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Four children were sent out from Howe Street Home to foster-parents, and one was discharged. A boy and a girl at St. Mary's, Nelson, and a boy and a girl at Lyttelton Orphanage, died during the year The other 39 who left were placed with their relatives or friends, or were sent to service. Lines 1 and 19, Table No. 1, show an increase of 51 for the year in the number of resident committed children in the three private schools at the close of 1883, and a decrease of 73 m the number of those resident in the three Government institutions, the decrease on the whole being 22. The following table gives the particulars concerning each school:—

TABLE No. 3. —Number of Resident Committed Children.

As already shown, there was an actual increase for the year of 263 in the number of committed children belonging to the schools at the end of 1883, the decrease m the number of resident children notwithstanding this circumstance being due to the large number placed out at service or with friends, and more particularly to the successful operation of the scheme for boarding out the younger children with foster-parents. The following is a summary of the payments made by the Government on account of all the industrial schools and orphanages during the financial year ending on the 31st March, 1884 :—

TABLE No. 4.—Expenditure by Government on Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

The addition of £402 15s. lid. expended on buildings at the Auckland, Burnham, and Caversham Schools raises the total amount to £20,719 ss. 7d. The expenditure on Lyttelton Orphanage includes the sum. of £478 9s. 7d. paid on account of permanent work on the buildings, thus reducing the current expenditure to £1,770 19s. sd. The monthly returns made by the managers of the several institutions show the average number of resident children, and from these the average number for the year is ascertained. The following table has been compiled with a view to show the average number of resident children in each institution for the financial year ending March 31, 1884, and the average yearly, weekly, and daily cost to Government of each child :—

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Schools. Resident, December 31, 1882. Resident, December 31, 1883. Increase for Year. Decrease for Year. Government Schools— Auckland Burnham Caversham Private Schools— Thames St. Mary's, Ponsonby St. Mary's, Nelson 138 281 278 137 233 254 1 48 24 8 38 79 10 45 121 2 7 42 Totals 51 73 822 800

Gross E :penditure. Schools. Recoveries from Parents, &c. Net Expenditure. Salaries. General Maintenance. Fosterchildren. Total. Auckland (Howe Street and Kohimarama) Burnham Caversham St. Mary's, Ponsonby St. Stephen's, Parnell Thames Orphanage St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Orphanage Visiting Officer and Collector £ s. d. 637 1 7 896 7 1 1 265 11 4 £ s. a. 2,014 12 11 4 198 14 1 3,152 7 10 £ a. a. 136 12 0 960 18 11 1,228 0 1 £ s. a. 2,788 6 6 6,056 0 1 5,645 19 3 849 1 8 172 1 8 451 10 8 375 9 0 2,294 13 0 571 14 7 2,450 6 2 131 8 0 £ s. a. 317 12 5 542 1 9 315 18 8 33 2 0 44 19 5 £ a. d. 2,470 14 1 5,513 18 4 5,330 0 7 815 19 8 172 1 8 406 11 3 375 9 0 2,249 9 0 571 14 7 2 279 3 6 131 8 0 45 4 0 171 2 8 Total 21,786 10 7 1,470 0 11 20,316 9 8