DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1890. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1890.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891 Session II, H-14

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Sess. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1890. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1890.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Inspector of Prisons to the Hon. the Ministeb of Justice. Sic, — Justice Department (Prisons Branch), Wellington, Ist May, 1891. I have the honour to present this my eleventh annual report on the prisons of the colony, together with the fifth annual report on the working of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." I have visited the eleven larger prisons on the dates stated in the attached table marked J, and have at all times found them kept clean and in good condition, due attention paid to sanitary arrangements, and a high state of discipline maintained. I have also visited the smaller or police gaols whenever time and circumstances permitted. 1. As regards the First Offenders' Probation Act, it will be seen from the details attached that the Act continues to work in a most satisfactory manner. 2. As heretofore, the supplies for the several prisons have been publicly tendered for, and no complaints have been made either by the prison authorities or by the various contractors. The usual custom of all tenders being addressed to and opened by the Visiting Justices has been strictly adhered to, and their recommendations as to the acceptance or rejection of tenders invariably adopted. 3. There was only one case of breaking out of prison during the past year—-namely, at Wanganui, when a prisoner managed to escape from the carpenter's shop, but was recaptured. At Auckland a prisoner got away from an outside labour party, and at New Plymouth two prisoners escaped from the breakwater works, but in each case they were recaptured within a couple of hours. 4. Table A shows that the health of the prisoners has been very good at all the prisons. The daily average of sick has been 839 males and 2-68 females, a daily average decrease over the previous year of 2-21 males and 2-82 females. 5. Eight deaths have occurred during the year, as against six in 1889—namely, one at Auckland, three at Lyttelton, one at Napier, one at "New Plymouth, and two at Wellington. 6. No executions took place during 1890. One death sentence was passed, which His Excellency the Governor was pleased to commute to penal servitude for life. 7. From Table A it will be seen that at the commencement of the year there were 552 males and 81 females confined in the prisons of the colony, and at the close of the year 495 males and 67 females, being a decrease of 57 male and 14 female prisoners. In the year 1890, 4,062 males and 901 females passed through the various prisons, whilst during the previous year the numbers were 3,872 males and 802 females, giving a total increase of 289 in cases dealt with. 8. During the past year the daily average number of prisoners was 51501 males and 6760 females, as against 55122 males and 7502 females in 1889, a daily average decrease of 3621 male and 742 female prisoners. I—H. 14.

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9. According to figures supplied by the Kegistrar-Geueral, the population of the colony was, at the end of 1890, 355,477 males and 311,708 females —in all, 667,185 persons ; whilst the number of prisoners at that date was 495 males and 67 females—in all, 562. The average percentage of prisoners to the population was therefore '085, a decrease of 'Oil on the previous year. 10. During the year 1890 63 male misdemeanants in default, and 65 male and 15 female supposed lunatics, were detained in the gaols of the colony, a decrease on the previous year of 2 male misdemeanants in default and 22 male and 10 female supposed lunatics. It is again pointed out that there are no proper appliances in the prisons for proper treatment of the supposed lunatics, and their detention interferes very much with the maintenance of discipline. 11. "With reference to prisoners under sentence of penal servitude, there were in the various prisons at the end of last year 164 males and 7 females, a decrease of 25 males and an increase of 1 female. 12. During 1890 387 male and 33 female prisoners were acquitted or discharged after remand, an increase of 94 males and a decrease of 13 females as compared with 1889. 13. From Table B it will be seen that the prisoners were- maintained last year at a gross cost per head of £46 9s. 5d., as against £45 15s. Bd. for the previous year, and at a net cost of £39 10s., as against £38 6s. scl. in 1889. The gross totals are made up as follows : Staff supervision, £30 14s. 9d. ; maintenance, £12 13s. sd. ; and incidentals, £3 Is. 3d. This increase in the gross cost per head is easily accounted for—firstly, by the substantial daily average decrease of 43-63 prisoners ; and, secondly, by the increase of the price of provisions and fuel during the labour troubles. The first reason being so satisfactory, and the second so unforeseen, it is believed that the most dubious will be compelled to admit that the department has been economically administered during the past year. It has been asked why the inmates of lunatic asylums cost so much less than prisoners; but this query is very easily answered by the fact that a very large income in the asylums is derived from the paying patients, whereas there is no such revenue in the Prison Department. 14. The receipts and credits for prison-labour, road-metal, needlework, maintenance of prisoners, &c, for the past year amounted to £3,949 19s. Bd., exclusive of the work done at the fortifications, as against £4,551 3s. Bd. for the previous year. 15. On reference to Table C it will be seen that, out of 3,510 male and 820 female prisoners, 3,038 males and 669 females were able to read and write, whilst 367 males and 86 females were neither able to read nor write. 16. It will be seen from Table F that a comparison of the previously-convicted prisoners sentenced during the past year with those sentenced five years ago—viz., in 1886 — shows a decrease of the once convicted of 41 males and 44 females, a decrease of the twice convicted of 11 males and 18 females, whilst in those convicted thrice or oftener there is an increase of 31 males and 3 females. It is believed that these last mentioned include a class of persons who were probably gaol-birds before they came to the colony, and who have spent the greater portion of their lives in prisons, and are so hardened and well versed in crime that no reformatory system, however good it may be, will ever alter their mode of life or induce, them to forsake their criminal ways. 17. It is my painful duty to again draw attention to the practice still prevailing in the colony of sending children under ten years of age to gaols. A reference to Table D shows that during the past year the number of juvenile offenders who have passed through the gaols of the colony are as follows : Those under the age of ten years (mere infants) being 20, as against 14 in 1889 ; those from ten to fifteen years, 54, as against 61 in 1889; and those from fifteen to twenty years, 223, as against 219.in 1889: giving a total increase last year of 3in young persons under the age of twenty years. Now, this appears to me a very decided blot in our administration. What can. those 20 infants under the age of ten years—a tender era, when these unfortunates should be inmates of some home or school—develop into but criminals, no matter how they may be kept isolated when in gaols ? The fear of the police-cells, the dread of the prison-walls, are all blunted in their child-minds ; and so they commence their downward career, and are successfully made into hardened criminals long before they reach man- or womanhood. I must again reiterate my annual protest that prisons are altogether unsuitable places for the detention of children of tender years, and the commitment to or detention in gaols of children under ten years of age is nothing short of a public scandal. 18. Table X again shows a considerable decrease in the number of prison punishments awarded during the past year —viz., 172, as against 213 in 1889. Of these, 165 were for minor offences, punished by the Visiting Justices, while 7 serious or aggravated prison offences, after first being investigated by a Visiting Justice, were reheard in open Court, as against 10 in the previous year. Any interested person looking back to the prison records for, say, twenty years, must, I think, at once admit that, considering the high state of discipline now maintained, together with the amount of work done by the prisoners, there is a maximum amount of efficiency obtained with a minimum amount of punishment. When it is remembered that twenty years ago punishment by means of the lash and bread-and-water diet was constantly inflicted, that additional imprisonment amounting to months, and in some cases to years, was imposed for offences committed in prison, the department may well be congratulated on the result achieved by the humane modern system of punishment introduced into our gaols. The figures for the year show only seven aggravated offences, while a much higher state of discipline and fair-play exists than at the period above referred to, and the amount of labour performed by the prisoners speaks for itself. 19. The number of offences committed by prison officers last year was 13, against 18 in 1889. There were no cases of inebriety, and the general conduct of the officers has been satisfactory. I am pleased to find that the officers, as a rule, to a considerable extent, study the temperaments and dispositions of those under their charge, and so, while maintaining strict discipline, establish a mutual confidence, which results in a cheerful obedience and good feeling between all parties. The subordinate officers are still selected almost exclusively from men

