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The expenditure for the year, £1,225 11s. Bd., is accounted for as follows : — £ a. d. Salaries of visiting nurses and local representatives .. .. .. 879 18 4 Travelling-expenses of District Agents, visiting nurses, and local representatives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 209 10 10 Payments to foster-parents for board of infants .. .. .. 102 5 9 Medical attendance .. .. .. .. .. ..1190 Office expenses (including rent) and sundries .. .. .. 82 7 8 Less recoveries .. .. .. .. .. .. 59 19 11 The report of the Secretary for Education gives detailed information as regards various phases of the work. School for the Deaf. Number of pupils who returned to the school in February, 1912, after the summer vacation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 Receiving instruction at Government experimental farm .. .. 1 Number admitted during the school year . . .. .. 10 Absent throughout the year .. .. .. . . .. 1 Left during oi at the end of the school year .. . . .. ... 12 Number remaining on the roll after the close of the school year .. 93 The expenditure on the school for the years 1911 and 1912 respectively was as follows:— 1911 1012 £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,380 6 7 3,404 12 0 Maintenance of pupils and sundry expenses .. 1,446 7 1 1,874 16 0 Maintenance of buildings and water-charges .. 276 19 10 335 10 9 Additional buildings .. .. .. .. .. 1,947 11 8 Less— Amount collected from parents by way of maintenance contributions .. . 887 13 3 1,098 0 ] Amount collected from Charitable Aid Boards .. .. .. .. 563 8 7 1,103 15 11 Sundry other recoveries .. . . 17 0 0 112 Net expenditure .. .. .. .. 3,651 4 8* 5,360 3 3* * Including for 1911 £235, and for 1912 £225 paid from national-endowment revenue. The report of the Director gives particulars of the work of the school during the year. Jubilee Institute for the Blind. The amount paid by the Government towards the cost of training thirty-five pupils was £848 16s. 6d., and the amount refunded to the Government during the year by parents and Charitable Aid Boards was £855 Is. 3d., the Boards paying £502 6s. 10d. The sum payable by the Government as subsidy to the Board of Trustees under the provisions of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act was £2,391 15s. 2d. Special School for the Feeble-minded. 1911. 1912. £ s. d. £ 9. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 1,985 3 11 2,11116 2 Maintenance of pupils .. .. .. 1,750 3 2 1,954 17 0 Maintenance of buildings .. ..... 418 13 3 258 2 4 Farm and stock .. .. .. .. 226 5 5 367 19 2 Additional buildings, furniture, &c. .. .. 2,983 15 6 597 15 0 Less — Amount collected from parents by way of maintenance contributions .. .. 559 5 1 798 19 4 Amount collected from Charitable Aid Boards .. .. .. .. 294 17 0 666 16 0 Sundry other recoveries .. .. 135 9 1 256 0 7 Net expenditure .. .. .. .. 6,374 10 1* 3,568 13 9* * Including for 1911 £235, and for 1912 £225 paid from national-endowment revenue. The power given to a Magistrate under the Education Amendment Act, 1910, to extend the period of control, if he is satisfied that upon a pupil's attaining his majority his mental state precludes his being able to manage his affairs with ordinary prudence, was exercised in respect of two boys and two girls, the extension being for one year for the boys and four years for the girls. When these periods are about to expire the cases will be reviewed again. A report from the Principal dealing with the working of the school during the year, and with other matters relating to the education of the feeble-minded, is included in the report (see page 18).