DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1891. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1891.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1892 Session I, H-13

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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1891. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1891.

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

The Inspbctob of Peisons to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. Sir, — Justice Department, Prisons Branch, Wellington, Ist July, 1892. I have the honour to present this my eleventh annual report on the prisons of the colony, together with the sixth annual report on the working of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." I have periodically visited the various prisons on the dates stated in the attached table marked J. I have on all occasions found them kept clean and in good condition, every attention being paid to the sanitary arrangements, and a high state of discipline maintained, while the management is both effective and economical. 1. From the particulars given in Table L it will be seen that the First Offenders' Probation Act continues to work in a most satisfactory manner, and appears to be one of the wisest and noblest Acts of modern days. 2. The supplies for the various prisons have, as hitherto, been publicly tendered for, and no complaints have been made either by the prison authorities or the contractors. The usual custom of all tenders being addressed to and opened by the Visiting Justices has been strictly adhered to, and their recommendations have invariably been adopted. 3. Two escapes occurred during the year, both from Milford Sound, and the prisoners were speedily recaptured. There were no escapes or attempts at prison-breaking in any of the prisons proper. 4. From Table A it will be seen that the health of the prisoners at the various prisons has been good. The daily average of sick has been 697 males and 209 females—a decrease on the previous year of l - 42 in the males and of 059 in the females. 5. Nine deaths occurred during the year—viz., three at Auckland, three at Lyttelton, one at Napier, one at Wellington, and one at Milford Sound. In each case an inquest was held, and a verdict satisfactory to the prison management was returned. 6. There were no executions during the year. Two death-sentences were passed, which His Excellency the Governor was pleased to commute to penal servitude for life. 7. A reference to Table A shows that at the commencement of the year 495 males and 67 females were confined in the prisons of the colony, and at the close of the year 472 males and 62 females—a decrease on the previous year of 23 males and 5 females. In 1891, 3,452 males and 845 females passed through the various prisons, as against 4,062 males and 901 females during the preceding year —a total decrease of 666 in cases dealt with. 8. During the past year the daily average of prisoners was 45922 males and 5839 females, a decrease on the previous year in the daily average of 5079 males and 931 females. This cannot be looked upon as otherwise than eminently satisfactory. 9. From figures supplied by the Eegistrar-General, the population of the colony was, at the end of 1891, 359,035 males and 317,016 females—a total of 676,051 persons ; whilst on the same date the number of prisoners (males and females) was 534. The average percentage of prisoners according to population was, therefore, -079—a decrease of -006 as compared with the year 1890. 10. During the year 1891, 46 male and 2 female misdemeanants in default, and 66 male and 17 female supposed lunatics, were detained in the various prisons of the colony—a decrease of 17 males and an increase of 2 females in the former, and an increase of 1 male and 2 females in the latter, on the previous year : a total decrease of 16 male and an increase of 4 female prisoners. I—H. 13.