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serving in the Permanent Militia, and so far the arrangement appears to work well. The slowness of promotion in the prison service is, I know, a source of disappointment to many ; but it must be recollected that stagnation in promotion means that good conduct and contentment prevail in the department, which accounts for so few vacancies, and therefore so little advancement. Owing to retrenchment, twelve officers had to be dispensed with at the end of the financial year, and it was a matter of considerable difficulty to select those that could be best spared. I hope shortly to be able to recommend further retrenchments in some of the larger prisons. 20. The prisoners at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin have been principally employed at working at the fortifications, and have done excellent work, as is shown by the Defence Engineer's report. At each of the above-named places temporary prisons have been established in the buildings designed for the barracks, and good accommodation has been obtained at a very small outlay. It need hardly be pointed out that it would be difficult to find more suitable work for prisoners, or labour more beneficial to the taxpaj'er. Good progress has been made with the new prison at Auckland, but, owing to the labour troubles, and the increased cost of fuel, brickmaking had to be stopped in Wellington, which has delayed the building work. When a temporary kitchen is completed this building will be fit for occupation. While the temporary prisons above referred to have prevented crowding, and so obviated the necessity of pushing forward so hastily the new prison-works, no conclusion has yet been arrived at as regards a new prison for Dunedin, and, though the decrease of prisoners and the opening of a temporary prison at Taiaroa Heads, has, to a great extent, relieved the necessity for crowding the old building, still, looking to future requirements, it is now high time some conclusion was arrived at regarding a new prison for Otago. 21. For some years past in England and some of the other colonies a system has been on trial for placing the better-conducted long-sentenced prisoners on some Government works in an isolated place, to minimise the risk of contamination, and at the same time to enable the prisoners to fit themselves for ordinary labour on completing their sentences. It has been found that severe labour on public works is most beneficial in teaching criminals habits of industry, and training them to such employments as digging, road-makiug, quarrying, stone-dressing, building, and brickmaking— work of a kind that cannot be carried on in separate confinement. It is found that employment of this nature is most easily obtained by prisoners on their release, since men are taken on for rough work without the strict inquiries as to previous character which are usually made in other cases. With these objects in view I recommended a party of prisoners being sent to Milford Sound for the purpose of opening up a road to Central Otago, and establishing the means of through communication to Dunedin. Accordingly a party of forty-five prisoners and six officers left Wellington for Milford Sound on the 11th December, 1890, arriving there three days later, and have been at work there since. They are accommodated in huts made in Wellington, and erected on the banks of the Arthur Eiver. Soon after arrival two of the party escaped, but were very shortly after captured at Lake Te Anau, and none have attempted to escape since. From reports received, a good amount of work has been done, considering the almost continuous wet weaiher which has prevailed there since January last. In order to give the experiment a fair trial, all semblance of prison buildings was carefully avoided when planning the huts, though they are certainly more elaborate than I should have been disposed to recommend had I been consulted prior to their being made. The officers do not wear uniform nor carry arms, but work with the prisoners, and this arrangement answers well. -In selecting so large a number as forty-five prisoners from the different gaols it was found that some unsuitable characters had been sent, who at first gave considerable trouble and retarded work, but these have been replaced by others and brought back, and the work now promises to go ahead, provided there is a fair share of fine weather. The work was considerably delayed at first, not only by the weather, but also by the want of tools and materials, the supply forwarded by the Public Works Department being totally inadequate to the requirements, while many were old and almost unserviceable. 22. It has been stated that by sending those prisoner?, to Milford Sound an injustice has been done to the unemployed ; but when I made the recommendation that this experiment should be tried with prisoners I was under the impression that the Government had not the slightestintention of making this road either with the unemployed or by contract, for, however desirous I may be to initiate measures which in my opinion may tend to reform and make honest citizens of any of the inmates of our gaols, I should be the last to recommend any such experiments at the expense of or to the detriment of any honest men who are not tainted with crime, and who are seeking work. Owing to the climate, the difficulty of obtaining supplies, and the small chances of getting away in any reasonable time, the work is unsuited to the unemployed, while to carry it out by contract would be very expensive; and I hold the opinion that executing public works by means of prison-labour, which in all probability would not be undertaken under any other circumstances, must have a greater moral effect, and therefore be more likely to make the prisoners fall into habits of useful industry, than if they were always employed at work within the prison-walls. Moreover, by this the State reaps the benefit derived from a judicious centralisation of the work of men who have to be maintained at the public expense, whether usefully or uselessly employed. It is hoped the experiment will be given a fair trial, and I feel confident the prisoners will render a good account of themselves' The falsehoods published from time to time about the prisoners wandering about the bush miles away from their camp, unattended by warders, are evidently the work of interested individuals, who perhaps cannot now black-mail tourists to the extent they could before the establishment of the prison-camp, there. The health of the prisoners at Milford has been excellent, notwithstanding the great amount of rain that has fallen since their arrival there—the' record shows over 38in. in one month, and over 7in. in one day.

