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Thirty-five of the homes were those in which children under six were boarded out by Charitable Aid Boards. m, ; The total number of licensed homes was 738, so that at the end of the year there were 174 licensed homes in which for the time no infants were boarded. Rates of Payments to Foster-parents by Parents or Guardians. An account of the rates paid is given in the following statement: — 2at the rate of 2s. 6d. per week. 13 at the rate of 9s. per week. 1 „ 3s. „ 504 „ 10s. 3 „ 4s. „ 1 „ 10s. 6d. 1 „ 4s. 6d. „ 3 „ 11s. 16 „ ss. „ 26 „ 12s. 8 „ 6s. „ 41 „ 12s. 6d. 3 „ 6s. Bd. „ 1 „ 14s. 51 „ 7s. „ 9 „ 15s. 95 „ 7s. 6d. „ 1 „ 20s. 62 „ Bs. „ 1 „ 21s. 11 „ Bs. 6d. Generally the relations of the infants provide clothing in addition. The following comparison of the rates paid during the last three years shows that the usual payment is about 10s. a week : — 1909. 1910. 1911. Under 7s. .. .. .. .. .. ..45 36 34 7s. and under 10s. . . .. .. .. ~ 193 224 232 10s. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 351 448 504 Over 10s 77 97 83

Exempted Institutions. From the provision that " it shall not be lawful for any person in consideration of any payment or reward to receive or-retain in his care or charge any infant for the purpose of nursing or maintaining it apart from its parents or guardians for a longer period than seven consecutive days unless such person is licensed as a foster-parent," the Minister may grant certain exemptions, and under this authority exemption has been granted to the institutions set forth in the following list, which shows also the numbers dealt with and the deaths. The conditions of the exemption provide for inspection, and for removal of the infants only with due formality.

(1911) Admissions. leaths. I On the Boc |31stDecemb iks at er,1911. Name of Institution. si 01 A 3 3 rH 'a HJ o H EC Xi T3 -g fl • § *S ■§ Is § ffl si V A a s 13 +3 o Sri 05 A s o a CD u CI ■0 a 0 13 !* CO is a cs ga ©--I . I CO •S a s a £ CO c3 U ° l ■a n . cd co a 0 ffl o *s H^CtS! on ffl The Orphan Home, Papatoetoe, Auckland St. Mary's Maternity Home, Otahuhu, Auckland The Door of Hope, Auckland Salvation Army Maternity Home, Auckland St. Mary's Orphanage, Ponsonby, Auokland St. Joseph's Orphanage, Takapuna, Auckland Children's Home, Remuera, Auckland Children's Home, Ponsonby, Auckland St. Vincent de Paul's Foundling Home, Auckland Mission House of the Order of the Good Shepherd, Auckland .. Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage, Remuera, Auckland Cook County Women's Guild Creche, Gisborne Wanganui Orphanage, Wanganui .. Children's Home, Palmerston North St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt, Wellington Salvation Army Children's Home, Wellington The Levin Memorial Home, Wellington Home of Compassion, Wellington Presbyterian Orphanage, Wellington St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson Sacred Heart Orphanage, Mount Magdala Children's Convalescent Cottage, New Brighton Salvation Army Maternity Home, Christchurch Nazareth House, Sydenham, Christchurch St. Saviour's Home, Shirley, Christohurch St. Mary's Orphanage, Dunedin St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Dunedin Karitane Home, Dunedin Presbyterian Orphanage, Dunedin .. Salvation Army Maternity Home, Dunedin .. Salvation Army Cnildren's Home, Middlemarch Victoria Memorial Home, Invercargill 5 13 29 1 8 7 33 13 3 29 6 2 7 9 2 75 1 17 7 32 5 20 12 i 9 61 4 42 3 15 25 1 15 1 13 i 2 3 .. i 13 ' 5 3 | .. 2 .'. 2 '.'. 2 4 i 1 1 7 26 16 2 4 11 3 18 39 3 11 5 5 7 10 6 77 6 36 9 5 9 18 23 2 23 11 7 12 5 11 "i 9 1 6 7 8 31 11 22 12 3 12 11 4 1 4 1 j .. 1 1 '3 '2 ; '.'. '3 51 2 10 6 1 6 38 4 2 2 13 2 I 'i 1 7 4 Totals for 1911 474 195 66 47 62 63 29 7 427 48 48 Totals for 1910 493 190 47 10 422 36 48