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The amount of payments made by parents on account of the maintenance of their children is considerably larger for 18Sl than for IiSSO. The detailed statement rnaiie by the Treasury is as follows: — £ s. d. Industrial Home, Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 12 10 0 St. Mary's, Ponsonby ... ... ... ... ... Nil. St. Stephen's, Parnell ... ... ... ... ... Nil. Kohimarama Naval Training School ... ... ... ... 11l 1 6 Thames Orphanage ... ... ... ... ... ... Nil. St. Joseph's Providence, Wellington ... ... ... ... Nil. St. Mary's Industrial School, Nelson ... ... ... ... Nil. Motueka Orphanage ... ... ... ... ... Nil. Lyttelton Orphanage ... ... ... ... ... 204 1 10 Burnham Industrial School ... ... ... ... ... 317 3 6 Caversham Industrial School... ... ... ... ... 302 15 11 £947 12 9 The following is a statement of the amounts of the sums held as savings from the wages of young people under the care of the institutions. These sums will be paid in due course to those who have earned them, unless they forfeit their claim by serious misconduct:— £ s. d. Industrial Home, Auckland... ... ... ... ... 222 5 3 Kohimarama ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 5 7 Lyttelton Orphanage ... ... ... ... ~. 84 19 0 Burnham ... ... ... ... ... ... 326 0 7 Caversham ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,032 4 7 £1,669 15 0 Howe Street Indttstbial Home, Auckland. The Committee of the Benevolent Society by which the Home was established, having expressed a desire to be relieved of further responsibility on its account, Government has taken the school into its own charge, and the new arrangement took effect on the 31st March, 1882. The boys have been removed to Kohimarama, where they are under the care of the master of the school; and a matron and assistant-matron have been appointed to look after the girls at Howe Street, the master being still the legal manager of both branches. At Howe Street the girls are now taught by the matron, and at Kohimarama a schoolmistress has been appointed ; so that the capitation allowance paid to the Board of Education while Howe Street was recognized as a "public school" ceased on the 30th June. The Hon. Colonel Haultain, Captain Daldy, and Shirley W. Hill, Esq., have accepted appointments as official visitors of the two branches of the school. The expenditure from the Treasury for the year 1881 was £1,278 15s. 10d., in addition to the payment of £257 4s. 7sd. to the Education Board. St. Maey's, Auckland. (Government contribution, £10 for each child, and £1 for £1.) The following statement of income and expenditure has been supplied by the authorities of the school at St. Mary's, Ponsonby : —■ Income and Expenditoke for the Year 1881. Income. £ s. d. ; Expenditure. £ p. d. To Government. ... ... ... ... 523 10 4, By Management, salaries, and wages ... 25 13 6 Subscriptions and donations ... ... 104 12 11J Maintenance ... ... ... ... 521 17 10 Other sources ... ... ... 32 3 0 Education —Salaries ... ... ... 14 3 10 Police Court... ... ... ... 19 20 „ Sundries ... ... ... 1318 6 Ladies' Society ... ... ... 89 5 0 Fittings and furniture ... ... ... 60 5 0 Insurance, &0. ... ... ... 10 3 0 Buildings ... ... ... ... 197 0 0 £768 13 3| £843 1 8 St. Stephen's, Auckland. (Government contribution, £10 for each child, and £1 for £1.) The annual report of the Orphan Home at Parnell is appended as an enclosure to this memorandum. A return furnished at the end of the year shows that the average cost of each child, including all expenditure, was £14 12s. lid. per annum. Thames Industbial School and Oephanage. (Payments made by Government are charged against subsidy.") The average number of children at the Thames Orphanage in 1881 was 19. The receipts and expenditure are reported as follows : — Income and Expenditube for the Tear 1881. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure £ s. d. To Government ... ... ... ... 403 2 9 By Management, salaries, and wages ... 146 15 0 Subscriptions and donations ... ... 19 17 8 Maintenance ... ... ... ... 263 10 5 Relatives of children ... ... ... 22 10 0 Education—Salaries ... ... ... 28 8 4 Board of Education ... ... ... 78 0 0 ~ Sundries ... ... ... 12 7 0 Buildings ... ... ... ... 33 14 1 £523 10 5 £484 14 10 The cost for each child appears to be £25 10s. 3d.