E.—3

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are justifiable, it appears that in 80 cases there is no reason to impute any blame to the parents , that in 17 cases both parents, in 38 cases the father alone, and in 45 cases the mother alone, were of unsatisfactory character, and that in 23 cases the data do not afford any ground of judgment.

TABLE U. —Admissions, classified according to Parents' Circumstances and Character, 1894.

Ten deaths occurred during the year, as follows In hospital, a Caversham boy of 10, of laryngitis and congenital disease , at service, a Caversham boy of 14, of enteritis , at service, a Caversham boy of 16, accidentally drowned, at service, a Burnham boy of 18, of peritonitis, attributed to eating unripe fruit , at Sb. Joseph's, Wellington, a little girl of 6, m consequence of a fall, at Auckland, an infant boy a month old, who had been greatly neglected, and was suffering from whooping-cough when he was admitted , an imbecile youth of 20, an inmate at Nelson, of phthisis , a Nelson boy of 8, of influenza and failure of the heart's action, an infant boy of 13 months, at Nelson, ill when admitted, of bronchitis and marasmus , and another Nelson inmate, an infant girl of 5 months, of cerebral congestion. The net cost of the maintenance of the Government schools in 1894 was £7,160 4s. 4d., the gross cost being £14,602 14s 9d., and the recoveries £7,442 10s. sd. As the average number belonging was 1,159, the gross cost was £12 12s. a head, and the net cost £6 3s. 6d. But this calculation is of little value. There were on an average 641 inmates maintained, and if the salaries (£1,962 12s. lid.) are regarded as a fair equivalent for work involved in the supervision of 518 inmates (on an average) at service, with friends, &c, the gross cost per head for the 641 is £19 14s. 4d.

TABLE W.—Cost of Government Schools, 1894.

el ,^ lescril as Children of Dead. Sick, Lunatic, Disabled, &c. Of Good Character (or Poor). Not known or not stated. Of Bad Character. Deserters. Total. 'athers described as— Dead Sick, lunatic, disabled, &c. Of good character (or poor) Not known or not stated Of bad character Deserters 10 2 19 4 12 3 7 8 26 1 7 5 4 10 1 9 4 6 12 4 18 10 10 6 55 8 61 24 85 20 3 1 1

School. Gross Cost of School. Cost of boarding out. (Included in preceding Column.) Recoveries. Net Cost. iiackland Surnhain Javersham Totals £ s. d. 1,517 7 2 6,353 6 3 6,329 6 5 14 199 19 10 £ s. d. 775 15 1 2 816 16 2 3 101 9 7 £ s. a. 476 19 6 2,992 4 1 3 973 6 10 £ s. a. 1,040 7 8 3,361 2 2 2,355 19 7 6,694 0 10 7 442 10 5 6,757 9 5 ialary and expenses of Visiting Officer 402 14 11 Total 7,160 4 4 The Government expenditure on the private industrial school 'able X. The net expenditure exceeds that of the previous year b s is shown i y £465. Table X. —Govbenment Expenditube on Private Schools, 1894. School. Payments. Recoveries. Net Expenditure by Government. St. Mary's, Ponsonby (Auckland) St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson £ s. a. 532 10 0 370 10 6 2 355 14 0 £ s. d. 33 19 3 30 12 6 356 0 0 £ s. a. 498 10 9 339 18 0 1 999 14 0 Totals 3,258 14 6 3,258 14 6 420 11 9 2,838 2 9