DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1898; ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1898.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1898; ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886," FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1898.

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, — Department of Justice, Prisons Branch, Ist July, 1899. I have the honour to present this my eighteenth annual report on the prisons of the colony, together with the thirteenth annual report on the working of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." 1. A reference to Table J shows the dates upon which I have inspected the various prisons of the colony, and I am again glad to be in a position to report that I have invariably found on these visits that, while the establishments are, in accordance with the regulations, kept scrupulously clean, a vast amount of attention has been paid to efficiency and economy, together with, as far as practicable, a classification of prisoners, to prevent those not well versed in crime being led away by their more adept comrades. At these periodical visits a point is made of giving interviews to all prisoners that ask it, as well as of thoroughly investigating all complaints and requests that are brought to my notice, whereby an opportunity is given to all prisoners to personally interview me at any of these inspections, and freely state, either privately or in the presence of the prison officials, any grievances they may suppose they are suffering under, and any statements or requests so made are fully inquired into and decided on their merits. 2. As usual, the supplies for the various prisons have been publicly tendered for, and no complaints have been made either by the prison authorities or the various contractors. The tenders, called for in the last month of each year, are addressed to and considered by the Visiting Justices, whose recommendations are invariably adopted. . This system has now been in operation for some years, and the absence of complaints shows that a wise discretion is used by the Visiting Justices in these important matters. 3. Five escapes took place during the past year—viz., two at Auckland (Fort Cautley), one at Dunedin (Taiaroa Heads), one at Lyttelton, and one at Wellington. All the escapees were male prisoners, and were recaptured within a few hours, except the one from Wellington prison, who has so far not been rearrested. The Wellington escapee—a lad of eighteen years of age—was the only case of prison-breaking, and it was no doubt entirely due to the fact of the Warder, through carelessness, having left the prisoner's cell unlocked. For this the officer was fined a week's pay, and duly cautioned that a repetition of similar carelessness would lead to his dismissal. The other four escapes were from the parties when at work outside the prison walls. In every case the Visiting Justices held an inquiry. 4. A reference to Table A shows that the health of the prisoners has been good throughout the year, the daily average of sick being—males 4 , 65, females o'B3, a decrease of 1-27 in the males and 0 - 20 in the females as compared with the previous year. 5. Two deaths occurred in the gaols during the past year, both at Lyttelton, aud male prisoners. In each case an inquest was held, and verdicts of death from natural causes were returned. 6. There were three death-sentences carried out during the year 1898—one at New Plymouth, one at Dunedin, and one at Wellington. In each case death was instantaneous, and the usual inquests followed. 7. From Table A it will be seen that at the commencement of the year 603 males and 71 females were undergoing detention in the various prisons of the colony, while at its close there were 530 males and 65 females, giving a decrease of 73 males and 6 females. During the year I—H. 20.

