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INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL (Weighouse Close) Industrial School
Industrial School
Industrial School
Mr David Semple Writer
Mr William Hodge Town Clerk
Provost R Brown
12.02. 18; 19 A Substantial Building two Storeys high, Slated and in good repair, Situated in Weighhouse Close. Was built in 1847 from Voluntary Subscriptions Amongst the Members of the Free Churches, U.P. [United Presbyterian] Churches & R.P. [Reformed Presbyterian] Churches Congregations; It is in Connection With these Churches and is Supported by Voluntary Contributions and donations from the Members of the Said Congregations, together with school fees, This School is under the management of a Committee of Ladies elected Annually by the Contributors, The teacher & [and] Assistant teacher (both females) are Paid by the Committee, and the Scholars fees, which are not more than One half the Ordinary fees, go into the funds, Affords tuition in the elementary branches of and English education & Plain needle Work.
Average Attendance 80._

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