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FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT. 1. It is exceedingly gratifying to be again able to report that this Act continues to work smoothly and well, and generally carries out the intentions and purport of its introduction; in fact, the more it becomes known the better it is liked. It has certainly already rescued many from a career of crime. Table L shows that during the past year 93 offenders were brought under its provisions, as against 83 in 1889. Of these, 44 satisfactorily carried out the conditions of their licenses and were discharged, 2 were rearrested and committed to prison, 2 absconded, and 1 died, leaving 44 still under the supervision of the Probation Officers. 2. The amount of costs as ordered to be paid by the various Courts before which these 93 offenders were brought was £261 Os. 5d., of which sum £103 4s. 9d. has been actually paid into the Probation Officers' hands, while the remainder, the greater part of which is not yet due, is being paid by instalments. 3. The approximate cost of keeping these offenders in prison had not the Probation Act been in force would have been about £2,400, which, if added to the amount of costs actually paid, gives a saving of £2,503 4s. 9d. for the year. 4. Since the Act came into force, in October, 1886, 376 persons have been placed on probation, of whom 293 were discharged after having satisfactorily completed the terms of their licenses; 16 were rearrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, 2 died, 5 managed to elude the vigilance of the Probation Officers and absconded, and 60 are still on probation. 5. The Probation Officers continue to take great interest in the working of the Act, and their reports, which are generally adopted, are very full and complete, showing zeal, tact, and ability ; and, though they receive no remuneration for their work in connection with this Act, they could not, I believe, take more trouble, or exercise more careful discrimination, even if a substantial salary were attached to the office. 6. The great argument in favour of this First Offenders' Probation Act is that it endeavours to work reformation in persons who are only just entering on a dishonest course, and are perhaps wavering between the straight or crooked road. In America the system adopted is to try and reform in prisons, but what this Act claims is reformation without the prison-brand. In the United States prisons, such as Elmira, New York, and Concord, Massachusetts, a system has been introduced which renders proficiency in study a chief test of the fitness of their inmates for liberty, and a sumptuous dietary scale is provided; while at the California State Prison the convicts are not even obliged to work, and still have a meat-diet with coffee and vegetables, better than many honest toilers are able to obtain outside. While they entirely ignore the mischief arising from the mutual corruption of prisoners associated in prisons, there is scarcely a prison in the whole of America where the inmates are kept separate from one another. The so-called " graded system " adopted in America merely consists in offering to its murderers, burglars, and violators a very low maximum of five years' possible detention, but with the easy opportunity of liberation in eighteen months or two years. The Elmira system is just a minimum punishment, with a maximum of indulgence. The question that seems to have to be met here is, what is the general effect of such prisons as Elmira, Concord, &c, upon the discouragement of crime in the external community ? for the prevention of crime is mainly secured by the moral and other influences which operate outside prisons ; and this is where the superiority of the First Offenders' Probation Act is claimed over all so-called prison reforms. If, by any means short of increasing crime, persons can be saved or reformed when young, or even when come to years of discretion, without being sent to prison, then surely a great and good work is being done. A reference to the criminal statistics in America shows that, whereas in 1850 every million inhabitants of the United States contributed 290 prisoners, the proportion had risen to 853 in 1870, and as high as 1,169 in the million in 1880. The last year's census appears to indicate a still further increase of criminality, there being 10,000 more convicts than in 1880. So much for reformation in gaols and the graded and intermediate systems carried out in Elmira and other American prisons ! But, turning to the reformation under the First Offenders' Probation Act, what do we find ? A steady but sure decrease of crime, as in 1882 the proportion of prisoners to population waso'l7l, while in 1890 it was only o'oBs. The American statistics above quoted may be looked upon as absolutely correct when it is stated they are obtained from information published by the Howard Association, an association instituted for the promotion of the best methods of crime-prevention and penal treatment, and the conclusion arrived at by this philanthropic body is that, although many unreflecting persons in America have been induced to favour the Elmira type of prisons, sagacious observers see their really disastrous tendency, while the rapid increase of crime in the United States is a sufficient condemnation of the system. On the other hand, in New Zealand there is every reason to believe and hope that, the more the judicious exercise of the provisions of the First Offenders' Probation Act is extended, the greater, in a corresponding degree, will be the decrease of crime. I have, &c, A. Hume, Inspector of Prisons.

