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The balance of the number maintained was accounted for as follows : — Girls in various corrective institutions. . . . .. • 9 In orphanages (1 boy and 3 girls) . . . 4 In Costley Training Institution, Auckland (boys) .. .. .. 11 In hospital (2 boys and 1 girl) .. . • • • • 8 In mental hospitals (2 girls and 9 boys) . . . • . . . 11 At the School for the Deaf At the Special School for Feeble-minded Boys, Otekaike . . 1 Amount of parental contributions .. •■ •■ £6,804 t> 7 Rate per head of parental contributions for the 1,557 maintained (approximate) .. . . . • • • • • • 3 12 0 This rate is very satisfactory when it is compared with the results attained in other countries. The total net expenditure by the Government in connection with all schools for the year was . . .. . . . . £33,655 810 Increase on the cost for 1907 •• • • • 1,103 1 1 Amount paid for new buildings and works . . 6,328 2 2 Net outlay for maintenance of Government establishments, including cost of boarding out . . . • • • • • 24,534 14 0 Co\ eminent expenditure on account of private schools .. .. 2,516 8 1 For special cases provided for at institutions not under the Industrial Schools Act • • ■ • • • • • 276 4 7 Total recoveries from all sources amounted to . . . . 14,737 19 4 Payments by Charitable Aid Boards for maintenance of children who came into schools owing to indigence (included in the total sum recovered) .. .. 8,376 7 8 Number of children at the end of the year belonging to Government schools who were so paid for .. • • • - • • • 542 The number maintained at the expense of Charitable Aid Boards at private industrial schools was . . . ■ • • • • • • • ■ 162 The amount paid by the Charitable Aid Boards on account of children sent bo the private schools as indigent is not stated here, as the managers of these schools make their claims upon the Boards without reference to the Education Department.

TABLE H1.—Expenditure on Government Schools, 1908.

TABLE H2.—Government Expenditure on Private (Roman Catholic) Schools, 1908.

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Cost of School, Boardin(?ont . Salaries. Govern* SchooU. Bgffijg* SGB& New Buildings and other Works. {Included in first column.) Recoveries. Net Cost. I _J , £ s. d. £ B. d. £ a. d. Auckland .. •• 2,831 19 1 1,418 13 3 486 18 3 Boys'Training Farm, Weraroa i 8,671 12 10 216 4 11 2,072 5 5 Receiving Home, Wellington 0,742 3 7 4,659 2 5 62112 6 ToOrangaHome .. ..5,883 4 1 .. 818 11 8 Receiving Home, Christohurcn 5,059 1 6 3,448 18 11 553 2 5 Burnham.. .. .. 8,088 17 11 100 19 3 2,287 11 2 CaverBham .. •- 5,579 17 10 3,157 13 7 772 17 1 £ s. d. 810 1 3 145 4 0 4,100 12 10 £ s. d. 1,128 9 0 1,926 0 6 3,919 5 11 298 14 2 2,237 12 6 874 9 3 3,572 9 4 £ s. d. 1,703 10 1 6,745 6 4 2,822 17 8 5,584 9 11 2,821 9 0 7,214 8 8 2,007 8 6 1,872*4 1 Totals .. 42,856 16 10 13,001 12 4 7,612 18 0 6,328 2 2 13,957 6 8 1,545 1 5 44 12 6 278 4 0 50 0 0 45 8 1 Salaries, travelling-allowances, and expenses of departmental officers (Inspeotora, visiting c Payments to inmates of their earnings held in trust Commission expenses, inquiry held at Te Oranga Home .. .. Grant to Postal Department in connection with payments for children boarded out .. Contingencies officers, &c.I .. Total net cost 30,862 16 2

Name of School. Gross Cost. Recoveries. Net Cost. St. Mary's, Auckland St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson St, Vincent de Paul's, Dunedin £ 8. d. 1,850 13 0 212 18 9 1,097 0 0 136 9 0 £ s. d. 431 14 4 59 11 2 253 18 10 35 8 4 £ s. d. 1,418 18 8 153 7 7 843 1 a 101 0 8 Totals 3,297 0 9 780 12 8 2,516 8 1