E.—4.

Table 10b. —Parents described as addicted to Drink at Time of Admission and Committal of Children (included in Table 10a above).

In the- case of 32 of the children mentioned in Tables 10a and 10b the parents were living apart or were divorced, and 23 families were represented. Twenty were orphans, 63 mother dead, and 40 father dead.

Table 11.—Committals and Admissions classified according to Religious Beliefs.

The records show that of this total 154, or 25-88 per cent., were known to he illegitimate. The children admitted were from the following districts : Auckland, 106 ; Christchurch, 97 ; Wellington, 54 ; Dunedin, 50 ; Invercargill, 32 ; Gisborne, 13 ; Hamilton, 12 ; Napier, 11 ; Hastings, 10; Ruatoria, 10; Palmerston North, 9 ; Tuparoa, 8 ; Westport, 8 ; Gore, 8 ; Otahuhu, 7 ; Wairoa, 7 ; Marton, 7 ; Wanganui, 6 ; Otaki, 6 ; Whangarei, 5 ; Hawera, 5 ; Inglewood, 5 ; Foxton, 5 ; Lower Hutt, 5 ; Timaru, 5 ; Oamaru, 5 ; Pukekohe, 4 ; Fielding, 4 ; Motueka, 4 ; Te Araroa, 3 ; Matamata, 3 ; Thames, 3 ; Whakatane, 3 ; Taumarunui, 3 ; Waipiro Bay, 3 ; Petone, 3 ; Blenheim, 3 ; Hokitika, 3 ; Ashburton, 3 ; Balclutha, 3 ; two from each of the following places : Helensville, Te Puke, Tikitiki, Opotiki, Tokomaru Bay, Te Whaiti, New Plymouth, Raetihi, Waipukurau, Nelson, Temuka, VVaimate, Mataura ; one from each of the following places: Houhora, Kaeo, Rawene, Kaikohe, Dargaville, Warkworth, Waiuku, Tuakau, Waitakaruru, Te Aroha, Tauranga, Horotiu, Te Awamutu, Te Karaka, Taupo, Waitara, Ohakune, Taihape, Waipawa, Dannevirke, Silverstream, Moera, Kaikoura, Greymouth, Kaiapoi, Geraldine, Riverton, and Chatham Islands—36o from the North Island and 235 from the South Island, a total of 595.

Table 12.—Inmates discharged from Control during the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

The average at discharge was seventeen years two months.

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I Boys. Girls. j Total. | Discharged (section 23, Child Welfare Act, 1925) .. 224 97 321 Attained the age of twenty-one years .. .. 11 17 28 Adopted .. .. .. .. .. 18 18 36 Returned to relatives .. .. .. ... 57 38 95 Died .. .. •. • • • • .. I 6 10 16 Married .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 27 Extended control expired .. . . .. . . j .. 1 1 Totals .. .. .. .. 316 208 524-