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TABLE No. 2.—Summary of Admissions, Withdrawals, etc. (Non-committed Children).

Iv addition to 159 non-committed children resident in the institutions, 4 from Howe Street Home, and 4 from Burnham School, were boarded out with foster-parents, making in all 167 non-committed children maintained by Government at the end of 1884, as shown in line No. 12 of Table E. Of the 71 children who left during the year, 4 who had been admitted to Burnham School by an arrangement with the father, a widower, under the provisions of section 24 of the Act, were placed with foster-parents; 1 girl died in St. Joseph's, Wellington; 32 were placed at service; and 34 were restored to their friends. 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 the 31st March, 1885 :—

TABLE No. 3.—Expenditure by Government on Industrial Schools and Orphanages.

In addition to the current expenditure shown in Table No. 3, the sum of £994 18s. was spent during the year on buildings and works of a permanent character at the Government institutions. The amount charged against Lyttelton Orphanage includes the sum of £246 6s. 4d. expended on permanent repairs, which reduces the net expenditure on current purposes to £2,240 16s. 7d. The monthly returns made" by the managers show the average number of children resident in the several institutions and the number boarded out with foster-parents, and from these returns the average number for the year is ascertained. The following table has been compiled with a view to show the average number maintained by the Government belonging to each institution, and the average cost to Government of each child : —

TABLE No. 4.—Average Number and Cost of Resident and Foster-children for Year 1884-85.

* Exclusive of 41 children admitted by the Committee at its own instance.

Institutions. In 31st I the Schc lecembe; tola f, 1883. Adrniti ;od during 1884. Left (sent o" Foe during ut, died, >ter-par( 1884 or with ents). In 31st I the Sch( )ecembei tols :, 1884. lowe Street, Auckland Cohimarama it. Mary's, Ponsonby .. it. Stephen's, Parnell.. ?hames Orphanage It. Joseph's, Wellington it. Mary's, Nelson lotueka Orphanage .. jyttelton Orphanage .. iurnham Boys. 1 14 6 Girls. 5 4 5 2 22 27 17 29 Total. 5 1 4 19 8 22 31 27 85 Boys. 5 Girls. 4 Total. *9 Boys. 'a 5 Girls. 2 3 1 10 s Total. 2 6 6 10 14 11 18 4 Boys. 1 11 6 Girls. 3 4 2 5 12 14 10 26 Total. 3 1 4 13 11 12 18 16 81 4 10 56 1 1 14 4 4 6 55 9 3 5 1 Total.. 91 111 i | 202 17 ! 28 25 46 71 83 76 159 11

Institutions. Gross Expenditure by Governme: at. Total. Deduct —! Recoveries Net from Expenditure. Parents, &c. Salaries. General PosterMaintenance, j children. Auckland (Kohimarama and Howe Street) Burnham Caversham St. Mary's, Ponsonby St. Stephen's, Parnell Thames Orphanage St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson Motueka Orphanage Lyttelton Orphanage General contingencies £ s. d. 683 7 0 £ s. d. £ 3. d. 2,201 8 0 1,336 6 3 A s. d. 4,221 1 3 £ s. d. 409 14 4 £ s. d. 3,811 6 11 948 11 4 1,180 17 3 2,984 5 6 2,483 4 2 2,693 8 9 3,132 7 10 6,416 1 0 7,006 13 10 955 17 9 1,066 5 3 611 16 1 422 4 0 3,177 2 0 472 11 2 2,566 15 7 273 6 4 443 13 6 286 18 10 61 18 6 5,972 7 6 6,719 15 0 893 19 3 1,066 5 3 448 17 7 409 3 0 3,019 9 0 472 11 2 2,487 2 11 273 6 4 i i 162 18 6 13 1 0 157 13 0 79 12 8 Total 2,812 15 7 i 7,879 2 3 | 6,951 18 3 i 27,189 14 3 1,615 10 4 25,574 3 11

Average Number maintained. Total Cost to Government after Deduction of Eecoveries. Average Cost per Child. Schools. For Year. For Week. For Day. Resident. Boarded out Auckland (Howe Street and Kohimarama) 3urnham Javersham Cham es Orphanage jytfcelton Orphanage St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson lotueka Orphanage St. Stephen's, Pamell it. Mary's, Ponsonby 110 197 210 23 84 24 173 20 15* 51 78 119 148 £ s. a. 3,811 6 11 5,972 7 6 6,719 15 0 448 17 7 2,240 16 7 409 3 0 3,019 9 0 472 11 2 1,066 5 3 893 19 3 £ s. a. 20 5 5£ 18 18 0 18 15 5 19 10 4 26 13 6 18 5 0 18 5 0 20 3 3 s s. a. 0 7 9 0 7 3 0 7 2f 0 7 6 0 10 3 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 9 £ s. d. 0 1 1} 0 1 OJ 0 1 0| Oil 0 1 5| 0 10 0 10 0 1 1| 17 10 6| 0 6 9 0 0 11J Total 907 345