homes, and, if found to be deserving, are relieved in accordance with their needs. Efforts are also made to obtain employment for those out of work. Rent is sometimes paid and medical attention obtained and medicinal comforts supplied in times of sickness. The various branches (or Conferences, as they are generally called) of the St. Vincent de Paul Society appoint repre- sentatives to a central Council which co-ordinates the work of the Conferences. The Council offices are at 423 Victoria -parade. East Melbourne, where the President of the Society is to be found. The several branches and the districts in which they operate are shown in tlie following list. The addresses are tliose of the Presidents of the respective branches, to whom all communications should be directed. Nothing more precise could be obtained from the St. Vincent de Paul authorities, and no further particulars were supplied. I.— MELBOURNE BRANCHES. East Melbourne (St. Patrick's Con- Camberwell (St. John Berchmans), f^T""^' '^ Napier-street. Fitzroy, 47 Bellett-strcet. Camberwell, Mel- Melbourne. t^""''"^- ,,.„ ,^ , , , ^ , Elsternwick (St. James' Confer- Chfton Hill (St. Johns Confer- ^^^,g>).. -pralee," Malestrcet. Brighton, once). 16 Council-street, Clifton Hil!. ;\ielbourne. iMelboi.rne. Collingwood (St. Joseph's Confer- Footscray (St. Monica's Confer- ence), 27 Paterson-street, Abbotsford, cnce), 56 Buckley-street, Footscray, Melbourne. Melbourne. 68 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Hawthorn (Immaculate Conception Conference;, j,"] Robinson-road, Haw- thorn, Melbourne. Kew (Sacred Heart), Charles-street, Kew. Kew (St. Francis Xavier's Confer- ence), St. Xavier's College, Kew, Mel- bourne. Malvern (St. Joseph's Conference), 40 Denbigh-road, Armadale, Mel- bourne. Melbourne (St. Augustine's Sailors' Conference), 122 Neill-street, Carlton, Melbourne. Melbourne (St. Francis' Confer- ence), 412 William-street, Melbourne. Middle Park (Our Lady of the Holy Scapular), " Canterbury," Canterbury- road, Albert Park, Melbourne. North Fitzroy (St. Brigid's Confer- ence), 30 Alexandra-parade, North Fitzroy, Melbourne. North Melbourne (St. Michael's Conference), 113 Melrose-street, North Melbourne. Port Melbourne (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), 396 Bay-street, Port Melbourne. Richmond (St. Ignatius Conference), Wall-street, Richmond, Melbourne. South Yarra (St. Anthony's Con- ference), 25 Tivoli-road, South Yarra, Melbourne. South Melbourne (SS. Peter and Paul Conference), 290 Bank-street, South Melbourne. St. Kilda East (St. Mary's Con- ference), 7 Elm-grove, Windsor, Mel- bourne. St. Kilda West (Sacred Heart Conference), 50 Charles-street, St. Kilda, Melbourne. West Melbourne (St. Mary's Star of the Sea), Blackwood-street, North Melbourne. Williamstown (St. Mary's Confer- ence), Davis-street, Newport, Mel- bourne. Yarraville (St. Augustine's Confer- ence), 130 Hyde-street, Yarraville, Melbourne. PROVINCIAL BRANCHES. Ballarat (St. Patrick's Conference). Killarncy House, Warrenheip. Bendigo (Particular Council), Har- greave-street, Bendigo. Bendigo (St. Killian's Conference), Hargrcave-street, Bendigo. 4.— SPECIAL RELIEVING SOCIETIES. These are societies that have been established to grant relief in money or in other suitable way to special classes of those in distress or to those whc fall into distress through certain special specified circunistances. Caxton Fund. Hon. Secretary, D. D. Wheeler, " Tremayne," Mozart- street, St. Kilda, Melbourne. No in- formation is obtainable regarding this charity. Commonwealth Literary Fund (1908). or, Australian Men of Letters' Fund, is designed to assist (a) authors, who by reason of age or infirmity are un- able to support themselves, (6) fami- lies of literary men who have died poor, and (c) literary men doing good work, but unable, on account of pov- erty, to persist in that work. Th<; amount voted by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund is at present £700 per annum Last year £655 was expended in grants, the numbe" of persons receiving assistance being 19. Applications for assistance ar« dealt with, in the first place, by the member of the Committee in the State in which the applicants reside, and subsequently by a Central Committee of three members, who consider the applications and make recommenda- tions to the Government. The Vic- torian representative on the Central Committee is the Rev. E. H. Sugden, M.A., University of Melbourne, to whom communications with regard to the Fund should be addressed. Gentlewomen's Aid ociety (1894). Secretary, Miss E. Flower, 25 Wattle- tree-road, Malvern. Management — Committee of 14 members. Assists gentlewomen in reduced circumstances by disposing of their needle and other RELIEF IX TEMPOR-A.RV DISTRESS. fj9 work through the medium of sales which are arranged by the Societ}-, generally in April and October each year. Also gives a little temporary aid to those who are ill or in trouble. Applications to become a benenciary of the Society must be accompanied by a recommendation from a medical man or clergyman, and must be senf to the Secretary, along with the sum of one shilling for a ticket of admis- sion to the year's sales. This sum is returned if none of the applicants work is sold. No further payment is required, and no commission is charged on work sold. There were 80 benefician.- members of the Society last year, and the total amount paid to them (received through the medium of the sales and private orders) was £306. Income — £75. Expenditure — General, £74; On Relief, £19. GoYernesses' Institate Fund (1897,). Hen. Sc-'-efz*".. A!:s5 5. L. Jennings. 3S Blessington-street. St Kil'da. Man- agetnent^-Cor.-iTr.:'.zst of 18 members. Assists with monetary- grants deserv- ing governesses, who, through illness or other approved cause, are in need of help. 38 governesses were assis- ted last year, and £167 was disbursed in relief. Income (principally interest on invested funds or from property) — £124. (Statistics for year ended 31st December. loioV Homoeopathic Hospital Ladies' Aid Society. For assistance with clothing or otherwise of the neeSy patients in the Homoepathic Hospital. No par- ticulars have been received. Ladies' Work AssociatioD. Block Arcade. Coilins-stree:. Melbourne. No particulars have been received. Melbourne German Sick Relief Society. Hon. Secretory. M. Reiche. tt: Victoria-parade, Melbourne. No particulars have been received. Melbourne Jewish Aid Society fi887^. 2S7 Rathd'-^w-n-street. Carlton. Melbourne. Han. Secretary, N. S. Goodman. Management by an Elective Council. Assists deserving persons of the Jewish faith with loans. No in terest is charged. Loans are made '.n sums not exceeding £50. and must be for approved objects. Borrowers must submit the names of approved sureties. Repayments are made at the rate of 6d. m the £ per week. 7S loans were granted last year, involving a total of £1425. The losses mads since the Societ)' started have been very slighL Cost of r;x.ntcr.ZKZ£ — £25. Capital — £2072- Melbourne Jewish Pbilastbropic Society (1849). Hon. Secretary, B. Cohen, c/o Wischer and Co., AVilliam- street, Melbourne. Management — Committee of 17 members. Relieves necessitous and destitute Jews. Owns and manages the Jewish Almshouses (see page 82). 310 cases of distress were assisted last year. Income — £954 (including Government grant, £226; private contributions, £563). Expen- diture — On relief, £^14: on alms- houses. £422: general, £87. Masical andDfamaiic Benevolent Fond Hon. Secretary, Harr>' Hill. Princess Theatre, Spring-street, Melbourne. Assists with monetary grants mem- bers of the musical and dramatic profession, who through illness or other reason are in need of help. Last year £204 was expended in relief. Income (principally receipts from a carnivar) — £27^. Queen's Fund (1887). Secretary;. Miss Willoby, Town Hall, Melboume. Management-^OTamittee of 22 ladies. Assists deserving women, principally widows or deserted wives, either by monetary grants or in some other ap- propriate way. The Fund was estab- lished in 18S7 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The prin- cipal income of the Committee is de- rived from the interest on money sub- scribed from time to time by the pub- lic. The Committee meets to consider applications for assistance on Mon- days in the months of March, June. September, and December. Forms of application may be obtained from the Secretary-- Last year 86 women were assisted, and £545 w"as expended in relief. Income — From investments. £543: donation. £50 (private contri- butions amounting to £72 were re- ceived during the year and added to the capitalV Society for the Assistance of Per- sons of Education (iS75\ some- times known as the Educated Poo' ™ A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Society. Hon. Secretary, Clement H. relations of persons who may be killed Davis, Royal Bank Chambers, 70 or injured by any such accident. Ap- Ehzabeth-street, Melbourne. Manage- plications for assistance should be m^Mf— Committee of 8 members. As made to the Secretary in June and Its title suggests, this Society assists- December (before the loth of the necessitous persons of education, par- month in each year). Management — ticularly in the direction of monetary The Fund is vested in 8 Trustees, grants to establish families bereft of namely, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, their bread-winner in some means of the -Mayors of Bendigo, Ballarat, Bal- livelihood. Widows and orphans com- larat East, and Creswick, the Presi- prise the principal beneficiaries of the dent of the Amalgamated Miners' As- Society. As a general rule, appli- sociation, the Minister of Mines, and cants for assistance are expected to the Speaker of the Legislative As- submit their case for investigation to sembly. The amount available for the Charity Organisation Society, distribution is the interest on invested Last year, 150 persons were assisted. Funds, and is approximately £475 an- and £404 was expended in relief. In- nually. 95 grants, totalling £199, come — £486 (private contributions, were made during the financial year £452.) ended 31st December, 1910, and 7 pen- Swiss Society of Victoria (1878), sions, totally £272,, were paid to sur- 193 Little Collins-street, Melbourne, viving widows of the original disaster. President, E. C. Hurter. Management- - ,j.. . -, .j x x-j o • * -Committee of 5 members. Assists , ^"J °"*? IT\ ^ * A^ ?K ^ ^ ^ necessitous Swiss or their families 1^906) 375 Fhnders-lane Melbourne, until they are able to help themselves. ^^"- •^Vcretory, P E. Madden. Man Only those of Swiss origin are assis- «/^'>»^«^-Committee of 9 members, ted, the object being to save them the ^V" a • "" minimum necessity of applying to any other ^^arge deservmg persons who need charity, except hospitals and benevo- ^Jl^"^^ '" °^^er to tide them over a lent asvlums. Last year, 11 cases difficulty or for other approved pur- were assisted, and £44 was disbursed P°s^- ,. ^oans are made m sums not in relief. The Societv is subsidised exceeding £25. If £5 or under the to a small extent by the Swiss Govern- security of one approved friend of the ment. Incovie—£70. (Statistics for ^o^'^'ower must be forthcoming; if over the year ended 31st December, 1910). ^5. two friends. Loans are repaid in w-eekly sums of 6d. in the £ on the Victorian Medical Benevolent Asso- amount loaned. No interest is ciaMon (1863). Hon. Secretary. Dr. charged, but an 'amount of 6d. in the Gault, 4 Collins-street, Melbourne. £ on the amount loaned is payable to Managed by Committee. Assists defray the expenses of conducting the necessitous members of the profession Society. Donated capital — £1853. or their dependents 4 cases were Number of loans last vear - 215. relieved last year at a cost of £113. Amount loaned-£ii99. ' Repaid - income ±.223. £1027. Cost of management— £42. Victorian Literary Benevolent .... . _.. , „ ,. * « • .l Fand. Hon. Secretary,, D. D. Wheeler, , S^'*"Jf°, Shipwreck Relief Society '■ Tremavne," Mozart-street, St. Kilda, Ij^^^J), Sailors Home Siddeley-street. Melbourne. No information has been ^'??u°"'",^- """\ •^^^^'''"''.^V' G. H r.KfninprI Smith. Management — Committee of 9 ouidintu. members. For the relief of distressed Victorian Mining Accident Relief Fund passengers and crews of vessels (1884), Towfi Hall, Melbourne. Sec- wrecked in or near Victorian waters. retary J Knowles. Established co Also assists widows, orphans, anJ provide for the widows and chil- aged parents of Victorian seamen, dren of persons killed m the Creswick boatmen, or fishermen losing their Mining Disa.ster of 1882. The scope lives at sea. The claims on the So- of the Fund is now widened to include ciety are obviously intermittent. Dur- the assistance of persons who may be ing 1910 no claims were received, permanently disabled through any Income— £102 (principally interest on mining accident in Victoria, or the invested funds). Expenditure — nil. RELIEF IN TEiMPORARV DISTRESS. 71 Yictoria Stiftung (1884), German PROVINCIAL SOCIETY pT'^i ile^r„l'="/.„?']}"?.: .,e!j"r.S-8/'Tc'^ Phi,a„th.«p.c So- Secretaries, Rev. Hermann Herlit- l\TZ a^*] ^'''^ ""^''u^ °^ "^''^^■ and W. H. Puttmann. Assists indi- tZl7.V T^^ T'"^m' °^ l^' gent Germans with monetary grants J^^^sh/^'th m Ballarat. No other or in other appropriate ways. About P'^''t»^»lars have been received. SO Germans are assisted annually. Ballarat Old Colonls's' Association Income — About £25 a year. Special (1883), Lydiard-street, Ballarat. Se': cases of distress are adequatelv re- ^>^lory, D. M. Paterson. Management lieved by means of special subscrip- ^y Committee. The Association ra- tions, lieves, as far as is possible, the needs of its indigent members, who are all old colonists (at least 21 years in the colony), and must have been subscrib- ing members (los. a year). 5.— GENERAL RELIEVING SOCIETIES, (a) MELBOURNE. Charity Organisation Society (see supervises a Clothing Club, a Mothers' P^^^' j'- and Girls' Society, and Boys' Naval Melbourne Jewish Women's Guild f/'fu^""' ^■^''- ^\'° administers relief (1896). Hon. Secretary, Miss Salmon, ^omen we're T. . H^l "^^ '"^ ^5 III Grosvenor-street/Balaclava. Man- T.Tl. ZIJZT if ^T' ''"^ agemenf: Committee of 18 members, f Sj "^fL'Sfi^^i '" '^^'^^- ^»^«/"^- For the relief of the necessitous and ^Ift'' December loio) "''''' " ^" deserving poor of Melbourne. Al- >^ist December 1910). though sectarian in its origin and man- ivr P'^^^^'l. ^^°° ~ ^°'^- Secretary. agement, the Guild is unsectarian in c . -"v. ^- G. Anderson, "Alfheim," its work, and assists the poor of any ^^^^'^ Yarra The Club comprises a creed. The Guild arranges Sewing ""™ber of ladies who meet periodi- Circles, as a result of which large cZu '^"^ °"^ ^"^, "^^-r^^ garments quantities of garments are distributed ^^'^ *^^ P°°^ ^"^ "^,^^y- f ^^J: year 517 among the needy poor, or sent to^''™''"*^ T'"'^ made and distributed charitable institutions. Last year £109 ^"\0"& . ^ 'arge number of charitable was spent in relief. £26 was speS \? '/"^p,"^ and soc.e les. The income in materials for the Sewing Cirdes °^ "\' ^^""^ ^' ^'"^''^ ^""^^^ ''''^^^ '"^' Income-£iS3 (private confributions, ''"^'^^^^ ^^^^ members. £105). Time and Talents Societ\ (1890), oi.ni. .- wv . . . , ■^^"- Secretary, IMiss E. Greig, " Caen- rl?n%?nr^l 'r*R n* ^i««>°» ^^•ood," TeniiVson-street, st Oda. (1884), Scots Church Hall, 99 Russell- ^lelbourne. Mawa^ew^n^-Committee .street, Melbourne. Secretary, Miss of 16 members. The Society assists black. Management — Committee of private cases of distress, arranges con- 40 members. Seeks to promote the certs and sewing meetings at hospi- physical, moral, and religious interests tals, and visits the Children's Hospi- of the poor in the surrounding dis- tal Convalescent Home at Hampton trict. To this end, organises and Income— £30. Expenditure— £24. (b) PROVINCIAL. Allendale District Relief Fund (1880) known, but £53 was spent in relief. Allendale. Hon. Secretary, W. L. For- Income— £2$. syth. Management — Committee of 12 members. For the relief of the ne- Ararat Ladies' Dorcas Society (1869), cessitous and deserving poor of the Ararat. Hon. Sccrctarw :\Iiss Cross- district. Elderly people, widows with ley. Management — Committee of i? families, and miners (with families) members. Provides blankets and suffering from miner's phthisis are the clothing for the destitute in the bor- pnncipal classes relieved. The num- ough or shire of Ararat. The cases ber of cases assisted last year is not assisted last year comprised 98 adults 72 A GUIDE TO CHARITY, and children, and involved the distri- bution of II pairs blankets, 85 pairs boots, and 180 garments. Income — £64 (Government grant, £10). Expendi- ture — £67. Ararat Willing Helpers of the Poor. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. C. Sadler, High-street, Ararat. Management by Committee. For the relief of the necessitous and deserving poor of the district. No other particulars have been received. The Ballarat District Benevolent Asy- lum and Lying-in Hospital (see p. 82). The Committee of Management of this institution administer outdoor relief to the necessitous and deserving poor of Ballarat. 622 persons were so as- sisted last year, and £777 was spent in relief. Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Lying-in Hospital (see p. 83). The Committee of Management of this in- stitution administer outdoor relief to the necessitous and deserving poor of Bendigo. The cases assisted last year numbered 134, and £624 was disbursed in relief. Bendigo Relieving Societies- There are 10 of these in Bendigo. Most of them are denominational in so far as they have orginated from church congregations, but they are undenominational and unsectarian in their relief work. They do the ordi- nary relieving work of a large city, assisting the necessitous and deserv- ing poor with money, food, clothing, or in other desirable manner. Thev have formed a sort of federation, re- presentatives of each Society meeting together quarterly for the purpose of discussing cases and reviewing the work done. The Hon. Secretary of the l^'ederation is Mrs. James Thomas, Havlin-street, Quarry Hills, Bendigo. The list of Societies and their Hon. Secretaries is as follows: — 1. All Saints' Parish Relief So- ciety. — tion. Secretary, Miss Craig, Boundary-street, Bendigo. 2. Church of Christ Dorcas So- ciety. — Hon. Secretary, Miss Heritage, Horace-street, Quarry Hills, Bendigo 3. Bendigo Dorcas Society. — Hon. Secretary, Mrs. James Thomas, Hav- lin-street, Quarry Hills, Bendigo. 4. Golden Square Ministering Chil dren's League. — Hon. Secretary, Mrs Akehurst, Panton-street, Bendigo 5. Good Intent Society.— Hon Sec- retary, Miss Higgs, Hamlet-street, Quarry Hills, Bendigo, 6. Long Gully Aid Society. — Hon. Secretary, Miss Rowe, Long Gully Post-ofifice. 7. St. Andrews' Benevolent So- ciety. — Hon. Secretary, Miss McColl, Horace-street. Quarry Hills, Bendigo. 8. St. Mark's Work Basket.— Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Banger, Opher- street. Golden Square, Bendigo. 