DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1893. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1893.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-10

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1893. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1893.

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

The Inspector of Prisons to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. Sir, — Justice Department, Prisons Branch, Wellington, Ist June, 1894. I have the honour to present this, my thirteenth annual report on the prisons of the colony, together with the eighth annual report on the working of "The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." I have periodically inspected the various prisons on the dates stated in the attached table marked J, and am glad to be able to report that, though my visits were unexpected, I have in every instance found the establishments clean and in good condition, every attention being paid to the sanitary arrangements, while the management is both effective and economical, and a state of discipline maintained that reflects credit on the gaolers and their officers. 2. It is with pleasure that I am again able to inform you that the First Offenders' Probation Act continues to work most satisfactorily, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the most useful Acts that has ever been passed, and has saved many from becoming confirmed criminals. 3. As usual, the supplies for the various prisons have been publicly tendered for, and no complaints have been made, either by the several contractors or by the prison authorities. The long-established custom of all tenders being addressed to and opened by the several Visiting Justices has been strictly adhered to, and their recommendations as to the acceptance or rejection of tenders invariably adopted. This, while relieving the department from an immense amount of responsibility, throws the onus of selection on those gentlemen, who, from their local knowledge and surroundings, are the more competent judges of such important matters; and the absence of complaints as to the quality of the provisions, &c, proves that a wise discretion is exercised by the Visiting Justices in this matter of selecting tenders. 4. There was one case of prison-breaking during the year, at New Plymouth, where a prisoner awaiting trial, when in the exercise yard, scaled the wall, but was speedily recaptured. Two prisoners, when at work outside the prisons, at Wanganui and Lyttelton respectively, escaped, but were afterwards recaptured. In none of these escapes was blame attachable to the officers in charge, and the faulty boundary-fences at New Plymouth have since been made secure. 5. A reference to Table A shows that the health of the prisoners throughout the year has been good; the daily average of sick has been 5-99 males and 1-34 females, a decrease of 1-88 in the males and of 2-67 in the females, as compared with the previous year. 6. Three deaths occurred during the year : 1 in Auckland, and 2 in Wellington ; in each case a coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict of death from natural causes returned. 7. One death sentence was passed during the year, and the execution carried out in due course, death being instantaneous. 8. From Table A it will be seen that at the commencement of the year 435 males and 42 females were undergoing imprisonment in the various gaols of the colony, while at its close there were 454 males and 48 females, giving an increase of 19 males and 6 females. In 1893, 3,512 males and 724 females passed through the various prisons, as against 3,302 males and 780 females during the previous year, a total increase of 154 in cases dealt with. This is presumably the result of the influx of population to the colony during the past year; but, as will be seen further on, there has been an actual decrease in the daily average of prisoners during the past year, which tends to prove that there has been no permanent increase of the criminal classes. I—H. 10.

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9. It is satisfactory to be able to report that during the past year the daily average number of prisoners in gaols has been 457-34 males and 54-72 females, a decrease of 11-81 males and an increase of 2-39 females, giving the substantial average decrease of 9-42 for the year as compared with 1892. The colony may therefore congratulate itself upon'this complete denial of the oftrepeated statement that criminals were being imported to the colony. If such was the case, the daily average of prisoners must have increased long before this. 10. According to the figures supplied by the Eegistrar-General, the population of the colony at the end of the past year was 380,496 males and 333,762 females, a total of 714,258 persons; while the number of prisoners at the same date was 454 males and 48 females, or 502 persons; the average percentage of prisoners according to population was, therefore, 0-0702, an increase of 0-001 as compared with the previous year. 11. During the year 1893, 42 male misdemeanants in default, and 76 males and 15 females, supposed lunatics, were detained in the various prisons of the colony, a decrease in the former of 13, and an increase of 23 males with a decrease of 5 females in the latter. I observe with much satisfaction that this important question of sending supposed lunatics and persons suffering from delirium tremens for temporary detention in prisons is, at last, attracting considerable attention, and I hope the time is not far distant when the matter will be definitely settled, and provision made for the reception into suitable institutions of these unfortunate creatures. It is admitted on all sides that prisons are undoubtedly not the proper places for their incarceration ; but, while public opinion is divided as to where such cases should be sent for treatment, a grave injustice is being done to the sufferers as well as to the prison officials. It is believed that the officials use their best efforts to alleviate the sufferings of these unfortunates, but they have neither the accommodation, appliances, or training necessary to enable them to successfully treat such maladies, which must only be aggravated by detention in prisons. From a reference to " The Lunatics Act, 1882," it appears that it was the intention of the Legislature that these cases should be treated in the local hospitals, as section 67 stipulates that hospitals shall provide wards for the temporary reception of lunatics ; and section 6 of the same Act states that, in default of providing such wards for the temporary reception of lunatics, the Governor may order that no further payment shall be made of moneys voted out of the public revenue in any year in aid of such public hospital, or that such deduction shall be made therefrom as to the Governor shall seem just and reasonable ; while the next section (69) provides that the Governor in Council shall make, alter, and rescind orders and regulations for the registration, treatment, dietary, and inspection of lunatics in any such wards, or for the discharge, transfer, or removal of lunatics therefrom ; while the interpretation clause of the Act states that "Hospital " applies to such part only of any hospital as shall be devoted to the reception of lunatics. It seems therefore that there can be no misconception as to the intention of the temporary disposal of supposed lunatics ; and, if that be so, the only query to be solved is, as to whether persons suffering from delirium tremens are or are not temporary lunatics. 12. With reference to prisoners undergoing sentences of penal servitude, there were at the close of last year in the several prisons 130 males and 6 females, a decrease on the previous twelve months of 6 males, with an increase of 4 females. In the Criminal Code Bill passed last session, it will be recollected that penal servitude sentences have been abolished. 13. During the past year 392 males and 36 females were acquitted or discharged after remands, as against 268 males and 36 females in 1892, an increase of 124 males. 14. On reference to the financial table, marked B, it will be seen that the prisoners were maintained last year at a gross cost per head of £51 19s. lid., as against £49 15s. 9d., and at a net cost of £37 2s. Bd. as against £36 4s. sd. in 1892. The gross costs are made up as follows: Staff supervision, £35 3s. 9d. ; maintenance, £13 10s. lid., and incidentals, £3 ss. 3d. This increase is accounted for by the large daily average decrease of 9-42, and is therefore observable in the staff supervision, while the maintenance and incidentals remain much the same. As long as the daily average of prisoners decrease, and the smaller prisons still require to be kept open, there must be a corresponding increase in the expenses of supervision, as unless there is a very material decrease in any one prison it is impossible to reduce the number of officers. The gaolers give every possible assistance in keeping down the expenses, and, considering the number of prisoners awaiting trial, remand, default, sick, lunatics, who are unable to work and therefore give no return for their support, a net cost of £37 2s. Bd. per head cannot be considered in any way excessive or extravagant. 15. The receipts and credits for prison labour, road metal, bricks, &c, amounted last year to £7,421 9s. 6d., as against £6,899 15s. 6d. in the preceding year, giving an increase of £521 6s. 16. Table C shows that, out of the prisoners who passed through the various gaols last year, 2,656 males and 530 females were able to read and write, 92 males and 60 females could read only, while 329 males and 92 females could neither read nor write. 17. It is interesting to note from Table F that a comparison of previously-convicted prisoners sentenced during the past year with those sentenced five years ago —namely, in 1889—shows an increase of 3 males and a decrease of 30 females in the once-convicted, a decrease of 24 males and 34 females in the twice-convicted, with an increase of 37 males and 53 females in the thrice or oftener convicted ; this, if it indicates anything, goes to prove what has been before reported, that the reformation of persons who have been twice or oftener convicted, especially females, is quite hopeless, and in their cases the only alternative appears to be to make the sentences as rigorous as possible, and not to relax the regulations in their favour under any circumstances. 18. Attention is called to Table D, from which it is somewhat encouraging to find that during the past year only 6 infants under the age of ten years have been confined in the prisons of the colony, as against exactly double that number in the previous year; but these are six too many, and the mistaken practice of sending such children to prison should cease. It is clear that imprisonment can do no good in reforming these infants ; it is admitted that compulsory detention