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1898, 3,505 males and 631 females passed through the different prisons, as against 3,518 males and 648 females during the previous year, a decrease of 13 males and 17 females—a total decrease of 30 prisoners. This decrease, though small, is satisfactory when it is remembered that there is a steadily increasing population. 8. During the past year the daily average number of prisoners in the gaols has been 563-55 males and 54-41 females, an increase on the previous year in the daily average of 45-30 males and 5-19 females. This increase is accounted for by the detention of a considerable number of Maori prisoners in the gaols for a considerable part of the year. 9. According to the figures supplied by the Registrar-General, the population of the colony at the end of the year was 413,797 males and 369,520 females, a total of 783,317 persons ; while the total number of prisoners at the same date was 530 males and 65 females : total, 595 persons. The average percentage of prisoners according to population was therefore 0-0759, as against 0-0876 in the previous year. 10. During the past year 45 male misdemeanants, in default of bail, and 40 males and 17 females, supposed lunatics, were detained in the various prisons of the colony, a decrease of 1 in the former, and in the latter a decrease of 13 males and 2 females. This decrease is of considerable importance, but the system of sending mentally afflicted persons to such places as prisons is much to be deprecated, even though their detention may be of only a few days' duration. A reference to "The Lunatics Act, 1882," sections 67 and 68, clearly shows that the intention of the Legislature when passing that Act was that it should be imperative on hospitals to have wards for the temporary reception of lunatics, and so prevent the present pernicious practice of sending supposed lunatics and persons suffering from delirium tremens to gaols for medical treatment. If the Hospital Boards continue to be indifferent in these matters, and such cases are to be treated as crimes and not diseases, and in prisons instead of establishments specially set apart for the treatment of their malady, not only may we look in vain for cures, but before long some grave scandal will probably occur. 11. At the end of the past year there were 91 males and 3 females undergoing sentences of penal servitude, a decrease of 10 on the previous year. 12. During the past year 389 males and 51 females were acquitted or discharged after remand, as against 392 males and 42 females in the previous year, a decrease of 3 males and an increase of 9 females. 13. By a reference to Table B it will be seen that the prisoners were maintained last year at a gross cost per head of £45 Is. 7d., as against £49 4s. Bd., and at a net cost of £27 18s. lOd. per head, as against £33 9s. Bd., in 1897. The gross costs are made up as follows : Staff supervision, £28 14s. 5d., as against £32 Bs. ; maintenance, £12 15s. lid., as against £13 4s. lid.; and incidentals, £3 lis. 3d., as against £3 10s. lid. Of these incidentals a sum of £333 6s. 9d. is recouped to the Government, viz.: Eailway Department, £250 4s. 6d., and Post and Telegraph Department, £83 2s. 3d. 14. It has been pointed out in previous reports that, with the utmost economy, the net cost of keeping prisoners must depend mostly upon the daily average number of prisoners detained in each separate establishment, and the reduction in cost during the past year amply proves the reliability of this argument. As before shown, last year there was an increase in the daily average of prisoners of 50-49, and consequently there is a decrease in the cost of maintaining them. When it is considered that at all times there are detained in the prisons many who contribute nothing towards their keep, being exempt from labour, such as awaiting trial, sick, misdemeanants, remands, supposed lunatics, and those sent to gaols for medical treatment, who required extra medical comforts, it is thought that it will be generally admitted that a net cost of £45 Is. 7d. per head is not excessive when the ruling prices of food and clothing in the colony are taken into consideration. 15. As regards the education of prisoners, a reference to Table C shows that, out of a total of 2,902 males and 560 females received during the year, 2,626 males and 474 females were able to read and write, 67 males and 27 females could read only, whilst 209 males and 59 females could neither read nor write. 16. The receipts and credits for prison labour, road-metal, bricks, drainpipes, &c, amounted last year to £10,405 9s. 9d. 17. It is interesting to notice from Table F that a comparison of the previously convicted prisoners sentenced during the past year with those sentenced five years ago—viz., in 1893—shows in those once convicted a decrease of 31 males, and an increase of 2 females; in those twice convicted, decreases of 6 males and 13 females; and in those thrice or oftener convicted, decreases of 9 males and 19 females. These decreases are considered satisfactory from every point of view, as indicating that the prison system at present in operation in the colony is at least deterrent, which should be the primary object sought for. In order, however, to carry out properly a deterrent system, it is absolutely necessary that every prisoner (except, perhaps, in special medical cases) should be provided with a separate cell, but this is not yet practicable in some of the prisons. What is required in dealing with criminals is work for his hands and occupation for his mind, and entire separation when not at work, and so prevent his concocting mischief and crime. The only system which has the least chance of effecting reformation must include separate treatment throughout the various classes and grades. To the vagrant, who lives on settlers or pilfers from house to house, and never does any honest work, the gaol, as long as he has companionship, is his home—he is better fed and housed than when free—or the larrikin, who has no character to lose, is idle, and strong enough to laugh at the prison hard labour; but separate either, and keep them by themselves, and very soon the vagrant's indifference and the larrikin's cheek will disappear, and neither of them are likely to be found inside a prison again if they can possibly help it. -.-..,.

