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In Table J3 is shown the cost of the Government schools, in which is included the expenditure for the maintenance of inmates boarded out and the salaries of the resident staffs and medical officers; it also shows the cost of supervision of all inmates who are licensed to reside away from the schools; and, further, the amounts of the recoveries from Charitable Aid Boards, from persons against whom orders for maintenance have been made, and from the sale of farm-produce, &c.

TABLE J3. —Expenditure ON Government Schools, 1903.

The Government or the Charitable Aid Boards paid for the maintenance of the twenty-one children previously stated to be in corrective or other institutions or homes. The payments made by the Government were as follows: Costley Training Institution, Auckland, £2 9s. ; Women's Home, Parnell, £4 os. 6d.; Salvation Army Maternity Home, Auckland, £2 Bs.; St. Mary's Home, Karori, ,£2B ss. 2d. ; Levin Memorial Home, Wellington, £15 12s. ; St. Mary's Home, Bichmond, Christchurch, £120 2s. 7d.; Mount Magdala, Christchurch, £165 3s. 9d. ; Samaritan Home, Christchurch, £11 18s.; Avon Pine Sanatorium, Christchurch, £26 155.; Benevolent Institution, Dunedin, £5 6s. 9d.; 2 girls boarded in private homes for special treatment, £29 19s. 6d. Three children belonging to St. Joseph's, Wellington, and St. Mary's, Nelson (private industrial schools), were boarded at the Mission Home, Jerusalem, Wanganui (Mother Aubert's), 2 for the whole year and 1 for ten months. The amount paid during the year by the Government on account of the maintenance of these children was £35 2s. Work in connection with the new industrial school that is being established near Levin is progressing steadily; the main building is completed, and most of the heavy preparatory work on the land necessary to the establishment of the farm has been done. Already there has been some return for the expenditure, the amount received on account of sales of cattle, produce, &c, during last year being £252 18s. Bd.; and it is anticipated that there will be a substantial increase in the receipts for this year. The property is over 400 acres in extent, and there should be little difficulty in making the land very reproductive, as it„is of excellent quality.

Government School. Cost of School. Boarding out. (Included in firs column.) Salaries. (Included in first column.) Recoveries. Net Cost. Auckland .. .. .. 3,359 10 3 1,102 17 7 Levin .. .. .. 4,764 11 11 Burnham .. .. .. 7,594 14 5 9 18 10 Caversham .. .. .. 9,323 16 9 3,103 8 7 TeOrangaHome .. .. 4,026 3 10 Receiving Home, Wellington.. 2,720 9 8 1,696 6 11 Receiving Home, Christchurch 4,892 6 5 2,250 14 4 £ a. d. 3,359 10 3 4,764 11 11 7,594 14 5 9,323 16 9 4,026 3 10 2,720 9 8 4,892 6 5 £ a. d. 1,102 17 7 9 18 10 3,103 8 7 335 207 1 1,820 1 1,517 369 1 266 1 301 1 £ s. d. 335 6 2 207 16 0 1,820 15 4 1,517 3 4 369 17 1 266 16 2 301 15 0 6 2 16 0 15 4 3 4 17 1 16 2 15 0 826 252 ] 907 1 3,823 1 77 1 1,113 1,560 1 £ s. d. 826 4 0 252 18 8 907 13 6 3,823 10 8 77 15 8 1,113 8 7 1,560 15 1 4 0 18 8 13 6 10 8 15 8 8 7 15 1 £ s. d. 2,533 6 3 4,511 13 3 6,687 0 11 5,500 6 1 3,948 8 2 1,607 1 1 3,331.11 4 1,696' 6 11 2,250 14 4 Totals .. .. 36,681 13 3 8,163 6 3 36,681 13 3 8,163 6 3 4,819 I 4,819 9 1 9 1 8,562 8,562 6 2 6 2 28,119 7 1 Salaries and expenses of Assistant Inspectors and visiting officers Travelling-expenses of managers and others Refund of inmates' earnings Contingencies 1,715 5 1 114 17 1 53 3 11 23 14 5 Less miscellaneous recoveries 30,026 7 7 28 2 3 Total net cost 29,998 5 4 Table J4 shows the payments made by th inmates in private industrial schools, the recoverie Government. The contributions from Charitable to the managers of these schools, and are not inch 3 Government on ss, and the net exp : Aid Boards are mi ided in the recover: account of snditure by ide directly es shown. TABLE J4.—Govbbnment Expenditure on Pbivai •e Schools (R.O.), 1903. Name of School. Payments. »—eries. j 6 * £ s. d. £ s. d. 159 11 8 951 16 4 49 11 10 265 12 10 329 0 9 909 14 9 41 15 0 44 19 6 579 19 3 2,172 3 5 St. Mary's, Auckland St. Joseph's, Wellington St. Mary's, Nelson St. Vincent de Paul's, Dunedin £ a. d. 1,111 8 0 315 4 8 1,238 15 6 86 14 6 Totals 2,752 2 8