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and deprivation of liberty are, to a certain extent, punishments ; but the deterrent effect is entirely lost by the impossibility of being able to enforce the ordinary rigours of prison life in the case of children; and no matter how much gaolers may strive, and they certainly do their best, to keep children while in their charge free from contact with the other and older prisoners, there cannot but be a certain amount of association with them, which does incalculable harm; while in these infant minds the horrors of prison bars and bolts are blunted, and when released they have, during the rest of their career, the stigma of gaol-birds attached to their names. As regards the question of juvenile offenders, there appears now to be a very strong feeling amongst practical authorities against every form of child imprisonment; extending as far as even remanding children to prisons, on the grounds, amongst others, that it destroys their self-respect, in itself an evil of the gravest kind, and, further, that it tends to ruin their chances in the labourmarket for life. In the majority of cases of crimes committed by children, the parents and not the children are in reality the guilty parties, who should be punished for neglect in not looking after their offspring. It is thought that, in the majority of these cases of youthful offenders, some suitable corporal punishment would be a good substitute for this objectionable imprisonment. Many persons are shocked at the idea of corporal punishment, because they associate it only with "flogging"; but the severity of the lash is one thing, while the use of the birch as a substitute for gaol is quite another. This question deserves more consideration from many of the benevolent than it has yet received. It is felt that no unbiassed person will deny that corporal punishment is a strong deterrent, or again, perhaps for some of the minor offences, a heavy fine inflicted on the parents, where neglect of their children is shown, would also prove a deterrent. At any rate it is thought necessary to bring this matter again prominently forward, in order that, if possible, the pernicious and highly injurious system of sending infants to prison may be discontinued. By a further reference to. Table D, it will be seen that in those aged from ten to fifteen years there were last year 47, as against 48 in 1892 ; while those between fifteen and twenty years were 196, as against 198 in the previous year : giving a total decrease of 9 for last year of those under the age of twenty years. 19. The total number of punishments awarded last year for prison offences was 154, as against 245 in 1892. Of these, 148 were for minor offences which were adjudicated upon by the Visiting Justices ; while the remaining 6, being serious or aggravated prison offences, after first being investigated by the Visiting Justices, were reheard and decided upon in open Court. It will be remembered that the year before last there was an increase of 97 of these prison offences, while last year there was a decrease of 91, which clearly proves the correctness of the statement contained in last year's report, that these increases or decreases are somewhat difficult to account for, unless it is that at times there appears to be an epidemic of offences which lasts for a short time, and then things settle down quietly again. As regards the year just passed, though there has been such a substantial decrease in prison offences, the discipline has in no wise suffered, nor has it been relaxed, but the Visiting Justices, by their punctual and judicious action, have often, perhaps, nipped in the bud or prevented much misconduct. 20. The number of offences committed by prison officers last year was nine, including one case of intoxication, as against seven offences in 1892. I have every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of the prison officers generally, who carry out their arduous duties in a very satisfactory manner, and, while they show a considerable amount of tact and impartiality in working the prisoners under their charge, I am glad to be able to report that the majority of them are not blind to the fact that reformation is one of the objects of imprisonment. The prison officers as a rule are selected from men serving in the Permanent Militia, and, though the hours are long and the work naturally monotonous and trying, there are a large number of applicants whenever a vacancy occurs. 21. The prisoners at the four centres have been principally employed, as heretofore, at fortification work during the past year, and the District Engineers appear to be well satisfied with both the quantity and quality of the labour performed. This work is very suitable for prisoners, as it saves the taxpayers' pockets, and, at the same time, places the prisoners in isolated localities away from public gaze, and where their friends are unable to interfere with them or tempt them with prohibited articles. The militia quarters also make suitable and healthy temporary prisons. At Auckland, the building of the much required new prison makes good progress, and during the past year the females have moved into their new quarters, vacating the obsolete and vermin-infected old wooden buildings. The grounds at Government and Admiralty Houses, Auckland, have been kept in order with prison labour, and valuable work has been done for the Mount Eden Domain Board at Mount Eden ; while the prisoners have improved and made the rifle-range perfectly serviceable. At Wellington, in addition to the fortification work, a good deal of road-making has been done, and the usual manufacture of bricks, drain-pipes, &c, has been continued. At Lyttelton, the fortification works at Eipa Island have been well nigh completed, and good work and extensive improvements have been done for the Stock Department at the quarantine station at Quail Island. At Dunedin, the prisoners have almost exclusively been employed improving and making the Maori Kaik Eoad. This work was much needed, but could not be carried out by the local Eoad Board for want of funds, and will be a great boon to the settlers. At Nelson, good work has been done on the Eocks Eoad ; while at New Plymouth the prisoners have been employed, and have made good progress, in repairing the breakwater. At Napier, the police-barracks have been much improved by the erection, by prison-labour, of a concrete retaining-wall, which is now completed. 22. As regards new prisons, I very much regret to have to again report that no determination has yet been arrived at in reference to Dunedin, and I can only add to what I have already said on this matter, that the present ancient and obsolete buildings will simply collapse before long, unless immediate and decided action is taken. It is believed that the opposition of the few who opposed building on the present site is now removed, and it is hoped in the cause of humanity alone a new building will at once be sanctioned and'commenced. The prison at Mount Cook is now at a stand-