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18. It is satisfactory to be able to report, as shown by Table D, that there have been no children under ten years of age confined in the prisons during the past year, while there was one such infant imprisoned in 1897. In those aged from ten to fifteen years there were 38, as against 25 in 1897, and in those aged from fifteen to twenty years there were 225, as against 241 in the previous year, a total decrease of 4 in those under twenty years of age. 19. In dealing with these youthful offenders a uniform system of discipline and punishment is adopted in all the prisons. They are kept entirely separate, and so freed from the contaminating influence and association of the more hardened criminal, and have the opportunity afforded them of pursuing a study that would ennoble their minds, and perhaps even fit them for a more useful sphere of life on their return to the outer world; but to properly carry this into effect more accommodation is required in the larger prisons. 20. A reference to Table X shows that there was an increase of 54 prison punishments —viz., 247, as against 193 in 1897. Of these, 235 were minor punishments inflicted by Visiting Justices, while 12 were more serious or aggravated prison offences, and, after first being investigated by Visiting Justices, were reheard in open Court. This system of taking the more serious offences to open Court continues to give general satisfaction. 21. During the past year the prisoners at the three centres and Lyttelton have been principally employed on work in connection with the fortifications ; good progress has been made, and the Harbour Defence Department appear well satisfied with the work done for them by this department. The work of building the new prison at Mount Eden, Auckland, continues, and it is hoped that in the course of another year another wing will be ready for occupation. The grounds around Government House, and those around the Supreme and Stipendiary Magistrates' Courts, in Auckland, are kept up by prison labour. At New Plymouth the cutting down the hills at the back of the gaol was continued, and a boundary-wall is now being built. At Napier the prisoners have been employed in quarrying and cutting stone for building a new boundary-fence. In Wellington good work has been done in making bricks, drainpipes, and tiles for the various Government buildings, and in keeping the road leading to the defence-works in good order. At Lyttelton the Sticking Point reclamation-work continues, and a considerable amount of work has been done for the Stock Department at Quail Island. At Hokitika the prisoners have been employed in keeping the rifle-range in repair, cutting firewood on the gaol reserve, and keeping the hospital roads and grounds in order. At Wanganui the rifle-range has been kept in order by the prisoners, and work has been done in the gardens. At Dunedin work at the fortifications has employed the majority of the prisoners, while some few have been worked in putting up workshops and punish-ment-cells in the new prison; while in Invercargill they have, as usual, worked for the Corporation, who pay a fair rate of wages for their services, and appear quite satisfied with the arrangement. 22. As regards new prisons, the locality that requires most attention is Wellington ; the Terrace Prison is out of date, and, as pointed out in previous reports, is fast becoming unserviceable, and some years ago it was decided to move the prison from the present locality to Mount Cook, which had been selected as a prison reserve some time in the forties. A building was in due course erected, and is now fit for occupation, and, in fact, was occupied by Maori prisoners last year. A movement is now being made to obtain that building and site for educational purposes, without perhaps giving a fair amount of consideration to the question of properly housing and classifying the prisoners in Wellington. It is admitted by all well versed in the matter that the only system which has the least chance of making imprisonment deterrent must include separate treatment not only of first offenders, but throughout the various grades. The classification of prisoners should not be confined to merely keeping first-sentenced prisoners from contact with hardened criminals, but extended to all classes with the greatest care and judgment. There can be no proper classification in the buildings now occupied by the Terrace prisoners, and some final decision should be arrived at as to where the Wellington prison is to be. A gaoler's residence is much required at Dunedin, and one should also be commenced as soon as possible at Mount Eden, Auckland. 23. The number of offences committed by prison officers last year was four, as against eight in 1897. With the exception of leaving a cell-door unlocked, before alluded to, there is every reason to be satisfied with the conduct and ability of the prison officers generally. 24. It was pointed out last year that the system then in force for the classification of prison officers in regard to rank and pay was not working satisfactorily, and it was suggested that a scheme for putting all the subordinate prison officers on a scale of pay regulated by length of service instead of by the class of prison they may chance to be posted to was ready for your consideration. That new system was in due course adopted and came into operation on the Ist January last, is giving satisfaction, and has added to the efficiency of the service. Under the new system a person on first entering the service is placed on probation for six months, and therefore is not permanently appointed until he has shown his fitness and qualification for the position. Another important feature in the new scheme is that every officer, in due course, without having recourse to improper influences, provided he shows ability and his conduct is satisfactory, will get periodical advancement in pay regardless of the class of prison he may happen to be serving in. 25. It is said by many, who perhaps have not sufficiently studied the matter, that a criminal class is being created in the gaols by their treatment while undergoing sentences, and that in many cases they leave prison worse characters than when they entered it; but the fallacy of this cry, which has been going on for years, is shown annually by a decreasing criminal class, notwithstanding an increasing population. Insufficient consideration seems to be given to the fact that the main object of imprisonment is to punish, and is the method society adopts to avenge itself against those who have broken its laws, and therefore the aim of those in charge of prisoners should be to make imprisonment deterrent, and that gaols should be houses of correction: i.e., punishment.