9. St. Paul's Ladies' Benevolent Societ}'. — Hon. Secretary, Mrs. McDuf?, ]\Iyers-street, Bendigo. 10. St. Vincent de Paul Society. — Hon. Secretary, Miss Guy, Hargreaves- street, Bendigo. Carngham Widows' and Orphans' Fund Hon. Secretary, W. F. Wookey, Snak'? Valley, Carngham. Management by Committee. For the relief of desti- tute and deserving widows and or- phans in the district. No other par- ticulars have been received. Port Fairy Ladies' Clothing Society (1864I. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. S. A. Orchard, Port Fairy. Management — Committee of 6 ladies. Provide^ clothing, bedding, and firewood for the necessitous and deserving poor of the district. No other particulars have been received. Rheola Relief Fund. Hon. Secre- tary, John Catto, Rheola. This charity is practically defunct, as there is little or no distress in the district that can- not be assisted through the medium of the Invalid or Old Age Pensions. Scarsdale District Relief Fund (1866) Hon. Secretary, C. Pender, Scarsdale. Management — Committee of 10 mem- bers. For the relief of the necessi- tous and deserving poor of the district. S cases were assisted last year, and £27 was spent in relief. TarnaguUa Benevolent Society (i860). Hon. Secretary, T. Leonard, Tarna- guUa. Management — Committee of 9 members. For the relief of the ne- cessitous and deserving poor of the dis- trict. 14 cases were assisted last year, and £53 was spent in relief. Income — £:i7. This is almost entirely the in- terest on an invested sum of £1100. being the bulk of a bequest to the So- ciety some years ago. RELIEF IN TEMPORARY DISTRESS. B.— Night Shelters. Dr. Singleton's Night Shelter for Women (1886), 18 Islington-street, Collingwood. Hon. Secretaries, the Misses Singleton, " Ormiston," Mont Albert-road, Surrey Hills. Provides a free refuge at night for destitute and homeless women, who are admitted only if sober. No food other than hot tea is provided. If unable to work in the daytime, inmates are assisted with food by the Melbourne Ladies' Bene- volent Society. The shelter is vested in trustees, and is under the control of the Misses Singleton. Nightly accom- modation — 20. Total housed last year — 3422. Income — £13. Expenditure — £25. The Central Mission Hospice (1893), Arden-street, North Mel- bourne. Superintendent, C. P. Jones. Management — The Executive Commit- tee of the Central Mission, Lonsdale- street, Melbourne. Provides a shelter and food for homeless and friendless men, and work for the workless. No applicant is refused unless drunk and disorderly, or known to be unworthy. If able, they pay something towards their keep; but, if not, they are admit- ted free. In return for food and lodg- ing, they are provided with work for two houre per day at wood-chopping or mat-making. Nightly accommoda- tion — Free beds, 25; other beds, 8 A charge of 3d. per bed is made, and bed and meal tickets are sold to citi- zens at 4s. 3d. a dozen. Total housed last year — 376. Income — £1268 (in- cluding receipts from sale of bed and meal tickets, £21; private sources, £158; Government grant, £140. Ex- penditure — £ 1388. Salvation Army Elevator, 224 L:i- trobe-street, Melbourne. Officcr-in- charge, Major Lamb. Owned and con- trolled by the Salvation Army. A night shelter for homeless men. Ac- commodation— 173. The nightly chargs for beds is 3d., and meals may be ob-- tained from id. At the discretion of the officer-in-charge, the destitute may be sheltered free. Salvation Army Women's Shelter 285 Little Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, OfRccr-in-charge, Ensign Annie Dow. Owned and controlled by the Salvation Army. A cheap night shelter for home- less women. Accommodation — 80. Victorian Homes for the Aged and Infirm, St. Kilda-road and Royil Park. These Homes, which are fully described under Homes for the Agea, are included in this section of the Guide in so far as they also serve the purpose of a night shelter. No horne- less man or woman is refused admis- sion so long as there is room. Appli- cation for admission may be made at any time. The accommodation is free to the destitute. For other partici- lars see page 81. Ballarat. — Salvation Army Shelter, or. Wills and Davey streets, Ballarat. OfUccr-in-chargc, Staff-Captain Ford. Owned and controlled by the Salva- tion Army. A night shelter for home- less men. Accommodation — 36. Beds cost 3d. nightly, and meals may be ob- tained from id. Division III. Relief in Permanent Distress. A. — Homes and Societies for Children. I.— GENERAL. State Department for Keglected Chil- dren and Keformatory Schools (1866), 2nd Floor, Railway Buildings, Flin- ders-street, Melbourne. Secretary, T. Smith. A Government Department, under the Chief Secretary, which — 1. Arranges for the boarding-out throughout the State, with their mothers, or in other approved homes, of children found by the Courts to be neglected. An amount of 5/- weekly is paid in respect of each child boarded out, until the child attains the age of 14 years. Sickly and in- capacitated children are paid for at special rates, and infants under i year old at the rate of 12/- a week. 2. xA-rranges for the boarding-out in approved and registered homes of infants under the Infant Life Protection Acts. Not less than 10/- a week is paid in respect of each infant under i >ear old. and 7/- a week tor mfants over that age. 3. Arranges for the transfer to ap- proved reformatories of incor- rigible boys and girls so com- mitted by the Courts. A capi tation fee of 10/- weekly is paid to a reformatory in respect of each boy or girl so transferred to its care. 5. Supervises, by means of inspec tors and local honorary Visiting Committees, homes, institutions, reformatories, etc., where boar- ded-out children, or infants, or incorrigible boys and girls are cared for. The number of neglected children on the books of the Department on 30th June, 191 1, was — 2^37 boys, and 2338 girls. The pro- portion of these boarded-out to their mothers is 2414 (boys and girls). 378 infants are boarded-out in registered homes, and 88 boys and 116 girls in reformatory institutions. The- total number of neglected children, infants and incorrigibles, under the care of the Department is, therefore, 54.^7. The cost of maintaining the Depart- ment last year was £71,168. The Department has a Receiving Home at Park-street, Brunswick (]\Ielbourne), where wards of the State are cared for until arrangements are made for their transfer to private homes or institutions, or, while wai) - ii g to go to situations. 2.— ^lELBOURNE INSTITUTIONS. Chief Probation Officer's Depart- ment (Children's Courts Act), Tem- perance and General Buildings, corner Swanston and Little Collins streets, Melbourne. Chief Probation OfUccr, Alfred E. Clarke. A branch of the the duty of org.inising the administra- tion of the Children's Courts Act 1906. (For synopsis of the Act, see page 17). Unaer the Act juvenile offenders are brought before a special Children's Court, of which there are now a large Crown Law Department entrusted witli number throughout ]\Ic'lbounrc and RELIEF IN PERMANENT DISTRESS. 75 suburbs and in the provinces. The children are then generally dealt with by being placed for a time under the supervision of a Probation, Ol^ker. These Probation Officers are honorary workers, and are assigned to the various Children's Courts. The Crown Law Department has refused to supply statistics for this Guide, but approxi- mately the number of Chddren's Courts in Victoria is 60, of special magistrates 30 (sitting at 13 Courts;, and of Probation .Officers 230. A large proportion of these is in Melbourne. Church of England Home for Neglected Children (1894), Wilson- street, Middle Brighton. Superin- tendent, Sister Esther, 30 Little Lons- dale-street, Melbourne. Provides a home for neglected and destitute young- children (princiually girls). The Home is managed by a Committee of 8 members^ and provides accommo- dation for 42 children. The children are educated at the local State School. Saturday is visiting day. Income — £765 (including subscriptions and donations, £280; children's payments, £ 125). Expenditure — £ 749. Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (1877), Berry-street, East Melbourne. Secretary, Mrs. A. Tuxen. For the preservation of infant life, and to help mothers of illegitimate chil- dren to return to a respectable life. Admission — Infants are ad- mitted with their mothers if possible. The mothers assist in the work of the Home, and go in due course to domes- tice service, taking the child or leav- ing it at the Home. Infants are also admitted if recommended by an insti- tution. The institution owns a Cot- tage Home at Balwyn, accommodat- ing 12 babies with nurses and attend- ants, where infants are transferred for a time for health reasons. Some of the infants are boarded-out in ap- proved country homes, and 87 were so dealt with last year An amount of weekly is paid in respect of each infant so boarded out. Management — A Committee of 20 members. Accommodation — Mothers, 23; infants, 82. Total inmates last yea*" — Mothers, 107; infants, 269. Income — £4918 (including Government grant, £1250; municipal grants, £85; private contributions, etc., £441; by or on behalt of inmates, £459). hxpcnditure — £3327. Visitors are welcomed daily from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 2 to 4.30 p.m. Girls' Training Home (formerly known as the Servants' Training In- stitute) (1877), 43 Berry-street, East Melbourne. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Edgar Shelley, 78 Park-street, Bruns- wick. Management — Committee of 12 members. Trains homeless girls for domestic service. Most of the girls are wards of the State, boarded out to the Home by the Department for Neglected Children, which pays 5s. a week in respect of each ward. There is a laundry at the Home, the receipts from which assist materially towards the maintenance. Accommodation — 50. Inmates at end of year — 30. Visitors are welcomed dailv. Income — £846 (in- cluding contributions towards main- tenance of inmates, £442; private contributions, £231; laundry receipts, £ 140) . Expenditure — £ 834. Gordon Institute for Boys, Bowen- street, Melbourne. Manager, H. T. Ellis. This institution is inserted here as part of its work is to provide a home for neglected or destitute boys. Full particulars regarding the institu- tion will be found on page 100. Home of Hope Orphanage for Des- titute Children (1880), Easey-street, Collingwood. Hon. Secretary, B. R. Patey, 454 Collins-street, Melbourne. Management — Committee of 7 members. A home for destitute and neglected chil- dren, who receive a State school edu- cation at the institution. On attain- ing the age of 14 years, they are placed in situations — the girls at domestic service and the boys princi- pally in the country. Accommodation — 70. Weekly average — 54. Visiting days — Daily (except Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays) from 2 to 4 p.m. Income — £1175 (including private con- tributions and payments on behalf of inmates, £1071). Expenditure — £1136. The institution owns a Convalescent Home for Children at Ocean Grove (see p:ige 57). Melbourne Jewish Orphan and Neglected Children's Aia Society (1883). Iloti. Secretary, M. Isaacson, 70 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Cromwell Buildings, Bourke-street, years of age. Boys are admitted to Melbourne. Management — Committee the Home upon proof being furnished of 7 members. Relieves destitute or that they are without parents or guar- neglected orphans of the Jewish faith dians, or that their parents are desti- by boarding them out with approved tute, also upon recommendation of a families. Payments at the rate of los. magistrate or police officer. The a week are made by the Society in Home accommodates 25 boys. Ef- respect of each child boarded out. forts are made to get positions for the One child was boarded-out last year, boys in the country. Management — and the total for whom payments are A Council of Advice of 8 members, now being made is 3. Income— £50. Visiting Day.?— Wednesdays and Thurs- Expenditure— £45. days. Income— £1528 (including Do- Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1851, "ftions, Subscriptions, and Bequests, Dendy-street, Middle Brighton. Sec- ^i^io)- Expenditure- £1532. The retary and Superintendent, J. Russell ^ome and Mission also owns a Sea- Crowther. Provides, in whole or in ^ide Home at Frankston (see p. 57). part, for the maintenance, either in Methodist Homes for Children the Asylum or in their own or other (1888), comprising the " Livingstone approved homes, of destitute orphan Home " and the " Queen Victoria Cot- children. Admission — Orphan chil- tage," Nepean - road, Cheltenham, dren are admitted up to 14 years of Secretary, Miss Waugh, " Eirene,' age, if resident within the State of Lyndhurst-crescent, Hawthorn. Res- Victona. When considered desirable, cues children from destitution and pos- children are also boarded-out to their sible crime (i) by providing them with mothers or other approved persons, a temporary home; (2) by arranging In the case of the children of widows, for their adoption or for their em- the latter are expected to provide, by ployment as domestic servants or at their own labour or friendly local help, a trade; and (3) by assisting them in for at least one child. Any over that their future life. Suitable children of number are considered orphans elig- all ages are taken into the Homes and ible for admission to the Asylum. Ap- maintained there until old enough to plication for admission or boarding- learn a trade, go as domestic ser- out may be made at any time to the vants, or be adopted. All children Secretary. In due course, many of are admitted free, except in voluntary the girls are sent to domestic service, admissions, when the parents are ex- and the boys are apprenticed, princi- pected, if able, to contribute towards pally to farmers. Management — the support of their children. Appli- Committee of 30 members.^ The cation for admission may be made to Asylum provides accommodation for the Secretary at any time. Visitors 78 boys and 54 girls, and last yea.- are welcomed daily, except Sundays, actually housed 134 boys and girls. The Homes are managed by a Com- 81 boys and 116 girls were boarded mittee of 24 ladies and an Advisory out during the year to mothers or Committee of 6 gentlemen. Accom- other approved persons. This invol- modation is provided for 81 children. ved an expenditure, at the rate of — Last vear the weeklv average in the a week in respect of each child so Home"s was 66. Children are received boarded out, of £2016. Visiting Days from the Courts, bv transfer of guar- — Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 to 4 p.m. dianship or by voluntary admissions. Friends of children, ist Tuesday of Jncome — £1015 (including Subscrip- each month. Average annual cost per tions and Donations, £536). Bxpendi- child, £17. Income — £6306 (includ- ;„y^ £951 ing municipal grants £112; pri- pregbyterian and Scots Church Neg- ^£^" Expenditure ,^^^^^ Children's Aid Society (1881). Manager, Miss Black, 99 Russell- Melbourne Ratf^ed Boys' Home street, Melbourne. Children's Home — and Mission (1895"). Latrobe-street, 149 Flemington-road, North Mel- Melbourne. Hon. Superintendent, W. bourne. Rescues neglected and des- Minton. Receives and provides a titute children, or those in danger of home for destitute boys from 5 to 15 becoming so. Many of the children RELIEF IN PERMANENT DISTRESS. 77 dealt with by the Society are boarded- institution in approved homes. Ap- out in approved foster or service plication for admission may be made homes, either in the suburbs of Mel to the Secretary at any time. The bourne or in the country, and 102 such Orphanage, which is under the man- homes were obtained for children dur- agement of the Christian Brothers, ing 1910. At the Home there is ac- provides accommodation for 211 boys, commodation for 29 children, and last Last year 208 were cared for there, and year 17 boys and 37 girls were cared 4 were boarded-out. Visitors are wel- for there. These comprised Court comed on the first Sunday in every committals, 6; transfer of guardian- month. Principal sources of hicome — ship, 17; voluntary, 3; and re-admis- Government grant, £925; Municipal sions, 28. The children are given a grants, £z7; Private contributions. State School education at the Home £1181. Expenditure — £2876. by the Education Department. Visi- o^ tr- x j « 1. o • 1 tors are welcomed every day except n ''u i "* / o® ^ x*t" •* ^'^ Saturday. Income — £1017 {Govern- 2 ' P J* f ° * ^ ® (1854), Napier-street, ment grant, £75; donations, £783). ^^^^^ Melbourne. Under the man- Expenditure—£d,22>. agement of the Sisters of Mercy. Sup- ports and educates destitute orphan St. Joseph's Foaadltng Rospital (1901), girls during the helpless years of child- Broadmeadows. Superintendent, The hood, and afterwards suitably appren- Rev. Mother. Protects infant life by tices them. Destitute orphan girls affording a temporary home for desti- between the ages of 5 and 14 years, tute mothers with infants. Suitable are admitted free. Where possible, private homes are found for the latter, relatives and friends are asked to con- An interesting feature of the insiitu- tribute towards their support. The tion is the open-air accommodation Orphanage has accommodation for that has now been provided for the 118 girls, and last year cared for a infants. Destitution is the only con- total of 159. Visiting Days — Second dition of admission. The mothers Sunday in each month, from 2.30 to assist, as far as possible, with the do- 3.30 p.m. Income — £1734 (including mestic and laundry work of the insti- Government grant, £550; Municipal tution. The Hospital is managed by grants, £31; on behalf of inmates, the Sisters of St. Joseph, and accom- £218). Expenditure — £1564. modation is provided for 15 mothers «... , «• 1 , tt /-m and 60 infants. Last year a total of Salvatioii Army Girls' Home Gleri- 26 mothers and 75 infant's were cared [0^: Omcer-m-charge Kd]ui^nt ^N^m- for, and foster homes were procured [''^^.^^g^^^^y-. ^wned and controlled for 31 of the infants. Visitors are ^7 the Salvation Army. A home for welcomed on Sundavs, Tuesdays, and neglected and destitute girls. Accom- Thursdays. " modation-40. St. Joseph's Home for Neglected Sutherland Home, 68 Latrobe- Childreni (1890), cr. Kent and Middle- ^A''^^^' ^^?^^''°"''''^ Superintendent, sex roads, Surrey Hills. Superioress, ^^^ter Ellen _ Sanderson. Manage- Sister M. Gonzaga. A home for the "'■^«^.— Committee of 25 members A maintenance and education of neglec- receiving home or neglected and des- ted and destitute children. The chil- t'^^te orphan children received through dren receive a State school education ^he courts or voluntarily. In due at the Home. Accommodation — 140. '^o"'"se the children are transferred to IVeekly average— 120. Inmates, Decern- the Sutherland Home at Diamond ber, 1911— 130. Visiting days— DsiiW Creek (see hereunder) There is ac- (except Saturdays), 10 a.am. till 4 p.ni. commodation for 12 children at the Latrobe-street Home, which is practi.