E.—4.

The following is a comparison of the rates paid during the last six years :— 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. Under 7s. per week 11 7 2 2 4 3 7s. and under 10s. per week 52 53 22 11 5 J 10s. per week .. ..502 368 240 133 105 65 Over 10s. per week .. 294 376 531 508 579 580 Foster-homes. The 684 infants in foster homes at the end of the year were distributed as follows : — In 469 homes, each having one child .. .. .. .. 469 ~ 76 ~ two children .. .. .. .. 152 „ 17 „ three „ .. .. .. ..51 3 „ four „ .. .. .. ..12 565 684 Eight of the homes were those in which children under six were boarded out by Charitable Aid Boards. The total number of licensed homes was 798, so that at the end of the year there were 233 licensed homes in which for the time being no infants were boarded.

Exempted Institutions.

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Namo of Institution. O o CO^ 55° ■a a (l.) Imissio: 1923. CM . _? • CD O 9 w On CD'S » a ■*= o Q _i ______ oro "toed cuSi I is S rH 3 CO CO—i _ -3 ©J? o a — B_ (3.) LB, CO a a o oi 3 50 Cd"_HH ©o ■d a & J__ 1)01 ,ths, 19'23. CM *_ aj r_J _d CM CD 1 © fl _ _« ©rH (11.) ca 2.°°* Ps -h M — 7 a _ (6.) On the Boo: 31stDecembe ~m . rS Sfl fl O) _; (?.) (8.) >ks at er, 1D23. I 00 . ©TO if o 3 oc^ *i1 a.-. l-s fc J9.) Salvation Army Boys' Home, Russell .. St. Mary's Industrial School (Girls' Branch), Auckland St. Joseph's Orphanage, Takapuna, Auckland Orphan Home, Papatoetoe, Auckland Chilelren's Home, Ponsonby, Auckland Methodist Orphanage, Mount Albert, Auckland Leslie Orphanage, Remuora, Auckland Manurewa Children's Home, Auckland St. Mary's Home, Otahuhu, Auckland Salvation Army Orphanage, " The Grange," Heme Bay Salvation Army Maternity Home, Auckland Salvation Army Children's Home, Hamilton Cook County'Women's Guild Creche, Gisborne Salvation Army Maternity Home, Gisborne.. Salvation Army Samaritan Home, Gisborne Children's Home, PalmerBton North Manawatu Willard Children's Home, Palmerston North Salvation Army Bethany Home, Napier St. Hilda's Home, Otane, Hawke's Bay Wanganui Orphanage, Gonville, Wanganui Salvation Army Boys' Home, Eltham St. Barnabus' Home, Khandallah, Wellington St. Mary's Home, Karori, Wellington Residential Nursery, Wellington Presbyterian Orphanage, Berhampore, Wellington Levin Memorial Homo, Wellington.. St. Joseph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt, Wellington Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington Salvation Army Girls' Home, Owen Street, Wellington Salvation Army Boys' Home, Island Bay, Wellington St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson Methodist Orphanage, Papanui, Christchurch Nazareth House, Christohurch Sacred Heart Orphanage, Mount Magdala, Christchuroh St. Saviour's Home, Shirley, Christchurch Salvation Army Maternity Home, Christchurch Presbyterian Orphanage, Papanui, Christohuroh Children's Convalescent Home, New Brighton, Christohurch .. St. Saviour's Orphanage for Boys, Otipua Road, Timaru Salvation Army Boys'Home, Temuka Children's Rest Home, Mornington, Dunedin Grant's Braes Home, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin St. Mary's Orphanage, Mornington, Dunedin St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, South Dunedin Salvation Army Maternity Home, Roslyn, Dunedin Salvation Army Home, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin Presbyterian Orphanage, Gordon Street, Invercargill Viotoria Memorial Home, Inveroargill 25 3 *2 8 12 35 _ 14 1 8 fi 10 2 3 13 66 1 3 13 4 4 8 5 6 3 29 7 165 5 1 42 46 2 '8 '2 10 i " 32 1 1 fi 1 7 4 9 8 5 3 14 43 1 3 36 2 5 10 9 5 2 20 7 14 7 3 28 65 4 2 5 17 2 '5 19 i 8 i 4 9 20 8 7 4 3 6 37 5 I 4 13 II 2 11 i 2 15 15 30 13 7 1 4 6 8 7 4 14 6 20 3 5 8 '5 1 1 3 '3 i Totals 75 13 2 62 23 480 88 598 20 Of the above 480 ohildren, 19 have no parents living, 51 hi remainder (283) have both parents living. ,ve a iothi ir onl -, and 127 hi ,ve a lather only. The