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still, but, as the building is urgently required to replace the Terrace Gaol, it is hoped that there will be no further delay in building a kitchen, and arranging for the drainage and lighting, which would enable the building to be utilised. 23. It is argued that the prison system in this colony as now carried out does not reform or deter those who come within its range. Whatever truth there may be in this argument is due solely to the want of proper accommodation, as pointed out by the last paragraph, which prevents the proper separation of the younger in crime from those who have spent the greater portion of their lives in gaols. To properly carry out a classification; system, it is imperative that each prisoner should have a separate cell, and so prevent moral contagion and opportunities of rebellious combination. The separation of criminals from each other lies at the very basis of the best systems, both as a means of reformation and deterrence. If there is any one thing on which prison reformers agree, it is that prisoners should associate as little as possible with each other. Aside from its deterrent effect, separate imprisonment has the advantage of removing any fear of a prisoner becoming any more depraved than he already is; and he is far more likely, when left to his own reflections, to be improved by exhortations from good men than he would be among a lot of congenial companions. It must be clearly understood that the cellular system here advocated does not mean " solitary " confinement, but merely a separation from evil companions. This system, though costly at first, has been found ultimately most economical, both by the diminution of crime and by the enabling shorter sentences to be substituted, with more both of reformation and deterrence than long periods of associated criminal detention ; but a system such as this cannot be carried out at present, owing to the want of accommodation in the different localities. 24. In support of this contention for the cellular system, a few remarks from the Howard Association Eeport may not be out of place: "Every year's experience, both at Home and abroad, confirms the wisdom of separating prisoners from evil association." The official report of one of the largest prisons in England states, " As the result of much observation, no cases have here occurred which would lead to the conclusion that separate confinement as now conducted acts deteriously either on mind or body." The Bulletin of the French Prison Society contains a report on the cellular prisons of Holland, which says : " The cell remains to be par excellence the most repressive and reformatory punishment. It promotes the amendment of a large proportion of offences. As to habitual criminals in particular, separation deprives them of their chiefly-prized boon, the admiration which they obtain in associated prison life, where their very pre-eminence in crime renders them the objects both of fear and admiration amongst other prisoners contaminated by their fatal influence." FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT. A reference to Table L shows that fifty-nine persons were placed upon probation last year, as against fifty-one in 1892. Of these, twenty-five satisfactorily carried out the conditions of their licenses and were discharged; three were re-arrested and committed to prison ; three absconded; and twenty-eight still remain under the supervision of the Probation Officers, completing their respective terms of probation. The amount of costs ordered to be paid by the various Courts before whom these offenders were brought was £266 14s. Id, of which £165 2s. Id. has been actually paid, the greater portion of the remainder being paid by instalments as it becomes due. The approximate cost of keeping these offenders, had they been sent to prison, would have been £1,425, which, together with the amount of costs actually paid, gives a saving of £1,587 2s. Id. to the colony. Of the 558 persons placed on probation since the Act came into force in October, 1886, 469 have been discharged, after satisfactorily carrying out the terms of their licenses ; twenty-nine were rearrested and sentenced to terms of imprisonment; two have died; while fifteen have eluded the vigilance of the Probation Officers, and forty-three still remain on probation. This Act continues to work most satisfactorily, and has done much to mitigate the evils of contamination by giving first offenders a chance of reforming which they could never get if once sent to prison ; but, as regards prisoners awaiting trial, it is thought the Act is not so fully taken advantage of as it might be in the cases of persons of good character. The whole question of prisoners awaiting trial is beset with difficulties; for, while some of these persons are certainly guilty, others are as certainly innocent, and the often unduly prolonged delay between their committal and trial makes it impossible, with the present limited accommodation in the awaitingtrial portions of the gaols, to carry out proper separation, which is more essential with this class of prisoners than with others. When it is recollected that some at least of these persons are detained only on account of their poverty, and consequent inability to find bail, it is thought that considerable advantage, without much risk, would be gained by placing those against whose character nothing bad is known under the operation of the Probation Act, while awaiting trial, — provided, of course, that the offences with which they stand charged are those to which the Act applies. In support of the statement as to so few persons awaiting trial being placed on probation, the following return of all such prisoners placed under the Act since its introduction is published: In the'year 1886, 1 person; 1887, 1 person; 1888, 2 persons; 1890, 6 persons; 1893, 1 person : total in eight years, 11 persons. 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, 1893.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. Nelson. New Plymouth. Wanganui. "Wellington. Minor Gaols. Total. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. F. M. F. 1 .. 12 M. P. M. F. M. P. M. F. I 1 M. P. 1 1 5 M. F. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, and in transitu Senteneed to— Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards .. Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment •• 1 37 17 1 25 5 11 1 8 2 11 2 5 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 2 4 1 2 .. 2 5 .. 3 .. 1 3 31 1 19 1 23 3 12 3 2 .. 4 5 12 2 .. l" 1 5 8 .. 1 .. 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 4 1 9" 1 46 .. 19 25 8 6 2 .. 3 37 3 136 2 77 4 102 23 60 8 18 2 10 2 1 2 •• Total 99 9 39 .. 13 2 105 9 ! I 17 2 435 42 23 16 89 17 10 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 4 2 56 1 6 9 3 45 2 ■ 1 1 13 .. 19 1 5 1 1 66 7 3 6 1 45 2 32 1 3 5 33 3 2 6 .. g 21 1 4 1 112 11 5 32 187 9 16 40 .. 73 15 616 49 1 11 22 66 322 11 1 20 147 11 6 8 39 137 18 1 2 16 72 1 8 3 26 7 3 2 2 2 17 65 11 2 2 9 2 21 1 86 19 256 107 7 1 6 .. 36 2 183 12 9 1 2 5 2 2 1 1 8 5 11 1 1 1 1 2 13 5 74 14 4 10 1 38 66 36 336 101 6 1 6 30 256 88 1 10 7 1 43 4 114 5 368 101 1,671 484 151 24 Total 495 186 265 93 39 12 121 14 451 137 289 17 42 67 7 130 20 I 573 149 605 43 3,077 682 Total for year 594 195 288 99 46 16 137 15 540 145 328 17 09 77 143 22 678 158 622 45 3,512 724 DlSCHABGED. 1 Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence On expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police Executed Died Committed suicide .3 4 1 42 6 65 6 374 176 2 11 1 1 9 4 1 31 18 1 163 90 17 5 ■ .. 1 6 2 32 11 1 9 20 2 12 79 11 5 1 51 8 56 3 318 127 3 1 4 6 36 19 208 5 19 1 12 1 1 9 11 16 'i 1 1 3 4 9 10 15 3 2 1 6 8 1 4 2 90 16 2 24 1 4 1 92 12 63 3 376 123 6 26 8 109 3 328 18 2 139 16 41 64 15 392 36 262 18 1,994 587 31 1 269 19 1 3 1 3 1 1 8 43 2 1 •• ■ • Total In prison at end of year 503 189 91 6 247 92 41 7 | 42 14 4 2 121 14 16 1 434 139 106 6 297 15 31 2 38 21 5 50 27 6 1 135 19 S 3 581 97 138 20 610. 12 45 3,058 676 454 48 Total for year 594 195 288 99 46 16 137 15 540 145 328 17 59 77 143 22 078 158 622 45 3,512 724 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 132 95 96-68 11-16 74 26 63 3 2-02 0-38 63 28 38-28 8-30 } 25 12 : i 2 i 0-60 0-10 I 15 3 6-28 2-11 2 1 25 9 16-00 1-80 8 .. ! 123 S9 95-84 12-42 47 25 7 1-68 0-61 50 20 34-20 1-40 9 1 28 14 22-35 0-59 8 34 7 21-84 0-24 11 19 4 8-87 2-89 4 2 1 0-21 013 1 135 94 105-00 13-00 13 9 12-00 0-81 5 2 0-40 .. 457-34 54-72 206 76 74 5 5-99 1-34 -■ 0-4l" .. ! o-io .. 0 12' .. 0-29 .. 0-16 012 • •