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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1890.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland | Dmiedin. | |gi- j Lyttelton. New PlyNapier, i Nelson. niouth Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Minor Gaols. Milford Sound. Total. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, and in transitu Sentenced to— Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment M. p. .. 1 .. 3 .. 45 2 .. 25 .. ..82 13 ...13 4 6 M. F. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. 1 2 3 18 F. 1 M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1 .. M. F. SI. P. M. F. 2 I ■• 1 2 1 i 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. I •■ i o" .. j 1 .. 3 .. o ! •• 1 .. I IS 25 3 14 1 15 8 14 7 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 .. 3 .. 4 1 3 1 49 .. 27 3 29 6 15 2 1 I 5 11 1 2 .. 8 1 2 .. 4 .. 7 4 1 4 .. 3"'.. 1 .. | 4 .. 13 1 1 .. ! 66 1 I 36 1 14 11 I 10 8 1 2 189 123 120 87 10 6 7 42 25 195 130 16S US 1( I Total .. ; 125 19 I 70 19 I 9 5 I 19 1 [ i 131 21 7 11 124 12 25 5 21 5 552 81 63: Received. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, and in transitu Sentenced to— Death Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 6 71 4 8 15 2 91 33 .. 420 194 16 4 I 6 .. I 71 1 8" .. 15 2 91 33 420 194 16 4 1 46 9 10 1 8 1 33 20 165 114 21 8 2 1 1 .. 3 .. 18 9 11 16 1 2 22 1 1 6 42 8 2 2 5 2 8 134 5 8 17 1 58 16 394 129 7 3 9 16 19 6 31 275 3 2 2 3 25 1 8 .. 1 .. 1 .. 10 .. 1 .. 4 .. 10 1 15 .. 3 4 2 .. 41 .. 4 .. 2 .. 4 .. 64 4 1 .. 8 .. 5 4 31 1 3 .. 22 2 100 12 2 13 106 3 18 55 157 11 7 19 80 9 15 31 274 1 10 283 93 7 23 3 19 3 45*'.. 63 .. 65 15 809 54 1 35 1 79 4 346 112 1,943 599 169 35 81 86; 31 s; 45! 2,54! 20i 1 .. 8 .. 17 1 4 .. Total .. | 627 237 t 627 237 I 284 159 35 27 89 11 626 154 159 33 38 1 45 5 118 4 171 19 366 115 707 55 45 3,510 820 4,331 Total for year .. 752 256 i 752 256 354 178 44 32 750 166 384 35 43 1 66 6 123 4 190 20 1 497 136 714 55 45 4,062 901 4,965 100 12 Discharged. I I | I Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence At expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police Died naturally 5 ..47 4 66 10 .. 487 221 ! 10 .. j 1 .. I 1 7 5 47 4 6G 10 487 221 10 1 1 2 1 50 8 33 2 193 144 11 3 28 2 2 7 3 23 22 2 4 21 7 52 3 5 2 2 8 7 .. 1 2 98 5 64 11 437 136 4 44 3 .. 9 7 10 12 318 1 1 31 5 .. 2 .. 25 .. 2 1 .. 2 .. 10 .. 29 6 2 20 '.'. 2 .. 66 4 8 .. 3 3 2 ' 129 13 30 1 13 ..I 3 1 60 7 73 7 196 116 5 45 2 .. 14 .. 26 7 66 3 378 22 23 2 192 21 62 .. 54 17 387 33 278 33 2,333 723 64 5 382 22 7 1 6: 7: 42( 3i: 3,051 65 401 .. 1 1 5 8 .. 1 .. 22 .. • • Total In prison at end of year .. 624 235 | .. 128 21 624 235 128 21 320 158 34 20 33 27 11 5 94 6 12 658 154 92 12 357 27 34 1 37 .. 6 1 53 6 13 .. 112 4 11 .. 183 18 7 2 397 181 100 5 699 55 15 .. 45 .. 3,567 834 495 67 4,40: 56: | Total for year .. 752 256 752 256 354 178 44 32 100 12 750 166 384 35 43 1 66 6 123 4 190 20 497 136 714 55 45 4,062 901 4,963 ! 151 103 122 12 25 2 3 1-54 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time .. Daily average Prisoners ill 48 hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick list 161 119 .. 116 17-82 ! .. 41 19 ..13 .. ! .. 1-91 0-66! 161 119 116 17-82 ! 41 19 13 .. j 1-91 0-66 ! 89 40 5405 16'78 49 39 19 7 8-45 4-34 .. 1 .. 1 16 5 8-80 0-60 9 159 104 121-57 12-08 62 22 2 1 2-54 0-47 41 20 28 1-33 14 1 1 1 11 2 4-80 .. 23 13 15-70 0-47 4 12 7-53 0-23 24 6 13-13 1-16 4 80 10 14-98 0-80 1 1 1 45 45 •• 515-01 6760 209 85 20 2 8-39 2-68; 582-61 294 22 11-07 1 0-55 0-20" .. 0-13".. I 0-07 .. ■■ •• .-

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Table B. Expenditure under the different Heads of Service in the Larger Prisons for the Year ending 31st December, 1890.

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Auckland. Dur.edin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lytteltoii. Napier. Kelson. New Plymouth. Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Total. -r, .. ... ( Males Daily average number of prisoners j -g, , | 116-00 17-82 I 54-05 16-78 8-45 4-34 8-80 0-fiO 121-57 1208 28-00 1-33 4-80 15-70 0-47 7'53 0-23 13-13 116 122-00 12-00 500-03 66-81 Total 70-83 i 127!) 9-40 133-65 29-33 4-80 16-17 7'76 14-29 134-00 566-84 Heads op Sekyice. £ b. a. 2,109 5 1 104 18 A Salaries and allowances Uniforms Total Cost per prisoner ... £ s. d. 3,756 13 5 163 15 2 £ s. d. 834 8 5 1 20 19 8 855 8 1 £ s. d. 501 3 11 11 19 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,379 12 1 977 JO 0 151 5 2| - 24 13 0 3,530 17 3| 1,002 3 0 £ s. d. 345 16 1 18 14 0 £ s. d. 843 8 0 29 13 0 £ s. d. 364 19 0 10 5 2 £ s. d. 541 8 8 22 11 8 £ s. d. 2,965 5 4 164 1 8 £ s. d. 16,699 10 0 722 16 4 17,422 6 4 30 14 9 3,92i) x 7j 29 5~Tli 2,214 3 5 593 3 5! 3,530 17 364 10 873 375 4 2 564 0 4 3,129 7 31 5 S 66 1.7 1\ 63 2 26 8 4 34 3 4 75 18 9 53 19 301 48 39 9 6 23 Maintenance : Eations Fuel and light Bedding and clothing Medicines and medical comforts ' Furniture Soap, cleaning-materials, &c. Total 999 13 11 161 5 4 2i'2 1+ 2 85 3 0 89 12 10 __27_2 _5 1,515 11 8 662 8 11 87 18 C 179 17 5 50 13 6 13 5 0 21 6 4 1,015 9 8 118 13 li 54 15 9 11 6 4 10 2 0 14 14 8 69 16 2 49 8 O! 44 2 10J 0 6 10 0 19 0 5 18 6 840 0 4 279 0 8 348 18 10: 57 14 3 15 0! 34 3 7! 222 14 7 43 14 2 86 13 5 11 9 9 13 0 13 8 11 53 13 6 22 10 3 7 16 6 188 7 1 35 14. 2 17 ]7 8 20 0 10 1 16 3 72 15 0 24 2 9 15 13 101 5 15 0 5 12 11 100 15- 0 68 8 11 37 10 0 12 0 1 9 17 3 11 3 5 836 13 1 116 0 10 402 7 6 149 1 6 60 10 2 19 9 6 4,165 10 I 942 19 - 1,377 3 : 403 U : 138 lf> ! j 155 9 i: j 7,183 11 I j 12 13 i 2 2 0 0 13 10 Gost per prisoner ... I 243 2 6 19 0 2 170 11 10 1,561 2 8 ~,1\) 3 10 86 16 1 263 16 0 123 19 6 239 14 8 1,584 2 71 1! 6 6 14 6 8| 18 2 11 11 13 7 12 18 7 18 16 6 3 15 19 7 16 15 5 11 16 Incidental: Kates, rent, &c. Conveyance of officers and prisoners Tools, materials, &c. ... G-ratuities to prisoners on discharge, and sundries 52 6 C 38 14 1C 74> 0 S 159 15 C i! 69 14 S) 1 17 3 92 13 6 2 13 10 2 16 10 64 10 0! 167 1 li 60 8 111 103 17 " 5 24 0 4 15 4 6 ... 38 7 9 20 9 4j 20 0 0 6 10 2 50 16 11 40 9 1 86 3 0 36 15 3 4 15 0 74 15 7 112 11 8 320 9 2 141 11 I 480 8 i 335 5 ' 779 13 ■ 20 0 0 32 3 o! 20 7 0 23 6 9 Total 324 16 7; 164 5 6| 22 13 10 84 19 10 395 17" 5 2 19 ll 44 7 4 37 11 3 58 17 1 ! 1,736 14 i 77 163 7 4 412 11 Cost per prisoner ... Gross total cost Gross cost per prisoner 5,760 16 10 3,393 18 7 2 « & 2 6 4j 1,121 1 15 4 5 7| 798 15 3 14 5 5,487 17 1,425 14 1 10 3 2 488 17 7 16 6 ol 1,195 14 1 576 10 9 3 12 9| 9 19 4 11 8 8 3 18 0 937 2 4 5,126 1 0! 26.342 12 46 9~ 43 0 I] 47 18 31 H7 13 4 84 10 5 41 48 12 2 101 16 11 73 18 10 74 5 11 67 13 7 38 5 Deduct : Casli received for maintenance, labour, &c. Credits, work for other departments, &c... 144 7 9| 2,059 9 11 58 13 9 74 2 5 I 33 7 0 80 0 6 22 2 8 1,093 2 8 14 3 6 54 0 0 19 17 6 5 13 9 3 2 6 1 IS 6 1 17 0 14 5 7 265 19 8 348 12 3,601 7 3 15 0 ... Total 2,203 17 8; 132 16 2 113 7 1,115 5 3 15 0 14 3 6 73 17 6 8 16 3 3 15 6 280 5 3 3,949 19 Net total cost. 3,556 19 3,261 2 1,121 4 5; 685 1 4,372 12 0 1,421 19 2 474 13 11! 1,121 16 7 567 14 6 963 6 10 4,845 15 9| j 22,392 12 39 10" Net cost per prisoner 26 11 7 46 0 9 87 13 4 72 18 0 32 14 2 48 9 7s 98 17 11 69 7 6 73 '3 2 67 8 4 36 3 3!

