H.—22.

Table showing Number of Children for whom Maintenance is paid by Charitable Aid Boards, &c., at 31st March, 1906, and 31st March, 1907.

STATISTICS AS TO OUTDOOR RELIEF. Table I.—Causes of Poverty (Chief Causes, not Contributory Causes). (This table refers to outdoor relief and to heads of families only.)

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Boarded out. Paii Insti i for itutioi Totals, i: IS. jd xs o o S __• 3 • o CO t" CO CO a, BO JO e3 PO) oj 00 CO " rH rH O CO CO i-h 6 a 9 o CD Q o u . c3 t_ « 03 hj rH CO CO p e3 CD *=i cn H.ri n rH CO 6 3 CD h o fl CD a s u o <D Q .a □ c3 t~ y O H.H 00 rH CO .a o n . cS CO S§ H=H CO r-H CO » i 2 S 1 8 5 Q North of Auckland Auckland Coromandel and Thames... Waikato Bay of Plenty ... Cook ... Hawke's Bay ... Taranaki Stratford ... ... , Hawera Patea and Wanganui Palmerston North Wellington Charitable Aid Board ... Wellington Benevolent Trustees ... North Wairarapa Benevolent Society Wairau Picton Nelson Buller... Inangahua Grey ... Westland Ashburton and North Canterbury... South Canterbury North Otago Otago United ... Otago Benevolent Institution Southland 17 17 1 "i 6 40 11 6 2 2 2 7 47 11 7 2 2 2 1 7 6 57 11 12 2 8 7 14 1 2 15 10 7 64 12 7 2 6 7 17 1 7 1 5 ... 6 6 i 6 5 14 1 2 7 3 4 5 17 a a ... 1 6 4 1 1 i 3 i ... i ... i 8 7 180 9 6 154 i 26 l 1 15 10 5 12 "7 ■ 185 166 19 ... 1 1 5 3 16 8 6 38 2 99 9 17 11 5 3 16 8 7 33 4 83 6 3 33 8 7 38 9 155 51 17 6 3 32 8 7 33 12 137 36 18 17 16 i "l 1 ... 1 i l 7 56 42 8 54 36 5 "5 a 6 i 16 9 2 5 ... 18 ... 18 15 162 163 18 180 i 169 15 ... 1 | 173 180 7 i 1 1 1 2 2 Totals 353 I 1183 183 18 !479 605 57 183 832 788 67 23

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