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Table B. Expenditure under the different Heads of Service for the Year ending 31st December, 1893.

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Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. Nelson. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Total. Daily average number of (Male prisoners. \ Female 96-68 11-16 38-28 S-30 G-28 2-11 16-00 1-80 95-84 12-42 . 34-20 1-40 22-35 0-59 21-84 0-24 8-87 2-89 105-00 13-00 445-34 53-91 Total .. i 107-84 46-5S ! 8-39 ! 17-80 108-26 35-60 i 22-94 118-00 22-08 11-76 499-25 Heads of Service. > Staff: Salaries ana allowances Uniforms £ s. d. 3,755 16 8 275 14 10 £ s. a. 1,810 11 0 84 17 10 £ s. a. 802 10 0 18 15 6 £ s. a. 614 10 0 27 14 8 £ s. a. 3,213 7 4 203 8 0 £ s. a. 919 8 0 45 16 8 £ s. a. 475 8 4 19 8 4 „ £ s. a. £ s. a. 808 12 6 ; 518 11- 0 37 18 10 20 2 0 £ s. a. 3,681 5 5 234 6 0 £ s. a, 16,600 0 £ 968 2 8 Total 4,031 11 6 37 7 8 1,895 8 10 821 5 6 642 4 8 3,416 15 4 846 11 4 538 13 0 3,915 11 5 17,568 2 11 965 4 8 494 16 8 Cost per prisoner 40 13 10 I 97 17 9 i I 36 1 7 21 11 5 31 11 2 27 2 3 38 6 10 45 16 1 33 3 8 35 3 Maintenance : Bations .. .. .. Fuel ana light Beaaing ana clothing Medicines and medical comforts Furniture Soap, cleaning materials, &c. 865 17 8 195 14 2 184 13 0 113 5 10 19 10 2 81 17 5 294 0 8 79 9 10 114 9 7 ] 30 2 10 44 2 0 8 9 4 113 6 8 58 15 9 115 13 10 43 10 9 34 12 8 14 1 748 9 6 211 15 10 326 18 1 41 12 2 26 4 0 62 10 11 272 2 0 58 8 8 65 7 4 25 15 1 18 17 1 8 4 7 255 11 7 44 0 0 44 13 5 4 11 6 7 0 0 5 7 5 284 0 11 44 2 4 124 14 3 25 12 6 11 11 6 0 7 3 98 4 8 70 11 3 17 10 7 11 4 3 2 9 6 9 15 5 713 16 8 235 0 3 293 11 7 102 3 7 5 9 8 46 10 11 3,761 4 ! 1,041 8 11 1,206 10 I 364 14 : 149 18 i: 238 6 ' 9 2 4 14 15 0 13 6 2 1 17 2 Total 1,460 18 3 570 14 3 209 5 11 196 18 6 361 3 11 1,417 10 G 448 14 9 490 8 9 209 15 8 1,396 12 8 6,762 3 Cost per prisoner 13 11 0 24 18 11 11 1 3 12 5 1 13 1 10 12 12 1 15 14 11 22 4 3 17 16 9 11 10 8 13 10 I Incidental : Rates, rent, &c. Conveyance of officers ana prisoners .. Tools, materials, &c. Gratuities to prisoners on discharge, &c. 40 12 0 40 4 5 60 6 2 0 3 3 48 10 7 14 0 0 3 7 8 2 19 11 34 7 11 52 0 0 105 13 9 45 1 2 84 11 9 7 10 0 13 5 6 11 1 0 2 0 6 53 7 8 45 2 0 37 10 4 ' 21 5 6 42 12 8 90 6 0 89 12 10 62 14 4 209 6 1 451 19 3 204 8 406 3 134 4 884 15 288'l4 10 2i"e 9 86 14 8 15 2 2 Total 369 11 3 109 0 0 21 6 9 54 15 6 287 6 8 101 8 6 1,629 11 107 10 2 66 9 2 60 4 2 Cost per prisoner 3 8 6 I 2 6 9 2 10 10 2 17 11 3 17 2 13 1 3 0 5 2 14 6 8 12 6 3 16 7 3 5 Gross total cost 5,862 1 0 I 2,575 3 1 | 1,051 18 2 893 18 8 25,959 17 5,121 12 G 1,521 9 7 922 9 9 1,397 4 3 849 17 2 5,764 3 4 Gross cost per prisoner