E.—3

1905. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-3, 1904.]

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

No. i. EXTRACT FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. In December, 1904, the number on the books of all the industrial schools was 1,918, or 9 more than at the close of the year 1903. On the books of the Government Industrial Schools there were 1,387, an increase of 21 over the corresponding number for 1903, on the books of the private industrial schools there were 531, or 12 less than at the end of the previous year. The number in residence at Government schools was 299, and at private industrial schools 304, so that 603 was the total number of " inmates " actually in residence. The number boarded out was 548, 8 being from private schools and the rest from Government schools. There were 7 girls maintained in various corrective institutions, 2 girls in cottage homes, 3 boys at the School for Deaf-mutes, Sumner, and 9 boys at the Costley Training Institution, Auckland. The total number of inmates dependent on the schools for maintenance was therefore 1,172, or 37 more than the number at the end of 1903. The remaining 746, although still subject to control and supervision of the schools, were not dependent on them for maintenance. They may be classified as follows : Licensed to reside with friends, 178; at service, 494 ; in hospital,, 4 ; in lunatic asylum, 5 ; in the Costley Training Institution, Auckland, 3 ; in other institutions, 15 ; in gaol, 3 ; absent without leave, 44 namely, 29 from service, 13 from the schools, and 2 from friends. There were six Government industrial schools in existence in 1904, and the numbers of inmates on their books at the end of the year were as follows :—Auckland, 135; Receiving Home. Wellington, 195 ; Receiving Home, Christchurch, 236 ; Burnham, 231 ; Te Oranga Home, 63 ; Caversham, 527 : total, 1,387. Those belonging to private industrial schools were distributed as follows: —St. Mary's, Auckland, 135 ; St. Joseph's, ; St. Mary's, Nelson, 280; St. Vincent de Paul's, Dunedin, 47 : total, 531.

TABLE J1.—lnmates, 1903 and 1904.

1! 1! Icarded ol it. I l Residence. A t Service, <! ;e. 6 Totals. 111 S 2 " I ■ 8 § Spa 1! i * ~ s i I i i s is it v Q Q u Q 1 g I 1 I 1 6 v a Government Schools — Auckland .. •. 63 Keceiving Home, Wellington .. .. ■• 135 Te Oranga Home, Christchuroh .. Reoeiving Home. Christ- . church :. . : . 130 Burnham .. _ ... .2 Oaversham .. .. 177 Private Schools — St. Mary's, Auckland St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson .. 1 St. Vincent de Paul's, : Dunedin .. .. 4 i ; • ■ 31 .. 64 166 131 1 178 ■28 31 10 92 137 .. .. 28 40 1 .. ! 1 31 9 .. 40 25 2 8 J 99 7 .. 99 : 158 .. 14 123 208 5 78 48 6 28 46 7 .. 167. 130 3 3 '2 2 ■11 43 28 23 97 131 226 181 166 56 239 252 522 i 29 7 3 21 135 195 63 236 231 527 l ;■'... 18 5 83 34 160 9 67 41 110 131 80 291 4 135 ;69 280 2 1... 3 5 20 11 11 1 i .. 5 25 6 .. 31 12 j- _ I __ . „ 30 27 603 ' 797 i 1 11 41 6 47 Totals ... ..512 548 i 600 30 60 767 1,909 55 ■46 1,918 37 1