E.—4.

Table 11b.—Parents described as addicted to Drink at Time of Admission and Committal of Children (included in Table 11a).

In the case of 48 of the children mentioned in Tables 11a and 11b the parents were living apart or were divorced, and 26 families were represented. Seventeen were orphans, 69 mother dead, and 48 father dead.

Table 12. —Committals and Admissions classified according to Religious Beliefs.

The records show that of this total 161, or 27-62 per cent., were known to be illegitimate. The children admitted were from the following districts : Auckland, 95 ; Wellington, 88 ; Christchurch, 84 ; Dunedin, 28 ; Invercargill, 26 ; Masterton, 18 ; Palmerston North, 15 ; Ruatoria, 12 ; Timaru, 12 ; Napier, 11 ; Nelson, 9 ; Wanganui, 8 ; Gisborne, 8 ; Taumarunui, 8 ; Stratford, 6 ; Hamilton, 6 ; Paeroa, 6 ; Rawene, 6 ; Lower Hutt, 5 ; Whakatane, 5 ; Kaitangata, 5 ; Tokomaru Bay, 5 ; Onehunga, 4 ; Hokitika, 4 ; Hastings, 4 ; Ashburton, 4 ; Rotorua, 4 ; Westport, 4 ; Tikitiki, 4 ; Eketahuna, 3 ; Kaikoura, 3 ; Mosgiel, 3 ; Blenheim, 3 ; Levin, 3 ; Petone, 3 ; Whangarei, 3 ; Pirongia, 3 ; two from each of the following places : Hawera, Te Araroa, New Plymouth, Thames, Dannevirke, Rangiora, Waitara, Taihape, Greymouth, Otahuhu, Upper Hutt, Ahipara, Winchester, Marton ; one from each of the following places : Wairoa, Kerikeri, Huntly, Mangatoki, Oamaru, Ngaruawahia, Te Kuiti, Houhora, Riverton, Cambridge, Raetibi, Carterton, Hope, Waiuku, Plimmerton, Waitoa, Reefton, Eltham, Ohau, Roxburgh, Tinwald, Otanga, Helensville, Opotiki, Warkworth, Kaikohe, Frankton, Rona Bay, Darfield, Katikati, Manaia, Pukekohe, Mahoenui, Tauranga. Chatham Islands, Te Puke, and Tuatapere : 383 from the North Island ; 200 from the South Island—total, 583.

Table 13. —Inmates discharged from Control during the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

The average age at discharge for the year was seventeen years ten months.

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—-— I Boys. Girls. Total. Discharged (section 23, Child Welfare Act, 1925) . . 267 118 385 Attained the age of twenty-one years .. .. 15 28 43 Adopted .. .. .. .. .. 14 19 33 Returned to relatives . . . . . . . . j 30 9 39 Died .. . . . . . . . . .. 4 1 5 Married .. .. .. .. .. 22 22 Extended control expired . . . , . . .. . . 4 4 Totals .. .. .. .. 330 201 531 ■