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As regards reformation, what seems most required in that direction is some society or organization that will not only look after first offenders but assist by finding employment for, and advise prisoners on their being discharged from gaols on completion of their sentences, as is done in Otago by the Dunedin Patients and Prisoners' Aid Society. If this department is successful in making imprisonment deterrent, then it behoves others to undertake the work of reformation. 26. The proposed revision and amendment of the prison regulations referred to in last year's report has not yet, owing to several causes, been completed; but the matter has not been lost sight of, and at an early date it is hoped a scheme will be submitted for your favourable consideration modifying the present scale of remissions of sentences, as well as giving greater facilities to well-conducted prisoners to communicate with their friends by both letters and visits. First Offenders' Probation Act. A reference to Table L shows that ninety-one persons were placed on probation last year, as against the same number in 1897. Of these thirty-one were discharged after satisfactorily carrying out the conditions of their licenses, three were rearrested, one was transferred to a lunatic asylum, and fifty-six 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 £406 3s. 4d., of which £170 10s. 4d. 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 £3,287, which sum, added to the amount of costs, &c, actually paid, gives a saving of £3,457 10s. 4d. to the colony. Of the 1,005 persons who have been put on probation since the introduction of the Act in October, 1886, 830 have been discharged after satisfactorily carrying out the conditions of their licenses; sixty-one have been rearrested and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment; one committed suicide; two have died; twenty-three have absconded; one was sent to a lunatic asylum ; and eighty-seven still remain fulfilling the terms of their probation. The above-quoted results prove beyond doubt that the First Offenders' Probation Act, which was placed on the statute-book of the colony to put first offenders under a term of surveillance that is calculated to give them an extra incentive to good behaviour, and to check predilections that might end in a career of crime, is satisfactorily attaining that end. A probationer has ever before his mind the inevitable consequence which will ensue should he deviate from strictest rectitude of conduct during his probation, while he is not in a position to be contaminated by the evil associations which are almost inseparable from a prison life. The State is relieved of the expense of his support, and there is much more inducement to return to the paths of honesty and industry than there would be were he under bars and bolts inside the walls of a felons' cell; and, lastly, he is not branded as a " gaol-bird." 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, 1898.

