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Illegitimacy.

Deaths amongst Illegitimate Children during 1922.

No. 6. —COS T L E V TEA.I N I N G INS TITUT I 0 N. Balance-sheet cob Year ending 31st December, 1922. Liabilities. £ s. d, Assets. £ s. d. Costley bequest .. .. .. 12,150 0 0 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 22,465 0 0 Hodge bequest .. .. . . 742 3 9 Accrued interest .. .. .. 117 15 9 Revenue Account as below ~ .. 11,629 1 3 War-loan stock .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 Cash in Bank of New Zealand . . .. 32 3 10 Jackson and Russell .. . . .. 406 6 5 £24,521 5 0 £24,521 5 0 Revenue Account for Year ending 31st December, 1922. Dr. £ s. d. I Cr. £ s. d To Maintenance Account .. .. 508 0 8: By Balance, Ist January, 1922 .. 10,710 6 4 Expenses .. .. .. 71. 0 01 * Interest.. ..' .. .. 1,497 15 7 Balance carried forward .. .. 11,629 1 3 £12,208 1 11. | £12,208 1 11

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Districts. Number of Illegiti- Illegitimate Children p, ... , mate Children aged under 6 Years of T,. ,, „ ' . , , Twelve Months Ago in Licensed Births registered , ,, n s , , , 1 rinffl9'2 or less brought i fe outer-homes at under the Infants 31st December, Act during 1922. [ 1922. North Auckland Auckland South Auckland Hawke's Bay Gisborne Wanganui and Taranaki Palmerston North Wellington Nelson West Coast North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 24 .. 4 218 31 70 72 6 6 65 3 10 40 2 5 90 9 20 63 5 28 217 33 59 31 .. 6 13 .. 2 186 56 111 45 14 23 98 24 70 _ 62 5 11 Totals for 1922 1,224 188 ' 425 i _ Totals for 1921 1,253 174 448

I District. Over Over Under 0 Months 1 Year 6 Months. and under and under 1 Year. 2 Years. I Over Over Over 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years and under and under and under 3 Years. 4 Years. 5 Years. Over 5 Years and under 6 Years. Total. N. Auokland Auckland . . S. Auckland Wanganui . . Gisborne .. Hawke's Bay Palmerston N. Wellington Nelson West Coast N. Canterbury S. Canterbury Otago Southland .. 1 1 14 1 2 7 4 1 1 1 3 27 .. I 3 1 1 .. 8 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 i 1 2 19 7 5 I 1 3 28 5 1 11 6 6 6 l 1 Totals.. 85 0 5 2 1 1 1 101