156 DR. BARNARDO: PHYSICIAN, PIONEER, PROPHET
2,000 destitute children—500 of whom were at the close of
1877 still in the Homes; the Report for 1888, however, shows
that he had then rescued 12,653 children—3,000 of whom
were then in the Homes. In other words, the total of
destitute children rescued during the second eleven-year
period was five times greater than during the first eleven-
year period, while the Barnardo "family" in the Homes
in 1888, was six times greater than in 1877. The increase,
too, in finances was equally pronounced. During the pre-
Arbitration period the total income received was appre-
ciably less than £150,000. During the immediate post-
Arbitration period of equal length, it was well over four
times that amount—£655,000; while a comparison of the
single years 1877 an(^ X888 shows that the respective incomes
were barely £30,000 as compared with over £i 12,000.
A comparison of the distinct Branches of the work during
these same periods is equally suggestive. At the close of
the Arbitration, the Mission included eight separate Institu-
tions, with fourteen cottages marking the dimensions of the
Girls' Village Home. Barnardo's 1888 Report shows that
during this post-Arbitration period the Branches had
increased almost fivefold; for then the Mission boasted
thirty-eight "distinct institutions" and the cottages in the
Village Home numbered fifty.
Again, though by 1877 these "Homes" had rescued
2,000 destitute children, during this earlier period the
Mission partook chiefly of the nature of a glorified Ragged
School, of which the Homes were simply a Department;
but by 1888 the Homes had grown to proportions over-
shadowing all else, and this despite the fact that meanwhile
Barnardo had initiated new efforts on all fronts. Hence it
would appear that the Arbitration assaults, centring as
they did around the "Homes", resulted in elevating their
position over all other aspects of the Mission's endeavour.
Another point which must be noted relates to finance.
During the pre-Arbitration period Barnardo never per-