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11. The prisoners undergoing sentences of penal servitude in the colony numbered last year 163 males and 4 females, a decrease of 1 male and 3 females on 1890. 12. In 1891, 327 male and 43 female prisoners were acquitted or discharged after remand, as against 387 males and 33 females during the preceding year. 13. From the figures given under Table B it will be seen that the prisoners were maintained last year at a gross cost per head of £52 2s. Bd. as against £46 9s. 5d., and at a net cost of £36 9s. 3d. against £39 10s., in 1890. The gross totals are made up as follows : Staff supervision £36 10s. 5d., maintenance £12 11s. 2d., and incidentals £3 Is. Id. This increase in the gross cost per head is mainly due to the very large decrease in the daily average number of prisoners. The cause is supplemented by an increase in the price of provisions with a corresponding increase in the price of necessaries; while the staff supervision is considerably increased in consequence of instructing warders, who were formerly paid by the Harbour Defences and Public Works Department, being now paid by the Prisons Department, under a new system. 14. The receipts and credits for prison-labour, road-metal, maintenance of prisoners, needlework, &c, amounted to £7,216 2s. 3d., as against £3,915 19s. Bd. in the previous year. This of course accounts for the net cost of prisoners during the past year being decreased considerably. 15. From Table C. it will be seen that out of the prisoners who passed through the various gaols 2,482 males and 618 females were able to read and write, 90 males and 58 females could read only, and 341 males and 101 females were unable to read or write. 16. It is interesting to note, from Table F, that a comparison of the previously-convicted prisoners sentenced during the past year with those sentenced five years ago—viz., in 1887 —shows a decrease of 144 males and 16 females in the once convicted, a decrease in the twice convicted of 56 males, with the same number of females, whilst in those convicted three times, or oftener, there is a decrease of 32 males and an increase of 1 female. This, it is considered, goes far to prove that the sentences passed upon prisoners and the manner in which they are carried out are deterrent, and tend to prevent and repress crime. It has always been a vexed question with those whose duty it is to administer punishment to criminals as to whether the deterrent or reform theory is the better, some holding that the best guarantee for the prevention of crime is to make it certain that punishment means something to be feared and dreaded, and so unpleasant as to entirely obliterate the motives which may tend to make it attractive, whilst others value punishment chiefly for the beneficial results it may have on those subjected to it. But all agree that society must be protected against offending criminals. Mr. William Tallack, secretary to the Howard Association, who has a life-long experience of criminals and their management, says : " The experience of the United States in this matter may be referred to as useful in a negative sense. It teaches us by what acts a regular and ample supply of criminals may be most unfailingly kept up. The authors of the new system, he says, have had the success which their efforts have merited : they have made prison-life so pleasant that we learn without surprise that they have vastly increased the number of candidates for its exceptional privileges." 17. The well-meaning persons who have formed what is known as the Massachusetts Prison Reform Association have gained the public ear, not only in Massachusetts, but in several other States of the Union ; and we read their view is that a man is not sent to gaol to be punished for what he has done—his only punishment is to be that of instruction and elevation. The criminal in a modern prison is to be taught moral and intellectual beauties and refinements that he never dreamed of before. Now, what is the result of this treatment? In the report of the Boston Police Commissioners last year, we find that 1 in 10 of the entire population of the city was arrested in the course of the year, and lin 26 throughout the States. The reason is obvious: Boston provides better bed and board than most of the prisoners ever had before, and if they come once they are sure to come again. Again, prison-life in the Concord Reformatory is described as attractive, as it can well be made, and the same remark applies to many more of the States prisons. A similar system prevails in Italy with like results. 18. The above quotations, and information gathered from various papers on the subject of the treatment of criminals, is published with a view of showing that the English system, the main feature of which is to assiduously prevent prisoners while under detention from mutual contamination, is the right one, and is, as far as practicable, being carried out in the New Zealand prisons. To do this in its entirety, however, it is imperative that each prisoner must have a cell to himself, which naturally must add considerably to the expense; nevertheless, it would appear that we are recouped by finding a material decrease of prisoners each year, with an increasing population. In the prisons every effort is made to assist—by books, advice, &c.—those who are anxious to reform, and this object is receiving more and more attention each year. It affords me much pleasure to report that, in many of the towns, philanthropic persons have assisted the prison officials by gifts of books to prison libraries and by visits to the prisoners for the purpose of reading and giving kindly advice to them while in the prison, as well as providing employment for them on discharge. The gaolers, too, I am pleased to say, have been very active in this matter, and when they have been assured from his or her conduct, while under their charge, that the prisoner is anxious to lead an honest life when released, they have, in several instances, taken considerable trouble in finding employment for expirees, and in very few cases has their confidence been misplaced, while many exprisoners freely admit they owe their conversion from crime to the exertions and interest taken in them by those under whom they served their sentences. In my opinion, the only efficient system devised for the repression of crime is entire separation and prevention of social intercourse by the cellular system. As before stated, this is costly; but, so far, results justify the expenditure. The free intercourse of prisoners with one another gives grand opportunities to the whole body for perfecting themselves in the criminal art. 