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Table XIII.—Showing Progress towards Re-establishment of all Ex-servicemen and Ex-servicewomen dealt with as at 31st March, 1944

Table XIV.— Showing Total Educational Facilities granted from Outset up to 31st March, 1944

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Ex-overseas. Ex New Zealand. Total. Men. Women. Men. Women. 1. Not yet discharged (remains on pay) .. ■■ 4,290 49 774 30 5,143 1a. Retained on service strength —returning to active service 93 .. 2. Returned to military service .. .. •• 2,06.1 52 726 11 2,850 3. Still on privilege leave .. .. • • • • 409 5 35 1 450 4. Serving civil sentences .. ■ ■ • • • • 25 .. 32 .. o7 5. In mental institutions .. .. • • • • 45 .. 19 1 65 6. In hospitals, sanatoria, &c... .. . • • • 500 2 162 8 672 7. Recuperating, but not as institution inmates: Enrolled 546 4 329 33 912 7a. Recuperating, but not as institution inmates: Not 1,401 9 683 54 2,147 enrolled i ' ' 8. Intentions undecided but following up .. .. 205 2 167 20 394 9. Undergoing full-time training in— (а) Carpentry .. . 248 .. 118 .. 366 (б) Engineering .. .. • • ■ • 35 .. 9 • • 44 (c) Boot and shoe manufacturing . . . . 9 . . 9 (d) Transferred to Disabled Servicemen's League for 82 .. 13 .. 9o training (e) Wool-classing • .. •• •• •• •• •• (/) Farming .. .. • • • • • • 58 .. .. • ■ (g) Students (full time) .. .. ■ ■ • • 41 .. 4 .. 45 (h) Architectural draughtsman .. .. 1 •• •• ■■ * 10. Placed with pre-service employer .. .. . ■ 210 .. 206 . . 416 11. Self-placed with pre-service employer .. .. 3,968 22 6,539 49 10,578 12. Placed with subsidy with other private employer .. 68 .. 22 . . 90 13. Placed without subsidy with other private employer .. 2,017 1 2,779 43 14. Self-placed with other private employer .. .. 4,018 23 3,893 82 8,016 15. Placed with subsidy in State employment .. .. 12 .. 8 ... 20 16. Placed without subsidy in State employment.. .. 252 .. 230 3 485 16a. Self-placed without subsidy in State employment .. 286 .. 192 5 17. Placed under State settlement schemes .. .. •• •• •• , • • 18. Returned to own business .. .. •• 271 1 802 3 18a. Returned to own farm .. •• •• '65 .. 547 1 713 19. Acquired own business .. .. . • • • 341 .. 286 4 631 19a. Acquired own farm .. .. •• 293 .. 83 .. 37b 20. Depending on private means .. .. •• 19 •• 11° | 21. Action closed as refusing all help .. .. • • 56 2 184 6 248 22. Enrolled for placement (fit) .. . • • • 40 29 2 71 23. Left New Zealand .. .. •• 67 2 24 .. 93 24. Unable to trace (final) .. .. • • • • 52 .. 433 24a. Temporarily lost contact .. .. •• •• 63 .. 114 3 180 25. Deceased .. •• •• •• •• 73 •• 88 1 26. Established a home (women) .. .. • • • • 41 .. 9.) Total of sections 1-26 inclusive —i.e., total returned 22,320 215 19,657 464 42,656 or demobilized to date, including Maoris I

(N.B. —The number of cases where facilities were granted before 1st April, 1943, was very small) Facility. Ex-overseas. Ex New Zealand. Total. Full-time bursaries — (as) In New Zealand .. .. .. 138 12 150 (b) Overseas .. .. .. •• 5 •• Jj Fees and books .. .. . 170* 39 209 Miscellaneous facilities ...... 28 5 33 Totals .. .. • ■ 341 56 397 __ * The disparity between the grants for books and fees and the grants for full-time bursaries is accounted for by grants of books and fees to part-time and correspondent students.