per annum 54 7 2 55 5 8 72 5 4 125 7 6 50 4 5 47 6 1 42 14 9 40 4 3 03 5 7 48 16 11 51 19 i: Deduct: Cash received for maintenance Work for other departments, &c. 243 6 9 2,200 2 10 17 15 3 417 7 9 139 1 2 123 0 0 118 10 5 1,882 6 1 4 16 2 19 0 528 0 5 20 0 0 2 9 2 6 12 0 110 15 7 1,605 16 11 658 3 I 6,763 6 ( Total 2,443 9 7 435 3 0 262 1 2 2,000 16 6 4 16 2 529 9 5 20 0 0 9 12 1,716 12 6 7,421 9 Net total cost 3,418 11 5 2,140 0 1 1,051 18 2 631 17 6 3,120 16 0 1,516 13 5 393 0 4 1,377 4 3 840 16 0 4,047 10 10 18,538 8 ■ Net cost per prisoner per annum 31 14 0 45 18 10 125 7 6 35 9 11 28 16 6 42 12 0 17 2 7 62 7 5 71 9 10 34 6 0 37 2 .

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Table C. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1893.

Table D. Ages of Prisoners received during the Year 1893, and Causes of their Detention.

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Prisons. Superior Education. Read and write. Bead only. Unable to read. Totals. Auckland Dnnedin .. Htokitika .. jivercargill lyttelton Sfapier kelson Jew Plymouth vVanganui Wellington Minor gaols M. 11 2 7 9 3 p. M. 393 230 35 104 387 236 30 59 107 504 526 F, 125 79 10 11 113 12 3 7 14 128 27 M. 12 5 1 17 20 2 6 9 20 if. 19 4 1 10 3 1 5 15 2 M. 79 30 3 15 40 24 9 6 15 54 54 P. 42 10 1 3 14 2 1 6 13 M. 495 265 39 121 451 289 42 07 130 573 605 F. 186 93 12 14 137 17 4 7 20 149 43 2 6 5 1 Total 45 1 2,611 529 92 60 329 92 3,077 682

_a a s n a 8 a o +3 3 ■a o ■fc I i | I c a !5 a o 5 "3 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 lunacy 2 5 "l 25 5 19 24 4 30 25 6 66 1 6 14 6 16 1 25 1 17 3 37 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 6 1 3 3 6 2 10 1 8 4 2 5 1 21 3 15 20 5 25 1 21 6 44 1 1 3 7 6 15 15 1 1 9 16 9 2 1 10 2 2 6 13 4 7 2 3 1 2 1 10 1 5 2 1 8 i 19 2 3 37 8 27 31 19 68 '4 10 4 4 I 17 4 15 6 20 21 16 4 18 10 32 4 2 5 34 5 10 119 28 58 6 157 71 132 7 133 77 271 11 2 52 13 112 1 27 G 50 3 2 4 1 3 19 5 3 33 10 99 2 19 36 19 2 11 2 4 8 6 14 3 20 8 65 23 150 2 21 30 97 11 255 152 S57 35 3 23 4 99 5 29 2 62 2 2 5 2 6 20 9 5 23 9 104 1 9 35 26 1 9 1 5 4 7 4 25 7 34 17 107 2 19 19 123 4 157 128 568 28 1 16 5 88 1 3 1 26 3 4 7 1 4 6 8 8 17 6 76 1 11 22 16 2 1 2 4 1 3 1 8 10 11 53 1 0 17 49 11 79 79 225 25 3 9 3 38 4 io 2 2 3 4 1 4 3 32 1 3 6 11 2 1 2 1 4 1 11 4 29 7 3 35 7 36 24 170 15 2 Summary: Felony Misdemeanour Minor offences Debt or lunacy 181 40 453 7 116 13 217 12 16 28 7 22 69 30 14 144 42 396 6 74 137 85 10 25 13 8 45 18 45 12 78 15 196 84 437 5 118 108 375 47 982 564 2,086 127 11 Total 1 681 358 51 135; 588 306 46 74 150 722 G48 3,759

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Table E. Previously-convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1893.