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into practice. The steady decrease in the number of prisoners for the last ten years in the colony may be looked upon as clearly indicating that the ideal object of punishment of criminals has to a considerable extent been grasped, and that the sentence is not only the legal payment of a debt which has been incurred, both to the law and to society, but that it is also a deterrent from crime. It is thought that none can truthfully say that the inmates of our gaols are harshly treated, improperly cared for, and scantily fed, while they certainly do not obtain luxuries or amusements during the period of their confinement. The blots on our system may be summed lip thus : Sending children of tender years, drunkards in delirium tremens, and lunatics to our gaols. 19. 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 prison, but it is a matter of considerable congratulation to find that last year there were only 10, as against 20 in 1890. These children—mere infants—are of course kept entirely separate while in prison, but they should, at that age, never be allowed to darken a prison door. A reference to Table D shows the number of juvenile offenders who have passed through the prisons of the colony during 1891 to be as follows : Those under ten years of age, 10, as against 20 in the previous year; those from ten to fifteen years, 55, as against 54 in 1890 ; and those from fifteen to twenty years, 214, as against 223 in the previous year; giving a total decrease of 18 in young persons under the age of twenty years. This is not satisfactory, and, with the First Offenders' Probation Act in force, the number of juvenile offenders seems very large, while, it is repeated, infants under ten years of age ought under no circumstances to be consigned to prisons. 20. The total number of punishments awarded for prison offences last year was 148, as against 172 in 1890. Of these offences, 145 were for minor offences punished by the Visiting Justices, and only 3 serious or aggravated prison offences, after first being investigated by a Visiting Justice, were reheard in open Court—a decrease of 4 as compared with the previous year. This again is encouraging, and clearly shows that the introduction of the system of bringing serious or aggravated offenders before the open Court has not been attended with the disastrous results to discipline which was predicted for it. One hundred and forty-eight minor offences is as low an average as can be reasonably, expected, while a good state of discipline is fully maintained. The number of offences committed by prison officers was 9, as against 5 in the previous year. These offences were more or less of a minor nature, and there were no cases of intoxication ; while the officers, though subject to trying work and long hours, have evinced interest and humanity in the performance of their duties and gained respect from those over whom they are placed. 22. The prisoners at the four centres have been principally employed at fortification-work during the year, and the Defence Engineer appears satisfied with the quantity and quality of the work carried out by them, as will be seen from his report. At Auckland considerable progress has been made with the erection of the new prison, and the overcrowding and occupation of vermininfested antiquated buildings complained of in former reports has now virtually ceased. The grounds at Government House, Auckland, have been kept up with prison labour, while useful work has been done at the Mount Eden Eifle-range. At Wellington, in addition to the fortification-works, a new police-station at Mount Cook has been built by the prisoners, and is now almost completed. It is a commodious brick building, and was much required in that locality. At Lyttelton the prisoners have been hard at work at the fortifications at Eipa Island and Sumner Eoad, which are now fast approaching completion; they have also been employed making repairs and improvements to the immigration buildings on Quail Island. At Dunedin, where there are considerably fewer prisoners, they have been exclusively employed on defence-works at Taiaroa Heads. The supply of clothing, boots, officers' uniforms, &c, still continues to be made in Lyttelton prison, where also a considerable amount of printing is done for the Government Printer. 23. As regards Milford Sound, the work allotted to the prisoners was found much more stupendous and the climate more unfavourable than could be gathered from mere descriptions, and owing to the terribly heavy rainfall the prisoners were only able to work about half the year. To give some idea of the climate it may be mentioned that on the last day of last year llfin. of rain was the registered fall for twenty-four hours. The work set to the prisoners was to make a coach-road 16ft. wide with half a chain cleared on either side, and there was to be an officer of the Public Works Department to supervise and lay off the work; but soon after the work commenced that officer w r as withdrawn and the officers and prisoners were left to their own devices. The tools and appliances issued were also of a very inferior kind and quite unfitted for the work. Notwithstanding all these drawbacks a fair amount of work was done. Later on His Excellency, Lord Onslow, visited Milford, and I understand expressed an opinion that a coach-road was a mistake, and that a pack-track was all that was necessary; and a short time after the Hon. the Minister for Public Works visited Milford, and determined that the coach-road should be discontinued and a pack-track substituted, which naturally altered the entire aspect of the case. I at once reported that the construction of a pack-track was not suitable work for prisoners, as the constant shifting of camp which is necessitated by such work would be costly and unprofitable, while the result of camp not being constantly shifted must entail a great loss of time to the prisoners daily in going to and returning from work ; while in a climate like Milford it is undesirable to employ prisoners at any distance from their camp. Again, to make prison labour on public works of this kind remunerative, at least 100 prisoners should have been sent instead of half that number, as it takes very little additional staff to supervise 100 than it does to look after 50. I claim, however, to have clearly demonstrated by the Milford Sound experiment that, with trustworthy officers, prisoners can with safety be located and worked in any part of the colony. In justice to the officers who have been stationed at Milford it is pointed out that, during the time the camp has been there—namely, since December, 1890 —there have been only four escapes, while a fair amount of discipline has been maintained ; and had it not been for the unfavourable weather a

