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Table 16. £ Net expenditure on upkeep of child-welfare institutions .. .. .. 11,893 Salaries of staffs of homes, Child Welfare Officers, visiting nurses, &e. .. .. 29' 127 Boarding-out of children— £ Payments to foster-parents .. .. .. .. .. 72 952 Payments to Postal Department as commission .. . . .. 699 Issues of clothing, &c. — £ From institutions .. .. .. .. 679 From central and branch stores .. .. .. 1,352 — 2,031 Medicine, medical attendance, dentistry, clothing, &c. . . .. 3,412 — 79,094 Inmates at service— Issues of clothing, &c. — From institutions .. .. .. .. 986 From central and branch stores .. .. .. 760 1,746 Miscellaneous payments (clothing, medicine, &c.) .. .. .. 3,366 5 112 Refund of maintenance payments .. .. .. .. .. .. 219 Refund of inmates' earnings .. .. .. .. .. _ _ 759 Rent, office requisites, postage, &c. .. . . . . .. ~ , _ 2 892 Maintenance of inmates in private institutions .. . . .. .. 2' 943 Travelling and removal expenses (including transit of children) .. .. .. 4',275 Wages of inmates .. .. .. .. .. ~ _ 262 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. _ _ _ 26 136,593 Less recoveries— Board of staff .. .. .. .. .. 2,118 Parents and others .. . . .. .. .. .. 19 552 Sale of farm-produce . . .. .. .. .. .. 2 801 Inmates' earnings for clothing, &c,. .. .. .. .. 5 437 Miscellaneous .. .. .. . . . . .. .. 1,951 — 31,859 £104,734 List op Children's Homes registered under Part I of the Child Welfare Amendment Act 1927. Anglican. St. Mary's Home, Otahuhu, Auckland. Orphan Home, Papatoetoe, Auckland. Hemi Mataroa Home, Gisborne. Abbotsford Home, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay. St. Mary's Home, Napier. St. Hilda's Home, Otane, Hawke's Bay. All Saints Children's Home, Palmerston North. Wairarapa Home for Boys, Masterton. St. Barnabas Home for Babies, Khandallah. St. Mary's Home, Messines Eoad, Karori. St. Mary's Children's Home, Lancaster Street, Karori. Anglican Boys' Home, Lower Hutt. St. Andrew's Orphanage, Nelson. Whakarewa Orphanage, Nelson. St. Saviour's Girls' Home, Christchurch. St. Saviour's Boys' Home, Timaru. St. Anne's Home, Christchurch. Anglican Memorial Home for Boys, Dunedin. St. Mary's Orphanage, Dunedin. Roman Catholic. Star of the Sea Girls' School, Howick, Auckland. St. Mary's Orphanage, Takapuna, Auckland. St. Vincent's Home of Compassion, Auckland. Home of the Good Shepherd for Girls, Waikowhai. St. Joseph's School, Upper Hutt, Wellington. Home of Compassion, Island Bay, Wellington. St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson. Nazareth House, Sydenham, Christchurch. St. Joseph's Home, Christchurch. Sacred Heart Orphanage, Christchurch. St. Joseph's Boys' Home, Dunedin. St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Dunedin.

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