The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 83

20th December, 1884

Sir,

The Committee of the Reformatory Ship "Cornwall" desire me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd ulto., and to state in reply, that the instructions of the Secretary of State cannot of course refer to Reformatory Ships, which have been established for the special purpose of training lads for the sea.

I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,

(Signed,)

Walter Millachip.

Major Inglis

, H. M. Inspector, &c., &c.