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greater amount of work would certainly have been done. There is no reason to regret the experiment was tried; and had more prisoners been sent, and the same class of work as was first intended continued, the prisoners would ultimately have rendered a good account of themselves, and there can be no question as to the work fitting them to earn their living on discharge, a consideration of no small moment. 24. In Auckland another wing of the new prison is fast approaching completion, and should be ready for occupation in the spring, while in Wellington, as soon as the cook-house is finished, and the drainage- and gas-pipes laid down, the building should be ready for occupation. There is then only Dunedin prison to be rebuilt, and I have no hesitation in saying that this work should be commenced at once. This prison, which has been for many years a relic of the dark ages, is unfit for occupation ; and though the reduced number of prisoners require a much smaller building than would have sufficed some years back, still a small prison should now be started; and, as it is so urgently required, I am of opinion that, at any rate, the first wing should, to save time, be built by contract, and additions might afterwards be made with prison labour. This is really now the only pressing work in connection with prison-accommodation, but it should no longer be neglected. FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT. As before stated, this Act continues to work exceedingly smoothly and well, though there is a slight falling-off in the numbers placed under it during the past year. A reference to Table shows that 72 persons came under its operation this year as against 93 in the preceding year. Of these 30 satisfactorily carried out the conditions of their licenses and were discharged, 3 were rearrested and committed to prison, 1 absconded—leaving 38 still under the supervision of the Probation Officers, completing their terms. The amount of costs ordered to be paid by the various Courts before which these 72 offenders were brought was £179 11s., of which sum £81 13s. 6d. 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. The approximate cost of keeping these offenders in prison, had not the Probation Act been in force, would have been about £1,660, which, if added to the amount of costs actually paid, gives a saving of £1,741 13s. 6d. Since the Act came into force, in October, 1886, 448 persons have been placed on probation, of whom 361 were discharged after having satisfactorily completed the terms of their licenses, 21 were rearrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, 2 died, 7 managed to elude the vigilance of the Probation Officers and absconded, while 56 remain still on probation. I must again commend the probation officers for their zeal, tact, and intelligence in dealing with this Act, and though I know in some cases pressure has been brought to bear, they have invariably conscientiously and fearlessly made their recommendations, which have in almost every case been accepted and acted upon by the Court. As regards the working of this Act in England and Wales, the following circular, published in a recent issue of the Law Times, gives some interesting details : — First Offenders. The following circular has been issued by the Home Secretary to Magistrates in England and Wales: — " The Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 " (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49). " The Probation of First Offenders Act, 1887 " (50 & 51 Vict. c. 25). " Sm,— " Home Office, Whitehall, 25th April, 1892. " I am directed by the Secretary of State to acquaint you that from the information before him he has reason to believe that the provisions in the enactments cited in the margin are not so fully taken advantage of as they might be in the case of persons charged with offences of a trifling nature, or persons against whom no previous conviction has been proved. A return laid before Parliament in May, 1891, of the cases in which the Probation of First Offenders Act had been applied in the Metropolitan Police Districts and in five large provincial districts showed that of the total number (2,530) of persons dealt with under the Act during the three years 1888-90 only 169, or 66 per cent., had been called upon to appear and receive judgment, or were known to the police to have been subsequently convicted of a fresh offence. It would appear, however, that the provisions in question are much more frequently applied in some districts and by some benches of Magistrates than by others, and the Secretary of State has therefore thought it right to issue this circular, in the hope that it may lead to a general use of these enactments by Courts of summary jurisdiction, and of the Probation of First Offenders Act by Courts of Quarter Sessions, in cases where such course would be justified by the character of the offence, the youth of the offender, or other circumstances. " I am, &c, " GODFEEY LUSHINGTON." Now, in New Zealand the number of those called upon to appear and receive judgment, or who are known to the police to have been subsequently convicted of a fresh offence, since the commencement of the Act is only 21, or 468 per cent., while we have no cause for complaint that the Benches do not take advantage of the Act. I am, &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, 1891.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. „ . New Plymou th. Wauganui. [Wellington. Milford Sound. Minor Gaols. Total. Grand Total. In Pbison 1st January. M. F. M. F. jr. F. M. F. M. F. 1 M. F. M. F. M. F. 1 1 5 II. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. i 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 •• 2 ' .. 2 9 7" .. 2 .'. I 1 34 1 2 1 35 5 i 1 45 2 20 2 47 12 9 4 2 1 8 4 5 1 7 6 7 8 2 3 ".. 5 2 1 2 1 1 3" .. 2 34 26 13 6 11 6 1 6 .. 9 1 10 .. 1 6 .. 2 4 4 3 2 42 1 20 19 3 8 1 2 33 .. 12 .. •• 7 .. 17 1 1 164 7 98 3 116 30 72 24 8 2 171 101 146 96 10 Total 128 21 34 20 I 11 5 6 92 12 100 5 45 0 32 1 495 67 27 13 2 56! Received. I Debtors .. Lunatios 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 1 ii 4 35 '4 2 2 14 1 26 3 3 1 1 106 8 5 7 2 31 1 3 .. 3 1 12 2 5 4 28 4 7 79 8 29 .. 13 32 9 209 24 46 2 06 17 618 69 4i 8.68' 61 17 13 24 53 373 10 34 176 4 6 8 24 146 16 26 112 5 3 12 18 5 1 2 3 2 3 6 .. 45 14 1 7 2 22 50 17 294 102 2 2 5 34 .. 194 7 4 1 1 1 2 2 14 6 4 1 4 15 2 99 17 1 3 5 23 1 54 21 192 83 14 4 4 9 3 298 33 103 10 38 2 97 2 259 107 1,673 553 160 26 4< 361 2,221 181 -. Total 534 232 250 147 42 i 95 18 485 130 282 11 40 10 154 30 374 113 29 672 79 2,957 778 3,73! Total for year ! I 662 253 284 167 53 13 101 18 577 142 309 12 53 10 161 32 474 118 74 .. 704 80 3,452 845 4,29' Discharged. 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 1 1 1 46 12 68 10 420 204 4 2 9 2 1 12 4 26 5 19 6 172 141 11 1 3 1 1 1 3 .. 5 1 ! 25 8 1 9" 1 19 3 2 46 13 1 6 .. 4 1 2 86 7 52 1 323 123 4 13 3 5 2 27 15 214 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 6 8 .. 16 9 1 4 4 2 2 2 110 23 2 1 28 1 7 61 8 58 214 100 3 .. 29 .. 1 14 1 25 S 51 6 417 38 4 1 189 25 47 3 50 18 . 327 43 229 18 1,957 667 32 5 331 27 7 2 5( 6i 37( 24' 3' 35! 11 33".. 1 .. Total In prison at end of year 550 231 112 22 252 153 32 14 ' 1 36 10 17 3 ! 83 17 18 1 487 132 90 10 271 11 38 1 46 10 7 149 31 12 1 372 109 102 9 34 40 700 4 79 1 2,980 783 472 62 3.76S 53< Total for year 662 253 284 167 [ 53 13 ! j 101 18 ! 577 142 309 12 53 10 161 32 474 118 74 704 80 3,452 845 4,29' 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 159 111 117-80 16-65 66 18 28 2 2-25 0-52 60 39 32-63 15-03 87 36 3 1 0-44 0-39 20 6 11-21 1-19 3 1 1 19 4 8-60 0-20 4 I 115 86 89-17 10-83 36 22 1 1-30 0-43 39 18 25-70 0-90 22 16 5 8-42 1-11 2 20 8 10-19 2-38 8 124 89 99-0 9-0 22 2 2 1-0 075 45 40 43-0 .. 2 80 9 13-50 1-10 9 3 1-0 •• 459-22 58-39 261 79 38 3 6-97 2-09 517-61 340 41 9-06 010 .. O60" .. O-2S" .. ■• •• ••

