JUDGMENT SUMMONSES, COMMITMENTS, TERMS OF INCARCERATION, ETC., FOR DEBT (DETAILS OF, IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-40

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES, COMMITMENTS, TERMS OF INCARCERATION, ETC., FOR DEBT (DETAILS OF, IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS).

Return to an Order of the House of Bepresentatives dated 3rd July, 1894. Ordered, "That a return be laid before this House showing—(l) the number of judgment summonses issued in each provincial district in each year for the last three years ; (2) the number of orders made under such summonses ; (3) the number of commitments to prison ; (4) che period of each incarceration ; (5) the amount of debt involved in each case."—(Mr. Maslin.)

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Return of Judgment Summonses, Commitments, Terms of Incarceration, &c., for Debt, for the Years 1891, 1892, and 1893.

1893. 1892. 1891. Court. Number of Number of Number of Average , Judgment Orders of Persons Period of *„,„ "IS of Summonses Commit- committed Imprison- Debt issued. ment made, to Prison, j ment. Number of Number of Number of Average , _,.„„_ Number of Number of Number of Average Average Judgment Orders of Persons Period of ! a ? „* Judgment Orders of ! Persons Period of .Y n , oul ,t o f Summonses Commit- committed Imprison- i?" t ' t jSummonses Commit- committed Imprison- Debt issued, ment made, to Prison. ment. ueoi. issued, ment made, to Prison. ment. i 1 I Peovincial Dis^ ;ict OF Ai IKLAND. £ s. a. I Nil Nil Nil Nil £ s. d. Nii j Nil Nil & s. a. Nil Alii paraAwauui Auckland .. Cambridge Goromandel Davgaville .. Gisborns Hamilton .. Helensvilla Hokianga ., Huntly Kaitaia Kawakawa Maketa Mangormi .. Maungaturoto Mei'Clu-y Bay Ngaruawahia Opotiki Onehunga .. Ofcahuhu Paeron, Papakura .. Paparoa Port Albert Pukekohe .. Raglan Eotorua Russell Taupo Tauranga .. To Arolia .. Te Awamutu Thames Tolago Bay Waimate .. Waipu Waiuku Warkworfch Whakataua Whangarei Whangaroa " Nil 270 Nil 7 8 82 1 9 9 Nil 18 Nil 2 1 Nil 15 Nil i 6 Nil 15 Nil Nil 65 Nil 2 4 29 1 2 Nil 8 Nil I "8 Nil i i "5 Nil Nil "l Nil 1 Nil 1 : Nil Nil 21 days Nil Nil I 1 month Nil ' I 1 i „ „ 1 I " ill 286 Nil 1 14 11 4 i 1 17 10 0 16 3 10 6 69 34 10 1 2 9 13 8 8 13 10 0 5 Nil 1 Nil 3 0 0 6 Nil Nil 5 0 0 1 15 15 3 1 Nil Nil 6 10 0 12 Nil Nil 2 10 0 9 Nil Nil 11 4 0 21 Nil Nil 77 Nil 6 18 2 Nil 1 1 Nil Nil 9 Nil 1 Nil 15 Nil "3 Nil "3 Nil "l Nil "3 Nil Nil 18 days Nil : 7 days Nil 28 days Nil 1 „ 1 21 days Nil" 6 7 0 14 1 3 7 18 0 6 12 0 6 H 6 22 1 3 I 4 15 9 11 0 0 6 17 0 Nil 13 0 0 Nil 11 0 0 6 16 6 Nil 7 15 0 Nil 2 17 6 15 0 Nil 8 10 0 Nil Nil 316 2 4 5 54 1 11 8 Nil 7 Nil "3 Nil 1 6 Nil 11 Nil Nil 53 2 1 5 25 Nil 1 Nil "l Nil 3 Nil Nil "2 Nil ] 4 days Nil 6 7 0 17 0 9 11 18 3 6 10 8 11 5 18 2 9 18 17 0 0 Nil G 10 0 Nil 6 0 10 Nil 8" 1 6 1 15 0 Nil 16 0 0 Nil I 1 Nil 1 3 1 1 6 Nil 19 Nil 4 Nil Nil "l Nil 1 3 1 Nil 3 Nil 8 Nil Nil 1 Nil 14 days Nil 2 15 0 Nil 1 Nil 8 6 4 1 12 18 6 Nil 11 14 0 4 9 10 1 14 0 0 5 Nil 5 9 7 2 33 Nil 1 25 3 0 Nil Nil 29 1 8 Nil 3 2 12 1 Nil 1 Nil Nil i 1 month Nil 14 days Nil • I 14 7 10 Nil 8 0 0 Nil 7 8 0 8 0 0 6 8 0 8 6 10 32 0 6 Nil 1 Nil "l Nil 1 29 Nil "l Nil "l Nil "l Nil 14 days Nil 5 16 0 Nii 3 13 0 Nil 13 8 0 4 14 8 Nil "l Nil 14 days Nil 13 Nil "l Nil 14 days Nil " " " " I " 9 31 "3 28 "4 "2 7 16 5 "4 5 0 0 12 3 7 "l Nil 11 days Nil 11 10 0 5 0 0 4 20 "2 17 5 0 0 5 0-0 520 168 9 485 i 127 Totals 503 160 11 I I I I 1 I I I

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Pbovincial Diste JICT OF CanTEBBUEY. Akaroa Amberley .. Askburton .. Ghristohuroii Ooalgate Pairlie Geraldine .. Kaiapoi Leeston Little River Lyttelton ., Methven Oxford Rangiora .. Temuka Sheffield .. Soutlibridge South Rakaia Timaru Waimate ,. 1 5 3 22 99 1 Nil 4 5 3 Nil 10 3 1 8 16 1 Nil Nil 1 7 24 Nil 1 1 Nil "i Nil Nil "2 Nil Nil 52J days Nil " 6 s. d. 8 3 0 6 5 0 0 2 7 18 5 18 16 8 1 105 4 14 11 Nil Nil 5 14 6 7 12 1 1 5 20 17 0 Nil Nil 3 9 5 0 14 4 2 11 Nil 4 5 11 5 17 0 3 9 7 7 5 2 18 10 Nil Nil 1 7 1G 4 34 8 10 0 8 Nil Nil Nil 31 3 33 days Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil 3 Nil Nil 3 Nil Nil 33 days Nil £ s. d. 11 7 3 7 3 10 8 18 8 40 1 3 Nil HI 3 8 7 3 10 ! Nil 8 18 8 10 40 1 3 98 Nil Nil 10 2 6 11 8 17 11 2 Nil Nil 6 19 4 1 3 6 0 11 Nil 1 2 13 5 0 ! 4 I 4 0 3 I 8 Nil Nil 1 6 0 3 1 18 6 9 2S 9 2 0 4 j 10 2 6 8 17 11 Nil 6 19 4 3 6 0 Nil Nil 1 21 Nil 1 2 1 Nil 2 1 Nil Nil 9 Nil - Nil 56 days Nil 3 days Nil £ s, d. 13 14 6 Nil G 3 11 25 7 9 Nil i "l 0 '351 Nil 3 11 7 13 0 4 14 0 6 0 0 6 12 0 3 15 7 Nil 1 17 10 21 2 0 6 7 1 19 6 0 " " „ 2 3 1 Nil ; "l Nil „ „ 1 " " 13 5 0 ! 4 0 3 Nil - " i j ! 1 " 6 0 3 8 6 9 9 2 0 33 4 12 2 „ 13 "„ 6 10 4 "1 Nil " 220 59 2 1 1 i 62 3 ! I 190 • I I [ 3 Totals 211 3 1. .. I t I ! I I I 1 1 I— 1 i J Nil Nil Nil 10 days Nil PSOVIKCIAL DlSTEK ct of Hawke's Bay. j 7 2 1 5 i 5 11 3 15 14 14 9 I 93 4 10 10 8 10 17 6 14 i 7 5 0 ; 14 I 12 15 0 5 154 i 3 6 - 44 3 8 9 1 Danevirke .. Hastings Napier Ormoudville Waipawa .. Wairoa Woodville .. :: I 9 42 98 4 54 17 14 3 19 46 2 35 8 2 3 Nil 19 7 1 5 10 0 0 24 11 6 6 113 15 9 0 8 I 8 14 6 34 8 14 0 i 19 8 0 0 j 7 5 Nil Nil 9 2 14 days 53 2 21 days 5 1 : 21 days 22 Nil Nil 9 1:4 days 5 Nil Nil : i 108 6 Nil 2 6 Nil Nil 14 days 16 davs Nil" 4 days Nil 11 8 4 5 11 3 15 4 1 6 0 2 9 17 6 18 0 15 10 0 11 days I 4 days ! Nil 3 Nil Totals 238 9 1 I 210 74 11 !' . : : 117 •• I I 1 . I. I r [ I I , Blenheim .. Culiensville Havelock .. Kaikoura .. Picton Provincial Distbic CT OP MaBLEOEODGH. 9 19 6 22 4 17 1 4 15 16 0 1 13 12 5 7 3 13 0 I 3 1 2 7 Nil 7 Nil 1 3 Nil I 1 Nil 14 days Nil 7 14 8 1 16 18 6 1 2 24 18 9 1 10 7 0 I 7 Nil 3 4 I Nil Nil I 2 1 " " 12 Nil I Nil 6 3 Nil 5 2 "i „ " I ! Nil " 10 19 3 8 12 S 16 6 12 0 10 6 14 0 „ Totals 28 11 1 Nil —. |- 29 37 16 I

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Return of Judgment Summonses, Commitments, Terms of Incarceration, &c., for Debt, for the Years 1891, 1892, and 1893— continued.

1893. 1892. 1891. Court Number of Number of Number of Average * T7OV a no Judgment Orders of Persons Period of Amount of Summonses Commit- committed Imprison- Debt issued. ment made, to Prison. ment. Number of j Number of Number of Average . Judgment Orders of Persons Period of Amount of Summonses! Commit- committed Irqprison- ; i^pi^ issued. ment made, to Prison. ment. Number of Number of Number of Average , „,.„„. Judgment Orders of Persons Period of . r f Summonses Commit- committed Imprisonissued, jment made, to Prison. ment. ->eox. Pbovincial ] DlSTBICT 01 Nelson. Brightwater Charleston Collingwood Culverden .. Motueka Murchison Nelson Beefton Takaka Westport .. 2 1 Nil 1 7 31 2 1 Nil 5 1 7 31 Nil Nil Nil 4 "„ Nil 1 16 Nil 1 Nil Nil 4 Nil 16 Nil 1 Nil Nil £ s. d. j 8 3 10 3 3 5 6 Nil Nil 4 5 0 2 0 9 0 Nil 10 0 0 21 14 16 6 36 Nil 1 5 4 8 1 7 71 , . Nil 1 2 Nil 19 Nil 1 Nil 3 Nil \ & s. d. Nil 17 6 11 Nil "„ 13 14 2 4 4 9 Nil ! 25 0 0 2 days 7 16 2 Nil 2 9 0 5 4 11 2 Nil 4 Nil 1 6 1 39 63 2 29 Nil w "l Nil 6 Nil 7 27 Nil 14 Nil Nil „ £ s. d. 5 12 11 Nil 3 14 8 Nil 28 0 8 10 0 5 10 3 5 10 0 0 11 5 0 6 0 4 7 4 7 1 Nil 1 2 hours Nil 8 days '5 » Totals 52 52 23 Nil 23 27 3 I 1 H7 ; 147 55 2 1 •• 1 1 I l I Alexandra .. Arrowtown.. Balclutha .. Black's Clinton Clyde Cromwell .. Dunedin .. Gore Hamilton's Hampden .. Hawksbury Hyde Invercargill Kaitangata Laurence .. Lurnsden .. Macrae's .. Middlemarch Milton Mosgiel .. Naseby Oarnaru Otautau Outram Palmerston Pembroke .. Nil 1 5 3 2 1 1 198 13 Nil 3 1 3 32 5 5 3 Nil 1 2 1 10 4 3 Nil 5 4 Nil 1 5 3 2 1 1 198 13 Nil 3 1 3 32 5 5 3 Nil 1 2 1 10 4 3 Nil 5 4 Nil Nil 1 5 3 Nil 107 6 5 1 Nil Nil 2 1 1 2 Nil 9 2 Nil "l "l Nil Nil 8 2 Nil 2 Nil 1 5 3 Nil P Nil 'EOVINCIAL DlSTBICT O: if Otago ai sd Southland. I Nil Nil Nil 4 19 6 15 0 0 7 13 1 8 1 9 5 8 1 5 2 0 2 11 10 0 2 3 0 0 134 9 14 7 15 Nil Nil 2 4 0 8 7 5 10 3 6 0 0 i 4 10 5 0 49 9 0 0 9 4 10 0 3 9 2 4 1 2 Nil Nil 16 18 9 3 2 3 4 15 0 0 1 16 0 0 2 3 14 0 15 4 14 0 Nil Nil 10 0 0 4 10 0 2 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil j Nil " "7 Nil 6 0 0 7 12 9 7 12 7 23 0 4 13 11 0 6 days 3 10 6 Nil Nil 12 0 9 Nil 2 5 0 9 7 6 17 0 0 11 0 0 11 5 0 29 0 0 8 2 5 Nil 11 4 3 Nil io"5 22 Nil 2 1 Nil 41 6 8 3 Nil I 11 2 2 Nil "l Nil 6 0 0 7 6 3 9 12 11 Nil i 1 107 5 Nil 2 1 2 9 2 Nil w 2 91 Nil 8 1 1 6 6 1 1 Nil 3£ days 14 days Nil 73 12 Nil 1 1 Nil 4 2 2 2 Nil 3 Nil ft n 3 days Nil 2 13 4 15 3 0 Nil 7 15 0 9 16 9 Nil 5 19 6 7 5 0 10 0 0 8 11 1 Nil 7 days Nil " 1 Nil 8 2 Nil 21 days Nil 19 10 5 5 0 0 7 0 0 1 10 days 6 2 6 Nil Nil Nil 4 Nil 3 18 Nil 2 Nil 1 6 Nil "l Nil 1 month Nil 16 8 0 Nil 14 0 0 16 16 0 Nil 1 2 Nil I I "4 2 "2 Nil "„ "„ 11 0 0 Nil 5 Nil "l Nil 3 12 0 Nil I „ I

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Peovi£ *CIAIi DlSTI 1ICT OF OTj i.eo and So iothland — continued. •ontinued. Port Chalmers Queenstown Eiverton tp Roxburgh St. Bathan's m Tapanui i 1 Winton Waikaia q Wyndham 3 Nil 13 5 6 2 6 Nil 3 Nil Nil Nil 4 6 7 Nil 6 0 0 5 19 9 3 0 0 29 0 0 7 0 0 Nil 10 12 6 I 9 2 13 6 3 4 Nil 1 Nil Nil ] Nil Nil 6 11 7 31 0 0 5 5 0 6 12 8 0 0 2 6 0 9 0 0 Nil 10 5 4 7 4 3 9 Nil 2 6 Nil 2 Nil 5 days Nil 4 7 7 14 0 0 6 10 0 12 6 10 10 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 Nil 10 13 4 ! 3 1 4 Nil i " i » 2 2 Nil " ". ". 2 3 6 Nil " » f> a i " 7 Totals 344 167 9 I .. •• 303 | 139 I 1 280 139 j 1 7 •• ■• I , Hawera Manaia New Plymouth Opunake Patea Stratford .. Waitara 27 6 9 2 7 5 4 13 Nil 1 Nil Nil 3 Nil 1 month Nil Pbov 11 13 0 8 5 0 20 0 0 6 6 0 8 10 9 3 0 0 3 16 3 j :ncial Dis 1 26 4 20 8 11 10 3 ■BICT OF T. 9 2 4 Nil ABANAKI. 1 X month Nil Nil 1 14 days 1 20 days Nil Nil 1 1 month | Nil Nil 14 8 0 I 3 5 7 7 3 5 13 ] 8 9 7 16 7 I 15 0 0 4 7 5 18 4 23 5 10 Nil 7 13 Nil 8 2 3 Nil 2 Nil i 1m. 7dys. Nil 13 2 11 3 14 3 7 14 0 9 5 8 7 9 8 Nil 7 7 4 '■ I " I Totals 60 18 I 77 I " I 4 I 67 26 3 I 25 2 . i i [' -! 1 -I ! I ! -I ! -I ! ■I | Bulls Garterton ., ., Eketahuna Featherston Peilding .. Foxton Greytown .. Hunterville Lower Hutt Mar ton Masterton Otaki .. . ...... Pahiatua Palmerston North .. Wanganui Waverley Wellington 8 | 10 4 1 26 99 5 17 20 19 36 31 113 118 1 348 5 Nil 3 Nil 14 4 4 I 11 10 8 18 14 37 45 131 Nil j I I I Nil : I I " I Provij 9 5 0 1 18 8 5 0 0 10 0 8 6 0 9 18 5 13 8 7 9 0 0 2 12 8 16 14 0 5 8 8 7 10 8 10 14 0 8 14 3 8 2 0 20 4 0 10 14 0 NOIAL DlST] 3 9 2 1 25 6 11 Nil 26 28 35 38 11 86 94 Nil 262 RICT OF W] 1 1 Nil 13 3 7 Nil 14 14 15 28 7 25 36 Nil 63 ELLINGTON. | Nil "l Nil I » LLINGTON. Nil j Nil " i " 1 14 days Nil Nil 10 13 0 12 0 0 8 4 0 4 19 8 11 7 0 4 8 1 10 3 5 Nil 2 3 10 15 2 0 11 9 9 4 3 2 10 7 3 12 9 3 8 10 0 Nil 5 0 11 2 1 1 Nil 29 5 Nil Nil 13 Nil | Nil | 3 Nil " I Nil , 15 days - Nil 7 2 0 0 12 0 2 14 0 Nil 10 16 0 5 6 2 Nil 1 Nil 1 1 Nil 5 2 Nil 2 2 days Nil 14 days 14 days Nil 13 days 1 month Nil 49 days 1 2 1 Nil 1 7 days 2 28 days 1 14 days Nil Nil 32 18 35 31 9 57 60 Nil 271 14 11 6 20 5 14 15 Nil 48 1 1 Nil " " . 3 19 9 9 10 0 9 17 8 5 11 10 9 16 10 11 5 7 10 3 0 Nil 2 11 7 1 3 Nil 4 1 14 days 3 7 days Nil Nil 4 4 13 days 37 days Nil 5 3 days Totals l_ 775 ! r 12 ! 637 306 227 13 ■ — 7r~ I !_ 551 148 10 13 [ .. | ; l_ ! I — |_ ! L 1 I 1.

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SUMMARY.

Return of Judgment Summonses, Commitments, Terms of Incarceration, &c., for Debt, for the Years 1891, 1892, and 1893— continued.

0. J. A. Haselden, Under-Secretary for Justice. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,200 copies), £1 is. 6d.

By Authority : Sajiuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1894. Price 6d.]

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1803. 18S2. 1891. Court. I Number of i Number of Number of Average , Number of [ Number of Number of Average ■ „ Number of Number of Number of Average Avpracp Judgment Orders of Persons Period of ."3^ Judgment \ Orders of Persons | Period of A™£n?nf Judgment Orders of Persons Period of; t5££j& o f Summonses Commit- committed Impjjison- Debt Summonses! Commit- committed Imprison- jVpht Summonses Commit- committed Imprison- " De^ t# issued, ment made, to Prison. merit. issued, inent made, to Prison. ment. jjcud. issued. ment made.j to Prison. ment. Pro vii NCIAL DlST] i i EICT OP WESTLAND. Ahaura Brunncrton Goldsborough and Stafford .. Greymouth Hokitika Kuraara Okarito Ross 5 1 23 9 27 Nil 3 2 |Nil 3 8 2 10 Nil Nil " Nil £ s. a. 3 18 0 6 9 6 10 0 0 7 13 0 14 6 8 8 19 8 Nil 4 6 6 i Nil 1 18 25 Nil 5 Nil Nil 1 3 4 2 2 Nil Nil Nil 21 days Nil & s. d. Nil 10 0 0 12 10 4 9 19 -1 2 10 6 Nil 3 10 0 I .... ! j... I Nil Nil 6 1 19 8 14 6 5 2 Nil Nil 2 1 47 17 Nil "l Nil Nil Nil 7 15 0 16 0 0 2 months ! 14 12 0 Nil ,900 i 1 0 7 Nil 1 month 9 12 0 » "l " " I Totals .. 72 I 26 Nil ! I 54 15 2 I ! ! I 2 •• •• •• ..

1893. 1892. 1891. Provincial Districts. Number of Judgment Summonses issued. Number of Orders of Commitrnent made. Number of Persons committed to Prison. Number of Judgment Summonses Issued. Number of Orders of Commitment made. - Number of Persons committed to Prison. Number of Judgment Summonses issued. Number of Orders of Commitment made. Number of Persons committed to Prison. Auckland Canterbury Hawke's Bay .. Marlborough .. Nelson Otago Taranaki Wellington Wcstland 520 220 238 28 52 344 60 775 72 1G8 59 117 11 23 167 18 306 26 9 2 9 1 Nil 9 3 12 Nil 503 211 210 29 71 303 77 637 54 160 62 108 12 27 139 25 227 15 11 3 6 Nil 3 7 4 13 2 485 190 154 37 147 280 67 551 47 127 33 74 16 55 139 26 148 17 4 3 11 Nil 2 7 2 10 2 Totals 1,958 635 41 2,309 895 45 2,095 775 id