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The net credit balances of the technical-instruction accounts of Education. Boards as shown in the above table amount to £8,524. Hie net debit balances on the technical-instruction accounts of six Education Boards were eliminated by transfers from other accounts of the Boards concerned. Transfers of this kind totalled £9,288. Of the Technical School Boards or Managers (nineteen in number) eighteen had net credit balances at the 31st December, 1918, totalling £21,083. The statements of accounts for one school —viz., the " Elam " School of Art, Auckland—had not been submitted when the above table was prepared. The statements in respect of this school for the preceding year showed a net debit balance of £2,765. The following is a summary of the expenditure by the Government on technical instruction during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1919 : — £ Capitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66,269 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. .. 1,673 Home-science bursaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,166 Grants in aid of material for class use .. .. ' .. .. 1,885 Grants for buildings and equipment .. .. .. .. .. 5,773 Grants for rents of buildings .. .. .. .. .. 369 Conveyance of — Instructors .'. .. .. .. .. .. £464 Students .. .. .. .. .. .. 174 Free pupils .. .. .. .. .. 3,138 3,776 Examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 92 Inspectors' salaries and travelling-expenses .. .. .. 1,108 War bonus to instructors .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,224 85,335 Less recoveries (examination fees, &c.) .. .. .. .. 76 £85,259 The expenditure was at the rate of £4-3 per student, as compared with. £4*B for the previous year. Included in the total expenditure is £4,000 from nationalendowment revenue. CHILDREN'S WELFARE. Special Schools Branch, including Children's Welfare. The Special Schools Branch of the Education Department deals with an extensive field of social work which is of vital importance to the community. The functions of the branch include provision (1) for all dest'tute, uncontrollable, or delinquent children and juvenile offenders committed by the Courts or admitted by private arrangement under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act to receiving-homes, probation homes, training-farms, and industrial schools ; (2) for the maintenance and supervision of all children who have lost both parents or the surviving parent as a result of the recent influenza epidemic ; (3) for investigation regarding the conduct, characteristics, and home conditions generally of delinquent and uncontrollable children and juvenile offenders who are brought before the Courts in each of the four centres of p rpulation, and for supervision of children admitted to probation ; (4) for the supervision of all infants under the age of six years who are maintained for payment apart from their parents or guardians, or adopted with premium ; and (5) for the education and care of deaf, blind, or feeble-minded children over the age of six years. The following figures show the number of children under the control of the branch at the 31st December, 1918 :— Industrial schools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,140 Juvenile probation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 249 Infant-life protection . . .. .. .. .. . . 860 Special schools — Deaf .. .. .. .. .. ..... .. 104 Feeble-minded .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 144 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,497
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