- St. Vincent de Paul's Boys' cally always fully occupied. Visitors Orphanage (1855), Cecil - street, may call at anytime. For financial South Melbourne. Secretary, M. S. and other particulars, see under Nunan. Maintains and educates or- Sutherland Home, Diamond Creek, phan boys, who, if destitute, are ad- The management is building a new mitted free up to the age of 14 years. Receiving Home in Drummond-street, A few boys are boarded-out by the Carlton, Melbourne, which will be 78 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. opened at an early date, and will re- N. Cowley. Provides a home for place the Latrobe-street Home. neglected or destitute children, who Sutherland Home (1909), Diamond ^'^^ admitted under committal from Creek. Supermtendcnt, Sister Ellen the Courts, by voluntary admission, or Sanderson. A home for neglectei by transfer of guardianship. Many of and destitute orphan children, who arc the children are boarded-out in suit- transferred there from the Sutherland able country homes. Children are Receiving Home in Latrobe-street, ^^so cared for during the absence of Alelbourne (see above). They receive the mother in hospital, or other mis- a State school education at the Home, fortune. Boys must be between the and are maintained generally until they ^S^^ of 2 and 10 years; girls between attain' the age of 14 years, when thev ^ and 12. A kindergarten for th^ are boarded-out with approved em- younger chddren is held at the Home, ployers. Accommodation— ^o. Weekly The Matron and Sub-Matron are average — 40. Visiting days — Daily. In- trained nurses. Management — A come— £731 (including private contri- Committee of 30 members. Accom- butions, £384; on behalf of children, modation exists for 60 children, and £100). Expenditure — Latrobe-street. last year the number cared for was £270; Diamond Creek, £432. 85. The number in the Home at the end of the year was 55. Visitors are Yictorian ^eglected Children's Aid welcomed daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Society Home at Leonard-street, Income— £ioSS (including private con- Parkville. Melbourne. Secretary, Mrs. tributions, £737). Expenditure, £1183. 3.— PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Ballarat.— The Alexandra In- The Committee of Management form- fant's Home (1909), Scott's Parade, Bal- erly conducted a Laundry in connec- larat East. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Alice tion with the Home, in which the Brawn, Ballarat. Provides a home, mothers worked, but this venture if desired, for the children of the in- proved impracticable, and the Laun- mates of the Ballarat Refuge (see p. dry was closed last year. The Com- 98) after the latter have gone to situ- mittee have under projection the erec- ations. The mothers are expected, if tion of a Children's Training Home in able, to contribute s/- a week towards Lydiard-street. Income — £925 (prin- the support of their children. From cipally from Laundry). Expenditure — this source, £130 was received in 1910. £900. The Home adjoins, and is managed in conjunction with the Bajlarat g^,,^^^^ ^.^^.^^ Children's Home Refuge. It has accommodation or Canadian, Ballarat. Superin- 40 infants, and the number cared tor "^ y-'' ' _ .^ 7 . c 00 ttndcnt, J. West Lau, 48 Steinfeld- Jast year was 22. ^^^^^^^ Ballarat. Owned and managed Ballarat Children's Home (1897), by the Ballarat Town Mission (see Bond-street, Ballarat East. President, page 104). A home for neglected and Mrs. H. Nevett, 136 Webster-street, destitute children who are received Ballarat. A home for neglected or through the courts or voluntarily, destitute children, who are admitted The inmates are educated at an ad- from infancy upwards. Mothers are joining State school. Some are also cared for, for a time, along with adopted. The children are kept apart their infants, the former helping, if from the inmates of the Rescue Home able, in the domestic work of the (page 98), which is managed in cnn- Home The children of school age junction. Others go in due course go to an adjoining State School for principally to farm work (boys) or their education. The Home has ac- domestic service (girls). Accommoda- commodation for 14 children, and a tion — 36. Weekly average— 36. Visiting few mothers. In October last, the rfa.v.?— Thursday afternoons. Income— inmates numbered 13 children and 2 £318 (including payments for chil- adults. Visitors are allowed daily, dren, £61). Expenditure— £349- RELIEF IN PERMANENT DISTRESS. 19 Ballarat.— Nazareth House (i88S), Mill-street, Ballarat. Sistcr-in-Charge, Sister M. Presentation. Managed by the Sisters of Nazareth. A home for orphan and destitute children of both sexes, and for the aged poor. Par- ticulars regarding the latter class will be found on p. 83. The children are housed in rooms and wards, separate from the aged inmates, and such as are suitable are trained in domestic work. They receive their education in the home. Accommodation exists for 196 children, and 195 children were in the home at the end of last finan- cial year. Visiting Days — Daily except Saturdays, from 2 to 4 p.m. The in- come is derived entirely from volun- tary contributions. No Annual Re- port is published, and no financial sta- tistics have been supplied, except that the expenditure for the last half-year was £1588. Ballarat Orphanage (1S65), Vic- toria-street, Ballarat East. Secy, and Supt., Arthur Kenny. Maintains, edu- cates, apprentices, and otherwise ad- vances in life destitute children de- prived of one or both parents. Such children are admitted free. Manage- ment — A Committee of 19 members. There is a State School in the institu- tion for the education of the children. The boys are educated or trained in gardening, farming, agriculture, che- mistry, painting, carpentry, and boot- making; the girls in domestic work. These branches of training are made possible by means of a farm run in conjunction with the institution. Last year the farm returned a profit of £545. The Orphanage provides ac- commodation for 200 boys and 100 girls, and at the end of last year there actually were 100 boys and 70 girls in the institution. The cost of mainten- ance per head was £15 us. Visitors are welcomed daily. Income — £.3073 Cincluding Government grant. £1100: ^Municipal grants. £217; Private con- tributions, £1132: On account of in- mates. £203"). Expenditure, £4027. Bpndigo 8t Jiirtan's Orphanage (1905). Matron, Tlie Rev. Mother. .\ home for neglected and destitute chil- dren who are received principallv from the Rendieo Diocese CR.C). ' Chil- dren are taken from 2 years upwards. At TO years of age, the boys are sent to the Christian Brothers. The girls are kept till they are 14 or 15, when they go principally to domestic ser- vice. Accommodation — 120. Weekly average — 120. A proportion of the cost of maintenance is obtained from; the Backhaus Estate. No hnancial figures can be obtained. The St.. Aidan's Rescue Home (see page Qt^.), is under the same roof, but the in- mates are kept apart. Geelong Mission School. Yarra- street, Geelong. Owned and managed by the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Association (set- page 65). A school for poor children too destitute to go to a State school. Special attention is paid to Scriptural as well as secular education. The number of children on the roll is ^6, and the average attendance is 30. Cost of maintenance — £izp4 (received largelv from interest on investments). Geelong.— St. Augustine's Orphan- age for Boys (1856), Newtown, Gee- long. Secretary, Rev. Bro. M. D. S. Kerrins. Maintains, educates, and trains destitute boys of the Roman Catholic faith, who have lost one or both parents. The boys are educated in the Orphanage, and are trained in farming, gardening, poultry raising, dairy work, tailoring, boot-making, broom-making, painting, and carpen- try. The institution possesses a well- known boys' band. The Orphanage is under the management of the Chris- tian Brothers, and accommodates 250 boys. At the end of last year, 234 boys were in the institution. A large number of these are wards of the State, sent to the institution by the Neglected Children's Department. The maintenance cost per head was £14 13s. 3d. Visitors are welcomed daily. Income — £3959 (Government grant, £900; Municipal grants. £18: On behalf of inmates, principally per capita payments for State wards. £1507: Private contributions, £1356). Expenditure — £4093. Ocf lon^.— St. Cafhpri' r's Girls Orphann^o (1863). Newtown. Geelong. Maintains and educates destitute girls between 3 and 12 years of age. wh.~i have lost one or both parents. The girls Pre chicated in the O'^'^han-'Q-e. and arc trained in domesti'^ duties. 80 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. The institution is under the manage- the Orphanage and also get a training ment of the Sisters of Mercy, and can in gardening and other directions, accommodate 122 girls. 141 _ actually Accommodation is provided for passed through the institution last 50 boys and 50 girls. At the year. Visiting Days— 2nd Sunday in end of the year, 36 boys and 31 each month. Principal sources of In- girls were in residence. Relatives cow^— Government grant, £600; Pri- may visit every Thursday and the first yate contributions, £475; On behalf of Sunday in each month; other visitors inmates, £i79- are welcomed any day. Income — £1374 Geelong and Western District (including Government grant, £300; Protestant Orphanage (1854), Heme Private contributions, £348; On behalf Hill, Geelong. Secretary, A. J. Young, o^ mmates, £26). Expenditure— £1373. 43 Malop-street, Geelong. A home Wedderburn — Clifden Home for for destitute children who have lost Children (1891). Hon. Manager, Miss one or both parents, or have been L. S. Colvin. There is no Committee deserted by their parents, or whose of Management. A Home for parents sufifer from insanity. Chil- neglected and destitute children, many dren under 10 years of age are admit- of whom are wards of the State re- ted on a contributor's recommenda- ceived from the Neglected Children"*; tion, and retained until the age of Department. The children are edu- 14 years in the case of boys, and 15 cated at a State school near by, and years in the case of girls, unless pre- also receive a domestic training. In viously apprenticed, boarded-out, or due course situations are found for discharged. Management — Com- them. Accommodation — 16. Inmates, mittee of 13 members. The children December, 191 1 — 14. No financial are given a State School education in figures have been supplied. B. — Homes and Societies for the Aged. In addition to the institutions and societies included hereunder, mention should be made of the Federal Old Age and Invalid Pensions which are paid in accordance with the provisions of the Invalid and Old Age Pension Acts. A synopsis of these Acts will be found on page 10. The Old Age and Invalid Pensions Offices are at the Rail- way Buildings, Flinders-street, Men>ourne. I.— MELBOURNE GENERAL INSTITUTIONS. Footscray Home for the Aged stances. A total of 11 aged women Droop-street, Footscray. This small were housed in the cottages last year, home belongs to, and is managed by, The maintenance of the cottages and the Footscray Ladies' Benevolent So- inmates cost £115. ciety (see page 62). It provides a Home for the Aged Poor (1884), home pnncipally or aged women who gt. George's-road, Northcote. Con- are old-age or other pensioners The ^^u^ted bv the Little Sisters of the home contams 5 rooms, and last p^^j.. OMcer-in-charge, The Mother year accommodated 8 mmates. Superior. Aged and destitute men Baimes Memorial Collages corner and women who are unable to care of Punt-road and High-street, Prah- for themselves are provided with a ran. Owned and managed by the home and the care and attention they Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent So- require. Applicants for admission ciety (see page 62). There are 3 must be over sixty years of age, and cottages, providing accommodation destitute or infirm. No charge is for 12 aged women, principally those made, but contributions from reli- in reduced circumstances. Such as tives or friends are expected wherever are pensioners pay a nominal rental possible. The Home affords accom- of 2s. 6d. weekly, but are accommo- modation for 240 inmates, and last dated only under exceptional circum- year housed a total of 112 men and RELIEF TN PERMANENT DISTRESS. 81 io8 women. Visitors are welcomed Watson. Owned and controlled by daily fiom 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. The co.U the Salvation Army. A home for of maintaining the Home is greatly aged men and oia-age pensioners, lessened as a result of the daily collcc- Accommodation— 6o. tion by the Sisters throughout Mel- bourne of all kinds of provisions. No Victorian Homes for the Aged and financial statistics are available. Infirm (1853). Formerly Immigrants' Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (1851), Aid Society. Secretary and Superin- Cheltenhani. Superintendent and Secrc- tendent, O. Kunig. Management — tary, Alfred E. Laver. Management — Committee of 12 members. Provides Committee of 16 members. Situated a home for aged, infirm and destitute about 2 miles from Cheltenham sta- men and women, who are admitted on tion. Cabs meet all trains, and con- personal application at any time. The vey passengers to the institution at Homes formerly comprised a Men's moderate rates. The asylum affords a and Women's Wing on opposite sides home for, and maintains, the aged, in- of St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, and a firm, disabled and destitute of both Home for Men only at Royal Park, sexes and of all creeds and nations. The Women's Division, however, was Medical and nursing attendance is also recently demolished and the inmates available for those in need of these transferred to the new Benevolent services. Forms of application for Asylum at Cheltenham. The site admission (which must be signed by of the Men's Wing also will a Life Governor or Subscriber) may shortly be required for Government be obtained from the secretary. The purposes, and the inmates are being destitute are admitted free; others are gradually transferred to the New expected to contribute in accordance Benevolent Asylum. A New with their means. Accommodation — Women's Wing, to accommodate Men, 374; women^ 325. These figures 40 inmates, will shortly be erected include the Hospital wards, which ac- adjoining the present Roval Park commodate 161 men and 270 women — ■ Home. The latter has accom- principally chronics. Total cared for niodation for 383 men, and the number last year—icr^s. Remaining at end of of inmates at the end of last year was year—2,U men and 310 women. Visit- ^g^. At St. Kilda-road, there also re- ing days— Wednesdays and Sundays, "rained 104 men, 44 women, and 12 from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. /;/co!»c— £8926 children. The total number that (including Government grant, £3529: passed through all the Homes last municipal grants. £147; private con- ^^ar was 1456. the daily average of in- tributions, £1658; inmates' contribu- mates being 658. The Royal Park tions, £1824). Expenditure — £976?.. Home contains a Hospital ward with The asylum was opened in the j2o beds, which are practically con- beginning of 1911, and replaced the gtantly fullv occupied, principally with old Benevolent Asylum at North Mei- chronics. Those inmates who are able bourne, which has since been de- aj-g emploved at garment, bed and pil- moHshed. The male and female in- ]ow making. Visiting days — Wednes- matcs of the old Immigrants' Homes days, Saturdays and Sundavs. Income in St. Kilda-road are also being gradu- ._ £10,477 (including Government ally transferred to the new Asylum. grant, £9020; private contributions. Salvation Army Old Men's Home, £986; from inmates' labour, £124) Pakcnham. Officcr-in-charge, Adjutant Expenditure — £10,420. 2.— MELBOURNE SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS. Australasian Musical and Dramatic C. W. Mitchell, 524 Elizabeth- street. Association Homes. (See under the Melbourne. Provide a home for aged Old Colonists' Association of Victoria, and destitute Freemasons or their hereunder.) widows. The homes comprise II cot- Freemasons' Homes (1867), Punt- tages, and can accommodate 21 aged road, Prahran, ]\Ielbourne. Secretary, people. At the end of last year the 82 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. inmates numbered 20. They receive, in addition to the home, los. weekly in the case of single people and 17s. 6d. in the case of married couples. Visitors may call at any time. The Homes are maintained by voluntary contributions. The cost of mainten- ance last year was £500. Jewish A]mshouses(i849), St. Kild?.- road (corner of Union-street), Prah- ran, Melbourne. Owned and man- aged by the Melbourne Jewish Philan- thropic Society (see page 6g). A home for aged and infirm men and women of the Jewish faith. Accom- modation — Men, 12; women, 12. In- mates July, 191 1 — Men, 4; women, 7. Visitors are welcomed daily. Cost of inaintoiance — £422. The Old Colonists' Association of Victoria (1869). Secretary, Roland Woodward, 57 Queen-street, Mel- bourne. Management — Council of 15 members. The Association owns the Old Colonists' Homes at Rushall- crescent, North Fitzroy, and provides therein a home and the means of sub- sistence for necessitous and deserving old colonists. The Homes now com- prise 87 cottages, together with a hall and lodge, and afford accommodation for 82 old colonists in all. There are at present in the homes 24 men and 51 women. Applicants for admission must be nominated by a subscriber, and on a vacancy occurring, a ballot of subscribers decides which applicant shall be admitted. In addition to a cottage, an allowance of 8s. a week is made to each inmate. Each cottage includes separate sitting-room and bedroom. The Homes include 5 cot- tages formerly belonging to the Aus- tralasian Musical and Dramatic Asso- ciation, but transferred to the control of the Old Colonists' Association in 1907. The inmates of these cottages are nominated by the theatrical mana- gers. Visiting days — Daily, from 2 to 5 p.m. A small amount of out-door relief is also given to necessitous old colonists by the Association. Income — £9774. Total expenditure — £10,153 (including out-door relief, £120). Pilgrim's Rest for Aged. Destitute Gentlewomea (1888}, Gillies-street, Fairfield Park. Hon. Secretary and Superintendent, Rev. C. M. Cherbury. Ramsden-street, Clifton Hill. Pro- vides a home and maintenance for destitute women over 65 years of age. Only those are admitted who have moved in superior circles of society, but who, ill Old age, through no fault of their own, have become destitute. yVpplicants are admitted as vacancies occur, and in the order of their appli- cations. The " Rest " is under the management of the Rev. and Mrs. Cherbury. Accommodation — 8. In- mates last year — 4. Visitors are wel- comed daily, excepting Sundays. In- come (entirely from private sources) — £164. Expenditure — £153 (financial year ended 31st May, 1911). United Service Home (1891), Drys- dale. Hon. Secretary, Lieut. -Col. Brod- ribb, a'Beckett-street West, Kew, Melbourne. Management — Commit- tee of 13 members. Provides a home for aged and infirm sailors and soldiers of the Imperial or Colonial Forces. The Home is pleasantly situated at Drysdale, about 7 miles from Portarlington, and can be reached from Melbourne bj^ train or by boat and coach. Accommodation — 15. Inmates last year — 12. Visitors are welcomed on Saturdays. Income^ £406 (private contributions, £46; in- mates' contributions, £92). Expendi- ture — £486 (including £115 on build- ings and repairs). 