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The total net cost in connection with both Government and private schools was £32,552 7s. 9d., being £2,946 ss. lid. less than for the previous year. Table M 2 shows the cost of the Government schools, in which is included the expenditure for the maintenance of children boarded out with foster-parents; it also includes the cost of supervision of all the boys and girls who are permitted to reside away from the schools to which they belong. In this table account is taken of the amounts paid by Charitable Aid Boards for children sent to the schools as indigent, payments from persons against whom there are orders for maintenance, and the receipts from the sale of farm-produce, &c.

TABLE M2.—Expenditure on Government Schools, 1907.

Table M3 shows the payments made by the Government on account of children belonging to private industrial schools. The recoveries include payments made by parents under orders for maintenance; but as contributions from Charitable Aid Boards are made directly to the managers of these schools, they are not taken into account in this statement.

TABLE M3.—Government Expenditure on Private (Roman Catholic) Schools, 1907.

Other payments made by the Government are shown in the following table : —

TABLE M4.—Summary of Expenditure on Special Cases at other Institutions, 1907.

Cost of School, incuding Buildings and other Works. Boarding out. Included in first column.) Salaries. (Included in first column.) Net Cost. Government Schools. Recoveries. I £ 8. d. Auckland .. .. .. 2,625 16 0 Boys'Training Farm, Weraroa 12,436 16 1 ! Receiving Home, Wellington.. 6,879 0 3j Te Oranga Home .. .. 2,467 7 T Receiving Home, Christohurch 5,754 12 6 j Burnham .. .. .. 6,421 10 9 | Caversham .. .. .. 5,374 10 4 £ 8. d. 2,625 16 0 12,436 16 1 6,879 0 3 2,467 7 7 5,754 12 6 6,421 10 9 5,374 10 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,259 2 7 414 8 9 361 5 6 1,858 17 5 4,211 13 0 417 7 1 726 16 0 3,388 10 11 494 17 4 97 10 0 2,214 15 11 3,089 12 4 724 6 3 £ s. d. 1,259 2 7 361 5 6 4,211 13 0 £ s. d. 414 8 9 1,858 17 5 417 7 1 726 16 0 494 17 4 2,214 15 11 724 6 3 £ s. d. 946 16 4 2,229 14 7 i 3,537 10 2 166 15 6 ! 2,941 3 2 675 6 7 3,547 8 8 £ 8. d. 946 16 4 2,229 14 7 3,537 10 2 166 15 6 2,941 3 2 675 6 7 3,547 8 8 £ s. d. 1,678 19 8 10,207 1 6 3,341 10 1 2,300 12 1 2,813 9 4 5,746 4 2 1,827 1 8 3,388 10 11 97 10 0 3,089 12 4 Totals .. .. 41,959 13 6 41,959 13 6 12,407 14 4 6,851 8 9 12,407 14 4 6,851 8 9 | 14,044 15 0 14,044 15 0 27,914 18 6 Sala-ies, travelling allowances, and expenses of di Refund of inmates' earnings Commission expenses, inquiry held at Burnham Allowance to A. Thompson, late visaing officer Contingencies lepartmentdl officers (inspectors, visitin I (balance of) ng officers, &c.) 1,961 9 0 72 12 4 21 4 9 100 0 0 181 2 1 Total net cost 30,251 6 8

Name of School. Gross Cost. Recoveries. Net Cost. £ 8. d. £ s. d. 314 7 11 996 19 7 21 13 5 178 1 7 358 19 1 678 4 9 24 11 0 98 17 4 It. Mary's. Auckland.. it. Jos. ph's, Wellington It. Mary's, N l*on It. Vincent de Paul's, Dunedin £ s. d. 1,311 7 6 199 15 0 1,037 3 10 123 8 4 Totals " ! 2,671 14 8 719 11 5 1,952 3 8

iovernmi mt School; Roman Catholic Schools. 13 a £ 3 V s IS* — CS o ax ox, ca 00 . is CO H x S°a> ■§.£3 -m * O 5« o i ■s G % ca O Total. CO bs is 8 *ci"a$ H,f5 CO Total. Luckland — Costley Training Institution Wellington- — Salvation Army Home Ihnstchurch — Mount Magdala .. Children's Convalescent Cottage Home Samaritan Home .. >unedin— Otago Benevolent Institution Salvation Army Maternity Home .. £ B. d. 242 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 242 0 0 £ b. d. £ s. d. 242 0 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 72 16 9 3 0 0 72 16 9 3 0 0 0 17 5 73 14 2 3 0 0 16 8 0 16 8 0 16 8 0 2 18 3 8 5 5 2 18 3 8 5 5 2 18 3 8 5 5 Total 242 0 3 16 0 89 4 9 3 0 0 11 3 8 349 4 5 0 17 5 350 1 10 Less miscellaneous recoveries 14 0 Net total 348 17 10