EDUCATION: CHILDREN IN CARE OF THE STATE (PARTICULARS RELATING TO).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1907 Session I, E-17

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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: CHILDREN IN CARE OF THE STATE (PARTICULARS RELATING TO).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 31st July, 1907. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing (1) the total number of ohildren under fourteen years old in the care of the State, either residing at or connected with industrial schools, industrial farms, deafmute institutions, orphanages, receiving homes, or any other institutions: (2) the number of children of any age boarded out from such institutions with persons who receive payment for the care of them, indicating for what length of time they have been boarded out, and how many foster-homes they have lived in ; also the number of them who are between four and fourteen years of age : (3) the number of such children placed out at service on farms as domestic helps, &c, showing the number of boys and girls separately: (4) the number who are with friends, or who otherwise do not come within the two preceding definitions : (5) similar particulars relating to ohildren under the control of each Charitable Aid Board : (6) the number of children placed in homes under the Infant Life Protection Act: (7) the number in mental asylums : (S) all these particulars to be given as at the 30th June, 1907." —(Mr. Tanner.)

Eetuhn. (1.) The total number of children under fourteen years of age in the care of the State either residing at or connected with industrial schools, industrial farms, deaf-mute institutions, orphanages, receiving homes, or any other institutions, is 1,205. (2.) The number of children of any age boarded out from such institutions with persons who receive payment for the care of them is 697. The subjoined table indicates for what length of time they have been boarded out, and how many foster-homes they have lived in :—

The number of children included in the above table who are between four and fourteen years of age is 507. (3.) The number of such children placed out at service on farms, as domestic helps, &c. (boys and girls) is nil. (4.) The number with friends, or who do not otherwise come within the two preceding defini tions, 45 ; girls, 29 : total, 74.

Length of Time boarded out. Number of Homes in which placed during Boarding-out Career. j j j Totals. 1 Home. 2 Homes. 3 Homes. 4 Homes. 5 Homes. I 6 Homes. f Under 1 year Between 1 and 2 years 2 „ 3 „ 3 „ 4 „ 4 „ 5 „ „ 5 „ 6 6 „ 7 „ 7 „ 8 „ 8 „ 9 „ „ 9 „ 10 „ . 10 „ 11 „ „ 11 „ 12 „ „ 12 „ 13 „ „ 13 „ 14 „ 108 102 60 52 45 35 23 14 7 9 4 2 3 1 13 16 25 20 22 21 8 6 6 5 3 4 9 7 12 7 3 5 4 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 121 127 94 85 81 66 35 30 17 18 10 3 9 1 "l 1 3 1 Totals 465 148 59 20 697

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(5.) Particulars relating to children under each Charitable Aid Board are attached. 6.) The number of children placed in homes under the provisions of the Infant Life Protection Act is 436. (7.) The number in mental hospitals is—boys, 12; girls, 6 : total, 18. Note.—The particulars given under headings 5, 6, and 7 are compiled from information supplied by the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department, the Police Department, and the Department of Mental Hospitals respectively. B. 0. Gibbes, Secretary for Education. Education Department, Wellington, 18th November, 1907.

Children in Custody of Charitable Aid Boards. (This return does not include children in industrial schools.)

Board. ° d a G ® b 5 u 3 o Oi^ej *H □ rjj © .gSoS Number of Children placed in Institutions other than Industrial Schools. Number of Children boarded out in Fosterhomes. Number of Children as Domestic Helps. fl ° irti U rri 8 ° a fl cb 53 rriU Kfl o Boys. Girls. uckland 25 20 5, Orphan Home, Parnell 3, Children's Home, Parnell 1, 13 years in 1 home 1, 8 „ 1 „ 1, 7 1 „ 1, 9 1 „ 1, 6| „ 1 „ 1, 34 „ 1 „ 1, 8J „ 1 „ 1, 64 „ 1 „ 1,3 „ 2 homes 1, IJ ,- 2 . 1, 5 „ 1 home 1, IJ „ 1 „ 1, 3 1 „ 1, 94 . 1 » 1, 64 . 1 „ 15 1 1 5, Orphan Home, Parnell. Thames and Coromandel Waihi 5 5 ■1 1, 14 months in 1 home. 1, 14 „ 2 homes. Bay of Plenty Cook 2 7 2, Auckland Orphanage. 2, St. Mary's Home, Auckland .. 2 2 7 2, 4 months in 1 home. 1, 2 years in 1 home. L, 7 „ 1 „ 1, 10 „ 1 „ 5 Hawke's Bay 1, Convent 2, Children's Home 1, 84 years in 3 homes. 4 t Taranaki 16 14 4, 2 years in 1 home 2, !) 1 „ 3, 7 1 „ 4, 3 .,1 „ 1, 4 „ 1 „ Stratford 14 1 1 1, 2 years in 1 home. Wanganui and Patea 5 5 1, 5 years in 1 home. 2, 4 1 „ 1, 3 1 „ 1, 1 year in 1 home. Palmerston North 3 5 1, 8 years in 2 homes. 1, 1 year in 2 homes. 1, 14 years in 1 home. Wairau 3, St. Andrew's Orphanage, Nelson 3 4 3 1, — years in 1 home. Nelson 34 33 16 in institutions 17, from 1 to 12 years — each in 6 homes 1 Buller Inangahua Westland 2 ■2 2:) 2 2, St. Andrew's Orphanage, Nelson. 2 1, 8 years in 1 home 22

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Children in Custody of Charitable Aid Boards— continued.

M. A. Valintine, Inspector-General. 18th November, 1907.

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Board. «-« . o a a *■ 3 S <B „ ti a S a a2r° 9 o^^fl u fl s $ 43 Number of Children placed in Institutions other than Industrial Schools. Number of Children boarded out in Fosterhomes. Number of Children as Domestic Helps. fl fe ec S a a fl v © iSfl O ' Boys, Girls. orth Canterbury and Ashburton 52 32 2, 1 year in 1 home 5, 2 years in 1 „ 2, 2 2 homes 4, 3 1 home 2, 3 2 homes 2, 4 2 „ 8, 5 „ 1 home 1,0 1 , 1, 6 „ 3 homes 2, 7 .,1 home 1, 7 ,, 2 homes 2, 7 3 . 1, 7 4 „ 1, 8 „ 3 „ 1, 9 1 home 2, 10 „ 1 „ 2, 13 ., 2 homes 39 louth Canterbury 40 27 4, Mount Magdala Home 1, Samaritan Home 2, 10 years in 1 home. 3, 7 1 „ 1, 7 2 homes. 5, 6 1 home. 1, 6 2 homes. 3, 4 1 home. 1, 4 „ 2 homes. 8, 3 „ 1 home. 1, 3 „ 4 homes. 7, 2 1 home. 3, 14 „ 1 „ 35 iouthland Vallace .. 1 18 1 15 1, 11 years in 5 homes. 18