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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-3, 1899.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

No. 1. EXTRACT FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. At the end of 1899 there were on the books of all the industrial schools 1,668 inmates, or 114 more than at the end of the previous year-—namely, 57 more on the books of the Government schools, and 57 more on those of the private industrial schools. Although all these 1,668 are legally classed as " inmates of industrial schools," only 590 were actually resident in the schools. There were 417 boarded out, 21 in various corrective institutions, and 5 in orphan homes: that is, there were 1,033 who were dependent on the State for* maintenance. The remaining 635 were still under control and supervision, although they were not dependent on the schools for maintenance ; these were accounted for as follows : Licensed to reside with friends, 138 ; at service, 453 ; in hospital, 7 ; in lunatic asylum, 2 ; in the Costley Training Institution, on probation, 1; in the Auckland Blind Asylum, 1 ; in the Sumner Deaf-mute Institute, 1; in other institutions without payment, 7 ; in gaol, 4; absent without leave, 21 (11 from the schools, and 10 from service). Of those thus absent without leave, 11 were included in the number missing on the 31st December, 1898. Out of the total number of 1,668 " inmates," 560 belonged to private industrial schools, and 1,108 were on the books of the three Government industrial schools—viz., Auckland, 89; Burnham, 524; Caversham, 495. Of those belonging to private schools (560), 390 were in residence at the institutions, 9 were boarded out, 69 were with friends, and 81 at service. The number in residence at the Government industrial schools was 200 (Auckland, 9 ; Burnham, 104 ; Caversham, 87); the number boarded out was 408 (Auckland, 44 ; Burnham, 158; Caversham, 206); there were 69 with friends, and 'M 2 were at service.

TABLE T.—Inmates, 1898 and 1899.

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Boarded oui Residence. At Service, &c. Totals. I I I n m q g CO 6 P CO c~. a; 6 CD p a3 to a t—I 03 CS d CO a n «■ s g « £ a q a CO 35 GO 6 Q iS p CO iH p rovernment Schools — Auckland Burnham Caversham 'rivate Sohools — St. Mary's, Auckland St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson St. Vincent de Paul's, South Dunedin 41 171 191 2 3 6 3 15 18 2 44 158 206 3 6 11 92 78 78 64 245 5 12 9 18 2 9 104 87 96 51 229 14 27 233 207 15 21 64 9 29 14 7 37 3 "b 36 262 202 29 28 101 3 79 496 476 95 88 315 5 10 28 19 30 89 524 495 125 82 336 17 13 16 21 12 6 9 Totals .. 15 417 573 48 31 590 567 99 5 661 120 6 1,668 414 18 1,554