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Table C. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1890.

Table D. Ages of Prisoners received during the Year 1890, and Causes of their Detention.

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Prisons. Sentence. Head and write. Bead only, Unable to read. Totals. Auckland .. Junedin .. Htokitika .. !nvsroargill jyttelton .. Napier kelson Ply mouth Cimaru kVanganui .. Wellington Milford Sound Minor gaols M. 5 3 G 8 1 2 7 6 12 | I j "i i H. 525 253 33 77 550 312 29 38 93 130 301 40 607 !■'. 188 146 24 6 121 27 '3 3 13 102 35 M. 22 r7 11 15 3 1 10 14 6 2 14 F. 11 3 2 21 4 1 2 1 6 6 8 M. 75 21 2 6 57 32 5 6 13 20 53 3 74 F. 38 10 1 5 12 2 "l 9 M. 627 284 35 89 626 359 38 45 118 171 366 45 707 F. 237 159 27 11 154 33 1 5 4 19 115 55 Total. 864 443 62 100 780 392 39 50 122 190 481 45 762 Total 50 1 ■] 2,988 668 105 65 367 86 3,510 820 4,330

5 ■jigs O M 5 J 1 I g s i §* "3 £ .3 'A y, 'A H "3 3 g I 3 c 05 a 3 9 e3 Under 10 years: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 10 to 15 years : Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 15 to 20 years : Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 20 to 25 years: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy' 25 to 30 years : Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 30 to 40 years: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 40 to 50 years : Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 50 to 60 years : Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 60 years and upwards: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 4 4 12 4! ■• 28 -28 •• 21 60 20 ■6 69 1 1 4 '2 " 7 22 1 35 1 13 4 50 1 '3 a 4 6 2 1 7 2 4 2 i 4 " •• 4 '2 35 2 19 29 2 94 1 16 3 95 3 2 20 5 4 0 30 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 3 8 2 1 3 2 4 7 5 5 1 8 1 5 1 0 " 2 8 1 1 3 8 1 4 2 "i i I 36 14 21 24 26 41 2 12 8 1 1 8 I I •2 16 10 2 3 18 25 i 14 5 20 28 45 2 8 4 8 37 5 12 130 20 68 5 171 52 254 17 125 81 349 7 i 39 4 157 1 33 3 101 6 3 10 6 5 9 1 34 I 10 160 2 ! 8 16 66 10 7 5 2 1 12 1 6 20 2 11 28 6 s 60 6 8 26 38 108 23 213 142 728 51 38 1 147 3 22 1 79 4 11 2 11 9 3 29 5 109 2 4 15 79 6 I 2 3 2 ■ 7 5 2 28 16 5 33 4 21 13 45 4 14 20 37 124 17 173 103 667 39 1 12l 8 3 28 2 2 5 2 9 7 4 18 1 69 2 3 5 63 3 I 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 8 3 2 22 2 16 4 25 4 1 2 26 74 14 80 60 427 i 2 "i 1 9 3 5 22 1 1 2 1 9 4 8 5 9 2 8 9 31 2 41 24 192 4 69 'e 2 27 1 3 13 .. " i I " < i ! Summary: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 185 14 659, 6 120 13 309 1 12 9 41 26 37 26 11 174 23 575 8 29 54 j 282 27 i 16 ! H 12 17 28 3 2 31 5 84 2 62 9 102 17 144 112 209 16 45 117 176 403 66 978 491 2,705 156 Total 864 443 i i 62 100 780 392 39 I 50 122 190 481 45 762 4,330

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Table E. Previously-convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1890.

Table F. Previously-convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1886-90.

Table G. Number of Convicts (Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) in the different Prisons.

Table H. Crimes of Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude or Hard Labour for Twelve Months and over during the Year 1890.

