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No. 3. -COSTLEY TEAINING INS T IT UTI O N. Balance-sheet for Year ending 31st December, 1918. Assets. £ s. d. Liabilities. £ s. d. Mortgages as per list .. .. 18,620 0 0 Costley bequest .. .. .. 12,150 0 0 Accrued interest .. .. .. 179 2 1 Hodge bequest .. .. .. 742 3 9 War-loan stock .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Revenue Account as below .. .. 7,512 1711 Cash in bank .. .. .. 10 7 Cash at Jackson, Russell, Tunks, and Ostler .. .. .. .. 604 19 0 £20,405 1 8 £20,405 1 8 Revenue Account. Cr. £ s. d. Dr. £ s. d. By Balanco, Ist January, 1918 .. [6,473 10 0 To Maintenance Account .. .. 33 10 0 Interest received .. .. .. |l, 118 911 Expenses .. .. .. 45 12 0 Balance carried forward .. .. 7,512 17 11 £7,591 19 11 £7,591 19 11

No. 4.—INFANT-LIFE-PROTECTION STATISTICS.

Particulars of Children admitted to and removed from Licensed Foster-homes during 1918.

Foster-homes. The 860 infants in foster-homes at the end of the year were distributed as follows : — In 510 homes each having one .. .. .. .. .. 510 In 94 „ two .. .. .. .. .. 188 In 34 ~ three .. .. .. ..102 In 7 „ four . . .. .. .. .. '28 In 2 „ five .. .. .. .. ..10 In 1 „ six .. .. .. .. .. 6 In 2 „ eight.. .. .. .. ..16 650 860 Twenty-four of the homes were those in which children under six were boarded out by Charitable Aid Boards. The total number of licensed homes was 1,060, so that at the end of the year there were 410 licensed homes in which for the time being no infants were boarded.

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