E,—3

1899. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-3, 1898.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

No. 1. EXTRACT FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OP THE MINISTER OP EDUCATION. The number of inmates on the books of all the industrial schools at the close of 1898 was 1,554, which was 34 less than at the close of the previous year. In the Government schools there was a decrease of 48; in private schools an increase of 14. Out of the total number (1,554) thus classed legally as " inmates of industrial schools," the number actually dependent on the several institutions for maintenance was 1,002, made up as follows : 573 resident inmates of the schools, 412 boarded out, and 17 girls for whom payment was made in various corrective institutions. The remaining 552 were not dependent on the schools for maintenance, although still under control and supervision; of these, 97 were licensed to reside with friends, 414 were at service, 3 in hospital, 3 in lunatic asylums, 1 in the Auckland Blind Asylum, 3 at the Costley Training Institution on probation, 8 under the control of other institutions, and 23 absent without leave (14 from service, and 9 from the schools). Of those thus absent, 8 were missing on the 31st December, 1897, and were included in the returns for that year. Of the three Government industrial schools, Auckland had 79 nominal " inmates " ; Burnham, 496 ; and Caversham, 476 : total, 1,051. The numbers of resident inmates were— Auckland, 11; Burnham, 92; Caversham, 78: total, 181 —that is; out of the whole number under the control of these schools, only about 17 per cent, were actually in residence. In other words, the great majority of industrial-school "inmates" do not reside at industrial schools at all. Of the rest, 403 were boarded out with foster-parents, 64 with friends, 353 were at service, 30 at institutions other than industrial schools, and 20 absent without leave.

TABLE T.—Inmates, 1897 and 1898.

ioardi idout. Beai idenO' Service, :o. Toti ,1a. g Q a O q I I a B c3 3 o a 0 p n 5 I y, i 1 I I 6 Q 6 P p a I , ! J) ri Government Schools — Auckland Bucnbam Caversham Private Sohools — St. Mary's, Auckland St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson St. Vincent de Paul'e, South Dunedin 80 165 190 11 6 1 41 .. 171 .. 191 11 100 88 *8 10 11 92 78 37 264 214 j 81 I ? 27 233 207 78 529 492 1 Iβ 79 496 476 "i 7 2 2 1 3 1 6 62 62 258 16 2 78 64 245 5 17 12 67 t) I 2 15 21 64 79 78 332 16 10 95 88 315 • 5 1 1 13 '3 17 5 5 Totals .. 890 20 2 2 414 581 23 31 573 . 9 53 567 1,588 32 66 1,554 611 —-•»■■-'.-.