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'risons. tooe. 'wice. irico or o: ;ener. Auckland Dunedin flokitika !nvercargill .. jyttelton STapier kelson SJew Plymouth Pimaru iVanganui Wellington .. klilford Sound iiinor gaola .. M. 78 34 7 10 79 4.7 6 6 10 20 47 4 75 F. 8 11 10 4 1 1 10 6 | M. 51 17 5 5 45 34 5 7 11 30 1 44 p. 10 i 5 "i 4 17 7 j Mi 229 67 6 8 94 100 9 8 25 45 96 14 118 F. 201 122 18 5 103 18 1 5 4 76 8 M. 358 118 18 23 218 181 15 19 42 76 167 19 237 F. 219 137 23 5 117 26 1 5 1 5 103 21 Total 423 51 i 255 51 813 561 1,491 663

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. .886 .887 .888 .889 .890 M. 464 479 423 388 423 p. 95 77 65 72 51 M. 266 291 261 252 255 F. 69 57 58 G8 51 I M. 782 776 848 769 813 F. 558 508 450 409 561 M. 1,512 1,546 1,532 1,409 1,491 F. 722 637 573 549 663

Prisons. 31st December, 31st December, 1889. 1890. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier Nelson .. New Plymouth Timaru .. Wanganui Wellington Milford Sound I 47 47 28 12 16 i i 49 34 i 15 'i \ 8 (37 43 33 24 33 Total 195 171 34 56 Net decrease 24

Assault with intent to rob Assault causing bodily harm Burglary Conspiring to defraud .. Embezzlement and fraud Feloniously receiving .. Forgery and uttering .. Horse- and cattle-stealing EEousebreaking indecent assault indecent exposure jarceny liarceny from the person Liarceny from a dwelling \'% 1 Manslaughter 1 Murder 8 I Obtaining goods by false pretences 1 Rape, attempted 7 ! Robbery 1 ! Robbery with violence 18 ' Sheep-stealing 5 I Sodomy 25 . Stealing post-letters 2 ! Vagrancy 2 ! Wounding .. .. ... 21 2 , Total .. 1 1 2 c; '.'. 1 3 1 1 7 1 .. 122

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Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1890.

Table J. Visits of the Inspector to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1890.

Visited Mount Cook and Point Halswell once a week when in Wellington. 2—H. 14.

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Prisons and Visiting Justices. 3 jjj I o 3 5' o i-s do p S a CD CO o O o O o "c3 Auckland: Joseph Newman .. C. La Roche T. Thompson, M.H.R. E. W. Moody P. F. De Quincey .. Dunedin : C. H. Oarew, E.M. B. B. Cargill W. Logan W. L. Simpson G. G. Russell G. Fenwick Dr. Hislop .. .. J. L. Monson W. Elder 3okitika: John Bevan J. Mandl : » H. Feldwick E. F. Cuthbertson William Todd Thomas Perkins .. Lyttelton : E. Westenra H. Allwright E. Beotham, E.M. STapier: J. Anderson H. S. Tiffin E. Lyndon Slew Plymouth : E. Parris H. Weston Robert Trimble .. T. King .. rimaru: G. G. FitzGerald J. Jackson Wanganui: E. N. Liffiton F. A. Krull G. Carson Wellington : J. Mackay Edward Pearce W. E. Gudgeon J. R. Blair J. G. Butts 3 3 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 5 2 G l" 1 3 1 4 2 5 8 2 1 1 G 4 3' 2" 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 :-5 5 2 1 G 3' 2 4 3 3 1 2 4 1 3 3 1 3 'i 4 1 I 5 1 3 2 2 3 1 3' 4 1 1 7 1 1 8 3 2 1 4 2 1 7 2 3 i" 1 4 1 1 9 2 2 4 2 i 1 2' 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 4 1 3 G 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 12 G3 17 IS i!G 3 1 24 11 15 20 1 2 3 1 4 4 0 2 44 '.) 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1. 1 1 13 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1. 1 -I 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 17 3 5 5 1 1 i" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 l l 12 5 19 4 3 1 i" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 5 10 3 8 3 1 1 i' 2 1 l 1 2

Prisons. L 3 -4 u Q O 03 O O O 9 V I* o s o P <5 5' o5 SLUckland Dunedin 28 1, 3, 4, 7 21, 22, 23, 24 2, 3 2,8, 9 31 1 lokitika jivercargill liyttelton 21 2G 10,11,12, 13 13 4,6,7 Napier 29,30 29, 30 25 Stelson.. Plymouth .. Kmaru Wanganui Wellington 16 14 5 8 15 17 12 1, 23 27 29 5 30 17 17 20 6 13

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Table K. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1890. AUCKLAND PRISON.