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Table B. Expenditure under the different Heads of Service for the Year ending 31st December, 1891.

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Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invereargill. LytteltOH. Napier. New Plymouth. Wanganui. J j Wellington. Total. Daily average number of prisoners j jj^^jg.' ' 117-80 16-65 32-63 15-03 11-21 1-19 8-60 020 89-17 10-83 25-70 0-90 8-42 1-11 10-19 2-38 99-00 9-00 402-72 57-29 Total ] 134-45 47-66 I 12-40 8-80 12-57 - 108-00 100-00 26-60 9-53 460-01 Heads of Seevice. I 1 I . I ! ! Staff: Salaries and allowances Uniforms £ s. d. 4,159 10 6 70 6 7 & s. a. 1,857 1 4 32 8 0 j s. s. a. i 830 0 0 24 4 10 £ s. a. 568 15 6 12 7 4 £ s. a. 3,410 15 3 173 16 2 £ s. a. 918 6 8 12 4 8 £ s. a. 797 10 0 11 9 8 £ s. a. 526 15 0 11 8 4 & s. a. ! 3,351 16 9 31 10 8 s, s. a. 16,420 11 0 379 16 3 Total j I 1,889 9 4 I 854 4 10 16,800 7 3 36 10 5 4,229 17 1 581 2 10 3,584 11 5 930 11 4 808 19 8 538 3 4 3,383 7 5 Cost per prisoner 31 9 2 39 12 10 ! 68 17 10 66 0 9 35 16 11 34 19 8 84 17 9 42 16 3 31 0 9 Maintenance : Bations Fuel ana light .. Bedaing and clothing Medicines and medical comforts Furniture Soap, cleaning materials, &c. ! i 1 909 14 6 i 160 10 7 j 160 3 2 135 17 11 26 4 4 108 7 0 390 11 4 90 11 5 J 107 6 5 26 13 0 9 3 7 12 10 5 150 2 5 56 11 9 33 9 3 3 6 8 J 2 18 6 16 2 0 65 1 0 44 19 3 3 5 8 0 6 1 0 18 3 2 5 9 666 1 6 241 8 10 247 8 9 35 12 4 14 3 47 6 3 202 13 11 59 13 7 15 5 0 7 8 8 15 17 0 7 15 0 102 9 5 36 15 1 617 8 84 18 1 69 0 5 28 11 2 18 11 3 6 12 8 10 14 8 679 0 11 136 10 0 354 0 5 124 10 2 22 18 1 26 19 6 3,250 13 1 896 0 11 949 9 10 359 3 9 85 16 8 236 12 9 4 12 2 Total I 1,500 17 6 I 636 16 2 I 262 10 7 116 16 0 1,239 1 11 308 13 2 150 14 4 218 8 3 1,343 19 1 5,777 17 Cost per prisoner i : ] ! 21 3 5 13 5 5 12 7 10 11 3 3 I 13 7 3 11 12 5 15 16 3 17 7 6 12 6 7 12 11 2 Incidental: Eates, rent, &c. Conveyance of officers and prisoners Tools, materials, &c. Gratuities to prisoners on discharge, &c. .. 39 5 0 80 18 0 49 4 0 14 0 0 14 9 11 52 0 0 183 12 10 7 10 0 35 6 0 12"7 6 32 '3 7 1 10 0 56 12 10 114 5 0 464 14 8 177 15 0 54 1 2 Iβ" 2 10 34 16 5 129 12 9 49 17 2 16 3 5 94 7 5 254 2 9 826 18 11 Total 297 18 0 103 5 2 16 2 10 63 6 4 365 5 7 92 13 2 28 10 11 I 126 11 0 312 5 7 1,405 18 Cost per prisoner I I 3 13 0 i 3 9 8 2 19 10 2 4 4 J 2 3 4 16 0 7 3 11 10 1 4 2 17 5 3 1 Gross total cost 6,028 12 7 2,629 10 8 1,132 18 3 I 761 5 2 44 16 9 5,188 18 11 51 17 9 1,331 17 8 50 1 5 988 4 11 883 2 7 5,039 12 1 23,984 2 11 Gross cost per annum 55 3 5 91 ' 7 3 86 10 1 103 13 11 70 5 1 46 4 9 52 2 Deduct: Cash received for maintenance Work for other departments, &c. I i 154 15 1 2,945 11 9 36 18 6 476 0 0 8 14 0 143 0 0 784 2 8 999 16 1 1 19 0 .. 5 8 1 17 12 4 1 1,009 9 1,642 4 9 ! 6,206 12 _____ I •• Total I i 3,100 6 10 512 18 6 151 14 0 1,783 18 9 j 1 19 0 •• 5 8 1 1,659 17 1 J 7,216 2 •• Net total cost I 2,928 5 9 I 2,116 12 2 : 44 8 2 1,132 18 3 I 609 11 2 3,405 0 2 1,329 18 8 988 4 11 877 14 6 J 3,379 15 0 16,768 0 Net oost per prisoner I 21 15 7 I 91 7 3 69 5 4 I 34 1 0 69 16 6 31 0 2 49 19 11 103 13 11 36 9

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Table C. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1891.

Table D. Ages of Prisoners received during the Year 1891, and Causes of their Detention.

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Prisons. Sentence. Bead and write. Bead only. Unable to read. Totals. Vuckland .. Dunedin .. 3okitika .. !rtvercargill jyttelton .. SJapier STew Plymouth /Vanganui Wellington ililford Sound Vlinor gaols i M. 9 1 2 5 1 3 p. M. 431 203 31 81 407 250 35 117 321 27 579 F. 169 127 6 10 112 10 7 26 98 53 M. 11 6 a F. 18 7 1 M. 83 40 6 9 60 18 5 25 21 2 72 F, 50 13 1 8 8 1 1 '6 13 M. 534 250 42 95 485 282 40 154 374 29 672 F. 232 147 8 18 130 11 10 30 113 79 17 ii 'h 24 io 2 4 9 S 8 io i 11 12 Total 41 2,482 618 90 58 341 101 2,957 778

a a 3 o q a o o 3 s n> j>5 '3 s o so a H3 3 3 0 o CO <g -T3 8 1 I S3 'ft Cβ o 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 Iunac5 7 1 2 10 1 8 24 3 24 23 7 45 22 6 54 •' 10 16 1 17 .15 25 2 9 2 31 t 5 ! 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 __ 4 1 9 3 3 1 6 5 3 2 1 18 1 18 25 3 48 22 5 68 i 1 'i 7 5 1 4 10 5 1 2 2 1 2 ■ 1 1 6 2 1 2 3 9 1 5 3 16 4 2 13 2 6 31 11 19 1 21 14 54 4 2 5 1 7 "l 7 8 7 | 19 8 18 2 20 I 10 ! 31 7 i 28 : 17 52 0 1 9 33 i 18 109 20 82 3 13S 47 182 13 128 67 285 13 30 14 131 31 5 97 4 2 3 9 6 11 5 34 9 140 2 14 25 37 6 4 10 15 5 28 2 42 26 95 5 7 1 29 38 104 13 217 139 646 41 4 30 8 140 15 1 60 3 1 5 4 2 2 5 15 3 26 5 88 10 20 43 4 2 10 6 1 25 4 21 13 28 1 3 14 39 103 10 130 107 506 28 1 17 3 90 1 10 1 29 i 5 2 5 1 5 9 3 ! 13 1 ! 58 3 6 30 40 1 4 1 1 5 1 30 1 11 3 30 2 3 17 i 11 87 11 83 61 379 28 t 13 1 58 2 6 I ■6 1 1 1 1 j i 21 6 10 1 3 1 1 I 2 6 'I 5 2 ; 28 3 41 16 151 10 1 Summary: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy ! I 170 43 552 1 108 10 265 14 11 15 21 3 31 25 42 15 144 25 441 5 47 96 136 14 13 29 i 1 7 41 i 14 118 11 159 74 240 14 27 2 S 139 ! 128 432 52 890 461 2,248 136 Total 766 397 50 113 I 615 I 293 50 ! 184 487 29 731 3,735

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Table E. Previously-convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1891.