State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. cargill. Lyttelton. | Napier. mouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Minor Gaols. Totals. Grand Total. In Pbison 1st January. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. f. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. I Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or 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 9 " 2 .. 82 31 21 I 2 8 5 2 6 2 24 10 5 2 2 2 2 1 3'" 1 7 ' .. 1 - . 7 3 37 12 23 4 10 6 3 6" .. 1 5 2 11 2 2 4 3 .. 3 1 7 4 16 9 2 3 .. 4 8 3 2 9 I *"■:. 48 2 22 2 19 4 88 10 3 1 6 ' .. 11 .. 1 47 5 ! 102 2 165 8 107 20 153 31 29 5 52 104 173 127 184 34 2'" 2 6 .. Total .. 145 18 92 13 28 8 184 19 i j 24 .. 603 71 674 18 49 11 92 40 27 ! Received. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or 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 .. j 6 .. 114 :: 49" .. 80 .. 348 .. 23 18 12 99 1 3 4 58 1 i 8 lo" 2 8 19 2 2 67 5 • 20 82 303 4 8 21 106 6 4 58 i 2 4 6 28 1 4 8 1 36 6 5 .. 84 12 1 10 1 31 .. 53 19 281 77 10 1 11 17 199 9 8 45 .. 40 17 673 64 3 .. 15 1 126 5 349 84 1,549 384 102 5 45 57 737 16 131 433 1,933 107 7 45 141 2 3 9 59 5 23 5 4 2 3 19 61 4 7 7 1 4 23 83 3 5 7 7 13 34 3 1 1 1 4 16 78 2 6 7 1 13 197 46 19 1 Total ... .. 620 620 132 132 261 80 43 116 19 481 135 181 15 96 145 19 475 110 484 37 2,902 560 3,462 Total for year .. | 765 765 150 150 310 86 310 46 8 127 20 573 148 209 23 172 21 508 37 136 659 129 3,505 631 4,136 DlSCHABGED. 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 .. Absconded and not retaken Died Executed .. I 6 4 .. 71 .. 78 .. 427 .. 18 8 6 4 71 78 427 18 8 1 14 107 2 1 1 14 107 2 1 3 2 1 36 7 21 2 164 62 22 3 1 3 .. 1 33 5 2 4 1 18 3 11 .. 69 14 4 1 1 1 54 11 41 3 362 120 2 12 6 4 43 15 100 3 7 1 2 4 14 4 5 21 27 44 4 2 3 8 .. 1 12 1 104 12 9 1 22 4 5 .. 72 12 130 4 328 101 11 14 71 1 243 18 136 7 2 20 1 7 45 35 16 389 51 337 23 1,874 458 76 5 213 13 1 2 3 .. 45 51 440 360 2,332 81 226 1 1 17 7 .. 1 •• 2 1 1 0. 1 •• Total In prison at end of year .. 612 .. 153 612 153 132 18 132 18 252 58 73 13 38 8 5 3 108 19 19 1 474 135 99 13 178 31 21 2 119 17 9 156 18 16 3 544 117 115 12 494 14 37 2,975 566 530 65 3,541 595 Total for year .. 765 765 150 150 310 86 46 127 20 573 148 209 23 136 172 21 659 129 508 37 3,505 631 4,18< Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list 1& 14? .. 150-56 1 ..38 J '.'. 2-20 189 148 150-56 13-68 38 14 9 8 13-6! 14 0-2! 73 40 47-93 5-85 17 13 1 13 6-51 0-88 4 3 27 12 19-30 2-10 3 2 0-56 .. 132 OQ 101-26 9-60 71 15 2 .. 1-21 0-40 42 22 28-60 3-70 8 48 12 27-19 1-23 26 2 31 11 17-75 2-15 14 3 1 0-03 .. 211 130 154-99 14-01 34 8 2 0-57 0-20 9-46 1-21 6 1 •• 563-55 54-41 221 59 7 1 4-65 0-83 6179I 280 8 5-1! 2-2o" 0-23 o-oi' .. 007" ..