3.— PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Ararat Benevolent Asylnm (1850), Ararat. Secretary, R. Hargreaves, jun. Managed in conjunction with the Ararat District Hospital. Affords a home for the aged, infirm, and desti- tute. The Committee also administer out-door relief to a small number of indigent Chinese. Accommodation — 18. Total inmates — 22. Daily average — 15.9. Remaining at end of year — Men, 16; women, 3. For financial and other general information, see under Ararat District Hospital and Benevolent Asy- lum on page 49. The Ballarat District Perevolent Asvlum and Lying in Hospital (1857). -A. scot-street, Ballarat. Secretary. C. RELIEF IN PERMANENT DISTRESS. 83 C. Shoppee. Management — Commit- tee of 25 members. For particulars regarding the Lying-in Hospital, see page 56. The Committee of Manage- ment also administer outdoor relief. For particulars, see page 72. The Benevolent Asylum provides a home for the aged, infirm and destitute. Ap- plicants are admitted free if destitute; otherwise they are expected to contri- bute m accf^rdance with their means up to a maximum of £25 a year. Accommodation — Men^ 259; women, 99. Total cared for last year — 408. Daily average — 198.8. Remaining at end of year — Men^ 129; women 89. Visitors are welcomed daily. Income (including Lying-in-Hospital and out-door relief work) — £4878; including Government grant, £2322; municipal grants, £363; private contributions, £794; from in- mates and patients, £620. Expendi- ture — £5472. Ballarat.— Nazareth House (ii Mill-street, Ballarat. OiHcer-in-charge — Sister M. Presentation. Under the managment of the Sisters of Naza- reth. Aflfords a home for the aged poor and for orphan and destitute children. For particulars regarding the children, see page 79. There is accommodation for 86 aged and desti- tute. The number of inmates at the end of last financial year was 82. Visitors are welcomed daily, except Saturdavs, from 2 to 4 p.m. No an- nual report is issued, and no financial statistics are available. Beechworth.— Ovens Benevolent Asylam (1863), Beechworth. Suf>erin- icndoit and Secretary, Frederick Far- hall. Management — Committee of 12 members. Applicants for admission must be recommended by a sub'^criber or the Government. Accommodation — Men, 112; women, 12. Total inmates last year — 148. Daily average — 103. Remaining at end of year — Men, 99; "women^ 8. Visitors are welcomed daily from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. The Committee of Management also ad- minister outdoor relief. For particu- lars, see page — . Income — £1896 (in- :luding Government grant, £750; municipal grants, £84; private contri- butions, £828; inmates' contributions, £86). Expenditure — (including out- door relief) — £2391. Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Lying-in Hospital (1857), Barnard- street, Bendigo. Secretary, L. B. Birch, View-street, Bendigo. Man- agement — Committee of 12 members. Particulars relating to the Lying-in- Hospital will be found on page 56. The Committee of Management also administer outdoor relief to the needy For particulars, see page 72. The Benevolent Asylum provides a home for the aged, infirm, and destitute. Accommodation — Men, 224; women, 77. Daily average — 190.7. '1 otal inmates last year — Alen, 213; women, 77. Remaining at end cf year — Men, 134; women, 55. Visiting days — Wednesdays and Sundays. Income (in- cluding Lying-in-Hospital and outdoor relief) — £6361 (including Government grant, £2325: municipal grants, £242; private contributions, £557; from in- mate? and patients, £1485). Expendi- ture — £4812. Casterton— Cottages for Aged and Destitute Men and Women The cot- tages are two in number, and belong to and are under the management of the Casterton Ladies' Benevolent So- ciety (see page 64). Last year one man, one woman and two children were accommodated in the cottages. Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum (i860), Castlemaine. Secretary and Superintendent, J. Tolstrup. Manage- ment — Committee of 10 members. Affords a home for the aged, aestitute and infirm, and those permanently dis- abled. Those able to pay are expected to do so in accordance with their means up to a maximum of los. a week. Accommodation — Men, 106; women, 24. Total inmates last year — 159. Daily average — 124. Remaining at end of year — Men, loi; women, 27. llsitiug days — Daily. 9.30 to li a.m., and I to 4 p.m. Income — £2216 (in- cluding (Government grant, £825; municipal grants, £129; private con- tributions, £38s: inmates' contribu- tions, £622). Expenditure — £2213. Daylesford Benevolent A sylum (1863), Daylesford. Secretary, F. W. Hors- nell. Managed in conjunction with the District Hospital. Af- fords a home for the aged, infinn and destitute. Accommodation — Men, 9; women, 3. Inmates at end of year — 84 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. Men, 8; women, 3. For financial and other general niformation, see under Daylesford District Hospital (page 50). Daylesford —Cottages for the Aged and Infirm. The cottages are 7 in number, and belong to and are managed by the Daylesford Ladies' Benevolent Society (see page 65). Ac- commodation is provided for men and women. These are generally old-age pensioners, who pay a nominal rent of is. a week to defray the cost of keep- ing the cottages in repair. Last year the number of inmates was 4 men and 3 women. Echuca —Cottages for the Aged. Owned and managed by the Echuca Ladies' Benevolent Society (see page 65). The Cottages are 6 in number — 4 for men and 2 for women. Inmates pay a small rent when in a position to do so. They are mostly old-age pen- sioners. When necessary, the Ladies' Benevolent Society maintains, or as- sists in the maintenance of, inmates. The Cottages involve a very small annual charge on the funds of the So- ciety. Geelong Benevolent Asylum (1852), Geelong. Secretary and Superintendent, A. J. Reilly. Managed in conjunction with the Geelong Inlirmary (see page 50). A home for the aged, infirm and destitute. Inmates are expected to contribute small sums, ranging from 2s. 6d. weekly, if their circumstances permit. Accommodation — Men, 80; women, 40. Total inmates last year — 131. Daily average — 80.7. Visiting days — Sundays and Thursdays. Financial statistics, etc., will be found under *' Geelong Infirmary " on page — . Geelong.— Elizabeth Austin Cottage Homes Lonsdale and Munday-streets, Geelong. For aged, destitute women. Founded by the late Mrs. Thos. Aus- tin and handed over to the control of the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Association (see page 65) in 1887. The Homes com- prise 10 cottages. Accommodation — 12. Inmates, December, 191 1 — 12. The in- mates are maintained partly by en- dowment and partly from the funds of the Association, Geelong — ''""Jizabeth Austin Terrace Homes, Yarra-street, South Geelong. Formerly known as the Austin Homes for Gentlewomen. A home for aged, destitute gentlewomen, founded by the late Mrs. Thos. Austin, and han- ded over to the control of the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevo- lent Association (see page 65) in 1909. Accommodation — 8. Inmates, December, 191 1 — 6. The Homes and inmates are maintained by an endow- ment fund. Cost of maintenance — £117. Geelong.— Federal Homes (1899), Marshall-street, Chilwell, Geelong. A home for aged, destitute women, owned and managed by the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevo- lent Association (see page 65). The Homes, which comprise 4 cottages, were the gift of the late Mr. William Fagg. Accommodation — 6. Inmates, December, 191 1 — 6. The inmates arc maintained by the Association. Geelong.— Haimes Memorial Homes (1862), McKillop and Bellerine streets, Geelong. A home for aged destitute women. Owned and managed by the Geelonig and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Association (see page 65). The Homes comprise 10 cottages. Accommodation — 10. Inmates, Decem- ber, 191 1 — ID. The inmates are main- tained largely by an endowment fund. Geelong.— Jubilee Homes (1899), King-street, Geelong West. A home for aged, destitute women owned and managed by the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Associa- tion (see page 65). The Homes, which comprise 4 cottages, were the gift of the late Mr. William Fagg. Accommo- dation^^. Inmates, December, 191 1 — 6. The inmates are maintained by the Association. Geelong.— Scattered Homes for the A ged. — These comprise s cottages which have been handed over by their owners to the Geelong and Western District Ladies' Benevolent Associa- tion (see page 65^), in return for main- tenance during their life-times. On the deaths of the present inmates, the cottages fall into the hands _ of the Association, and will be utilised as Homes for the Aged. The cottages are situated — 2 in Geelong East, 2 in Geelong West, and i in Chilwell. Hamilton Benevolent Asylum (1862). !.onsdale-street, Hamilton. Secretary, RELIEF IN PER.MANENT DISTRESS. 85 W. R. Stephens. Managed in con- pected to contribute towards their junction with the Hamilton Hos- maintenance in accordance with their pital. A home for the aged, means. Accommodation — Men, 20; destitute and infirm. Accomtnoda- women, 6. Total inmates last year — tion — Men, 24; women, 6. Daily aver- Men, 25; women, 6. Visiting days — age — 14.2. Inmates last year — Men, Tuesdays. For financial and other in- 81; women, 3. Visiting days — Wednes- formation see under Portland Hospi- days and Sundays. For financial and tal on page 52. other particulars, see under Hamilton t. ^, , ,»• j. • r^ j... n Hospital on page 50. , Portland.-Victona Cottage Home (1899;. Owned and managea by the Kyneton Almshouse, Kvnetou. A Portland Ladies' Benevolent Society home for the aged poor of the dis- (see page 66). The Home is iri- trict. The Almshouse belongs to, and marily nitended for elderly women in is managed by, the Kyneton Benevo- poor circumstances, and has accom- Jent Society (see page 65), to whom it modation for 3 inmates, who pay the was handed over by the GOTernment nominal sum of 4s. a month for the in 1882. It has accommodation for 10 accommodation. There was only one inmates, the number in residence at inmate at the end of last financial year, the end of last financial year being 5. The Home involves no burden on the The almshouse involves a very small ordinary funds of the Ladies' Benevo- charge on the funds of the Ladies' lent Societv, a small legacy being suffi- Benevolent Society (£8 last year). cient to meet all expenses. Maldon Benevolent Asylum (1859), Stawell Benevolent Asylum (1858), Maldon. Secretary, A. R. Dabb. Main-street, Stawell. Secretary, W. Managed in conjunction with the Hastings Bell. Managed in conjunc- Maldon Hospital. A home for the tion with the Stawell Hospital. Ac- aged, infirm and destitute. Accomtno- commodation — Men, 12; women, 2. dation — Men, 14; women, 4. Inmates at Total inmates last year — Men, 167; end of year — Men, 13; women, 2. J'isit- women, 129. For financial and other i»? c?ay.y— Sundays and Wednesdays, information, see under Stawell Hosoi- For financial and other information, tal on page 53. see under Maldon Hospital on page si- Talbot Cottage Homes. Owned and Maryborough Homes for the Aged managed by the Talbot Ladies' Ben- — Owned and managed by the Mary- evolent Society (see page 66). The borough Ladies' Benevolent Society Homes comprise 5 cottages, afTord- (see page 66). The Homes comprise ^S accommodation for 10 inmates. ID cottages, each accommodating one T'le latter are generally old-age pen- aged destitute person. The inmates sioners. The number of inmates at are also maintained by the Society, the end of last year was 3 men, 2 The total number of inmates at De- women, and 5 children. The Homes cember, 191 1, was 7. Cost of main- involve no charge on the funds of the ienance — £34. Ladies' Benevolent Society. Ovens Benevolent Asylum. (See Warrnambool Benevolent Asylum Beechworth.) (io54). Warrnambool. Snpcnntcndent end Secretary, J. G. Butler. Managed Port Fairy Benevolent Asylum, 'i conjunction with the Warrnambool Port Fairy. Secretary, L. W. Earle. Hospital (see page — ). Inmates are Managed in conjunction with the Port expected to pay in accordance with Fairv Hospital (see page 52). Accom- their means. Accommodation — Men, v:odation—2S. Inmates last year— 28. 24; women, 7. Total inmates last year— 40. Daily average — 27.9. Remaining at Portland Benevolent Asylum (1849). end of rear— Men, 17; women, 6. Bentinck-street, Portland. Secretary, J'isiting days — Tuesdays, Thursdays, E. W. Harvey, Blair-strect, Portland, and Sundays, from 2 till 4 p.m. For Managed in connection with the Financial and other information, see Portland Hospital. Those inmates under Warrnambool Hospital on page who are able to pay are ex- 53- «6 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. C. — Creches. Creches, or Day Nurseries, comprise oue of tlie most valuable branches of the philanthropic work of a community. They originated many years ago in some of the larger cities of Continental Europe, and have now spread throughout the English-speaking world. Wid- owed mothers are frequently placed under the necessity of working tc earn a livelihood, and without the relief afforded by the day nursery, the possession of young children would often operate as a serious hindrance to efforts towards independence. Now, however, it is only necessary to leave the children during working hours at a creche, where they are cared for — washed, fed, and amused — and where the seeds of education are sown in the infantile minds by kindergarten and similar methods. In our own community creches have been in existence for a con- siderable number of years, and now number six in all. They were recently federated and brought, to an extent, under the control of a central organisation— the Association of Creches, the Hon. Secretary of which is Mrs. S. M. Allan, " Larnook," Wattletree-road, Malvern. Details relating to the several creches in Melbourne will be found hereunder. All the buildings used as creches have playgrounds and wide verandahs for the benefit of the children. These features also render the accommodation somewhat elastic, so that no child has to be refused en the ground of lack of room. Last year the total daily average attendances at the five creches that were then open aggregated close on 170. The daily averages quoted below were approximately accurate at January, 1912. Frunswick Creche (1895), "Car- North Melbourne Creche (1903), mel," Glenlyoni-road, East Bruns- Howard-street, North Melbourne, wick. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. J. Hon. Secretary, Miss Munce, 21 M. Shannon, Sydney-road, Bruns- Lothian-street, North Melbourne, wick. Management — Committee of 10 Managed in conjunction with the members. Children up to the age of North Melbourne Free Kindergarten seven years cared for while their (see page — ). Children from four parents are at work. Open from 7.30 weeks to seven years of age are cared a.m. till 6.30 p.m. (Saturdays, till i for. Open daily from 7.30 a.m. till 6.30 p.m.) Daily charge, 3d. per child, or p.m. (Saturdays, till i p.m.). Daily 2d. per child if two or more are left by charge, 3d. per child; 2d. per child if the same parent. The daily average more than one from the same family, attendance is 20. Income — From The daily average attendance is .30 mothers, £25; other sources, £81. Income — From mothers, £44; other Expenditure — £132. sources, £157. Expenditure — £20^. Colling wood Creche (1888), Keele- Prahran, South Yarra and Toorak street, Collingwood. Hon. Secretary, Creche (1890), 19 Princes-street, Prah- Mrs. W. P. Hogarth, " Bampton," ran. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Lindsay Alleyne-avenue, Malvern. Manage- Whitehead, " Highfield," Alma-road, ment — Committee of 35 members. East St. Kilda. Management — Corn- Children under State school age taken mittee of 20 members. Children under from 7.30 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. (Satur- State school age cared for daily from days, till i p.m.), at a daily charge of 7.30 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. (Saturdays, till 3d. each child, or 2d. each child if i p.m.). Mothers leaving children at mare than one from the same family, the Creche are expected'to have a let- The daily average attendance is 45. ter of recommendation from a mem- A Free Kindergarten (see page 88) ber of the Committee or a clergy- exists in connection with this Creche, man. The older children are taken Income — From mothers, £.76; other daily to the Hornabrook Free Kin- sources, £302. Expenditure — £279. dergarten (see page 89), which is in RELIKI' IN PERMANENT DKSTRESvS. 87 the vicinity. Daily charge, 3d. per charge, 2d. per child. The daily aver- child, or 2d. per child if more than age attendance is 3c. Income — From one from the same family. The daily mothers, £56; other sources, £116. average attendance is 40. Income — Expoiditurc — £198. From mothers, £47; other sources, £135. Expenditure— £157- South Melbourne Creche (1911), Coventry-street (opposite the Mar- Eichmond Creche (1891), Abinger- ket), South Melbourne. Hon. Secre- street, ofT Church-street, Richmond, tary, Miss Dowlan, 60 St. Vincent- Hon. Secretary, Mrs. F. A. Lewis, 122 place, Albert Park. Infants and chil- Bridge-road, Richmond. Manage- dren under State school age are cared ment — Committee of 30 members, for daily from 7.30 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. For the daily care and nursing of in- (Saturdays, till I p.m.) at a charge of fants and young children between the 3d. per child, or 2d. per child if more ages of two weeks and seven years than one from the same family. This during the absence of their parents at Creche was opened only recently, and work. Open from 7.30 a.m. till 6.30 consequently no statistics as to at- p.m. (Saturdays, till i p.m.) Daily tendance or finances are yet available. •D. — Free Kindergartens. The Free Kindergarten movement is one of the youngest, but, at the same time, one of the most vigorous of Victorian philanthropic activities. Ten years ago there was only one free kindergarten in Melbourne; to-day there are 15, and the number is constantly increasing. This increase is largely due to the formation some three years ago of the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria — a central body comprising representatives of the several Kindergarten Committees and kindred institutions, and other persons interested in newer edu- cational methods, as exemplified by the free liindergarten. The move- ment is also spreading throughout the State, and Free Kindergartens have been establislied in Ballarat and Geelong. The free kindergarten is intended, primarily, to take the little children in our more congested suburbs off the streets, and place them in healthful. l>right surroundings, under the care of a trained kindergartner. In the free kindergarten they are trained, through play, mentally, morally, and physically, and the burden of many working mothers is thereby considerably lightened. In three of tiie creches tliere are kindergartens, managed by tb^ Creche Committees, but maintained by the Union. The other free kindergartens are maintained by ;oluntary subscriptions, most of them assisted to a certain extent by subsidies from the Union. Last year the Union was in receipt of a Government grant of £1000 for furtherance of the work. The Union Council meets monthly, and has also an Educational Committee, which deals with the educational side of tlie work. The oflaces of tlie Free Kindergarten Union are at Colonial Mutual Buildings, 421 Collins-street. Melbourne, and the Hon. Secretary is Mrs. V. Wischer, 95 Gellibrand-street, Kew^ • Details relating to the several kindergartens in Melbourne and suburbs will be found hereunder: — l.