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==Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums==
*This Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224 link], published 1855, says a Free Day School for Boys was established in 1807, which in turn led to the establishment of a Female Asylum in 1815, and a Male Asylum in 1823.
*A volume from Google Books contains an incomplete set of Annual Reports from 1859-1860 until 1876 .(Note the Report for 1864-1865 appears to be for the Military Male Orphan Asylum, refer above) .The following facts were advised <br>
The Asylums were never intended for illegitimate children (1876 Report, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA15-PA6 page 6]), and<br>
The Woolley Fund supported children of destitute Europeans (1876 Report, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA15-PA2 page 2])<br> There are numerous mentions of children throughout the report, pages wth most names have been specified.
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 1859-1860] [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA23 Rules 1861]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39 1861-1862]
