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Table 18. —Child Welfare. £ Net expenditure on upkeep of child-welfare institutions .. .. .. .. 11,851 Salaries of staffs of homes, Child Welfare Officers, visiting nurses, &c. .. .. .. 34,630 Boarding-out of children — £ Payments to foster-parents .. .. .. .. .. 78,439 Payments to Postal Department as commission .. .. .. .. 714 Issues of clothing, &c. — £ From institutions .. .. .. .. .. 659 From central and branch stores .. .. .. .. 1.580 2,239 Medicine, medical attendance, dentistry, clothing, &c. .. .. .. 7,119 88,511 Inmates at service— Issues of clothing, &c. —• From institutions .. .. .. .. .. 893 From central and branch stores .. ... .. .. 567 1,460 Miscellaneous payments (clothing, medicine, &c.) .. .. .. .. 5,042 — 6,502 Refund of maintenance payments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 468 Refund of inmates' earnings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 450 Rent, office requisites, postage, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,160 Maintenance of inmates in private institutions .. .. .. .. .. 2,917 Travelling and removal expenses (including transit of children) .. .. .. .. 5,421 Wages of inmates .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 270 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 47 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 71 155,298 Less recoveries— Board of staff and others .. .. .. .. .. 2,567 Parents and others .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,225 Sale of farm-produce .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,875 Inmates'earnings for clothing, &c. ~ .. .. .. .. .. 5,814 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i, 363 — 30,844 £124,454 List of 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. Brett Memorial Home, Takapuna. 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. Duncan Cottage, St. Mary's Home, Karori. St. Mary's Home, Messines Road, 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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