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No. 3. —COSTLEY TRAINING INSTITUTION.

Balance-sheet for Year ending 31st December, 1913. Liabilities. 4 ssets. _. , £ s. d. £ s. d. Gostley bequest .. .. .. 12,150 0 0 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 15,800 0 0 Rebecca Hodge bequest .. .. 742 3 9 Accrued interest .. .. .. 184 811 Boys' savings .. .. .. 12 0 6 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 4 5 2 Revenue Account .. .. .. 3,001 810 Jackson and Russell .. .. .. 83 1 0 £15,988J14 1 £15,988 14 1 Rβvenue Account. £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. To Expenses (office rent, &c, £25) .. 34 9 0 By Balance as per last account .. 2,272 0 7 „ Maintenance .. .. .. 137 7 7 „ Interest received .. .. .. 901 410 „ Balance as per above .. .. 3,001 810 £3,173 5 5 £3,173 5 5 Auckland, 2nd February, 1914. C. Hudson, F.P.A.N.Z. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.—R. J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

No. 4.—INFANT-LIFE PROTECTION. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION. Education Department, Wellington, 31st May, 1914. The Hon. the Minister of Education. I submit the following report on the work of the epartment in respect of infant-life protection for the year 1913. It will be seen that the bulk of the infants were in foster-homes —that is, with women who have the motherly capacity and the time and accommodation necessary to satisfy the Department's requirements for the license prescribed by the Act. The .remainder were in various benevolent institutions, of which particulars are given below. Numbers. The number of infants in licensed foster-homes on the 31st December was 807, which is 33 more than there were at the beginning of the year. The individuals changed to a much greater extent than those figures indicate, however; the total number of individuals dealt with in connexion with fosterhomes during the year, by admissions, withdrawals, transfers, &c, being 1,330. The number placed in foster-homes was 35 more than in the previous year, and the number removed from the homes was 69 more. In the institutions there were 464 at the end of the year, making in all a total of 1,271 infants being dealt with under the Act on the 31st December, 1913—an increase of 67 over the number on the books a year previously. The following table exhibits the transactions of the year in respect of infants in licensed fosterhomes : —

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