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in the superintendence of the inmates at service and otherwise out on probation, the remaining expenditure, amounting to about £12,000, is equal to about .£l9 each for the maintenance of the really dependent children. The Government expenditure on the private industrial schools is shown in Table X. The net expenditure is about £200 in excess of the corresponding amount for the preceding year.

TABLE X. —Government Expenditure on Private Schools, 1893.

Another parliamentary paper (E.-3) contains some further information with respect to industrial schools. Deaf-mute Institute. •The number of pupils at Sumner school is still on the decline, having fallen during the year from 46 to 39. The expenditure for the year was ,£3,223 ss. 2d., made up as follows: Salaries of professional staff, £1,008 7s. 2d.; salaries, and wages of domestic staff, £449 Is. 9d.; rent, £470 ; housekeeping, £840 10s. lid.; travelling, £172 16s. lid.; expenses in connection with Commission and Parliamentary Committee, £10 6s. 2d.; school material and appliances for technical instruction, £61 os. 7d. ; repairs, drainage, &c, £124 os. Bd.; sundries, £87 Is. Contributions received from parents amount to £211 6s. 3d. The net cost has been £3,011 18s. lid. The Blind. The number of pupils for whose maintenance at the Auckland Jubilee Institute the Education Department makes payment was 21 at the end of the year. The payments on their account amounted during the year to £526, and the amount recovered from parents was £62 10s. The Department also paid £15 for a railway pass for the agent of the Institute, and £1 15s. for the passagemoney of a pupil. In addition to these payments the Institute receives subsidy under " The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885." Univeesity and Colleges. The report (E.-5) of the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand shows that the number of graduates by examination is now 422, and that the following degrees were obtained at last examination: M.A., 14; 8.A., 45; B.Sc, 4; M.8., 1; L.L.8., 2. The students at affiliated colleges in 1893 were as follows: Auckland University College, 67 men (including 33 not matriculated) and 60 women (40 not matriculated); Canterbury College, 164 men (62 not matriculated)Tand 176 women (80 not matriculated); Otago University, 168 men (35 not matriculated) and 45 women (8 not matriculated). The reports of these institutions are in separate papers, E.-8, E.-7, and E.-6. The reports of the secondary schools and the Inspector-General's report on them are contained in a separate paper, E.-9. The current income from endowments amounted during the year to £26,351 Is. 6d., and the fees to £19,810 2s. Bd. The total of salaries was £30,719 6s. The principal statistics are as follows : —

School. Payments. Recoveries. Net Expenditure b; Government. It. Mary's, Ponsonby (Auckland) >t. Joseph's, Wellington It. Mary's, Nelson £ s. a. 573 6 0 149 13 0 2,008 19 6 £ s. a. 45 8 10 24 0 4 289 5 5 £ s. d. 527 17 2 125 12 8 1,719 14 1 Totals 2,731 18 G 358 14 7 2,373 3 11