Table F. Previously-convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1887-91.

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 upwards during the Year 1891.

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Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or ofteuer. Total. Auckland Dunedin iokitika [nvercargill .. Lyttelton Napier STew Plymouth tVanganui Wellington .. Hilford Sound \linor gaols .. M. 63 39 4 4 64. 40 12 15 20 5 69 J , , 19 8 2 1 10 1 1 3 4 12 M. 47 25 4 13 35 17 8 10 33 4 44 F. 6 11 1 1 5 2 1 2 20 8 M. 206 62 8 16 84 109 5 60 84 3 112 F. 172 116 2 13 88 3 5 11 78 21 M. 316 126 11 33 183 166 20 85 137 12 225 E. 197 135 5 15 103 6 7 16 102 41 Total 335 61 j 235 57 744 509 1,314 627

Twice. Thrice or oftener. Year. Once. Total. I .887 .888 .889 .890 .891 H. 479 423 388 423 335 p. 77 65 72 51 61 M. 291 261 252 255 235 F. 57 58 68 51 57 M. 776 848 769 813 744 F. 508 450 409 561 509 M. 1,546 1,532 1,409 1,491 1,314 F. 642 573 549 663 627

Prisons. 31st December, 1890. 31st December, 1891. Increase. Decrease. I Auckland Dunedm SoMtika jyttelton Sfapier Jew Plymouth vVanganui Wellington Vlilford Sound 47 12 48 9 l '3 1 34 3 27 '2 i "l 1 2 . 43 33 46 32 '3 i Total 171 167 11 Net decrease

Arson Assault with intent to rob Assault causing bodily harm Breach of Customs Act Bigamy Burglary Carnally knowing Coinage offences Embezzlement and fraud Forgery and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Efouscbreaking Indecent assault Insulting language Larceny not otherwise described Larceny, accessory to 3 2 6 1 1 3 1 1 4 21 4 11 4 1 .. 17 3 Larceny as a bailee Larceny from a dwelling Larceny from the person Manslaughter Murder Obtaining goods by false pretences Perjury Rape .Bobbery Robbery with violence Sodomy Vagrancy Wounding 1 .. 14 9 1 '.'. 7 1 1 1 7 1 4 2 Total .. 134

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Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1891.

Table J. Visits of the Inspector to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1891.

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Prisons and Visiting Justices. >-3 Z? bo 1-3 <! a 8 p< o Wl 53 i I'll O J f? O Auckland: Joseph Newman C. La Roche T. Thompson, M.H.E. E. W. Moody P. P. De Quincey.. M. Niecol Dunedin : C. H. Carew, E.M. G. G. Eusscll W. L. Simpson .. .. G. Fenwick Dr. Hislop W. Elder W. Thomson H. Gourley J. Logan Hok.tika: Hon. J. A. Bonar, M.L.C. .. J. Bevan M. J. Mandhl .. ... Invercargill: Thomas Perkins .. Willia.m Todd ... H. Peldwiok E. F. Cuthbertson Lyttelton: E. Westenra H. Allwright E. Beetham, E.M. Napier: J. Anderson H. S. Tiffin E. Lyndon New Plymouth: E. Parris H. Weston E. Trimble Wanganui : E. N. Lifferton .. P. A. Krull G. Carson A. J. Parsons Wellington: J.R.Blair J. Mackay J. G. Butts P. P. De Quincey.. 0. C. Graham, E.M. 5 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4' c' 2 6* 4 4 3' 6' & 2 2 1 -I 3 2 1 6* 2 52 14 6 16 8 4 2 1 ..5 4 5 2~ i i 1 1 11 1 1 i 1 5 12 1 6 16 7 13 18 33 '.'. .. i' 1" 2 i 1 1 1 1 2 1 2~ 2 2 3 :: i: 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 3 i i i i' 2 1 221 1 ..1 1 2 1 2 2 6 2* 2 2 1 2' 3 6* i i i' 2 2 2.. 2 2 3 G 1 3 1 2 2 i i' l" 2 6 1 1 1 1 2 i 2 4 i 2 1 5 5 4 2 i" '.'. i' 1 4 3 1 3 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 3 5 2 4 1 4 4 12 4 1 1 40 11 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 111 1 1 111 1 1 12 5 13 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 ..1 1 -1 10 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 .. 1 12 7 9 4 i" i' l 1° 1 2 l 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 13 7 1 1 5 -1 1 113 1 1 i"

Prisons. s>, u s s o i 1 f 3 3 S , qj >-a ■"» <! j CO S3 o O Auckland 6,8, 10, 19 3, 4, 5, 8 29 7, 8 Dunedin.. 11.14, 18, 19 26,"27, 29,30 14,16, 20,21, 22 Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton 16, 17 12, 23, 24 3* 15, 16 10, 29, 30 Napier Now Plymouth .. Wanganui Wellington 18 1 24 24 19 13,14 3' 26 U 28

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Table K. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1891. AUCKLAND PRISON.

