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Table 2. —Children in Residence in Private Orphanages.

The particulars "regarding parentage are not available in all cases, but out of 2,324 cases the returns received show that 135 children are orphans (no parents living), 109 have no father, 262 have no mother, and the remainder (1,818) have both parents living.

Infant-life Protection. Table 3. —Particulars of Children admitted to and removed from Licensed Foster-homes during 1928.

Rates of Payment by Parents or Guardians. The following is a comparison of the rates paid by parents or guardians during the last six years : —

Foster-homes. The 1,007 children in 797 foster-homes at the end of the year were distributed as follows : — In 655 homes each having one child . . . . . . . . . . 655 In 93 homes each having two children .. . . . . .. 186 In 36 homes each having three children . . .. . . . . 108 In 10 homes each having four children . . . . . . . . 40 In 1 home having five children . . . . . . . . . . 5 In 1 home having six children .. . . . . . . . . 6 In 1 home having seven children . . .. . . . . . . 7 1,007 Three of the homes were those in which children were boarded out by Charitable Aid Boards. The total number of licensed homes was 1,237, so that at the end of the year there were 440 homes in which for the time being no infants were boarded,

Boys. Girls. Totals. Denomination. Sg f g g g I g I j S S SS CI g g g § 3 £ « =5 S iriCD h s 4) ! S ir-( <U fn «S cp f-( *5 •— rf) a !* S L ® 03 « bH I <D 5n £ bj $2? i® 4,3 tH S J? O .S r< h? ' >£ kT >& ffl S 5 i 0 " >"3 O " <M CO I rH (M O PQ Anglir-an .. .. I 22 ! 20 16 91 267 15 17 15 55 265 105 409 457 866 Roman Catholic .. 10 8 8 117 304 37 8 9 91 357 101 474 566 1.040 Presbyterian .. 13 .. .. 40 208 ' 56 .. .. 15 130 35 304 180 484 Salvation Army .. 16 5 8 36 167 42 3 1 19 114 23 258 160 418 Methodist.. * ... j 4 .... 19 53 5 1 4 73 5 77 83 160 Baptist .. .. 1 • • 1 4 18 3 4 26 6 26 36 62 Plymouth Brethren 1 1 .. 1 1 9 1 3 7 11 11 22 Masonic .. .. ! 1 8 11 .. 19 19 Undenominational .. 12 6 9 36 78 40 3 9 28 65 38 169 . 143 312 ; I Totals .. ! 80 j 39 43 344 1,104 198 31 36 219 1,045 324 1,728 jl, 655 3,383 . | j

E2 _§aj r d* T3 • tJ • Ti TJ £5 5 bo d s o Si, pl P n 0 (o 0 © ° fl Sir? 17503 611 05 b® « |i iJ ■" ■«< <i § SfcC So «W (N<H CO «M» q_, ifltH S w < Ob ° ° ° O o £ 03 ®»H _, © rt(« rt 03 flM rt 2 el £ -2? ° §t* ®S ® £ ® 53 ® & ®& «e"^ t_i X r" <n » <u to CD™ S Oj!S CO I I- IS .g:2 £|S iiS S 3 & (S 10 M 0 6 H On the books at 31st December, 1927 .. .. 116 124 201 133 112 95 71 50 902 Placed in licensed homes or transferred from other 301 122 116 71 45 30 25 11 721 districts during 1928 i . Totals .. .. •• .. 417 246 j 317 204 157 125 96 61 1,623 Withdrawn from homes — Removed by parents or guardians .. ..22 57 1 91 66 41 33 17 18 345 Deaths .. .. .• • • • • 1 • • • • •• • • • • 1 • • 2 Adoptions without premium .. .. .. 14 14 29 19 10 9 3 16 114 In homes to which exemption was granted during 1928 .. 3 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 6 Brought under operation of Child Welfare Act .. 1 14 10 7 4 5 2 1 44 Written off the books for various causes (including 5 4 11 14 5 2 13 51 105 those who attained the age of 6 years) Total withdrawals .. .. .. 43 92 142 107 60 50 36 86 616 On the books at 31st December, 1928 .. ..149 138 216 j 175 124 I 105 60 40 1,007

1923. 1924. ! 1925. 1 1926. j 1927. ! 1928. L I I | l I Under 7s. per week . . . . 3 2:1 4 8 6 7 s. and under 10s. per week . . 1 7 9 . . 3 5 10s. per week . . . . • • 65 48 48 39 54 73 Over 10s. per week . . . . 580 615 1 699 785 747 903