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In hospital (2 boys and 1 girl) .. .. • • • • • • * In mental hospitals (2 girls and 9 boys) .. . • • • • - * j At the School for the Deaf At the Special School for Feeble-minded Boys, Otekaike .. . ■ 1 Amount of parental contributions .. . . • • • • £5,604 6 7 Rate per head of parental contributions for the 1,557 maintained (approximate) .. .. • - • • • • • • "* This rate is very satisfactory when it is compared with the results attained in other countries. The total net expenditure by the Government in connection with all schools for the year was . . . • • • • • £33,655 810 Increase on the cost for 1907 '■ •• •- •• 1,103 1 1 Amount paid for new buildings and works .. . • • • 6,328 2 2 Net outlay for maintenance of Government establishments, including cost of boarding out . . . . • ■ • • • • 24,534 14 0 Government expenditure on account of private schools . . .. 2,516 8 1 For special cases provided for at institutions not under the Industrial Schools Act .. .. * 2 J 6 4 ] Total recoveries from all sources amounted to .. .. 14,737 19 4 Payments by Charitable Aid Boards for maintenance of children who came into schools owing to indigence (included in the total sum recovered) .. .. 8,376 7 8 Number of children at the end of the year belonging to Government schools who were so paid for .. • • • • • • . • - 542 The number maintained at the expense of Charitable Aid Boards at private industrial schools was .. .. • • • ■ • • • • 152 The amount paid by the Charitable Aid Boards on account of children sent to the private schools as indigent is not stated here, as the managers of' these schools make their claims upon the Boards without reference to the Education Department.

TABLE H1.—Expenditure on Government Schools, 1908.

TABLE H2— Government Expenditure on Private (Roman Catholic) Schools, 1908.

Cost of School, including Kuildings and other Works. Boarding out. (Included in first column.) Salaries. (Included in first column.) New Buildings and other Works. (Included in first column.) Recoveries. Net Cost. Government Schools. Auckland 2,831 19 1 1,418 13 d Boys'Training Farm, Weraroa 8,671 12 10 216 4 11 Receiving Home, Wellington 6,742 3 7 4,659 2 5 Tβ Oranga Home .. .. 5,883 4 1 Receiving Home, Christchureh 5,059 1 6 3,448 18 11 Burnham 8,088 17 11 100 19 3 Cavershain .. •• 5,579 17 10 3,157 13 7 £ s. d. 2,831 19 1 8,671 12 10 6,742 3 7 5,883 4 1 5,059 1 6 8,083 17 11 5,579 17 10 £ a. d. 1,418 13 3 216 4 11 4,659 2 5 £ s. d. 486 18 3 2,072 5 5 621 12 6 818 11 8 553 2 5 2,287 11 2 772 17 1 £ s. d. 810 1 3 145 4 0 4,100 12 10 £ s. d. 1,128 9 0 1,926 0 6 3,919 5 11 298 14 2 2,237 12 6 874 9 3 3,572 9 4 £ s. d. 1,703 10 1 6,745 6 i 2,822 17 8 5,584 9 11 2,821 9 0 7,214 8 8 2,007 8 6 3,448 18 11 100 19 3 3,157 13 7 1,272 4 1 Totals .. •■ 42,856 16 10 13,001 12 4 42,856 16 10 13,001 12 4 7,612 18 6 6,328 2 2 13,957 6 8 1,545 1 5 44 12 6 278 4 0 50 0 0 45 8 1 Salaries, travelling-allowances, and expenses of departmental Payments to inmates of their earnings held in trust Commission expenses, inquiry held at Te Oranga Home .. Grant to Postal Department in connection with payments f< Contingencies officers (Inspe >r children boa actors, visiting c arded out .. officers, &c.) .. Total net cost 30,862 16 2

Name of School. Gross Cost. Recoveries. Net Cost. It. Mary's, Auckland.. It. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson It. Vincent de Paul's, Dunedin £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,850 13 0 431 14 4 212 18 9 59 11 2 1,097 0 0 253 18 10 136 9 0 35 8 4 3,297 0 9 780 12 8 £ s. d. 1,418 18 8 153 7 7 843 1 2 101 0 8 Totals 2,516 8 1