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1914. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SPECIAL SCHOOLS. AND INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION. [In continuation of 8.-4, 1913.]

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

CONTENTS. Page Page 1. Extract from the Annual Report (E.-l) of the Infant-life Protection — continued. Minister of Education — Rates of Payments to Foster-parents by Afflicted and Dependent Children.. .. 2 Parents or Guardians .. .. ..10 Infant-life Protection .. .. .. 3 Exempted Institutions .. .. 11 School for the Deaf, Sumner .. .. 3 Deaths .. .. .. .. 11 Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland .. 4 Adoptions .. .. .. ..12 Special School for the Feeble-minded, Illegitimacy .. .. .. ..12 Otekaike .. .. .. .. 4 5. School for the Deaf, Sumner — 2. Industrial Schools— Extract from the Report of the Director .. 13 Financial Tables .. .. .. 5 Statistics respecting Inmates .. .. 6 6. Special School for the Feeble-minded, Otekaike— 3. Oostley Training Institution— ' Extract from the Report of the Principal .. 13 Statement of Aooounts .. .. .. 9 . Appendix— 4. Infant-life Protection — Infant-life Protection— Report of the Secretary for Education .. 9 Particulars of Deaths in Foster-homes and Number of Infants in Licensed Homes .. 9 Exempted Institutions ~ ~ 16

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