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Table B. Expenditure under the different Heads of Service for the Year ending 31st December, 1898.

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Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. iNew Plymouth.] Wanganui. Wellington. Total. . Daily average number of J Male prisoners \ Female .. 150-56 13-68 47-93 5-85 6-51 0-88 19-30 210 101-26 9-60 28-60 3-70 27-19 1-23 17-75 2-15 154-99 14-01 554-09 53-20 Total 110-86 32-30 28-42 19-90 169-00 607-29 164-24 53-78 7-39 21-40 Heads op Sekvice. £ s. d. 630 0 9 24 10 .8 Staff: Salaries and allowances Uniforms .. .. .. £ s. d. 3,933 16 11 160 3 1 £ s. d. 2,304 17 11 64 0 2 & s. d. 544 8 11 8 18 £ s. d. 638 11 8 11 17 10 £ s. d. 3,078 17 7 103 17 6 £ s. d. 948 18 0 31 19 10 £ s. d. 938 6 8 31 11 4 £ s. d. 3,873 2 10 115 5 8 £ s. d. 16,891 1 3 551 7 9 Total 650 9 6 3,182 15 1 980 17 10 969 18 0 654 11 5 3,988 8 6 17,442 9 0 28 14 5 4,094 0 0 2,368 18 1 552 10 7 Cost per prisoner 44 0 11 74 15 3 30 7 11 28 14 2 30 7 4 34 2 6 32 17 10 23 12 0 24 18 7 Maintenance : Rations .. ..'.:... Fuel and light Bedding, clothing, &c. Medicines and medical comforts .. Furni ture Soap and cleaning materials 1,166 19 2 184 1 3 297 2 7 137 6 3 54 15 0 43 15 10 470 2 8 83 17 0 147 7 2 33 15 2 53 1 3 18 18 3 103 6 5 42 4 6 5*9 6 149 2 10 48 7 3 66 14 2 0 13 9 16 8 0 2 2 0 682 10 3 274 11 6 343 15 8 31 10 6 234 7 9 50 17 1 81 19 8 25 13 8 2 13 6 8 11 2 256 2 9 49 9 3 38 17 7 20 14 2 32 7 1 7 11 2 188 14 8 96 12 5 81 1 7 23 0 7 11 2 2 7 4 6 1,155 9 2 309 14 10 357 0 11 164 7 10 3 0 0 54 14 5 4,406 15 8 1,139 15 1 1,413 19 4 442 11 5 173 7 0 193 18 7 l'o 6 5o"o 9 Total 1,884 0 1 807 1 6 152 0 11 283 8 0 1,382 8 8 12 9 5 404 2 10 405 2 0 407 15 11 2,044 7 2 7,770 7 1 Cost per prisoner 11 9 6 15 0 2 20 11 5 13 4 10 12 10 3 14 5 1 20 9 10 12 1 11 12 15 11 Incidental: Rates, rent, &o. Conveyance of officers and prisoners Tools, materials for prison labour, &c. Gratuities to prisoners on discharge, &c. .. 108 15 0 119 12 8 119 2 11 235 2 11 54 9 0 8 13 3 105 7 1 1617 3 7 0 0 1 16 2 39 0 0 141 14 0 72 17 1 59 12 0 7 10 0 7 4 0 42 0 8 70 12 9 10 0 0 8 10 0 1 17 9 69 18 1 36 13 5 46 4 10 38 4 3 121 2 6 79 8 8 117 5 11 145 5 4 309 4 7 251 13 8 504 2 5 436 1 10 972 14 3 46 "8 8 38"3 11 Total 168 9 4 90 5 10 651 4 6 2,164 12 2 582 13 6 63 5 11 47 0 1 313 3 1 127 7 5 Cost per prisoner3 10 10 3 2 7 8 11 3 2 3 11 2 16 5 3 18 10 3 3 6 6 19 3 17 1 3 11 3 Gross total cost 6,560 13 7 39 18 11 980 17 7 4,878 6 10 27,377 8 3 3,344 8 11 767 17 5 1,512 8 1 1,465 5 10 1,183 9 10 6,684 0 2 Gross cost per prisoner per annum 44 0 0 46 16 5 51 11 1 j 59 9 5 39 11 0 45 1 7 62 3 8 103 18 0 45 16 8 Deduct: Cash received for maintenance Work for other departments, &e. I 1 598 19 8 2,456 9-3 17 11 4 947 10 2 100 14 0 7 2 0 392 10 0 464 9 0 2,060 6 6 4 16 0 53 9 0 13 4 42 1 2 1 14 8 23 4 2 3,233 9 8 1,119 0 2 9,286 9 9 •• Total 3,055 8 11 3,505 4 8 965 1 6 100 14 0 399 12 0 2,524 15 6 58 5 0 43 4 6 1 14 8 3,256 13 10 10,405 9 11 Net total cost 581 5 7 2,353 11 4 1,454 3 1 1,422 1 4 1,181 15 2 3,427 6 4 16,971 18 4 2,379 7 5 667 3 5 Net cost per prisoner per annum 21 6 10 44 3 9 90 5 7 27 3 3 21 4 7 45 0 5 50 0 1 59 7 8 20 5 7 27 18 10 ■ ■ I

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Table C. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1898.

Table D. Ages of Prisoners received during the Year 1898, and Causes of their Detention.

Prisons. Superior Education. Read and write. Read only. Unable to read. ' Totals. Auckland .. Dunedin .. Hokitika .. Invercargill Lyttelton .. Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Minor gaols i 51. 12 F. M. 542 232 38 103 427 145 68 125 454 447 BY 117 76 6 10 96 12 5 18 101 32 M. 7 5 1 1 14 10 8 10 2 9 F. 8 1 2 6 2 2 5 1 M. 59 24 3 10 36 11 20 10 15 21 v. 7 3 "l 33 1 i 4 3 M. 620 261 43 116 481 181 96 145 475 484 v. 132 80 6 19 135 15 7 19 110 37 1 2 4 15 I 7 i Total 45 2,581 473 67 27 209 59 2,902 560

