E.—4.

Table 9.—Admissions classified according to Religious Beliefs.

The records show that of this total 145, or 29-29 per cent, were known to be illegitimate. The children admitted were from the following districts : Christchurch, 78 ; Wellington, 71 ; Auckland, 65 ; Dunedin, 34 ; Hamilton, 29 ; Palmerston North, 24 ; Invercargill, 19 ; Nelson, 15 ; Blenheim, 13 ; Napier, 12 ; New Plymouth, 11 ; Rangiora, 10 ; Hastings, 8 ; Timaru, 8 ; Kaiapoi, 7 ; Greymouth, 7; Opunake, 6 ; Wanganui, 6 ; Taumarunui, 5 ; Pahiatua, 5 ; Petone, 4 ; Hawera, 4 ; Waihi, 4; Te Awamutu, 3 ; Waimate, 3 ; two from each of the following places: Raetihi, Taupo, Thames, Dargaville, Lower Hutt, Masterton, Dannevirke, Maungaturoto, Gore, Temuka ; one from each of the following places : Gisborne, Rotorua, Ruatoria, Carterton, Cambridge, Opotiki, Patea, Huntly, Te Aroha, Pukekohe, Upper Hutt, Stratford, Otahuhu, Levin, Whangarei, Ohakune, Chatham Islands, Naseby, Port Chalmers, Westport, Oamaru, Ashburton, Winton, and Kaikoura: 289 from the North Island ; 206 from the South Island : total, 495.

Table 10. —Inmates discharged from Control during the Year ended 31st March, 1936

Table 11. —Institutions for Backward Children: Numbers at 31st March, 1936.

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■i d ! £ I 1 ° § B J? "3 ™ °° Number .. .. .. 246 88 79 21 | 39 8 3 17 1 3 495 Percentage .. .. .. 49-69J17 -7715-96 4-24 7-88 1-62 0-61 1-42 0-2 0-61100-0

Boys. Girls. Totals. . i I Discharged (section 23, Child Welfare Act) .. .. 277 110 387 Attained the age of twenty-one years .. .. i 13 27 40 Adopted .. . . .. .. .. j 13 20 33 Returned to relatives .. .. . . .. ! 33 20 53 Died .. .. .. .. .. .. l 4 5 Married . . . . .. ,. . . .. . . 18 18 Totals .. .. .. .. 337 199 536

Richmond Otekaike „ , , (Girls). (Boys). Totals ' In residence .. . , .. . . . . 57 182 239 On vacation .. .. .. .. .. 1 4 5 Day pupils . . . . . . . . . . I 1 . . 1 Day service .. . . .... .. 2 .. 2 In Mental Hospitals, hospitals, &c. . . . . . . 6 17 23 Totals ._ .. .. 67 203 270