E. l 4.

ILLEGITIMACY. By an arrangement with the Registrar-General all illegitimate births are notified to Child Welfare Officers, who investigate all cases and seek to advise and assist the mother where possible. The following table shows the result of such investigations : —

Table 13.

Total number of births, 24,837 (exclusive of Maoris). Illegitimate births, 1,126=4-533 per cent, of total births.

Table 14.—Particulars of Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1937.

Table 15. —Expenditure on School tor the Deaf, Sumner, tor Period ended 31st March, 1937. £ £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..5,925 Advertising, &c. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 15 Maintenance of pupils and sundry expenses .. .. .. . . 1 858 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 3X5 Maintenance of buildings, furnishings, &c. .. .. .. .. 487 — 8,600 Less — Parental contributions and amount received from Hospital and Charitable Aid Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,808 Board of stafl .. .. .. . . .. .. 415 Miscellaneous .. .. . . .. .. .. 12 — 2,235 £6,365 The net expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1936, was £5,531.

14

fills 12 S- £$%■* £°|ss |!i|! ||la 1M:"i ggi* g£ 5j?& a s s(Sags District. S §| Its d-* , gte S* 5 -sS«-S a^s l®r«° i°£s ■§ Iss *1 I®- 3 :» •■S ® 25 -"S '-£ J§ s_ ® - 13 m 6o fi m •1«'° g a § Jjo'3,S-2s | g .g • jPef&.gcS S'.S'ctoS -g >.3co2 'affags '§f2a"a-g SflSo^g S f=3 =2 ®cSiiH^hl I—I hH r—( 3 M pSoO'OBJ 2 North Auckland 44 47 43 4 3 .. 13 Auckland .. .. 223 195 186 9 2 4 76 South Auckland .. 107 58 53 5 8 1 25 Gisborne and Poverty Bay 27 20 20 .. 3 .. 8 Hawke's Bay .. 47 43 40 3 1 .. 10 Hawera and Taranaki .. 50 44 44 . . .. 2 17 Wanganui .. 37 26 24 2 6 . . 15 Palmerston North 71 47 43 4 2 . . 15 Wellington and Manawatu 185 183 178 5 55 7 141 Nelson and Marlborough 30 21 21 . . 1 14 West Coast (South Island) 21 11 11 . . 3 . g North Canterbury .. 148 133 126 7 35 15 65 South Canterbury 26 21 21 . . 10 4 90 Otago .. .. ..65 61 61 .. 9 2 43 Southland .. 45 31 30 1 26 2 26 Totals .. ..1,126 941 901 40 164. 37 496

Item. Otekaike. Richmond. Total, £ £ £ Salaries .. .. .. . 7,361 2,398 9.759 Advertising, &c. .. .. ,. .. .. 13 21 34 Maintenance of buildings .. , . ... . . 1,276 742 2 018 Maintenance of institutions .. .. .. 4,802 1,906 6,708 18,519 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. , . 0gO Postage and telegrams .. .. .. . . . . .. 100 Less— 19,299 Board of staff .. .. .. .. 1,010 284 1^294 Recoveries (parental contributions and revenue from farm, sale of articles manufactured, &c.) .. 1,848 3,142 £16,157