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Initials i of Offence for which punished. Prisoner. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. W. B. Being in possession of a prohibited article Attempting to carry a letter out of the prison Being in possession of prohibited articles Fighting in the exerciseyard Disrespect to her officer, and refusing to go to her cell Fighting on the works The Gaoler T. Thompson, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. W. M. Asst.-Wr. O'Donohuo C. La Eoche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. 1 day bread and water. T. E. Asst.-Warder Eethune T. Thompson, V.J. .. M. R. G. La Roche, V.J. E, McG. Asst.-Matron Irvine .. 2 days bread and water. D. B. E. W. J. McC. . W. Unnecessary noise in his cell Irreverent behaviour at Divine service Ditto Idleness PI.-Warder Rutherford Warder Russell Warder Denison Warder Crook P. F. DeQuincey.V.J. 8 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water, T. Thompson, V.J. .. J. D. O. G. M. R. O. G. J. H. A. H. Refusing to obey orders Unnecssary noise in his cell Refusing to obey orders and absenting himself from Divine worship Assaulting his officer Warder Russell Warder Ryan Warder Gideon Asst.-Warder Gillcspie Warder Russell P. F. DeQuincey, V.J. C. La Roche, V.J. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 2 days' marks. To forfeit 3 days' marks. G. P. Asst.-Warder Watty.. P. F. Dc Quinoey, V.J. 2 days bread and water, and to forfeit 12 marks. 2 days bread and water. A. A. A. A. C. W. C. W. Fighting on the works Annoying a fellow-prisoner Refusing to get up at appointed time Insulting and threatening language to his officer Damaging his clothing Warder Coffey Warder Russell Warder Crook J. Newman, V.J. C. La Roche, V.J. 1 day bread and water. H. E. Asst.-Warder Watty.. M. B. E. H. J. H. Insulting and threatening language to his officer Creating a disturbance and using obscene language Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Asst.-Wr. O'Donohuc Asst.-Warder Treacey f 3 days bread and water. E. L. Asst.-Matron Irvine .. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. E. L. C. W. A. H. Escaping from legal custody Warder Ryan Warder Cofloy 0. La Boehe, V.J. .. Dr. Giles, R.M. 2 days bread and water. 9 months' imprisonment witb hard labour. To forfeit 12 marks. J. O'C. Attempting to send a clandestine letter out of the prison Loitering in his cell, and insolence to his officer Refusing to go to work Irreverent behaviour at Divine service Disrespect to his officer Fighting on the works The Matron 0. La Roche, V.J. .. H. C. Asst.-Warder Watty.. J. Newman, V.J. 1 day bread and water. A. H. G. R. The Chief Warder .. Asst.-Warder Watty .. C. La Eoohe, V.J. R. C. C, W. Asst.-Warder Gillespie Asst.-Wr. O'Donohue R. W. Moody, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 3 days' marks. To forfeit 4 days' marks. 1 month's imprisonment with. hard labour. Ditto. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. G. F. A. McL. Attempted escape The Gaoler'.. Dr. Giles', R.M. F. F. A. A. M.McM. Refusing to work Disobedience and threatening language to her officer Disobedience Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Attempting to carry a clandestine letter to a female prisoner Carrying on a clandestine correspondence with a male prisoner Threatening and insulting language Conveying a clandestine letter to a female prisoner Attempting a clandestine correspondence with a female prisoner Fighting on the works Obstructing his officer -in execution of duty Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Insulting language to fellowprisoner Insulting language to his officer The Matron 0. La Roche, V.J. ','. M. L. J. H. E, D. Asst.-Matron Irvine .. Asst.-Warder Hunter Asst.-Matron Irvine .. T. Thompson, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. M.McM. M.McM. The Gaoler J. E. C. C. L. McD. J. H. Warder Russell Asst.-Warder O'Reilly T. Thompson, V.J. .. To forfeit 10 marks. 1 day bread and water. J. M. K. I. W, Warder Denison Asst.-Warder Hunter C. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. I. W. Asst.-Warder Bethune

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1890 — continued. AUCKLAND PRISON— continued.

DUNEDIN PRISON.

HOKITIKA PRISON.

LYTTELTON FRISON.

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Initials of 'risoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. I. W. G. W. T. P. A. H. Refusing to go to work Assaulting a fellow-prisoner PI.-Warder Robinson The Gaoler Asst.-Warder Treacey Warder Russell C. La Roche, V.J. .. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. P. F. De Quincey, V.J. 1 day bread and water. a To forfeit 12 marks. 3 days bread and water am to forfeit 48 marks. 2 days bread and water. 3". H. Insulting language to a fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Idleness and insulting language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Fighting in the exercise-yard Trades Officer Charles W. B. Pl.-Warder Woolley .. To forfeit 12 marks. S. W. Warder Russell 3 days bread and water. B. L. A. MoL. T. McL. A. MoL. Warder Henderson .. Pl.-Warder Woolley .. SI. Niccol, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 8 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Threatening and insulting language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Nightwatchman Casey D. D. J. P. F. W. J. B. Pl.-Wardor Woolley .. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. Fighting on the works Warder Denison

W. H. P. Making unnecessary noise in his cell Insolence and using obscene language Ditto Acting PI. - Wl*. Armstrong Ditto G. G. Russell, V J. .. 2 days bread and water. W. H. P. W. H. P. W. H.P. W. H. P. W. H. P. W. H.P. W. H. P. r. b. Damaging his coll Insolence Asst.-Wr. Hawkins .. Asst.-Warder Vincent PI.-Warder Pointon .. W. L. Simpson, V.J. Dr. Hislop, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. Disobedience, and damaging prison property Disobedience and insolence to his officer Ditto Asst.-Warder Kelly .. The Matron W. L. Simpson, V.J. r. g. Warder Connor Dr. Hislop, V.J. r. g. Asst.-Warder Vincent 3 days bread and water.

. B. . B. Damaging prison property.. PI.-Warder I'lieelo .. J. Bevan, V.J. .. 8 days bread and water. Attempted escape .. Warder Bunnie .. i D. Macfarlane, R.M. 1 month's imprisonment wit! i hard labour. INVERCARGILL PRISON. J. H. T. Making false charges against an officer Attempting to pass a letter out of the prison Causing a letter to be conveyed out of the prison j Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disobedience of orders Destroying prison property The Gaoler .. C. E. Rawson, R.M... 5 days bread and water. T. H. T. H. Feldwick, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. M. C. R. P. S. W. G. L. W. G. L. PI.-Warder Jaquiery R. P. Cuthbertson, V.J. T. Perkins, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water.

r. r. h. Threatening language to his officer and disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience of orders Fighting in the division Pl.-Wardcr O'Connell E. Westenra, V.J. 3 days bread and water. r. MoC. W. J. W. L. V. McG. Asst.-War'dei: Theobald 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Refusing to leave his cell when ordered Continued idleness and insolence to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto Irreverent behaviour during Divine service Asst.-Warder O'Brien B. R. Acting-Pl.-Wr. K my 3 days bread and water. 3. J. 3. J. PI.-Warder Reston .. Asst.-Warder Donovan 1 day bread and water. It. H. D. 3. J. Asst.-Warder O'Brien Asst.-Warder Donovan 2 days bread and water. 1" day bread and water.

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1890— continued. LYTTELTON PRISON— continued.

NAPIER PRISON.

NELSON PRISON. Nil. NEW PLYMOUTH PRISON.