Table F. Previously-convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1889-93.

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 1893.

Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland Dunedin rfolritika [nvercargill .. liyttelton Napier slelson STew Plymouth Wauganui Wellington .. Minor gaols .. M. 52 26 3 10 69 35 4 5 16 105 60 F. 4 4 "i 7 4 "a 12 7 M. 37 24 6 4 35 14 *2 10 43 53 F. 6 2 2 "l 3 1 1 3 8 1 M. 188 74 10 19 109 89 1 3 33 127 155 F. 151 77 5 7 97 4 12 99 10 M. 277 124 19 33 213 138 5 10 59 275 274 F. 161 83 7 8 111 11 1 1 18 119 18 Total 391 42 228 84 808 462 1,427 538

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftonor. Total. .889 ' .890 .891 .892 .893 M. 388 423 335 411 391 F. 72 51 61 50 42 M. 252 255 235 191 228 F. 68 51 57 38 34 M. 769 813 744 794 808 F. 409 561 509 509 462 M. 1,409 1,491 1,314 1,376 1,427 F. 459 663 627 597 538

Prisons. 31st December, 1892. 31st December, .1893. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Dvmedin ffokifcika [nvercargill Lyttelton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington 37 12 32 13 i 5 2 32 2 5 2 3 36 1 9 9 i 4 i 4 7 46 33 13 Total 138 136 17 19 Net decrease

irson Assault with intent to rob Vssault with intent to do bodily harm Abortion, procuring 3estialifcy .. 3igamy 3urglary jonspiring to defraud Embezzlement and fraud ?orgery and uttering .. Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking indecent assault Indecent exposure Indecent language Larceny not otherwise described 2 5 .2 1 1 1 13 3 5 18 20 16 7 4 3 27 Larceny as a bailee Larceny from the person Larceny from a dwelling Malicious damage Murder, attempted Obtaining goods by false pretences Placing obstacles on the railway Rape Rape, attempted Robbery with violence Shooting at Vagrancy Wounding I i i Total .. .. 16!

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Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1893.

Table J. Visits of the Inspector to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1893.

N.B.—Visited Mount Cook and Point Halswell once a week when in Wellington.

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Prisons and Visiting Justices. 3 •g :;; V a o ■t-J Si IS U <D o o o P O © o CD % tJ B Pi ■4 Auckland: C. La Roche T. Thompson, M.H.R. P. F. De Quincey.. M. Niceol Hon. W. MeGullough, M.L.O. T. H. White J. H. Hannan Dunedin: 0. H. Carew, R.M. E. B. Gargill J. Logan.. G. G. Russell Dr. Hislop W. Elder H. Gourloy W. Thomson J. R. Monson Hokitika: J. Bevan .. Invercargill: R. F. Outhbertson T. Perkins W. Todd Hon. H. Peldwick, M.L.C. .. Lyttelton: R. Western J. Hamilton R. P. Lonargan Napier: J. Anderson B. Lyndon Nelson: F. Trask New Plymouth : R. Parris H. Western R. Trimble D. Berry Wanganui: E. N. Lifflton F. A. Krull G. Carson Wellington: J. C. Martin, R.M. C. C. Graham, R.M. 0. Willeston J. R. Blair 4 '5 3' 3 4 1 2 1 1 i 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 4 3 3 4 1 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 3' 1 9 6 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 4 1 1 i 5 2 1 3 1 5 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 i i 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 i" 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 3 6 3 3 4 2 3 2 5 3 1 i 41 39 4 3 7 9 22 24 33 19 1 3 3 3 2 3 13 28 2 3 1 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 3 1 2 3 4 5 41 35 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 16 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 17 6 8 3 2 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 15 7 8 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 14 5 4 1 1 1 1 1

Prisons. § I ft I to <1 3 o 3 o O o 3 I 3 ■ P -1 s Q n pa hi '3 Auckland 16,17,19,20, 21, 22, 24 Dunedin 24, 25 20, 21, 23, 24,26 Hokitika !nvercargill Lyttelton papier Sfelson STew Plymouth .. .Yanganui Wellington 11,18 16,17 20, 27, 29 13,14 22 H l',2 27 19 10 LI 2i 5 7 IS 14 2* 28 1, 16 4 1,15

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Table K. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1893. AUCKLAND PRISON.

DUNEDIN PRISON.

