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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