DUNEDIN PRISON.

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Initials of Offence for which punished. Prisoner. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. H. C. W. A. MoL. D. B. A. McL. C. E. J. R. T. F. T. F. J. G. J. G. C. R. C. R. A. R. A. McN. A. W. J. R. J. R. J. G. C. R. C. R. A. McN. M. K. J. W. T. F. J. W. Insulting language to his officer Disrespect to his officer .. Being in possession of a prohibited article (1.) Ditto (2.) Threatening language to his officer Purloining a pipe Aiding a fellow-prisoner in commission of an offence Insulting language to his officer Disrespect to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Refusing to work Being in possession of a prohibited article Insulting language to his officer Profane language and threatening his officer Disrespect to her officer Insulting language to his officer Ditto .. Insulting language to a fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Idleness Disobedience Insulting language to the Gaoler Disobedience Disrespect to his officer Refusing to go to work Disobedience Communicating with fellowprisoner without leave Wilfully damaging door of his cell Ditto Threatening language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disorderly conduct Insulting language to his officer Ditto Insulting and threatening language to a fellowprisoner Refusing to work and using threatening language Malingering Disobedience Whistling in his cell Smoking in his cell Being in possession of a prohibited article Smoking in his cell Being in possession of a prohibited article Insulting language to his officer Refusing to go to work Assaulting a.follow-prisoner Refusing to go to work Disobedience Refusing to go to work Warder Denison Warder O'Donohue .. Asst.-Warder Watty.. Asst.-Warder Foreman Warder Chilton Asst.-Warder Ainslie Warder Coffey Warder Gideon Asst.-Warder Ainslie Warder Chilton Asst.-Warder Foreman Warder O'Donohue .. Warders Crook and O'Donohuo The Matron Warder Chilton Warder O'Donohue .. PI.-Warder Robinson PL-Warder Rutherford Asst.-Wrdr. McMurray The Chief Warder .. Asst.-Wrdr. McMurray PL-Warder Rutherford The Chief Warder .. Warder Russell Asst.-Wrdr. McMurray B. W. Moody, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 R. W. Moody, V.J... C. La Roche, V.J. .. T. Thompson, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 12 marks. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. ]. day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 marks. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 8 marks. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. T. M. F. Asst.-Warder Bethune C. B. R. J. Asst.-Wrdr. MoMurray 2 days bread and water. C. T. J. W. J. W. Asst.-Warder Gillespie Warder Chilton T. Thompson, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. C. T. T. F. Warder Coffey Warder Ryan C. La Roche, V.J. .. P. F. De Quincey, V.J. 2 days bread and water and to forfeit 48 marks. C. R. Warder Treacy P. F. De Quincey, V.J. 2 days bread and water. C. R. A. McC. J. McA. A. B. A. B. Pl.-Warder Woolley.. The Gaoler Warder Ryan Pl.-Warder Woolley .. J. Giles, R.M. P. F. De Quincey, V.J. Ditto, and to forfeit 48 marks. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 marks. W. Niccol/V.J. F. S. F. S. Warder O'Donohue .. II // A. F. Night-watchman 1 day bread and water. G. P. A. F. H. P. H. P. F. S. Pl.-Warder Woolley .. V 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Ditto, and to forfeit 12 marks. 1 day bread and water. //

I. M. ,. M. I. M. Damaging prison property Asst.-Wdr. Armstrong Dr. Hitlop, V.J. Warder Blatohford .. Assfc.-Warder Glover.. „ 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water.

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1891— continued. HOKITIKA PRISON.

INVERCARGILL PRISON.

LYTTELTON PRISON.

NAPIER PRISON.

NEW PLYMOUTH PRISON.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. A. B. A. B. Idleness and disorderly con- Warder Brownie duct Idleness .. .. „ .. J. Bevan, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water.

. L. Insulting and threatening language to his officer Asst.-Warder Knight W. Todd, V.J. 3 days bread and water.

T. K. W. G. N. MoN. Obscene and insulting language to his officer Refusing to work Disturbing the quiet of the prison Ditto Refusing to go to work Instructing - Warder Prendergast The Chief Warder .. Asst.-Warder Hawkins R. Westenra, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. N. McN. W. D. N. McN. E. R. • J. W. W. K. G. H. D. Asst.-Warder Browne Warder White 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 24 marks. 'Destroying prison property Fighting Asst.-Warder Hawkins PL-Warder Reston .. Idleness, quarreling with fellow-prisoner, and insolence to his officer Disturbing the quiet of the prison Ditto Disfiguring the walls of his cell Making false statement against the Gaoler Disturbing the quiet of the prison and damaging prison property Disobedience and using threatening language to her officer Disturbing the quiet of the prison Threatening and abusive language to her officer Ditto To forfeit.72 marks. E. R. 2 days bread and water. W. K. E. R. Warder Clarke 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 72 marks. W. P. S. The Chief Warder .. 1 day bread and water. C. L. The Matron // • • 2 days bread and water. 0. It. C. L. The Matron 1 day bread and water. C. L. 2 days bread and water. C. L. K. M. K. M. K. M. G. H. D. J. J. M. J. W. P. J. J. W. W. H. Wil fully destroying his clothes Disobedience Damaging prison property Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Fighting In*olent language to his officer Ditto Refusing to go to work Threatening language to his officer Obscene and insulting language to his officer Asst.-Matron Martin The Matron • PI.-Warder Boston .. The Chief Warder .. Asst.-Warder Theobald Inst.-Wdr. Prendergast PI.-Warder Reston .. Warder White 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 18 marks. To forfeit 3G marks. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. W. W. J. H. L. J.T. Asst.-Warder O'Brien Pl.-Warder Reston .. Asst. Warder Joyce .. H. Allwright, V.J. !! R. Westenra, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. J. F. Pl.-Warder Beaton .. To forfeit 42 marks.