—MEI.BOURNE KINDERGARTENS. Burnley Free Kindergarten (1906), mittee of 18 members. Children from Burnley-street, Richmond. Hon. Sec- two to six years of age are taken care rejary, Mr. R. Potter, Princess-street, of free of charge. Open daily from Kcw. Managed by a Kew Com- 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 pni. The' daily 88 A GUIDE TO CilARlTY. average attendaaice is 65. Income^ £164. Carlton Free Kindergarten (1901), Bouverie-street, Carlton. Secretary and Superintendent, Miss F. Maud Wilson, who is also responsible for the management. Children from two and a half to six years of age ad- mitted free of charge from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. daily. The daily average attendance is 93. Income — £249. City Free Kindergi' (1910), Central Mission Guild Hall, cr. Exhibition and Little Lonsdale- streets, Melbourne. Hon. Secre- tary, Mrs. Ramsay, 80 Swanston- street, Melbourne. Management — A Committee of 8 members. Chil- dren from two to six years of age ad- mitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. The daily average attendance is 30. Income — £i47- Collingwood Free Kindergarten (1909), Keele-street, Collingwood. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Hogarth, " Hamp- ton," Alleyne-avenue, Malvern. Man- aged in conjunction with the Colling- wood Creche (see page 86). Children from three to six years of age taken care of daily free of charge from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. The daily average attendance is 32. Collingwood Methodist Mission Free Kindergarten (1908), cr. Gipps and Rupert streets, Collingwood. Secretary, Rev. F. Ditterich, Albert- street, East Melbourne. Children from three to six years of age admitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. The daily average attendance is 60. Income (in- cluding Rokeby-street Free Kinder- garten) — £115. Collingwood Methodist Mission Free Kindergarten (1909), Rokeby- street, Collingwood. Similar to above The daily average attend- ance is 42. Income (including Gipps- street Free Kindergarten) — £115. Fitzroy Free Kindergarten (1910), St. Mark's Church Hall, George- street (near Town Hall), Fitzroy. Hon. Secretary. Mrs. M'Millan, M'Kean-street. North Fitzroy. Man- agement — A Committee of 35 mem- bers. Children from two to six years of age admitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 P-m- The daily average attendance is 46. In- cotne — £152. Hawthorn Free Kindergarten (191 1), St. Augustine's School-room,. Burwood-road, Hawthorn. Hon. Sec- retary, Miss Lord, Barker's-road, Kew. Children from two to six years of age are admitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 P"i- The daily average attendance is 40. Montague Free Kindergarten —See Port Melbourne. K orth Melbourne Free Kinder- garten(i9ii), Methodist Church Hall, Howard-street, North Melbourne. Hon .Secretary, Miss Munce, Lothian- street, North Melbourne. Managed in conjunction with the North Mel- bourne Creche (see page — ). Chil- dren from two to six years of age ad- mitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 P-in- The daily average attendance is 37. I'ort Melbourne — T he Lady Northcote Free Kindergarten (1909), Buckhurst-street, Montague. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Dixon, Tintern-avenue,. Toorak. Children from two to six years of age accepted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. The daily average attendance is 62. Income — £166. Richmond Free Kindergarten (1909)* Cremorne-street, Richmond. Man- aged by a Committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Exhibi- tion-street, city. Secretary, Mrs. Kirk. Children from two to six years of age admitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 P-m- The daily average attendance is 48. Income — £180. St. Augustine's Free Kindergarten. — See Hawthorn Free Kindergarten. St. Kilda Free Kin^iergarten (igio), Inkerman-street, St. Kilda. Hon. Sec- retary, Mrs. Davenport, High-street, St. Kilda. Average daily attendance — 45- South Melbourne (Loretto) Free Kindergarten, South Melbourne. Thi» will shortly be opened, and will be largely maintained by the past stu- dents of Loretto Convent. South Melbourne Methodist Mis- sion Free Kindergarten (1910), Dor- RELIEF IN PERMANENT DISTRESS. HU •cas-street, South l\Ic]bourne. Hon. Secretary, Rev. Chas. Tregear, Cecil- street, South Melbourne. Children from two to six years of age taken care of free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 pm- The daily average attendance is 35. Income — £113. Windsor -Hornabrook Free Kin- dergarten, (1910), Earl-street, Wind- sor. Hon. Secretary, Miss Hyndman, Anderson-street, South Yarra. Mari- agemcnt — A Committee of 39 members. Children from two to six years of age are admitted free of charge daily from 9.15 a.m. till 12.15 p.m. The Kinder- garten works in conjunction with the Prahran Creche (see page 86), which is close by, and from wliich it takes suitable children. The daily average attendance is 45. Income — £251. 2.— rROVINCIAL KINDERGARTENS. Ballarat Free Kindergarten (1912), Geelong Mission Schoo Free Kin- Mission Hall, Eureka-street, Ballarat. dergarten (1911). Managed in con- Under the control of the Ballarat junction with the Mission School (see Town Mission (see page i04\ This page 79). Open only in the forenoons. Kindergarten has just been estab- The average attendance is 20. lished, so no statistics are yet avail- able. Division IV. Relief in Affliction, A.— The Blind. Association for ihe Advauctment of the Blind (1895), Oxford Cham- bers, 481 Bourke-street, Melbourne. Secretary, T. Marks. Office hours — Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Management — — Committee of blmd and sighted — 9 in all. For the promotion of the wel- fare of the blind by visiting them in their homes, assisting them when in need, and generally encouraging them to take an active interest in their mu- tual welfare. A tea agency is con- ducted, through which several blind persons obtain employment. The Association owns a Convalescent Home for the Blind at Brighton isee page 58). There are 300 blind mem- bers of the Association. Income — £643. Expenditure — Convalescent Home, £300; general, £319. These statistics are for the year ended on 30th Sep- tember, 1911. Convalescent Home for the Blind. — rSee page 58). Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (1866), St. Kilda-road, Mel- bourne. Secretary and Superintendent, J. Thurston Hogarth. Management — Committee of 12 members. Imparts (i) a religious, general, and industrial training to the youthful blind, and (2) an industrial or professional training to suitable adult blind persons. The Institution is not an asylum for the homeless or unhelpable blind. Only pupils between the ages of 7 and 15 years are accepted as residents; those over that age are non-resident pupils. Parents or guardians of pupils are re- quired to contribute to the Institution according to their means, but suitable candidates unable to contribute are admitted free on satisfactory evidence teing furnished of their inability to pay. There is accommodation for 88 resident and about 80 non-resident pupils. Brush-making and other suit- able industries are taught, and last year the sales of manufactu;-ed articles totalled £8276. At the end of last iinancial year the numbers were: — Resident — Boys, 20; girls, 21. Non- resident — Boys, i; men, 42: women, 13. Visiting days — Friday, 3 to 5 p.m. Income — £4200 (including Government grant, £1500; municipal grants, £197; private contributions, £1651; on be- half of pupils, £78). Expenditure — £5009. Victorian Association of Braille Writers (1893), Room 6, Third Floor, " The Block," Elizabeth-street, Mel- bourne. Hon. Secretary and' Librarian, Mrs. May D. Harrison. Management — —Committee of 13 members. Provides a free lending library for the blind. Applicants for books must be of good character and conduct. The library, which contains over 5000 volumes, is at present established at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, but it is mtended to build a special library building at Yarra- street. South Yarra, where a block of land for the purpose has been pur- chased. The Association has the co- operation of about 100 voluntary workers, who have been taught the Braille system of writing for the blind, with a view of transcribing books for the library. Last year 268 volumes were transcribed. About three years ago the Association took over the work of the mission for teaching the blind, and now sends a teacher to any part of Victoria to teach the Braille system to adult blind persons. The teacher had 23 pupih last year. Income — £774 (including Government allowance for teacher of blind, etc., £215; private contribu- tions, £171). Expenditure — £824 (in- cluding purchase of land, £424). RELIEF IN AFFLICTION. 01 B.— The Deaf and Dumb. Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria (1883), Flinders-street East, Melbourne. Secretary and Superinten- dent, Ernest J. D. Abraham. Man- agement — Committee of 15 members. Provides for the religious, educa- tional, benevolent, social, and re- creative needs of the adult deaf mute population of Victoria. Reading and recreation rooms are provided at the Society's headquarters, where rel' gious, educational, social and other meetings are held. The Society owns a farm and home for aged, iniinn, and feeble-minded deaf mutes at Black- burn Csee hereunder). Income — £2678. Expenditure — Farm and Home, £1461; general, £1300. Farm and Home for Aged, Infirm and Feeble minded Deaf Uutes Lake Park, Blackburn. Owned and controlled by the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, Flinders- street East, Melbourne. Secretary and Superintendent, Ernest J. D. Abraham. The object of the Home is evident from the title. Accommodation — 18. Total inmates last year — 26. Remain- ing at end of year — 17. Visiting days — Wednesday and Saturday after noons. Most of the inmates are men, but an effort is being made to have ri women's wing added to the Home at an earlv date. The inmates are em- ployed, so far as their capabilites per- mit, in the work of the Farm, which iS largely devoted to flower culture. The sale of flowers last year realised £21:7. For financial and other information, see above, under the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria. Yietorian Deaf and Dumb Institu- tion (i860), St. Kilda-road, Prahran, ]\Ielbourne. Superintendent and Secr:- tary, John Adcock. Management — Board of 12 members. Maintains, educates, trains, and generally assists deaf children from all parts of the State. Applicants must be deaf and dumb and under six years of age. Generally they remain in the institu- tion for nine or ten years. Parents are expected to contribute according to their means towards the main- tenance of their children. In addition to receiving a State school education, the children are trained in carpentry, boot-making, gardening, dress-mak- ing, needlework, and domestic duties. Accommodation — 100 resident pupils. Number last year — 107 resident, 2 non-resident. Visiting days — Thurs- days, from 3 p.m. Income — £3919 (in- cluding Government grant, £900; municipal grants, £238; private con- tributions, £1490; on behalf of in- mates, £499). Expenditure — £4183. C— Inebriates. It may be questionable to some minds whether institutions for inebrir.tes should be classetl under Relief in Affliction or Reforma- tory Relief. Part of the treiUment of inebriates-;— and an important part — is undoubtedly reformative, but in so far as inebriety is gene- rally regarded i»y the mediral profession as a disease, and in so far as medical treatment enters lar.cely into the curative methods, we have piven the unfortunate victims to alcoholism the benefit of the doubt, and liave included institutions for their care and cure under the above heading. Victoria cannot 1)e said to be adequately supplied with institu- tions for inebriates. There are but two, of which particulars are ^ven below — one for men and one for women. These two, how- ever, are hampered by reason of the impracticability of their accept- ing as patients the lowest and poorest class of inebriate. For tuese unfortunates there is no refuge save the gaol or the gaol hospital. There is an umloubted need in Victoria for one or more institutions to which these dregs of the inel)riate class can be committed. Some- ^■i A GUIDE TO CHARITY. thing in the nature of a farm colony would most effectively meet the need — a place where a healthy open-air life and a farm training, in conjunction with medical treatment, would offer the best prospects of building-up broken characters. A synopsis of the Inebriates Act will be found on page 26. Institution for Men. to the Inspector-General of Insane, Lara Inebriate Institution (1907), O^d Treasury Buildings, Melbourne. Lara. Medical Ofiicer, Dr. Godfrey. A Government institution for the care Institution For Women. and treatment of men certified in ac- cordance with the provisions of the Salvation Army Home for Ine- " Inebriates Act 1904" (see page — ) briates (1910), " Brightside," Waver- to be habitual drunkards. The Insti- ley-road, East Malvern, Melbourne, tution is situated in extensive grounds OfUcer-in-Charge, Major Sparge. An near Lara railway station, on the Mel- institution for the care and treatment bourne-Geelong railway, and is under of women certified in accordance with the control of the Chief Secretary's the provisions of the " Inebriates Act Department. Inmates pay towards 1904" (see page — ) to be habitual the cost of treatment and maintenance drunkards. A few voluntary patients in accordance with their means, are also accepted. Many of the While at the institution they are ex- inebriates committed to the Home pected to perform light duties in who are not in a position themselves accordance with their capabilities, to pay for their maintenance, are paid Accommodation — 60. Total admis- for by the Government at the rate of sions _ last year (1910) — 126. Average 30s. per week. Accommodation — ^30. duration of stay — 2^^ months. Re- Total inmates for 10 months to end of ceipts from patients during igio — 1910 — 26. Visiting days — Daily. £946. Cost of maintenance — £1000. The patients are engaged, as far as- Applications for information regard- possible, in house work, sewing and. ing the institution should be addressed light gardening. D.— The Insane. There are in Victoria eight State lunatic asylums, or hospitals for the insane, and one Receiving House. There are also receiving wards at Bendigo and Geelong, and five private licensed asylums. The State institutions are attached to the Lunacy Department, the head of which is the Inspector-General of the Insane (Dr. W. Ernest Jones). The private licensed asylums are subject to the supervision of officers of the Lunacy Department. Licenses are renewed annually. At the end or -lOlO there were 5349 registered lunatics In Victoria — 2685 males and 2064 females. These were distributed as follows: — . In State institutions 4766 On trial leave from State institutions 333 Boarded-out from State institutions 142 In private licensed asylums 75 On trial leave from private licensed asylums . . 33 5349 In the State institutions, all lunatics capable of being usefully employed, are given appropriate occupations, such as gardening, carpentry, lanndry work. etc. Last year (1910) 2906 were so employed, or a percentage of 61.62. Payments for maintenance are- RELIEF IN AFFLICTION. 03- received from tnose inmates able to pay, or from their relatives, in accordance with their means. These payments are collected by the Master-in-Lunacy. and last year totsilled £23,404. If this amount Is deductetl from the cost of maintaining the State hospitals for the insane, the average weekly cost of maintenance per patient is found to be lis. IVad. The Receiving House at Royal Park forms an important branch of the work among the insane. There those cases regarded as slight are detained for two or three months for observation or treatment. Considerably over r>()0 patients are received each year, and of this number 38 to 40 per cent, are discharged as recovered. Another class of case is that which show.;; procnise of recovery, but likely to take longer than the two or three months allowed at the Receiving House. This class is accommodated at the Hospital for the Insane (Acure Menta' Diseases Hospital), Royal Park, and a satisfactory proportion of cases recover. Many lunatics also improve sufficiently to admit of their bf-iir safely boarded-out in private or benevolent asylums. The l,enevolent asylums at Casllemaine, Bendigo and Ballarat are largely used for this purpose. These boarded-out patients remain under the super- vision of the several medical officers; 142 were boarded-out last year. Other particulars regarding the several Victorian State institu- tions for the insane will be found hereunder. Save where otherwise stated, it is to be understood that these Institutions are for tho detention, carp ind treatment of the insane, who are admitted on a lunacy certificate in accordance with the provisions of the Lunacy Act. The statistics given ai*e for the year ended on 31st December. 