Initials of Prisoner. Offence lor which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. H. R. S. Making a false complaint against a fellow-prisoner The Gaoler T. Thompson, V.J., P. F. De Quincey,V.J., T. H. White, V.J. T. H. White, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. J. W. Singing in his cell after lock-up Talking in his cell, and insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Disobedience of lawful orders Insulting and threatening language to her officer Refusing to work Making unnecessary noise and using obscene language Purloining a fellow - prisoner's bread Insulting and threatening language to a fellow-pri-soner Idleness, and disrespect to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles (1.) Disobedience of lawful or'ders (2.) Ditto Asst. Warder Johnston W. H. B. Warder Denison J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. N. W. A. D. The Matron Asst. Matron Irvine .. T. H. White, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. H. McC. W. H.B. The Gaoler PL Warder Flannery T. Thompson, V.J. .. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. J. G. S. Warder O'Donohue .. T. H. White, V.J. .. 24 hours close confinement J. E. C. The Gaoler J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. W.H. B. Warder Tracey 1 day bread and water. E. B. The Gaoler J. G. Asst. Warder Kearny 1 - - 2 days bread and water. W. Y. T. H. J. E. L. A. C. W. Y. J. G. The Gaoler Warder Denison T. H. White, V.J. '.'. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Idleness Disobedience of lawful orders Disobedience of lawful orders and resisting his officer Disobedience of lawful orders PI. Warder Rutherford The Gaoler T. H. White, V.J. '.'. 3 days bread and water. W. Y. J. G. T. H. R. Bush, E.M. 5 days bread and water. Being in possession of prohibited articles Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disrespect to her officer .. Insulting and threatening language to his officer Making unnecessary noise in his cell Making unnecessary noise in his cell, and insolence to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Warder Coffey T. H. White, V.J. ! '. 1 day bread and water. E.I. M. E. W. T. Asst. Warder Harron Asst. Matron Irvine .. Warder Tracey J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. T. H. White, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. T. H. Asst. Warder Brien .. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. J. R. Asst. Warder Johnston T. H. White, V.J. .. M. E. PI. Warder Rutherford C. La Roche, V.J., W. McCullough C. La Koche, V.J. .. D. S. E. H. J. G. Idleness .. Disobedience of lawful orders and insolence to his officer Threatening language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner (1.) Disobedience of lawful orders and disrespect to Surgeon (2.) Disobedience of lawful orders Eefusing to work Insulting and threatening language to his officer Making a disturbance in dormitory, and insulting language to his officer Eefusing to work Warder Coffey PI. Warder Flannery T. Thompson, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. J. E. Warder Gideon G. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. D. S. B. McK. Warder Ohilton The Matron 1 day bread and water. U. H. Hannan, V.J. 3 days bread and water. :. t. e. r.H.E. PI. Warder Woolley .. M. Niccol.'V.J. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 marks. r. H. P. ft • • :. t. e. :. t. e. '.D.H. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. P. F. De Quineey.V.J. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Being in possession of prohibited articles

'. D. . D. ). P. Idle and disobedient Asst. Wrdr. Armstrong Asst. Warder Glover.. Warder Bearden W. Elder, VX 3 days bread and water, ). P. Being in possession of prohibited articles Obstructing his officer Insulting language to his officer ti 1 day bread and water.

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INVERCARGILL PRISON.

LYTTELTON PRISON.

Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. G. Quitting his work without permission, and insulting language to his officer Noisy and insolent to his officer Insulting language to his officer Insulting and threatening language to his officer Ditto Disorderly and disobedient Threatening language to his officer Disobedience, and refusing to work Warder Connor W. Elder, V.J., and H. Gourley, V.J. 2 days bread and water and to forfeit 84 marks. J. G. Warder Eearden Ditto 2 days bread and water. J. G. J. G. Asst. Warder Glover.. J. G. J. G. J. G. Asst. Warder Vincent Asst. Warder Glover .. Dr. Hislop, V.J. 0. P. W. Elder, V.J., and W. Thomson, V.J. 7 days bread and water. HOKITIKA PI HSON. Nil.

?. A. Q. ; Disobedience of orders ?. A. Q. ; Refusing to work.. 1. H. ! Disobedience of orders . K. Assaulting a fellow-prisoner V. S. Disobedience of orders . L. ; Insolent language to his i officer PI. Warder Hawkins R. F. Cuthbertson, V.J. W. Todd, V.J. H. Feldwick, V.J. .. T. Perkins, V.J. H. Feldwiok, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. Assfc. Warder Murray PI. Warder Hawkins 2 days bread and water.

E. A. r. McG. E. A. P. J. Fighting Refusing to work.. Writing and sending away a clandestine letter Idleness and abusive language to his officer Abusive language to her officer Obscene language to his officer Insolence Abusive language to a fel-low-prisoner Fighting on the works Warder Walsh PI. Warder Reston .. The Gaoler .. R. Westenra, V.J. .. To forfeit 48 marks. To forfeit 24 marks. To forfeit 48 marks. M. B. Asst. Warder O'Brien 3 days bread and water. E. S. The Matron 1 day bread and water. k. F. S. Asst. Warder Hawkins 3. L. 3. H. D. Asst. Matron Dennehy PL Warder Reston .. To forfeit 24 marks. G. H.D. W. M. W. J. W. J. J. M. Disobedience of orders Refusing to attend churchservice Having prohibited articles in his possession Wilfully breaking prison windows Insolence and refusing to obey orders Befusing to go to work Disturbing the quiet of the prison and using filthy language Disturbing the quiet of the prison and using abusive and threatening language Refusing to go to work Abusive language to his officer, and striking him on the face with a shovel Wilfully breaking his cell windows Assaulting a fellow-prisoner PI. Warder Bell Warder Skinner Warder Theobald .. To forfeit 48 marks. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 48 marks. PI. Warder Reston .. N. O. Asst. Warder Hawkins To forfeit 24 marks. J. M. Warder Manning R. Beetham, R.M. .. 14 days close confinement and to forfeit 300 marks 2 days bread and water. ELM. The Matron R. Westenra, V.J. .. P. D. K. M. Warder Theobald .. The Matron J. Hamilton, V.J. .. R. Westenra, V.J., and J. Hamilton, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. K. M. Ditto ' W. O. W. P. PI. Warder Reston .. R."Beetham, R.M. .. 3 days bread and water. 15 days close confinement. W. M. 7 days close confinement an( to forfeit 1,000 marks. 3 days bread and water. T. D. Asst. Warder Murray R. Westenra, V.J. ..

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NAPIER PRISON.

NEW PLYMOUTH PRISON.

