ARTICLES AND MATERIALS PREPARED BY PRISONERS FOR OTHER THAN PRISON PURPOSES.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, H-28

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

ARTICLES AND MATERIALS PREPARED BY PRISONERS FOR OTHER THAN PRISON PURPOSES.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated Bth June, 1888. Ordered, " That there bo laid before the House a return showing, in detail, the quantity of articles and materials of all kinds prepared by the prisoners of the various gaols in the colony for the year ending 31st March, 1888, for other than gaol purposes, the cost of same to the colony, to whom sold, the prices at which each class of material was supplied, and the cost and character of the machinery used in their production.7' —(Mr. Goldie.)

Return showing in detail the Quantity of Articles and Materials prepared by Prisoners, for other than Prison Purposes, for Year ending 31st March, 1888.

[uantity Article or Material. Cost I to Colony. I To whom sold. Price at which sold. Cost and Character of Machinery used. Auc :kland Prison. £ s. d. 3 3 0 6 16 6 3 3 0 03 0 0 2 7 3 2 12 6 69 6 0 1 11 6 18 7 6 Yards. 18 39 18 3G0 18J 15 396 9 105 £. s. d.j M. Murphy A. Maguire .. T. Mangan Eailway Department Knight and Towler .. li. and W. Hcllaby .. M. Casey .. T. Pauldor New Zealand Frozen Meat Company Small quantities Knight and Towler Auckland City Council Eailway Department Small quantities Eoad-metal (machine-broken) I 1 i Two " BlakeMarsden" stonecrushers, with a 16-horse power portable engine; cost, say, £1,000. (Imported in 1879.) .. 14 16J 4 H Loads. 44 119 31 8 30 69 39 19 38 41 83 10 15 18 6 15 24 Feet. 52 Yards. 6 li 21 86J 16 6 9 22 Screenings from crushers .. 2 9 0 3 6 0 0 18 0 ! 0 16 0 1 10 0 ./ • • Rubble .. ♦20 10 6 J. Mangan .. 3. Shields .. J. Eenwick M. McSheffrey A. Maguire Newmarket Borough G. Wilson .. J. Quinlan Small quantities A. Maguire .. W. and G. Winstone W. E. Anderson J. J. Craig New Zealand Timber Company M. Casey A. Maguire Small quantities 2 4 0 5 19 0 1 11 0 0 8 0 1 10 0 3 9 0 1 19 0 0 19 0 1 18 0 4 2 0 8 6 0 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 0 12 0 2 12 6 2 8 0 -*20 10 6 Ballast Spawls Mould Pitchers Hammond and Co. .. I 118 Eoad-metal (hand-broken)t.. M. Murphy Knight and Towler E. and W. Hellaby .. T. Faulder .. M. Casey District Hospital Charitable Aid Lunatic Asylum „ „ and paupers.. 14 0 0 6 0 0 18 0 4 4 0 7 2 0 7 15 0 1 10 0 4 10 0 11 0 0 Coffins J3 8 9 tA 1 A f! }0 14 6 + o o o }3 8 9 JO 14 6 +2 2 9 +5 4 6| + 2 2 9 + k a r.] + 5 4 61 * Cost of fuel, oil, &c, for engine and blasting-material. t From stone-cutters' chipping!. t Cost of timber, pitch, paint, &c.

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Return showing in detail the Quantity of Articles and Materials prepared by Prisoners— contd.

A. Hume, 15th June, 1888. Inspector of Prisons. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,273 copies), £2 ss.]

Authority : Geokgk Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Quantity Article or Materia], Cost j to Colony. To whom sold. I Price at j Cost and Character which sold, j of Machinery used. D unedin Prison. Doz. prs. 29J Socks* .. £ s. a. Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company £ s. d. 7 7 6 Needles in common use since 1882. Nine sets knittingpins, 6s. Doz. j 5 i Cardigan jackets .. Loads. | 102 Stone (unprepared) 12 0 0 Seacliff Lunatic Asylum 22 10 0 Mr. Branchley 4 10 0 hv i'telton Prison. j 400 0 0 Presses, type, &c, £350. Printing "! t50 0 0 I Government Printer.. IS Iapier Prison. 122 18 3 0 14 0 0 18 0 4 4 0 7 10 0 0 9 0 3 9 0 5 3 0 13 6 1 10 0 0 3 0 Loads. 1,200 Eoad-metal 7 8 05 Limestone 188 Sand 1 5 7 18 40 4 Bags. 4 j Lime 31 i ♦Nil + + " + + u §10 0 Napier Corporation John Stevens J Hastings Borough Council Glendinning and Griffin Napier Corporation .Tames Murphy John Stevens C. Beechy A. Pultord .. Glendinning and Griffin W. Miller James Murphy E. Praser .. 0 12 0 3 17 6 Wei. xikgton Prisons. No. 431,600 Bricks, common .. 323 10 0 Government Printing Office .. 1,079 0 0 Brick-making machine, engine, &c, say, £1,000. 9,000 39,000 „ pressed 18,000 , perforated 6,000 „ splay 11,600 „ chimney .. 1 Writing-desk and stool 28 Picture-frames 10 6 10 1 Meat-safe 1 Dog-kennel 6 15 0 29 5 0 18 10 0 4 10 0 8 14 0 10 7 1 10 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 18 5 0 6 4 Lunatic Asylum Government Printing Office .. 22 10 0 175 10 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 29 0 0 1 19 1 3 14 6 17 0 1 1 0 Defence Department Hospital Gaoler Hon. the Minister of Justice (Mr. Tole) Gaoler Captain Hume 16 6 4 6 5 0 16 10 Pairs. 1 Boots 1 0 7 3 0 8 11 Defence Department Gaoler 0 12 6 0 16 5 "The been emi: $ Fuel, &c material supplied by the company. t For ink, oil, &c. Paper supplied by Gove: tloyed getting out stone for building rctaining-wall around prison-yards, and all sti •nment Printe: me and sand i t Prisoners have unsuitable were sold.