1910. The offices of the Lunacy Department are in the Old Treasury Buildings. Spring-street, Melbourne. Melbourne Lxstitutions. Hospital fop the Insane (1910), arski. The Asylum comprises a series Royal Park, Melbourne. Also known of cottage blocks in the grounds of as the Acute Mental Diseases Hospi- the Kew Hospital for the Insane, and tal. Medical Superintendent, Dr. Clar- is used for the care and treatment of ence Godfrey. For the treatment of youthful cases of congenital mental selected cases of lunacy not suitable deficiency. Accommodation — 3,12. Daily for the Receiving House, but likely to average- — 308. Visiting days — Any after- recover in from 9 to 12 months. Ac- noon. commodation — 124. Daily average — 85. Visiting days-DzWy, from 2.30 to 4 Hospital for the I n s a n - (1867), p.m. Lost of maintenance— £s(>S7- Kew, Melbourne. Medical Omccr. Dr. Receiving House (1907), Royal Park, M. Gamble. Accommodation — Men, Melbourne. Medical Superintendent— 640; women, 470. Daily average — Dr. Clarence Godfrey. For the recep- 1170. Visiting days — Week days, 2.30 tion of cases of lunacy committed for to 4 p.m.; Sundays, 9.30 to 11 a.m. observation. They are detained for Cost of maintenance — £37,474. 2 or 3 months, when they are either discharged as recovered or drafted to Hospital for the Insane (1846),- a hospital for the insane. Accommoda- Yarra Bend Melbourne. Medical tion— 40 Daily average— 34. Visiting Superintendent', Dr. Steell. * Accommo- days—Any afternoon. Cost of mam- ^„;,-^„ _ 837 j^^^y average — 793. fenance—£7,357. Visiting days— Week days, 2.30 till 4 Idiot Asylum (about 1891), Kew, p.m.; Sundays, 9.30 till il a.m. Cost Melbourne. Medical Officer, Dr. Woin- of maintenance — £26.391. 94 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. ]\Ielbourne Institutions. Ararat Hospital for the Insane (1867), Ararat. Medical Superintendent, Dr. William L,. Mullen. Accommoda- tion — 690. Daily average — 659. Visit- ing days — Daily, except Sundays. Cost of maintenance — £22,715. Ballarat Hospital for the Insane (1893), Wendouree, Ballarat. Medical Superintendent, Dr. W. H. Barker. Accommodation — Men, 224; women, 400. Daily average — 599. Visiting days — Week days, 2.30 till 4 p.m.; Sundays, 9.30 till u a.m. Cost of main- tenance — £20,290. Beechworth Hospital for the In- sane (1867), Beechworth. Medical Superintendent, Dr. A. J. W. Philpott. Accommodation — 675;. Daily average — 651. Visiting days — Week days, 2.30 till 4 p.m.; Sundays, 9.30 till ii a.m. Cost of maintenance — £19,200. Bendigo Receiving Ward. A small ward in the grounds of the Bendigo General Hospital. Used principally for the care of remand cases. Ac- commodation — 4. Geelong Receiving Ward. A small ward in the grounds of the Geelong Infirmary. Used principally for the care of remand cases. Accommodation —6. Sunbory Hospital for the Insane (1877), Sunbury. Medical superinten- dent, Dr. R. W. Lethbridge. Accom- modation — 1000. Daily average— 7 S9- Visiting days — Week days, 2.30 till 4 p.m.,; Sundays, 9.30 till 11 a.m. Cost of maintenance — £25,749. Division V. Reformative Relief. A.— Institutions for Boys. Burwood Boys' Home (1895), Boundary-road, Burwood. Organising Secretary, A. J. Stewart, Stawell Cham- bers, cr. William-street and Law Courts-place, Melbourne. Manage- iiicnt by Committee. An institu- tion for the care, education, and training of orphan, destitute, and in- corrigible boys. Orphan and destitute boys are admitted without payment on the application of some friend or rela- tive. Incorrigible boys are admitted on the parents or relatives agreeing to make donations to the funds of the Home in accordance with their means and the circumstances of the case. Application for admission should be made to the Organising Secretary. Accommodation is provided for 60 boys, and the average number is 40. The boys are trained in agriculture, dairying, and horticulture. Visitors arc welcomed on Saturday afternoons. Income — £1389 (including private con- tributions, £1152). Expenditure — £1562. Heathfield Home, Apollo Bay. Superintendent. H. Clyne. A Home for wayward and refractory Protestant boys. The Central Mission Boys' Train- ing Farm (1903), Burwood East. Secretary, A. J. Derrick, Central Mis- sion, Lonsdale-street, Melbourne. Management — The Central Mission Executive Committee. Rescues, disci- plines, and saves the street arabs of the city, and trains them to be useful and honourable citizens. Way^vard boys from their own homes are also taken. Boys are received either as voluntary cases, or under the transfer of guardianship section of the " Ne- glected Children's Act." There is no charge for admission, but parents or friends who can do so are expected to contribute towards the keep of their boys. The boys get a State school education at the Farm, and are trained in agricultural work. There is accom- modation for 50' boys, and 40 were on the Farm at the end of last year. Visiting day — Last Saturday afternoon in each month. Income — £1446 (in- cluding private contributions, £330: on behalf of boys, £245; sale of farm produce, £257). Expenditure— £iS32- Excelsior Home (1886), Elwood- street. North Brighton. Superinten- dent, W. Groom. Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Edward a'Beckett, " Elwin," Brighton. A home for the maintenance and training of homeless or neglected boys, and for reformatory boys com- mitted by the Police Courts. When considered desirable, situations are found for the boys, principally in the country. There is accommodation for 18 boys, and last year 42 (30 neglected and 12 reformatory) were cared for at the Home. The Government makes a capitation payment of los. weekly in respect of each reformatory boy, which includes gaol transfers (under Act 333), and £214 was received from that source last year. The remainder of the Income (£79 last year) is re- ceived from private sources, princi- pally from those personally known to. and interested in. the work of the Superintendent. The Expenditure for the year was £456. Ralyation Armv Horn" for Boys Baypwater. Oificer-in-charge, Major Head. L'^'nder the managemnt of the Salvation Army. A reformatory, home and farm for refractory and in- corrigible boys. Accommodation — no. an A GUIDE TO CHARITY B.— Institutions for Girls. Abbotsford Industrial School (Con- vent of the Good Shepherd), Clarke- street. Abbotslord. Melbourne. This institution cares for wayward or incor- rible girls, many of whom are com- mitted through the State Department. No detailed information can be ob- tained. Mintaro Methodist Home" Afonne- gatta. Superintendent, Rev. rx. _ Col- lacott. A .home for refractory or in- corrigible girls, many of whom are re- ceived from the State Department. Salvation Army Home for Girls, " Beulah," Riddel's Creek. Oflicer-in- charge, Adiutant Young. Under the management of the Salvation Army. A reformatory hoflie for refractory and wayward young girls. Accommodation — 40. Salvation Army Home for Older Girls (1896), " The Rest," Murrum- beena. OfUcer-in-cJiarge, Miss Lowrey. Under the management of the Sal- vation Army. A home for the re- formation of refractory girls, and for training them for domestic service. Most of the inmates are sent to the home by the State Department for Neglected Children and Reformatory Schools. There is accommodation for 40 girls, and that number was in resi- dence at the end of last year. The average number of wards of the State is 30. Visiting days — Wednesdays and vSaturdays. C— Maternity Homes, Refuges, and Rescue Work. I. MELBOURNE INSTITUTIONS. Abbotsford Refuge and Preserva- tive (Convent of the Good Shepherd), Clarke-street, Abbotsford, Melbourne. This institution does an extensive •work in endeavouring to reclaim way- ward and fallen girls, but no detailed information can be obtained. Carlton Refuge (1857), Keppell- street, Carlton. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. P. W. Kernot, " Whinbush," Mono- meith-avenue, Balwyn. A retreat for unmarried mothers or for those about to become mothers. Only those are admitted who have fallen for the first time and are in urgent need of a home. Those about to become mothers go to the Women's Hospital for their con- finement, returning afterwards to the Refuge, in which all inmates are ex- pected to remain for twelve months. The aim of the institution is to keep mother and child together, and to this end, if the mother has no parents or relations willing to care for her and the child, a situation is found where she can take the child with her. If she is deemed unfit to have the charge of the child, the latter is placed in a suit- able institution or made a ward of the State. The Refuge, which is managed bv a Committee of 21 ladies and 14 gentlemen, has accommodation for 50 mothers and their children, and last year cared for a total of 85 mothers and 63 infants. While in the home, inmates are expected, if able, to work in the laundry or to help with the ordinary work of the institution. In- come — £1645 (including Government grant, £400; municipal grants, £45; private contributions, £260- inmates' contributions, £21: from inmates' la- bour (laundry), £893). Expenditure — £1599. Visiting days — First Surwiay and third Saturday in the month. Central Mission South YarraHome (1880). 47 Lang-street, South Yarra. Secretary, A. ]. Derrick, Central Mis- sion, Lonsdale-street, Melbourne. A home for fallen and friendless women, who are admitted without charge, if destitute, but friends and relatives are expected, if able, to contribute to- wards cost of maintenance. Inmates are expected to remain in the institu- tion for at least from nine to twelve months, after which efforts are made to obtain situations for them. While in the home, they are engaged in household duties and laundry work. The institution, which has been under the management of the Executive Committee of the Central Methodist Mission since 1894, has acconimoda- REFORMATIVE RELIEF. 97 tion for 30 girls. The dailv average until they are able to go to work — last year was 24. Principal sources of generally domestic service — with or Incot)ie — Government grant, £160; without their children. 107 adults from inmates' labour, £386; inmates' passed through the institution last contributions, £42; private contribu- year, 62 of these being pre-maternity tions, £196. Expenditure — £637. cases. For other particulars regard- Visiting days — First Saturday in each ing the institution, see page 75. '"°"*^- House of Mercy (1892), Chelten- City Mission Home (1900), 103 Al- ham. Manager, Sister Esther, Church bion-strect, Brunswick. Sister-in- of England Home, 30 Little Lonsdale- charge — Sister Hartnett. Manage- street, Melbourne. An institution for ment— Committee of 13 members. A the care. of fallen girls and those in refuge for unmarried giris about to danger of falling. Inmates are ex- become mothers. Managed by the pected to remain for at least one year. Melbourne Citv Mission (see page Accommodation^— 2,0. Other particulars 104). Inmates go to the Women's refused. Hospital for their confinement, and Maternity Home, " The Haven," 75 return afterwards with their in- ^ar.d-crescent, North Fitzroy. OM- fants. to the Home There is cer-in-charge, Major Dix. A Salvation no set time for which they must re- ^^mv institution for the care of un- main. Some of the infants go with j^^^ried mothers and those about to the mothers to situations, others are ^^^^^^ mothers. Accommodation-^^. boarded out under the Infant Life xr ^^.i,^^ „^^(-;^,,i„ u u T3 , . A 4. u-i z ■ -l^o other particulars have been sup- Protection Acts, while a few remain pjjgj at the Home. Accommodation is pro- vided for 13 women and children, and Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906), last year a total of 28 women and 32 Regent-street, Elsternwick. Super- children were cared for. Visiting intendent, Mrs. Dick. Safeguards way- (/ay— Tuesday afternoons. Income — ward and other girls in danger of £301 (including private contributions, falling by supplying them with a home £51; on behalf of inmates, £119). and a healthy environment and train- Expenditnre—£2S5. '"g- Girls from the age of 14 years ^ , ^^ . , are admitted free, and kept for periods Elizabeth Fry Retreat, (1885), Argo- varying up to two years. Some are street, South Yarra. Secretary, Miss committed to the Home by the F. S. Swinborn, 23 Davis-avenue, courts; others are sent by parents or South Yarra. A rescue home for {1) guardians, who must transfer legal female ex-prisoners, (2) women who control to the institution until the age have given wry to drink or otherwise of 18 or 21 is reached. The Home, forfeited a respectable character, and ^vhich is under the management of a (3) vyomen committed to the mstitu- Committee of 12 members, can accom- tion from the Police Courts Inmates modate 25 girls. The actual number are expected to remain in the Retreat i^ the Home at the end of the year for 6, 9, or 12 months, and while there ^^s 19. The girls are taught laundry they work in the laundry. When ^nd domestic work, and in due course thought desirable efforts are made to efforts are made to obtain situations hnd suitable employment for inmates, foj- ti^em. For the 15 months ended Acco7nmodatwn—30. Total inmates last ^^ ^^^^ March, 1911, the laundry year-71. Rcmammg at end of year-27. earned £190. The cost of maintain- lusttmg days-D^ily, except Fridays j^g the Home last year was £50;). and Saturdays. fncome—£g36 (mclud- l/isifi,tg davs — Saturday afternoons, ing Government grant, £100; private from 3.30 p'm contributions, £130; receipts from laundry, £635). Expenditure — £932. Presbyterian Maternity Home 223 T1 jr - Ti -4- 1 J T r X . -M'Kean-street, Fitzrov. No particu- Foundling Hospital and Infants ,,rs have been received. Ho_mf Berry-Street, East Melbourne. This institution is also a Maternity Rescued Sisters' Home "The Home, mothers and prospective Harbour," West Brunswick. Owned mothers being admitted and cared for and managed by the Salvation &S A CxUIDE TO CHARITY. Army. OHHcer-in-charge, Adjutant Min- women were cared for. Visitors are nie Bowman. A Home for women welcomed daily (except Sundays), and girls who have fallen or are in Income — £113 (including private con- danger of falling. The Home has ac- tributions, £54; from inmates' labour, commodation for 50 inmates. £52). Expenditure — £202. Singleton's lemporary Home for Fallen ana friendless Women (1881), St- Joseph's Receiving Home (1906). 20 Islington-street, Collingwood. Hon. 101 Grattan-street, Carlton. Ofhcer-in- Secretaries, The Misses E. and A. Sin- charge. The Rev. Mother. A home gleton, " Ormiston," Mont Albert-road, for expectant mothers, who are ad- Surrey Hills. Provides a refuge for, mitted a month or so before contine- and seeks to reclaim, fallen women, ment, and kept until two weeks after. whether about to become jtiothers or They are sent to the Women's Hospi- not. Expectant mothers for the first tal for their confinement. The infants *ime are kept in the Home until they are either sent to the Broadmeadows go to the Women's Hospital for their Foundling Hospital, boarded out confinement. If, for the second time, through the Neglected Children's De- they must return to the Home after partment, or remain with the mothers, their confinement and remain there for While in the Home, which is under six months. Pre-maternity admis- the management of the Sisters of sions must deposit 8s., being cost of Mercy, the inmates are engaged in transfer to Women's Hospital. In- household work. There is accommo- mates are expected to work, when dation for 22 inmates, and a total of able to do so, and are emploved in 130 were cared for last year. Visitors household duties and in the laundry, may see friends among the inmates at The mstitution is vested in trustees, any time. Income — £592 (£69 from and is under the control of the Misses inmates, the remainder froin private Singleton. Last year a total of 17 sources). Expenditure — £581. 2. PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Ballarat Refuge (1867), 179 Scot's- tions, £191; from inmates' labour, parade, Ballarat East. Hon. Secretary, £340. Mrs. Alice Brawn, Ballarat. Pro- _ ,, ^^^. ■ ^ „ / o ^ vides a home for unmarried girls who ^ Ealarat MissionEescue Home (1897), are about to become mothers, and who Canadian, Ballarat. Superintendent, J. have fallen for the first time. Thev ^^^^ ^^"' 4^ Stemteld-street, Bal arat are kept in the Refuge for one vear ^^ned and managed by the Ba larat after the birth of the child, after which ,^0^'" Mission (see page 104) A Home suitable employment is found for them, for unmarried mothers or those about If necessary they are provided with 1°, become mothers. The inmates are an outfit on leaving. While in the ^^en to the Ballarat Lying-iii-Hospi- Refuge they receive a domestic train- ^^\ ^°?- the.r confinement, afterwards ing, and also work in the laundry, returnmg to the Home where they /T>u A1 J xr^'-Lj / are expected to remain for 9 months. The Alexandra Infants Home (see ^j^^ ^^^^^^^ i^ ^^^ j j,., J^j^^^^^i^^ page 78) IS conducted in conjunction ^.j^j^ ^-j^^ Mission Children's Home, with the Refuge, and many of the ^ut the inmates of each are kept apart, mothers on going to situations leave Accommodation-6. Weekly avcrage-6. their children there on payment of a p^^ financial figures, see under Balla- small weekly sum. The Refuge is ^at Mission Children's Home on page managed by a Committee of t8 ladies -g and 7 gentlemen, and provides ac- commodation for 24 women and in- Bendigo Rescue Home (1894), fants. At the end of last year there Wattle-street, Bendign. Matron, Sister were 12 mothers and 9 infants in the Emily. Management — Committee of 2S Refuge. Visitors are welcomed dailv. members. A Home for fallen girls Principal sources of Income — Govern- and those in danger of falling. Mater- ment grant, £100; private contribu- nity cases go to the Bendigo Lying- REFORMATIVE RELIEF. 09 in-Hospital for their confinement, re- Davidson, Myers-street, Geelong. A turning afterwards to the Home, place of retreat for women who have where they are expected to remain for been wronged or dishonoured, and de- 12 months. Most of the inmates sire to regain respectabHity. Women are maternity cases. When able, they are admitted on signing an agreement work in the laundry attached to the to remain in the Refuge for 12 Home. When they leave, situations — months after the birth of the child'., principally at domestic service — arc and to take part in laundry or other- found for them. Accomviodation — 10 work. They receive the necessary adults. Weekly average — 9 adults, .\ medical attention in the Refuge during babies. Total admissions last year—iS the lying-in period. Most of the in- adults, ID babies. Income — £54-^ (in- mates take their infants with them on eluding Government grant, £100; pri- leaving. The Refuge is managed bv vate contributions £75; laundry re- a Committee of 24 members, and has ceipts, £348). Expenditure — £479- accommodation for 12 women and infants. East year a total of 17 BendigO.— St. Aidan a Rescue Home women and 14 infants were cared for. (1905). Matron, The Rev. Mother. A ^nd 10 and 4 respectively remained in Home for friendless girls in danger ^^g institution at the end of the year, of falling. Accommodation— 4S- J'^' Visitors are welcomed daily. Income- mates, November, 1911--43. 