Initials of 'risoner. By whom sentenced. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. Punishment. \ c. Refusing to obey orders and using abusive and insulting language Disobedience of orders Asst. Warder Oliver .. R. Westenra, V.J. To forfeit 60 marks. N. M. \ M. '. M. Wilfully and maliciously breaking the prison windows Fighting in the prison yard PI. Warder Reston .. R. Westenra, V.J., and J. Hamilton, V.J. Ditto R. Beetham, R.M. .. To forfeit 24 marks. 2 days close confinement and to forfeit 720 marks. I. J. V. S. '. McG. I. W. ". L. R. Westenra, V.J., and J. Hamilton, V.J. Ditto 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 24 marks. To forfeit 48 marks. To forfeit 50 marks. 1 day bread and water. Inciting prisoners to fight .. Having prohibited articles in his possession Assaulting a fellow-prisoner in church Making use of threatening and abusive language Disrespect to the Gaoler .. Asst. Wdr. Mo William's PI. Warder Bell Asst. Warder Hawkins :. c. Warder Manning R. Westenra, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 84 marks. 2 days bread and water and to forfeit 48 marks. To forfeit 50 marks and to have figure-of-eight handcuffs on for 2 hours. :. o. :. T. The Gaoler R. Westonra, V.J., and J. Hamilton, V.J.

W. G. E. P. W. G. W. G. W. G. Disobedience of orders Asst. Wrdr. McNamara J. Anderson, V.J. 3 days hread and water. 2 days bread and water. 3 clays bread and water. Refusing to work.. PI. Warder Nicholson Warder Porsythe The Gaoler C. Lyndon, V.J. J. P.S. J. M. J. M. M. A. Insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Using profane language Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Damaging prison property Having prohibited articles in his possession Disobedience of orders Secreting prohibited articles Asst. Wrdr. McNamara PI. Warder Nicholson The Gaoler J. Anderson, V.J. 0. Lyndon, V.J. To forfeit 48 marks. J. T. J. M. J. W. B. McK. M. McK. J. McO. Warder Porsythe PL Warder Nicholson 2 days bread and water. Insubordinate conduct The Matron 3 days bread and water. Insulting language to his officer Idleness at work Insubordinate language and idleness Refusing to work Damaging his cell PI. Warder Nicholson J. Anderson, V.J. 2 days bread and water. J. W. J. McC. Warder McNamara .. C. Lyndon, V.J. 3 days broad and water. P.O. W. R. P. C. The Gaoler 2 days bread and water. NELSON PR: :son. Nil.

. W. Disturbing the quiet of the prison Escaping from legal custody Disturbing the quiet of the prison, and insolence to his officer Damaging prison property and using threatening language to his officer Inciting prisoners to insubordination Preferring false charges against prison officer PL Warder Theobald E. Parris, V.J. 2 days bread and water. J. W. I. S. B. The Gaoler .. Asst. Wrdr. Houlahan W. Stuart, E.M. B. Parris, V.J. 30 days in irons. To forfeit 24 marks. 3. W. PL Warder Theobald 2 days bread and water. 1. W. Warder Wolner R. Parris, V.J., and D. Berry R. Parris, V.J. To forfeit 84 marks. I. McS. 2 days bread and water.

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WELLINGTON PRISON.

Table L. "FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886." Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1893.

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Initials ol Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. I. MoM. Idleness.. .. .. The Matron .. | F. A. Krull, V.J. . B. Insulting language to a fel- Asst. Wrdr. O'Sullivan i G. Carson, V.J. low-prisoner j. N. Disrespect to Matron .. The Matron .. ' F. A. Krull, V.J. V. B. Disobedience of lawful orders The Gaoler .. .. j E. N. Liffiton, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 12 marks. 1 day bread and water.

i. R. L R. V. G. Refusing to work.. Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Having prohibited articles in his possession Idleness Wilfully destroying prison property Idleness and insubordination Threatening language to the Matron, and disturbing the quiet of the prison Refusing to work Asst. Warder Murphy G. B. Willeston, V.J. 3 days bread and water. Asst. Warder Nilsen.. N. C. 17.0. i. T. ' IB. Asst. Warder Lacey .. The Matron J. R. Blair, V.J. G. G. Graham, V.J. .. N. P. Asst. Warder Murphy C. E. Willeston, V.J. 8 days bread and water and to forfeit 42 marks. 3 days bread and water. I.B. 5.H.- ". T. I. F. N. M. N. M. D.McD. Threatening language to the Assistant Matron, and inciting other prisoners to mutiny ■Disturbing the quiet of the prison Fighting, and having prohibited articles in his possession Fighting Obscene language and disobedience of lawful orders Ditto .. Fighting, and having prohibited articles in his possession Fighting Assaulting his officer Disobedience of orders Creating a disturbance in the prison Refusing to go to work Threatening language and resisting the prison officers Disobedience of orders Threatening language to his officer and disobedience of orders Disobedience of orders Asst. Matron Martin PI. Warder Millington Asst. Warder Shaw .. Warder Meehan Warder Riddick Asst. Warder Lacey .. J. C. Martin, V.J. .. G. B. Willeston, V.J.'' 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 42 marks. 3 days bread and water. ',. G. EC. S. ". McG. EC.B. Asst. Warder Nilsen .. PI. Warder Millington Asst. Matron Martin J. C. Martin, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. J. R. Blair, V.J. '.'. ". G. r. G. Asst. Warder Murphy C. E. Willeston, V.J. 3 da,ys bread and water. ". McG. r. McG. PI. Warder Millington J. G. Martin, V.J. .. '. McG. J.M. *.M. Asst. Warder Lacey .. 2 days bread and water. J.M. r. w. jh T. Inciting other prisoners to disobedience Threatening language to his officer Refusing to work Having prohibited articles in his possession and disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience of orders Warder Fuller // ti J.H. PI. Warder Millington

Three Months and under. Six Nine Months. Months. Twelve Months. Two Years. Waiting Trial. Total. Ages. Jnder 10 years ?rom 10 to 15 years . . 15 „ 20 „ „ 20 „ 25 „ „ 25 „ 30 „ „ 30 „ 40 „ » 40 „ 50 „ „ 50 „ 60 „ iO years and upwards 6 10 3 1 4 2 1 1 ~2 I 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 i 4 i 1 9 23 6 3 10 6 1 1 Total 28 11 2 16 59