Coats 293 Vests 294 Pants 294 Dress Shirts 243 Underclothing (pieces) 474 Hats 332 Suspenders, pairs 326 Neck-ties 314 Collars 41 Total number of garments 2611 A few of the women on their discharge have been furnished with suitable articles of apparel. The administration of this charity is attended with peculiar advantages. It is an important duty to visit the prisoners near the close of their time of incarceration, and to learn from them with regard to their hopes and fears. Then, if ever, they need sympathetic attention. Many of them have friends or homes ready to receive them, but there are others who need more than a suit of clothes and a parting word of good wishes. We endeavor to find employment for such as these unfortunate ones, and, while in many cases we have succeeded, there is a remnant who are not strong enough to face the temptations of the outer world. Shall we not send such as these to a farm under control of the State, where they will have opportunity to work in the open air, and be retained in some kind of semi-detention until they have made good? WESTERN PENITENTIARY. Two members of the Acting Committee, who reside in Pittsburg, have reported various visits and some Gospel service in the Western Penitentiary. In response to an inquiry with regard to the provision made for the prisoners of that institution at the time of their discharge, Warden JOHN FRANCIES writes as follows: A. H. VOTAW, Secretary, The Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia, Pa. DEAR SIR:-- Replying to your inquiry of Dec. 20, 1911, permit me to reply as follows:-- 1. With regard to money to prisoners on discharge. This depends upon the distance the prisoner is going. If within a radius of fifty miles, $5.00 is given. If outside the radius of fifty miles, $10.00 is given. 2. With regard to clothing to prisoners on discharge. The prisoner is given $10.00 worth of clothing as provided for in appropriation by last session of Legislature. 3. Clothing supplied. Suit complete, and furnishings, viz.: hat, shirt, shoes, hose, tie, collar, etc. Yours very truly, JOHN FRANCIES, _Warden_. At the last session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, authority was granted to remove this prison from Allegheny City to some large tract of land amid healthier surroundings, and we have learned that a site has been selected about eight miles from Bellefonte in Centre county. Full opportunity will be afforded here to test the out-door treatment. Chaplain MILLER, of the Western Penitentiary, has kindly furnished the following statistics with regard to those paroled from that institution: