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==Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale==
*Amalgamation of the Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum with the Lawrence Asylum was considered from 1860.In April 1864 the land at Lovedale, near Ootacamund, was selected for the combined institutions and new buildings were constructed. 220 boys from the MMMOA moved in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA262 Limited View Google Books] page 262 ''The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908
*The girls from the Madras Military Female Orphan School,about 100, were transferred to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in October 1904 as Government required their premises in Madras. [http://books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA263 Limited View Google Books] page 263, The Nilgiris Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908
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