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The cost of the school for the years 1910 and 1911 respectively was as follows :— 1910. 1911. £ s. d. £ s. d. .Salaries .. .. . . .. .. 2,958 12 6 3,380 6 7 Maintenance of pupils and sundry expenses .. 1,697 3 5 1,446 7 1 Maintenance of buildings and water charges .. 367 16 5 276 19 10 Less — Amount collected from parents by way of maintenance contributions .. . . 893 11 2 887 13 3 Amount collected from Charitable Aid Boards 35 9 0 563 8 7 Sundry other recoveries .. .. ..' 7113 170 Net expenditure on the institution . . .. 4,087 0 11* 3,651 4 8* (* Including for 1910 £540. and for 1911 £235, paid from National Endowment revenue.) It has been found necessary to erect additions to the main buildings. These will provide more class-rooms, an infirmary, larger quarters for servants, and other rooms needed for the more efficient working of the school. Jubilee Institute for the Blind. During the year the Government contributed towards the cost of training-thirty-three pupils of this institution, the net amount expended being £405 (including £50 from National Endowment revenue) as against £721 (including £99 from National Endowment revenue) for the previous year on account of thirty-five pupils. Maintenance payments by parents and guardians decreased from £272 7s. 6d. in 1910 to £238 Bs. during 1911. For the two past financial years the revenue from the National Endowment Reserves Account amounted to £149. The sum payable by the Government as subsidy to the Board of Trustees during last year under the provisions of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act was £2,173. The amount paid by Charitable Aid Boards towards the maintenance of pupils was £269 13s. lid. Special School for Children of Feeble Mind. 1910. 1911. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 1,564 10 8 1,985 311 Maintenance of pupils .. .. .. .. 1,115 7 6 1,750 3 2 Maintenance of buildings .. .. .. 239 18 0 418 13 3 Farm and stock .. .. .. .. 318 8 9 226 5 5 Additional buildings, water-supply, drainage, fencing, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 4,984 0 8 2,983 15 6 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 178 19 6 Less — Amount collected from parents by way of maintenance contributions . . . . 371 0 1 559 5 1 Amount collected from Charitable Aid Boards 57 16 2 294 17 0 Sundry other recoveries .. .. .. 138 12 6 135 9 1 Net expenditure on the institution .. .. 7,833 16 4f 6,374 10 If (f Including for 1910 £440, and for 1911 £235, paid from National Endowment revenue.) The existing accommodation of the school is fully occupied, the number of resident boys being 57 ; but it is proposed to make provision immediately, by means of cottage homes, for a much larger number of pupils than there are at present. The power given to a Magistrate under the Education Amendment Act, 1910, to extend the period of control, if he is satisfied upon a pupil's nearing his majority that his mental state precludes his being free from the school's guidance, was exercised in respect of four youths. They consequently remain under control until they attain twenty-five years of age, when their cases will be reviewed again.