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Rates op Payment to Foster-parents by Parents or Guardians. An acoount of the rates paid is given in the following statement:— 1 at the rate of 2s. 6d. per week. 131 at the rate of 12s. 6d. per week. 9 „ ss. „ 6 „ 14s. 1 „ 6s. ~ 1 „ 14s. 6d. ~ 3 „ 7s. ~ 71 „ 15s. 26 „ 7s. 6d. „ 1 „ 17s. 17 „ Bs. „ 7 „ 20s. , 1 „ Bs. 6d. „ 1 „ 21s. 5 „ 9s. „ 1 „ - 30s. 502 „ 10s. „ 1 „ 355. 11 „ 10s. 6d. „ 1 „ 425. 6 „ lis. „ 22 adopted, with premium (10s. per week). 56 „ 12s. The following comparison of the rates paid during the last five years shows that the usual payment is about 10s. per week :— 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. Under 7s. per week ... 24 29 22 31 19 11 7s, and under 10s. per week 161 163 153 128 75 52 10s. per week ... ... 482 596 566 539 532 502 Over 10s. per week ... 91 120 137 143 215 294 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 exemptions provide for inspection, and for removal of the infants only with due formality.

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A. CO jg +3 n . O a) C£S^ tj a 0 (1.) traissii 1918. SUB, leatbs. On the Books at 31st December, 19J8. Narao of Institution. C5 , II 1 as tj as a-ti ca MP CD O 5 a as p as a is a 43 O -"Ssi < a-r-s E-H-.S (3.) CIS fl a S 6 a m ■j-,< S) o TJ a P (4) CM CO h m a a P* -a jjj (5.) (6.) a S . a ■ fl Ij as qjjn •g 2 S ofS g, §3 . . Q C4_l , 1 JJ ho o h= as a SS on P B" fcH'S (7.) (8.) (9.) Salvation Army Boys' Home, Russell St. Mary's Industrial School (Girls' Branoh), Auckland St. Joseph's Orphanage, Takapuna, Auokland Mission House of the Order of tho Good Shepherd, Auckland .. Orphan Home, Papatoetoe, Auokland Children's Home, Ponsonby, Auokland Methodist Orphanage, Mount Albert, Auckland Leslie Orphanage, Remuora, Auckland Manurewa Children's Home, Auokland St. Mary's Home, Otahuhu, Auokland Salvation Army Orphanage, "The Grange," Heme Bay, Auokland Salvation Army Maternity Home, Auokland Cook County Women's Guild Creohe, Gisborne Salvation Army Samaritan Home, Gisborne.. Children's Home, Palmerston North Salvation Army Bethany Home, Napier Wanganui Orphanage, Gonville, Wanganui Salvation Army Boys' Home, Eltham, Taranaki Presbyterian Orphanage, Berhampore, Wellington Levin Memorial Home, Wellington.. St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt, Wellington Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington Salvation Army Girls' Home, Owen Street, Wellington Salvation Army Boys' Home, Island Bay, Wellington St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson Nazareth House, Christohuroh Sacred Heart Orphanage, Mount Magdala, Christohuroh St. Saviour's Home, Shirley, Christohuroh Methodist Orphanage, Papanui, Christchurch Salvation Army Maternity Home, Christohuroh Presbyterian Orphanage, Papanui, Christohuroh Children's Convalescent Cottage, New Brighton, Christchurch St. Saviour's Orphanage for Boys, Otipua Road, Timaru Salvation Army Boys' Home, Temuka, Canterbury St. Mary's Orphanage, Mornington, Dunedin St. Vinoent de Paul's Orphanage, South Dunedin Glendining Home, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin ... Salvation Army Home, 15 Dunblane Street, Roslyn, Dunedin Salvation Army Home, Middlemaroh, Otago Presbyterian Orphanage, Gordon Street, Inveroargill Victoria Memorial Home, Inveroargill 3 ii 53 2 11 ii 3 3 2 5 14 •I 30 6 21 4 1 22 53 56 3 3 8 1 20 1 25 29 *2 4 2 1 I i i 4 1 4 7 ii 21 2 i 6 3 8 25 18 28 5 21 2 11 9 24 2 21 19 5 7 5 4 21 2 45 56 1 4 12 34 20 21 3 i 3 7 1 15 14 10 3 1 19 77 4 7 1 1 5 7 7 2 16 18 4 7 10 15 io i 35 11 13 10 12 26 14 7 8 10 4 1 io i 1 4 Totals 95 46 534 8 3 15 47 20 573