TIMARU PRISON.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By "whom sentenced. Punishment. T. E. Preferring a false charge against fellow-prisoner Idleness and refusing to work Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto Continued idleness Being in possession of prohibited articles Abusive and obscene language to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto Disturbing the quiet of the prison Obscene language to the Gaoler and disturbing the quiet of the prison Refusing to clean out his cell The Gaoler R. Westenra, V.J. 1 day bread and water. E. B. Pl.-Warder Beston .. 7 days separate. E. B. Asst.-Warder Donovan 2 days bread and water. W. L. G. J. C. S. Pl.-Warder Reston .. Acting Pl.-Wr. Kenny Assfc.-Wr. Manning .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 50 marks. E. R. Asst.-Warder O'Brien 3 days bread and water. C. S. The Chief Warder .. 2 days bread and water. G. H. D. J. H. L. Warder Kirby Warder Clarke 1 day bread'and water. 3 days bread and water. C. R. Asst.-Warder O'Brien J. H. L. C. B, M. A. H. H. A. Ref usingto go to work Being in possession of a prohibited article Being in possession of prohibited articles Refusing to go to work Insulting language to his officer Refusing to go to work Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Threatening language to his officer Improper language to her officer Threatening language to his officer Damaging prison property.. Being in possession of prohibited articles Idleness at work Assaulting his officer Disobedience of orders Refusing to have his hair cut Refusing to work Attempting to escape Obscene language to fellowprisoners Disturbing the quiet of the prison Ditto Disobedience of orders Acting PI.-War. Kenny 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. >C. J. Warder Kirby 2 days bread and water. M. O. H. W. P. Warder Clarke Pl.-Warder Reston .. 1 day bread and water. M. 0. H. G. H. E. G. H. R. The Chief Warder .. Acting PI.-War. Kenny Warder Clarke 2 days bread and water. J. L. Asst.-Matron Martin.. 1 day bread and water. W. P. G. Instrn cting - Warder Prendergast Warder Kirby The Chief Warder .. J. A. J. A. 3 days bread and water. G. W. H. N. H. N. H. N. H. N. M. W. T. K. Pl.-Warder Reston .. Asst.-Warder O'Brien Asst.-Warder Skinner The Chief Warder .. Asst.-Matron Martin.. Acting Pl.-War. Kenny 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 36 marks. To forfeit 30 marks. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. W. K. Pl.-Warder O'Connell A. 0. •0. L. The Matron 2 days bread and water.

. B. i Abusive language to his Pl.-Warder Nicholson officer . E. J. Being in possession of pro- The Gaoler hibited articles J. Anderson, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. .. 2 days bread and water.

". 11. Attempting to pass a letter out of the prison Being in possession of prohibited articles PL-Warder Fuller E. Parris, V.J. .. To forfeit 42 marks. .. To forfeit 60 marks.

'. F. Insulting language to his officer and idleness Asst.-Warder May .. J. Jackson, V.J. 2 days bread and water.

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1890— continued.

WELLINGTON PRISON.

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Initials of " Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. 3. B, Secreting a pair of prison socks Idleness at work Attempted escape The Matron G. Carson, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 3. B. V.B.M. Asst.-Wrdr. McMurray W. Jones, J.P., and J. F. McBeth, J.P. G. Carson, V.J. 7 days bread and water. 3. B. Threatening language to a fellow-prisoner Attempted escape Insulting language to his officer The Matron 1 day bread and water. . J. V. M. Asst.-Wr. MoWilliams The Gaoler H. Brabant, E.M. .. G. Carson, V.J. 14 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water.

M. W. Disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience of orders Damaging his cell Asst.-Matron Shillington PI.-Warder Reardon.. PI.-Warder Millington B. Pearee, V.J. 2 days bread and water. E. R. W. R. J. E. Blair, V.J. W. E. Gudgeon, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 14 days' marks... 3 days bread and water- and to forfeit 14 days' marks. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 7 days' marks. W. R. Being in possession of prohibited articles Fighting.. Insubordinate language to his officer Ditto PI.-Warder Reardon.. M. M. J. D. The Matron Asst.-Wr. P. Murphy E. Pearce, V.J. J. Mackay, V.J. W. R. r. h. R. T. Disobedience of orders and threatening language to his officer Disturbing the quiet of the prison Filthy language to nightwatch officer Disobedience of orders, creating a disturbance, and using abusive language to her officer Creating a disturbance and insubordinate language to her officer Disobedience of orders and refusing to work Disobedience of orders PI.- Warder Millington E. Pearce, V.J. J. G. Butts, V.J. W. E. Gudgeon, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 14 days' marks. 3c. T. Warder Meehan E. Pearce, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 3-. T. ir ■ ■ M. E. P. » • • J. R. Blair, V.J. 1 day bread and water. \ M, W, Asst.-Matron Shillington E. Pearce, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 3. McG. Acting PI.-Warder Conneys Asst.-Warder Coyle .. 2 days bread and water. a. m. J. G. Butta, V.J. 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 14 days marks. Ditto. a. m. 3-. M. Assaulting prison officers .. Threatening and filthy language to his officer PI.-Warder Millington Asst.-Warder Coyle .. a. a. ). M. T. I). CJ. McG. Continuing to disobey orders, V viz., refusing to work after 11 a.m. on Saturdays Insubordination and insulting language to her officer Ditto Insubordination and threatening language to his officer Ditto Refusing to work ■ Warder Carte J. R. Blair, V.J. To forfeit 7 days' marks. 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 7 marks. Ditto. 8 days bread and water. J. R. C. L. The Matron E. Pearce, V.J. (J. L. G. T. Warder Mechau J. R. Blair, V.J. E. Pearce, V.J. G days bread and water. J. D. M. N. PI.-Warder Millington Asst.-Matron Shillington PI.-Warder Reardon.. J. R. Blair, V.J. '.'. 1 day bread and water. H. E. Leaving the ranks in line of march to Mount Cook Disobedience of orders and insubordination Idleness and using threatening language to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles J. Mackay, V.J. 2 days bread and water. P. A. Warder Meehan J. R. Blair, V.J. 3 days bread and water. CD. PI.-Warder Millington E. Pearce, V.J 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 14 days' marks. 2 days bread and water. T. G. Asst.-Warder Murphy J. R. Blair, V.J.

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Table L. "FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886." Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1890.

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Ages. Three Months and under. Six Months. Nine Months. Twelve Months. Two Years. Waiting Trial. Total. Under .10 yeara From 10 to 15 years .. 15 „ 20 „ „ 20 „ 25 „ ,. 25 „ 30 „ „ 30 ., 40 , „ 40 „ 50 „ . 50 „ 60 „ 00 yeara and upwards 12 12 3 2 3 8 5 4 1 1 2 1 j I i 2 8 6 2 3 5 2 2 1 1 17 80 16 8 5 8 4 S 2 1 2 "i Total 82 25 28 98