4

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Numbers of 1902 AND 1903 COMPARED.

_ en 'ear Inmates Increase oi Decrease. 1902. 1903. [n the schools Boarded out vVith friends it service in hospital [n lunatic asylum Ln Blind Asylum, Auckland School for Deaf-mutes, Sumner H Costley Training Institution (on probation) Jnder control of refuges or cognate institutions in orphanage, oottage home, &c. .. [n gaol .. Absent without leave 610 441 176 518 3 4 1 2 1 36 11 5 39 601 513 195 489 7 3 2 7 21 10 5 56 - 9 + 72 + 19 - 29 + 4 - 1 - 1 + '6 - 15 - 1 + 17 Totals .. 1,847 1,909 i + 62