'. MoC. Idleness .. .. .. Asst.-Wrdr.McNamara E. Lyndon, V.J. r. lv. Secreting a knife on bis per- Pl.-Warder Nicholson „ son W. Eefusing to work.. .. Warder Forsythe .. J. Anderson, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water.

". S. Malingering •• •• PI.-Warder Puller .. R. Parris, V.J., and H. Weston, V.J. Obscene and threatening Asst.-WarderWolner.. R. Parris, V. J. l'ingnage to his officer 3 days bread and water. ■. s. «

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1891— continued. WANGANUI PRISON.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced, Punishment. W. J. S. Insulting and threatening language to his officer Wilful mismanagement of work Preferring a false charge against his officer Disobedience The Gaoler .. E. N. Lifierton, V.J... 1 day bread and water. J. S. Asst.-Wdr. McWilliams A. Tuke, E.M. 3 days bread and water. J. S. 7 days bread and water. C. B. C. B. C. B. The Gaoler .. G. Carson, V.J. 1 day bread and water. W. J. S. W. J. S. W. J. S. R. N. Insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Disobedience Disrespect to the Gaoler .. Disobedience Insulting language to his officer Ditto Disobedience Communicating with a fel-low-prisoner without leave Disobedience Asst.-War. Mo Williams The Gaoler Asst.-Wdr. McWilliams Asst.-Wdr. O'Sullivan E. N. Lifierton, V.J... A. D. F.J. O.W.H. The Gaoler .. G. Carson, V.J. E. N. Lifierton, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. J. B. A. J. Parsons, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water.

E. A. W.McD. Befusing to work.. Having prohibited articles in his possession Befusing to go to work Disobedience and using insulting language to his officer Fighting The Matron Asst.-Warder Nelson J. B. Blair, V.-T. J. Maekay, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 1 day bread and water. M. O'H. T, G. PL-Warder Millington Warder George J. E. Blair, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water and to forfeit 42 marks. J. S. G. A. M. W. PL-Warder Priotor .. To forfeit 42 marks. (1.) Disobedience; (2.) Disturbing the quiet of the prison Befusing to work Disobedience and insolence to the prison surgeon Having prohibited articles in his possession Ditto PL-Warder Millington 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 84 marks. W. G. M. O'H. Asst.-Warder Seanlan PL-Warder Millington J. Maekay, V.J. 1 day bread and water. ,To forfeit 42 marks. G. A. Asst.-Warder Coyle .. J. S. E. J. K. J. W. W.A.N. H. E. PL-Warder Millington Asst.-Warder Coyle .. Warder Meehan To forfeit 84 marks. To forfeit 42 marks. 2 days bread and water. Obscene language to his officer Having prohibited articles in his possession Disobedience Disturbing the quiet of the prison.. Disobedience Threatening and insulting language to his officer Disobedience and disturbing the quiet of the prison Attempting to assault a fellow-prisoner Obscene and threatening language to his officer Befusing to work.. Threatening and obscene language to his officer Ditto Having prohibited articles in his possession Disturbing the quiet of the prison Threatening language to his officer Ditto .. .. J. E. Blair, V.J. '.'. H. E. Asst.-Warder Coyle .. 1 day bread and water. H. E. H. E. PL-Warder Millington Asst.-Warder Biddiek J. G. Butts, V.J. 3 days bread and water. H. E. M. W. Asst.-Warder Coyle .. J. E. Blair, V.J. '.'. 3 clays bread and water and to forfeit 42 marks. 3 days broad and water. J. S. PL-Warder Millington J. McK. Asst.-Warder Coyle .. 1 day bread and water and to forfeit 24 marks. 2 days bread and water. J. S. Asst.-Warder Lacey .. J. M. F. A. Asst.-Warder Levin .. J. F. De Quincey.V.J. J. B. Blair, V.J. 3 clays bread and water. 1 day bread and water. J. McK. J. McK. PL-Warder Beardon.. Warder Meehan C. C. Graham, E.M. and V.J. Ditto 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. J. McK. Asst.-Warder Soanlan J. P. C. Asst.-Warder Lacey .. E. F. H. P. H. E. PL-Warder Millington Asst.-Warder May PL-Warder Beardon.. J. E. Blair, V.J. 2 days bread and water. Creating confusion in the ranks Fighting W. E. C. L. M. O'H. Asst.-Warder Murphy Threatening and abusive language to his officer Warder Richards

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1891— continued. WELLINGTON PRISON—continued.

Table L. "FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886." Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1891.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishments C. C. M. O'H. H. B. CO. J. D. J. H. J. McK. A. R. Idleness arid insubordinate language Refusing to work.. Making frivolous complaints Disobedience Ditto Asst.-WarderNelson.. PI.-Warder Millington The Matron PI.-Warder Reardon.. J. R. Blair, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 0. C. Graham, R.M. : and V.J. Ditto .. .. j 1 day bread and water. „ .. .. 3 days bread and water. » - ■

Ages. Months and Six Twelve Eighteen under M ° ntha - Months. Months. Two Years. Waiting Trial. Total. Jnder 10 years ?rom 10 to 15 years „ 15 „ 20 , „ 20 „ 25 „ „ • 25 „ 30 „ „ 30 „ 40 „ „ 40 „ 50 „ „ 50 „ 60 „ !0 years and upwards 1 4 11 2 2 1 1 1 3 16 3 5 2 2 4 . 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 7 30 10 2 8 6 5 3 1 Total 23 35 11 1 1 1 72