The General Agent has visited the cell-rooms of those brought to the Central Station daily since November 19, 1910, and since that time has sent 14,967 letters and notices to the relatives and first friends of those who were arrested. Many have thanked the Agent for this timely notice, thus giving the relatives or friends the opportunity of securing the release of those arrested, often on trivial charges, either by the payment of a fine or release on bail or by direct discharge under the care of parents or the probation officer. In some cases they have been released under the care of the Agent. The Agent is in daily attendance at the preliminary examination held in room 625 before the committing magistrate, and has found the work so important that he now attends the afternoon session held in the afternoon from 2 to 3 P. M. Emlen Hutchinson, Esq., has continued his generous donations for the sending of repentant lads and girls to their homes, a service which we greatly appreciate. Mrs. Horace Fassitt has been of very great service in assisting many who sadly needed aid. Your Agent will have soon served twenty years in this work, and it is still his endeavor to help those who have wandered from the right path to find the better way. It rejoices his heart to know that many recipients of his kindly favors are now upright and serviceable citizens. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK J. POOLEY, _General Agent_. THE COUNTY PRISONS. BY A. H. VOTAW, SECRETARY. The Secretary during the last year has paid some visits to a few of the county prisons. The tendency is toward improvement in the line of furnishing employment and in sanitary accommodations. ALLEGHENY COUNTY (CITY PRISON).