'In due £^78 (including Government grant, course, situations— prmcipally as do- £^q. private contributions, £77; from mestic servants— are found for thff in- inmates' labour, £129). Expenditure- mates. No financial particulars can £^^^ be obtained. The St. Aidan's Chil- " ., _ . o- x . tt dren's Home (see page 79) is under Geelong Rescued Sisters Home, the same roof, but the inmates are 250 Myers-street, (geelong. Omccr-m- kept apart charge. Adjutant Magor. A Salva- tion Army institution for the rtclama- Geelong Female Eefuge (1865), Gee- tion of fallen women. Accommodation lonar West. Hon. Secretary, Rev. A. — 16. D. — Prisoners' Aid. Salvation Army Prison Gate Bri- affairs, if practicable. The Society gade Home, 79 Victoria-crescent, also takes charge of, and distri- Abbotsford Melbourne. OfUcer-in- butes to wives or other dependents, charge, Staff-Cantain ^mith. Owned the money earned by prisoners. and controlled by the Salvation Army. Monthly lectures to the prisoners at A Home for discharged prisoners and Pentridge Gaol are arranged. Those destitute men. Accommodation — 56. seeking the aid of the Society are ex- Victorian Discharged Prisoners' pected to make application before their Aid Society (1872), 120 Russell-street, discharge. Last year 198 discharged Melbourne. Secretary, A. E. Clarke, prisoners were assisted m various Management — Committee of — mem- ways. Income— £7<)^ (including Gov- bers. Assists discharged prisoners to ernment grant, £195; private contn- return to a life of honesty and indus- butions, £183). Expenditure— £800. try. Situations are found for some; Ballarat —Salvation Army Prison others are fitted out with swags, tools Gate Home, cr. Wills and Davey of trade, etc. The Society will, if streets, Ballarat. Owned and con- desired, take charge of a prisoner's trolled by the Salvation Army. A belongings during his imprisonment. Home for discharged prisoners and and attend to any urgent business destitute men. Division VI. Miscellaneous. A.— Boys' and Girls' Clubs. Central jBoys' Club, 165 Brunswick- street, Fitzroy. A social and recrea- tive club for boys conducted by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. City Newsboys' Society Coro- mandel-place, off Little Collins- street, Melbourne. Manager, John J. Griffin. Management — Committee of 20 members. Provides a central hall where lads engaged in any capacity in the streets may, in their spare time, find shelter, brightness, recreation, help, and friendly counsel. Any boy is eligible, subject to good behaviour. Educational and industrial classes are held daily. The latter include carpen- try and boot-repairing. Situations are obtained, principally in the coun- try, for many of the lads. Number of members — 300. Average nightly at- tendance — 60. Income — £72^ (includ- ing private contributions, £259; enter- tainments, £429). Expenditure — £31^- The Gordon Institute for Boys (1889), Bowen-street, Melbourne. Manager, Mr. Henry T. Ellis. Man- agement — A Committee of 15 mern- bers. A home for neglected and desti- tute boys, and a central rendezvous for poor lads where they may obtain recreation, entertainment, instruction, and friendly guidance. The night club for boys includes instructional classes in carpentry, boot-repairing, and pic- ture-framing. Situations are found, principally in the country, for many of the boys attending the Institute. The Institute is used by the Crown Law Department as the Central Children's Court. Last year 252 children were in residence (including 103 who were cared for temporarily pending their appearance before the Children's Court). The number of members of the night club was 150, the nightly average attendance being 95. Income — £1341 (including municipal grants, £51; private contributions, £1080; boys' contributions, £100). Expendi- ture — £1339. Toorak and South Yarra Try So- ciety for Boys (1883), Surrey-road, Hawksburn. General Secretary, J. C. Butler. Management — Comrhittee of 23 members. Attracts boys from the streets by providing a centre where they may obtain educational, moral, social and physical training. The Society is open to all boys between the ages of 13 and 18 years. Boys in a position to do so are expected to pay a membership fee of sixpence a month. Needy boys are admitted free. All the classes are free, and efforts are made to find situations for the boys both in town and country. Member- ship — 445. Average nightly attend- ance — 100. There are 11 instructional classes, including carpentry, boot-re- pairing, printing, and shorthand. In- come — £941 (including private contri- butions, £793; members' subscrip- tions, £26). Expenditure — £964. Geelong Try Boys' Brigade (1897), Corio-street, Geelong. Secretary, P. J. D. Stevens, M'Kiliop-street, East Geelong. Management — Committc? of 8 members. Attracts young lads from the streets by providing them with wholesome amusement and in- struction. Members are principally newsboys, factory lads, etc. Those from 10 to 12 years of age pay one penny, and; those from 12 to 18 years pay threepence, per month. Thirteen instructional and recreative classes are MISCELLANEOUS. 101 provided for the boys. Membership — l6o. Average nightly attendance — 32. The institution is open nightly. In- come — £280 (including private contri- butions, £218). Expenditure — £286. Girls' Own Club, Flinders-street (opposite Central Station), Melbourne. A branch of the work of the Young V/omen's Christian Association (see hereunder). A tea and rest room for business girls and young ladies. Open from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. Subscription — 5s. a year. Membership — 200. Hawksburn Girls' Club. Th i Lyceum Hall, High-street, Prahran. Conducted by the Toorak and South Yarra Try Society (see page — ). Superintendent, Miss J. Davidson. A recreative, educational and social club for working girls. The Club meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Mil- linery and fancy work, white work and dressmaking classes are held, in addi- tion to physical culture, educational and social classes. No charge is made for membership. Number of mem- bers — 80. Cost of maintenance — £164. B. — Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations. Melbourne Y.M.C.A. (1871), Flin- ders-street, Melbourne. Secretary, W. Gordon Sprigg. Management — Commitee of 27 members. Pro- vides a centre for the spiritual, social, physical, educational, and gene- ral welfare of young men. All young men are welcomed as members. Ac- tive members must belong to an evan- gelical church. Associates must be of good moral character. The Associa- tion conducts an Employment Bureau, and a representative meets all immi- grants on their arrival overseas. There are close on 1000 members of the Association. Income — £2698 (in- cluding members' fees, £769; private contributions, £1050). Expenditure — £2687. The Association building is open daily from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. Ballarat Y.M.C A. (1878), Camp- street. Ballarat. Hon. General Seere tary, A. E. White. A social, religious, educational and recreative centre for the young men of Ballarat. Member- ship fee — 2s. 6d. to 30s. annually. Membership — 400. Income — £2464 (in- cluding membership fees, £281; other payments by members, £119). Expen- diture — £2415. Bendigo Y M.C.A.. High-street, Ben- digo. Secretary, H. J. Moorhead. Management — Committee of 15 mem- bers. A social, recreative, and reli- gious centre for the young men of Bendigo, who pay a membership fee varying according to age, from 2s. 6d. to£i per annum. About two-thirds of the cost of maintenance is received from this source, the balance being raised by voluntary contributions, en- tertainments, etc. Melbourne Y. W. C. A., 35 Spring- street, Melbourne. General Secrc tary, Miss A. A. Snelson. Man- agement by Committee. A centre for tlie spiritual, social, physical, and in- tellectual development of young v/omen. The Association conducts social and recreative clubs and classes, and part of the building is made avail- able to young girls as a residential hostel. An Employment Agency for women is conducted, and the Girls' Own Club (see above) is also 1 branch of the work. The Association is seeking larger premises. Bendigo Y. W. C. A. (1906), 09 View- street, Bendigo. Secretary, Miss Jean Stevenson. Management — Board of 21 members. A religious, spiritual, physi- cal, and intellectual centre for the girls and young women of Bendigo. Membership — 300. Membership fee — 4s. a year, plus a small charge for each educational or other class. In- come — £217. Expen ditnre — £226. Geelong Y.W.C.A. (1886), Corio- terrace, Geelong. General Secretary, Miss C. L. Carr. Management — Com- mittee of — members. A religious and social centre for young women. The usual clubs and meetings are ar- ranged, and educational and industrial classes are held in the winter. The 'Association has boarding accommoda- tion for 12 or 14 girls. Membership — 140. Income — £298 (about half from the board and lodging branch). Ex- diturc — £308. 102 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. C. — Institutions for Seamen. Geelong Sailors' Rest (1900) Moora- bool-street, Geelong. Hon. Secretary. Mr. R. J. JNIoore, 34 Virginia-street, ISiewtown, Geelong. Maiiagejiient—Siii^- erintending Committee of li, anJ Workers' Committee of 16 members. Provides a rendezvous where seamen may meet for entertainment, letter- writing, mental and spiritual improve- ment. Seamen of all nationalities are welcomed. The Rest is open daily from 6 till 10 p.m., and at other hours when required. During 1910 the visits of seamen to the Rest' aggregated 4000. Income — £142 (from seamen and private sources). Expenditure — £149. A new building will shortly be erected nearer the wharves. Victoria Missions to Seamen, Aus- tralian Wharf, Melbourne. Hon. Sec- retary, A. J. Mollison, 281 Collins - street, Melbourne. Chaplain, Rev. A. Gurney Goldsmith, M.A. Manage- ment — Committee of 28 members. The Missions, which are an amalga- mation between the Victorian Sea- men's Mission (established in 1857) and the Missions to Seamen in Lon- don, seek to promote the moral and spiritual welfare of the seafaring classes of all creeds and nationalities. The Missions own a Central Institute at the Australian Wharf, the Seamen's Institute at Port Melbourne, and the Sailors' Rest at Williamstown. Reli- gious services are arranged, and facili- ties provided for social intercourse and recreation. The Missions own a mission launch, which plies among the shipping in the docks and Hobson's Bay. The aggregate attendances of sailors at the three institutes during the year 1910 was 30,577. Income — £1057 (including private contribu- tions, £573). Expenditure — £1161. Melbourne Sailors' Home (1865), Siddeley-street and Australian Wharf, Melbourne. Superintendent, G. H. Smith. Management — Committee of 10 members. Affords accommodation and the advantages of a home to sea- faring men during their sojourn in the port of Melbourne. Also facilitates their engagement with shipmasters. Shipwrecked and distressed seamen may be accommodated free. During igio, a total of 965 seamen were ac- commodated. Income — £2194. Expen- diture — £2158 (including £75 on re- lief). , . D,— Protection of Life and of the Helpless. Victorian Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children (1896), 243 Collins-street, Melbourne. Secre- tary, Rowland R. Church. Manage- ment — Committee of 17 members. Protects children from cruelty and neglect, enforces the laws for the pro- tection of neglected children and juvenile offenders, and co-operates with other societies whose object is the care and aid of neglected and destitute children. Cases are investi- gated by a trained inspector in Mel- bourne and suburbs, and, where prac- ticable, in the country. During last year 210 cases, involving 655 children, were dealt with. Fifteen prosecutions were launched, all of which were suc- cessful. Income — £-333 (including municipal grants, £25; private contri- butions, £300). Expenditure — £294. The Royal Humane Society of Aus- tralasia (1874), 188 Collins-street, Melbourne. Secretary, R. W. E. Wil- mot. Management by a Committee. Collects and circulates information re- garding the most approved methods, and the best apparatus to be used, for restoring the apparently drowned or dead, and seeks to promote the edu- cation of the public in these methods. Bestows awards for bravery in saving or attempting to save life. The So- ciety has placed and maintains 343 lifebuoys at various places around the coast and in the rivers and lakes of the Australian States and Fiji. Last year 53 awards were granted by the Society for deeds of bravery, and 39 for proficiency in life-saving. Income — £441. Expenditure — £391. MISCELLANEOUS. 103 Victorian Society for the Protec- tion of Animals (1871), T. and G. Buildings, cr. Swanston and Little Collins streets, Melbourne. Secretary and Inspector, Thomas Latham. Man- agement — Committee of 17 members. Seeks to prevent cruelty to animals (i) by enforcing, where practicable, the existing laws; (2) by endeavouring to procure such further legislation as may be found expedient; and (3) by exciting and sustaining an intelligent public opinion regarding man's duty to the lower animals. The Society has 180 honorary agents in various country towns. Last year, 864 cases of cruelty were dealt with, and prose- cution launched in 119 instances. In- come— £47%. Expenditure— £307. E. — Employment Relief. Ballarat Town Mission Laundry Bureau was 6447. Railway tickets are (1903), Victoria-street, Ballarat. advanced to those unable to pay fares, Superintendent, J. West Lau, 48 Stein- and last year these represented an ex- feld-street, Ballarat. The Laundry is penditure of £1226. Of this amount, owned and managed by the Ballarat £goi was refunded. Town Mission (see page 104), and pro- Labour Coiony (1893), Leongatha. vides temporary employment at a rea- ^-^.^^.^.^y,.,, \\ h Crate, 453 Little- sonable rate of remuneratron (3s. a ^onsdale-street, Melbourne. Manage- day of 8 hours) for respectable and in- dustrious women. The weekly aver- age number of workers is 15. Tho total earnings last year were £417. inent — 5 Trustees appointed by the Government. The Colony is a Gov- ernment institution to afford relief by providing work for able-bodied, desti- Any profits are transferred to the [^^^^ unemployed. Any man mav go credit . of the Mission Children s ^^^ ^j^^ Colony, and for fhat purpose Home Charity Organisation Society Wood yard, Sutherland-street, ofi 293 La is given a railway pass, but he must remain at the Colony for at least one lonth. He mav, if he likes, remain trobe-street, Melbourne. The facilities for 4 months, or until he has £2 to offered by this institution are fullv his credit. All applicants must be over described under " Charity Organisa- 20 and under 60 years of age. They tion Society " on page 3. receive no remuneration beyond their TV. -D /■ \ . V keep during their first week at the Labour Bureau (1900), 145 Kmg- ^J ^,^^ ^^^ ^d is. 6d. the street, Melbourne. Secretary, J. \yhite- ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ 4s a week after- head. A Government ofBce established ^.^^.^^ ^he industries engaged in are to aid men out of employment in their ^^^^j-y^ fruit and general farming and search for work. The Bureau is open pig-b'reeding. The Colony can pro- daily from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. (Saturday ^.jge ^^.^j-k and accommodation at one till 12), and men anxious to avail them- time for 75 men, and last financial year selves of its services must register -^yg j^en took advantage of the facili- their name, address, and qualifications, ^jeg ofifered, their average stay being The number of applications for work iqi/^ weeks. While at the Colony, during 1910 was 12,360, but as this ligure they are given leave of absence to contains many duplications, it is im- seek for better work, and suitable em- possible to state the number of dis- ployment is often found for them, tinct individuals applying. The num- Leongatha is 79 miles from Melbourne ber of positions obtained through the on the Gippsland railway nne. F.— Spiritual Organisations. Central Mission, Wesley Church., A stafif of sisters visit the poor and dis- Lonsdale-street, Melbourne. Superin- tressed in their homes, the material tcndcnt. Rev. A. R. Edgar. Secretary, needs being relieved wherever pos- A. J. Derrick. Seeks to promote the sible. spiritual and social welfare of the poor. 104 A GUIDE TO CHARITY. CoUingWOOd Methodist Mission, Superintendent, Rev. C. Tregear. Minis- Gipps-street, Collingwood. Superin- ter to the spiritual and material needs tcndent, Rev. R. Ditterich. Ministers uf the poor. to the spiritual and material needs of Ballarat Town Mission (1870), 48 the poor of the surroundmg district. Steinfeld-street, Ballarat. Missionary, Melbourne City Missions (1885), 66 J West Lau. Management— Qommit- Elizabeth-street, Melbourne. Superin- tee of 5 members. Promotes the ex- tendent and Secretary, Rev. R. Keith tension among the poor of evangelical Mackay Management— Commiittt of religion, and relieves those of them 18 members. Seeks to promote the who are in distress. The mission spiritual welfare of, and to relieve, the owns 3 mission, halls, conducting the poor and needy. Owns mission halls, "sual religious and social agencies which act as local centres, at North among the poor It also owns and Melbourne, Brunswick, Collingwood, manages the Ballarat Mission Rescue Richmond, and Port Melbourne, and gome (see page 98), Children s a Pre-maternity Home at Brunswick H«me (see page 78), and the Ballarat (see page 97). Eleven missionaries are Mission Laundry (see page 103). In- employed. The Mission assisted 3000 'ome-£.2S9. Expenditure - £2^8. tiiii^ wj( ^ These figures refer only to the mis- destitute persons last year and expen- ^.^^ ^^^ including the expenditure ded £442 in relief. Income — £1362 ^^ relief (including private contributions, r. 1 ' n-4. lur- • 1 o^ \ u £765). Expenditure-£i450. ^ ^'!^°"^,f-'*^T^M '^Pv/r ^^^- ^ru''' ' '^■' ' ^^ Secretary, Miss L. M. Phillimv, Villa- Salvation Army. Bourke-street, Mel- manta-street, Geelong. Management- bourne. Commissioner, James Hay. Committee of 28 members. Attends A huge organisation seeking to pro- to the spiritual wants of the poor, who mote the spiritual and material welfare are visited in their homes by three of the poor. Owns many institutions Bible women. The latter co-operate described in other parts of the Guide, ^ith almsgiving and other societies in The particulars supplied regarding its obtaining help for the sick and needy work m Victoria have been meagre. poor. An average of about 35 visits South Melbourne Methodist Mis- weekly is paid by each Bible woman. sion, Cecil-street, South Melbourne. Income— £208. Expenditure — £i79- G. — Social and Physical Improvement. Australian Church Social Improve- noxious influences deleterious to the ment Society (1885). Hon. Secretary, public health, "and to influence and Miss Timms, 15 Avondale-road, Arma- facilitate legislation in that direction, dale. Management by Committee. Arranges lectures by experts through- Seeks to promote the improvement of out Melbourne and suburbs on mat- social conditions and the diffusion of ters pertaining to public health. En- enlightened views on social questions, deavours, by the issue of literature and Garments are made for the poor, the otherwise, to educate the public on inmates of the Benevolent Asylum are matters of health and hygiene. Income visited, and temporary monetary as- (for year ended 30th September, 1910) sistance is rendered to deserving cases — £70. Expenditure — £65. of distress coming to the notice of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Po- S°<^'ety. ciety(i842), Temperance Hall, Russell- Australian Health Society and Vic- ^treet, Melbourne. Secretary, C. A. torian Association for the Prevention Berglund. Seeks to promote the and Cure of Tuberculosis (187^), principles of total abstinence and to Empire Buildings, Flinders-street, suppress the causes and practice of m- Melbourne. Secretary, J. G. Burrows, temperance. Management — Committee of 20 mem- MinisterinGT Children's League (1890). bers. Office-hours — 3 to 5 p.m. daily. Secretary, Mrs. T. Harrison, Modern Seeks to secure the removal of all Chambers, 317 Collins-street, Mel- MISCELLANEOUS. 105 bourne. Owns the Cottage by the Sea, QueenscHff (see page 57), a con- valescent and holiday home for poor and weak children. Seeks to promote kindness and useful habits among children, who are encouraged to work for and give to the needy and the suffering. Eighty-seven bran- ches of the League have been formed throughout Melbourne and the State of Victoria. In addition to raising funds for the support of the Cottage-by-the-Sea, these branches make or collect garments, which are distributed to the poor or sent to various missions. The League is managed by a Committee of 15 mem- bers. Income — £795 (including muni- cipal grants, £38; private subscrip- tions and donations, £115; entertain- ments, bazaars, etc., £523). Expendi- ture — £709 (including £442 on main- tenance of Cottage-by-the-Sea). Women's Christian Temperance Union Exhibition-street, Melbourne. Secretary, Mrs. Kirk. No particulars have been received. St. Joseph's Providence (1890), Albert-street, East Melbourne. Super- intendent, The Rev. Mother. A home for working girls of undoubted respec- tabUity, who are lodged and boarded on payment of 2s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. weekly, according to ability to pay. In some cases no charge is made. Ac- commodation — 30. Total housed last year — 310. Cost of maintenance — £589 (derived as to £412- from boarders,, and as to £177 from private sources). iisriDEx List of Abbreviations. -F.K. = Free Kindertarten. M. & B. A.— Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. L. B. S.=Ladies' Benevolent Society. Abbotsford Refuge aud Ir dusiiial fcchool 96 Acts of Parliament, Sj-nopsis of ... . 9 Aoute Mental Diseases Hospital 93 Adult Deaf and Dumb Soc. of Victoria 91 Advancement of the Blind, Association for tiie 90 Affliction, Kelief in 90-4 Aged, Destitute Gentlewomen, Pilgrim's Kest for 82 Homes for the 80-5 Poor, Home for the 80 Alcoholics, Institutions for 91-2 Alexandra Cottage Hospital 48 Infants' Home, Ballarat .... 78 Alfred Hospital 47 Allendale District Relief Fund 71 Almshouses 80-5 Ambulance (St. John) Association . . . . 60 Amherst District Hospital 48 Talbot Consump. Sanatorium 56 Animals. Society for Protection of . . . . 103 .Ararat H. and B.A 49. 82 Hospital for the Insane 94 Ladies' Dorcas Society 71 Willing Helpers of the Poor .. 72 Austin Hospital for Incurables 54 Australian Church Social Improvement Society 104 Health Society 104 Men of Letters Fvmd 68 Musical and Dramatic Asso- ciation Homes 81 Avoca L.B.S 63 Bairnsdale District Hospital 49 L.B.S 63 Ballarat — Alexandra Infants' Home.. .. 78 Children's* Home 78 B.A. and Lying-in Hospital 56, 72, 82 District Hospital 49 F.K 89 Hospital for the Insane .... 94 Jewish Philanthropic Society .. 71 L.B.S 64 Mission Home for Children.. .. 78 Mission Laundry 103 Rescue Home 98 Nazareth House 79. 83 Old Colonists' Association.. .. 71 Orphanage 79 — Prison Gate Home 99 Refuge 98 Salvation Army Night Shelter 73 Town Mission 204 Town Mission Laundry 103 Y.M.C.A 101 Beaufort L.B.S 64 Beechworth Hospital for the Insane . . 94 Ovens B.A 83 Ovens District Hospital .. .. 52 Benalla L.B.S P4 Benevolent Asylums i>0-5 Bendigo B.A. & Lying-in Hospital 56, 72, S3 Gold District Gen. Hospital . . 49 Receiving Ward for the Insane 94 Relieving Societies 72 — — • Rescue Home 98 — — St. Aidan's Orphanage and Rescue Home 79, 99 Y.M.C.A 101 Y.W.C.A 101 Blind, Assoc, for the Advancement of .. 90 Convalescent Home for 58 Royal Victorian Institute for 00 Blindness in Victoria 33 Boort L.B.S 64 Boys' Clubs 100 — ■ Reformatories 95 Braille Writers, Victorian Association of 90 Bright L.B.S 64 " Brightside " Inebriate Institute .. .. 92 Brighton L.B.S 61 Brunswick Creclie 86 ^ L.B.S 61 Buninyoug Local Relief Society 64 Burnley F.K 87 Burwood Boys' Home 95 Cambeiwell L.B.P 61 Camperdown District Hospital 49 Ladies' Charitable Fund .... 64 Carlton F.K 88 Refuge 96 Carngham AVidows' and Orphans' Fund 72 Casterton Cottages for the .Aged .... 82 L.B.S 64 Castlemaine l^enevolent .\svlum 83 — Hospital .' 49 -L.B.S 64 Caullield L.B.S. (See St. Kilda and Caulfeld L.B.S.). Oaxton Fund 68 Central Boys' Club 100 Mission 103 Mission Boys' Farm 95 Mission Hospice 73 — • Mission South Yarra Home . . 96 Chnrities (Hospitals) Act 9 Charity, A Study of and a Guide to its .Administration 4 Organisation, A Foreword Con- cerning 2 Organisation Society 3 Organisation Society Woodyard 103 Ch. of England Home for Neglected Children 75 Cliildren, Convalescent Home for ... . 57 Custody of 19 Queen Victoria Hospital for . . 55 Society for Prevention of Cruelty to 102 (Neglected) Act 14 (Neglected) Homes for .... 74-80 INDEX. Children's Court Act 17 Court, Probation Officers' Dept. 74 Home, Ballarat 78 Hospital . . . . , 54 Chiltern L.B.S 64 City F.K 88 Mission, Geelonfr 104 Mission Home, Melbourne 97 Mission, Melbourne 104 Newsboj's' Society 100 Cliiden Home for Children, Wedderburn 80 Clunes District Hospital 49 L.B.S 64 Cobden L.B.S 64 Coburg L.B.S 62 Colac District Hospital 49 L.B.S 64 Coleraine L.B.S 64 CollingAvood Creche 86 F.K. (3) 88 Methodist ^lission 104 Common Lopding Houses '23 Commonwealth Literary Fund 68 Consumptives' Sanatorium (Talbot), Amherst 56 Consumptives' Sanatorium, Daylesford 56 -Sanatorium. Greenvale 54 Convalescent Homes 57-8 (:()i'V">it, of the Good Shepherd, Abbots- ford 96 rnftnc-p by the Sea 57 Crfchep 86-7 rr^'^wick District Hospital 50 I,.B.S 64 Cruelty to Children, Victorian Society for the Prevention of 102 Day Nurseries ('=e'^ C'eches) Daylesford Consumptive Sanatorium . . 56 Cottages for the Aged Si District H. and B.A 50, 83 L.B.S 65 Deaf and Dumb (Adult) Society .... 91 Institute, Victorian 91 Mutes (Aged and Infirm), Farm and Home for 91 Dental Hospital 55 Dept. for Neglected and Reformatory Children 74 Desertion 19 Destitute Homes for the 80-5 Children, Homes fot 14-80 Diamond Creek, Sutherland Home for Children 78 Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society . . . . 99 Diseases Peculiar to Women (see Women's Hospital). Dispensaries, Free 59 Distress (Temporary), Relief in 61 — (Permanent) Relief in 74 nistresscd. How to Help the 4 District Nursing Society, Ballarat . . . . 60 Nursing Soriety, MeDiourne . . 59 Dramatic (Musical and) Benevolent Fund 69 (Musical and) Association Homes 81 Drouin L.B.S 05 Dumb (Deaf and) (see Deaf and Dumb). DunoUy District Hospital 5U .L.B.S 65 Eaglehawk L.B.S 65 Echuca Cottages for the Aged 84 District Hospital 50 L.B.S 65 Educated Poor Society 69 Education Acts 30 Elizabeth Austin Cottage Homes 84 Austin Terrace Homes 84 Fry Retreat 97 Employment Relief 105 I-^piloptics, Talbot Colony for 55 Essendon L.B.S 62 Excelsior Home 95 Execution of Process Act 21 Eye and Ear Hospital 55 PiUen Women, Homes for 96 Farm Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes 91 Federal Homes, Geelong 84 Fitzroy F.K 88 Flemington and Kensington L.B.S 62 Footscray Home for the Aged 80 Hospital (see Williamstown District Hospital). L.B.S 62 Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home 75, 97 Hospital, St. Joseph's 77 Free Dispensaries . . . . 69 Kindergarten LTnion 87 Kindergartens 87-9 Freemasons' Homes 81 Geelong City Mission 104 Elizabeth Austin Cottage Homes 84 Elizabeth Austin Terrace Homes 84 Federal Homes 84 Female Refuge 99 F.K 89 Haimes Memorial Homes .... 84 Infirmary and B.A 50, 84 Jubilee Homes 84 Mission School 79 Mission School F.K 89 Receiving Ward for the Insane 94 Rescued Sisters' Home 99 Sailors' Rest 102 — • St. Augustine's Orphanage fur Boys 79 St. Catherine's Orphanage for Girls 79 Scattered Homes for the Aged 84 Try Boys' Brigade 100 and Western District L.B.S. . . 65 and Western District Protestant Orphanage 80 General Hospitals 47-53 Gentlewomen, Pilgrim's Rest for . . . . 82 Gentlewomen's Aid Society 69 German Sick and Relief Fund 69 Gippsland Hospital 50 Girls' Clul) (Ilawksburn) . . 101 Own Club 101 ■ Reformatories 96 Training Home 75 Glenroy Girls' Home 77 Gold District (Bendigo) General Hospital 49 Gordon Institute for Boys 75, 100 Goulburn (ITpper) District Hospital, Woods' Point 53 Governesses' Institute Fund 69 Greenvale Sanatorium for Consumptives .54 Guide to Charity and its Proper Ad- ministration 4 Haimes' Momorial Cottages, Melbourne 80 . Memorial Homes, Geelong .... 84 Hamilton H. and B.A 50, 84 L.B.S 65 Haven, The fMaternity Home) 97 Hawkers and Pedlars Act 28 Ilawksburn Girls' Club 101 IND EX. III. Hawthorn F.K 88 Hawthorn L.R.S 62 Health Act 23 Society, Australian 104 Heathcote District General Hospital . . 51 L.B.S 65 Heathfield Home for Boys 95 Helpless, Protection of the 102 Hebrew L.B.S 62 Homos for the Aged, Infirm and Desti- tute 80-5 — for Children 74-80 Homosopathic Hospital 47 Hospital Ladies' Aid Assoc. . . 69 Homes of Hope Orphanage 75 of Hope Sanatorium 57 Hornabrook F.K. (see Windsor F.K.). Horsham District Hospital 51 L.B.S 65 Hospital Saturday and Sunday Fund . . 59 Hospitals and Charities Act 9 General 47-53 League of Mercy ^9 Municipal (Health Act) .... 25 ■ Special 54-7 House of Mercy 97 Humane Society (Royal) of Australia ,. 102 Idiot Asylum Kew 93 Immigrants' Aid Society 48, 73, ' L.B.S. . 62 Kew Hospital for the Insane 93 Idiot Asylum 1»3 L.B.S fi2 Kilrriore Hospital 51 • L.B.S 65 Kind, Relief in 61-/2 Kindergartens, Free 87 Korumburra L.B.S 65 Kyneton Almshouse 85 Hospital 51 Benevolent Society 65 Labour Bureau '03 Colony, Leongatha 103 Ladies' .Vid Association (Homoeopathic Hospital) 69 Benevolent Societies 61-67 Work Association 69 Lady Northcote F.K. (see Port Mel- bourne F.K.). Lara Inebriate Retreat 92 I.aundrv, Ballarat Town Mission . . . . 103 League of Mercy 59 Leungatha Labour Colony 1()3 Life, Protection of 102 Lilydalc L.B.S 65 Little Sisters of the Poor (Home lor the Aged) 8<> Linton Relief Fund (see Springdallah). Literary Benevolent Society 70 Loretto F.K. (see S. Melbourne F.K.). Lunatics, Institutions for 92-4 Mafifra District Benevolent Society .. 65 Majorca L.B.S 66 Maldon H. and B.A 51, 85 L.B.S 60 Malms))ury L.B.S 66 Malvern L.B.S G2 Mansfield Public Hospital .51 Marriage Acts 19 Maryborough District Hospital 51 • — — • Home for the Aged 83 L.B.S 66 Maternity Homea 96-9 Patients' Convalescent Home . . 58 Medical Benevolent Association 70 Melbourne Benevolent Asylum 81 City Mission 104 Convalescents' Aid Society for Men 58 Convalescents' Home for Women 58 Dental Hospital 55 District Nursing Society . . . . 5y German Sick and Relief Fund '59 Ilosjiital 47 — — .leViTish Aid Society 69 Jewish Philanthropic Society . . (ij Jewish Women's Guild . . . . 71 L.B.S 62 Orphan Asylum 76 Ragged Boys' Home ana Mission 76 Sailors' Home ICT? Total Abstinence Society .. .. 104 Men, Convalescents' .\id Society for . , 58 of Letters Fund 68 Mercy, House of 97 Methodist Homes for Children 76 Mildura District Hospital 52 Ministering Children's League 104 Mintaro Home for Girls 96 Miscellaneous Societies and Institutions 100 Mission Home for Children, Ballarat . . 7S • ■ Rescue Home. Ballarat 98 School, Geelong 79 Monev, Relief in ■% 61-72 Mission to Seamen, Victorian Iit2 Mone5'lenders Act 28 Montague F.K. (see P. Melbourne F.K.). Mooroopna District Hospital 52 L.B.S 66 Mortlake Fever Hospital .57 Musical and Dramatic Ben. Fund .... 69 and Dramatic Association Homes 81 Nazareth House, Ballarat 79, 83 Neglected Children Act 14 ■ • Children, Homes for 74''iO Children, State Dept. for .... 74 Newsbovs' Society, City 100 Nhill Hospital 52 Night Shelters 73 Northcote L.B.S C2 North Melbourne Creche 80 Melbourne F.K S8 Niu'sances (Health Act) 'J5 NumnrkaU District Distress Relief Fund 66 . —L.B.S 66 INDEX. Oak'eigh L.B.S 62 Old-Affe Pensions Act 10 Old Colonists' Association, Ballarat . . 71 Association, Victoria 82 Old Men's Home (Salvation Army) .. ''I Omeo Hospital 52 Orphan Asylum, Melbourne ^li Ophanages 71-30 Ovens Ben. Asylum, Beechworth .... S3 District Hospital o2 Pedlars (Hawkers and) Act 28 Penitents, Institutions for 1)6-9 Penshurst L.B.S W Persons of Education, Society for As- sisting 'jS Plivsical Improvement, Societies for .. I'J.J Pilgrims' Rest for Aged Gentlewomen S2 Pciiico Uffcnces Act " 21 Port Fairy H. and B.A 52, 85 Ladies' Clothing Society 72 Portland H. and B.A 52, 85 L.B.S '56 • Victoria Cottage Homes .... 85 Port Melbourne L.B.S C2 ^ Melbourne F.K 88 Prahran, South Yarra and Toorak Cr&che 86 ■ South Yarra and Toorak L.B.S. 63 Preface 1 Presbyterian Girls' Home &7 — Maternity Home i'7 Neglected Children's Aid Society 76 Preston L.B.S '33 Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Society for 102 .,f Tiihcrrulosis, Association for (Health Society) 104 Prisoners' Aid Society s^O Prison Gate Homes 90 Protection of Animals, Society for.. .. IC? Queen Victoria Memorial 'Hospital for Women and Children 55 Queen's Fund 60 Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital 55 Ragged Boys' Home and Mission 76 Boys' Seaside Home 57 Receiving Home for Children 71 House for the Insane 'JS ■ AVards for the Insane 94 Reformative Relief, Institutions for. . . . 95-9 Reformatories 95-6 Refuges 96-9 Relief in Affliction 00-4 Relief in Temporary Distress .... 61, 73 in Permanent Distress 74-89 Reformative 95-9 in Sickness 47-60 Rescued Sisters' Home, Geelong . . . . 09 Sisters' Home, Melbourne . . . . '>7 Rescue Homes 96-9 Work (Special Article) 37 RVipola Relief Fund 79. Richmond CrSche 87 I''iic Dispensarv 59 ■ F.K '. ^ L.B.S 63 Royal Hiimnrp Society 102 • Park Hospital for the Insane. . 93 — Park Receiving Home for Chil- dren 74 — — • Park Receiving House for the Insane 93 Rutherglen L.B.S 66 •Sailors' Home, Melbourne 102. Rest, Geelong l; 2 St. Aidan's Orphanage and Resc.ie Home 79, 98 St. Arnaud District Hospital 52 L.B.S 06 St. Augustine's Boy's Orphanage, Geelong 79 F.K. (see Hawthorn F.K.). St. Catherine's Girls' Orphanage, Geelong 79 St. John Ambulance .\ssociation 60 St. Joseph's Foundling Hospital 7? Home for Neglected Children.. 77 Providence 105 Receiving Home 93 St. Kilda and Caulfield L.B.S 63 and Caulfield F.K 88 St. Vincent de Paul Boys' Orphanage .. 77 Girls' Orphanage 77 Societies 67-3 St. Vincent's Hospital 48 Sale — Gippsland Ilospital 50 L.B.S 66 Salv.ition Army 104 Boys' Farm 95 Elevator '3 Girls' Home 77 ReforiLatory Home for Girls .. 96 Reformatory Home for Older Girls 96 Inebriates' Institute 92 Maternity Home 97 Night Shelter (Men) 73 ■ ■ Night Shelter (Women) .... 73 Night Shelter (Ballarat) .... 73 Old Men's Home 81 Prison Gate Home (Abbotsford) 99 Prison Gate Home (Ballarat) 99 • Rescued Sisters' Home (Geelong) 99 ■ Rescued Sisters' Home (Melb.) 97 Sanatorium for Consumptives, Greenvale 54 Saturday and Sunday (Hospital) Fund 59 Scarsdale District Relief Fund 72 Scattered Homes for the Aged, Geelong 84 Scots' Church District Mission .. .. .. 71 Neglected Children's Aid Society 7& Seamen, Victorian Missions to 10"2 Servants' Registry Offices Act 27 Training Institute (see Girls' Training Home). Service and Execution of Process Act . . 21 Sevmour L.B.S 66 Shelters 73 Shepparton L B.S 66 Shipwreck Relief Society 70 Sickness, Relief in 47-60 Singleton Free Medical Mission 59 ^ Night Shelter for Women .... 73 Temnorary Home for Fallen Women ." 98 Skipton Poor Relief Fund 6e Social Improvement, Societies for . . . . 105 Society for Assisting Persons of Edu- cation 69 South Melbourne CrSche 87 — —F.K. (2) 88 L.B.S 63 Methodist Mission 104 South Yarra Crfche (see Prafiran, etc., Creche). South Yarra Rescue Home 96 L.B.S (.see Prahran, etc., L.B.S.). Try Society for Boys 100 Special Articles 32 Hospitals 54-7 Spinners' Club 71 Spiritual Organisations 103-4 INDEX. Springdallah and Linton Relief Fund .. 66 Stawell H. and B.A 53, 85 L.B.S 66 Stiftung, A'ietoria 71 Sunbury Hospital for the Insane .... 94 Sutherland Homes for Children . . . . 77, 78 Swan Hill District Hospital 53 Swiss Society of Victoria 70 Synopsis of Acts of Parliament .... 9 Talbot Colony for Epileptics 55 Consumptives' Sanatorium, Am- herst 56 Cottage Homes for the Aged . . 85 L.B.S 66 Talents (Time and) Society 71 Taradale L.B.S .' 67 Tarnagulla Benevolent Society 1/. Time and Talents Society 71 Toorak Creche (see Prahran, etc., Creche). Toorak L.B.S. (see Prahran, etc., L.B.S.). and South Yarra Try Society for Boys 100 Total Abstinence Society 104 Try Boys' Brigade, Geelong 100 Society for Boys (Toorak and South Yarra) 100 Tuberculosis, Association for Preven- vention of (see Aust. Health Society) 104 Tuberculosis (Special Article) 40 United Service Home 82 Upper Goulburn Hospital (see Woods' Point Hospital). Upton House, Queenscliff 58 Vaccination 25 Vagrancy 22 Victorian Association of Braille Writers 90 Assoc, for Prevention of Tuber- culosis (see Aust. Health Soc). Deaf and Dumb Institution . . 91 Eye and Ear Hospital 55 Discharged Prisoners' Aid Soc. 99 Homes ifor the Aged and In- firm 48, 73, 81 Literary Benevolent Society . . 70 V c orian Medical Benevolent Association 70 Mining Accident Relief Fund .. 70 Neglected Children's Aid Society 78 Provident Aid Society 70 Shipwreck Relief Society .... 70 Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children 102 Statutes, Synopsis of 9 Stiftung 71 Wangarattg District Hospitil 53 L.B.S 67 Warracknabcal District Hospital .... 53 Warragul District Hospital 53 L.B.S 67 Warrnambool H. and B.A 53, 85 L.B.S /-.T Wedderburn— Clifden Home for Children 80 L.B.S 67 Western District L.B.S. (see Geelong, etc., L.B.S.). Western District Protestant Orphanage 65 Wife Desertion 19 Williamstown, Footscray and District General Hospital 48 Williamstown L.B.S 63 Windsor F.K 89 Woods' Point — Upper Goulburn District Hospital 53 Women, Convalescent Home for 58 Queen Victoria Memorial Hos- pital for 55 Women's Christian Temperance Union 105 Hospital 56 Wonthacoi Hospital 53 Working Girls, Home for (St. Joseph's Providence) lOo Writs of Summons, Service of 21 Wychoproof Hospital 53 Yarra Bend Hospital for the Insane ... 93 \ca L.B.S 67 Y.M.C.A., Ballarat 101 Bendigo 101 Melbourne 101 Y.W.C.A., Bendigo 101 Geelong 101 Melbourne ' ' A. H. Massina & Oo., Printers, Melbourne. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. - — pro iP-U^C dm 2 h 1SP5 y I lilt li; Ilia III i' K. L 009 506 894 6 HV 507