13 a ea a o 3 BO d =3 *h •3 .M OS ■oag n o tL ft w 3 a o -43 -3 +S rH 4 2 o a s * 'A a to S, a a a <e « iii *3 cC S3 u o a W 1 EH S5 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 1 "2 51 1 23 40 10 64 41 11 64 1 4 i 12 I 1 28 27 1 26 1 18 3 1 1 1 3 1 6 2 7 3 2 6 5 3 1 4 11 7 1 1 16 2 9 38 5 50 29 5 42 1 "2 4 8 3 8 2 6 7 7 1 1 5 2 1 8 6 1 5 8 7 1 1 2 i 2 1 5 5 3 9 2 7 4 14 1 3 1 16 4 6 36 15 27 1 32 25 30 1 8 1 6 24 7 12 1 25 9 28 4 20 9 20 2 21 4 13 140 21 60 4 195 ' 57 220 16 173 81 209 7 40 19 106 2 22 3 52 3 "i 5 12 11 3 36 15 96 14 9 29 2 6 1 5 2 9 5 23 1 47 35 115 3 31 14 70 7 213 113 511 20 33 10 87 1 16 6 50 3 1 9 4 6 18 3 21 14 101 8 6 31 2 2 12 4 4 6 26 5 28 28 74 2 14 9 72 14 131 85 480 34 14 6 69 2 9 35 2 '4 2 2 8 1 21 7 60 6 6 18 4 8 8 1 10 3 9 1 7 9 23 10 6 45 5 87 39 279 16 18 2 34 2 17 1 2 10 1 5 1 1 10 3 . 35 1 1 10 2 1 4 1 *7 5 7 4 9 4 31 4 50 23 153 7 Summary: Felony Misdemeanour _ Minor offences Debt or lunacy 238 59 449 6 119 10 204 8 10 3 36 31 44 48 12 172 51 393 48 32 105 11 40 17 32 14 39 22 94 9 172 126 280 7 141 59 284 37 1,010 423 1,925 104 Total 752 341 49 135 616 196 103 164 585 521 3,462

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Table E. Previously Convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1898.

Table F. Previously Convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1894-98.

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

Table H. Crimes of Prisoners sentenced to Hard Labour for Twelve Months and upwards during the Year 1898.

Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill .. Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington .. Minor gaols .. M. 69 21 5 12 70 18 4 11 69 65 F. 12 4 i 7 1 4 9 3 M, 43 17 8 5 36 7 2 11 34 44 F. 3 2 2 2 8 1 5 1 M. 241 93 8 9 137 67 25 41 112 75 F. 85 57 4 4 106 9 1 9 77 13 M. 353 131 21 26 243 92 31 63 215 184 F. 100 63 6 7 121 11 1 13 91 17 Total 344 41 207 24 808 365 1,359 430

Tear. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. .894 .895 .896 .897 .898 M. 375 317 359 293 344 F. 39 47 40 38 41 M. 213 199 191 142 207 F. 37 27 24 24 24 M. 817 742 729 719 808 F. 384 405 424 416 365 M. 1,405 1,258 1,279 1,154 1,359 F. 460 479 488 478 430

Prisons. 31st December, 1897. 31st December, 1898. Increase. Decrease. Vuckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier .. kelson .. STew Plymouth ■Vanganui (Vellington 2 2 37 1 11 1 2 1 3 32 1 'a 1 5 11 i 50 54 "i Total 104 94 17 Net decrease 10

issault causing bodily harm irson Bestiality Bigamy 3urglary larnally knowing, &o. conspiring to defraud .. ?orgery and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking, and possessing implements for indecent assault indecent exposure Larceny accessory to .. 4 3 1 1 4 1 7 30 5 20 5 1 28 2 Larceny from the person ,, from a dwelling Malicious damage Manslaughter Obtaining goods by false pretences Rape attempted Robbery „ with violence.. Sheep-stealing Vagrancy Wounding 4 10 3 1 3 3 2 3 6 1 7 3 Total 158

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Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1898.

Table J. Visits of the Inspector of Prisons to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1898.

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Prisons and Visiting Justices. a a r> tH a So rH O 3 a a o 3 o o O 3 £1 8 > o o 'E a <! a a a 44> o :- Auckland: C. La Roche Hon. T. Thompson, M.H.R. M. Niccol Hon. W. MoCullough, M.L.C, T. H. White J. H. Hannan A. 0. Clements Dunedin: E. H. Carew, S.M. E. B. Cargill Dr. Hislop Hugh Gourlay W. Thomson A. G. Christopher R. Chisholm Sokitika: Hon. J. A. Bonar, M.L.C. .. J. Bevan.. Inveroargill: J. W. Poynton, S.M. R. F. Cuthbertson Hon. H. Feldwick, M.L.C. .. T. Perkins Lyttelton: R. Westenra J. Hamilton W. W. Collins R. Beetham, S.M. Napier: J. S. Large E. Lyndon STew Plymouth: R. Parris .. D. Berry H. Weston iVanganui: E. N. Liffiton .. F. A. Krull .. .. G. Carson, M.H.R. A. J. Parsons ■Vellington: 3. R. Blair J. C. Martin .. C. E. W. Willeston E. Arnold 4 3' 3 4' 6 15' 1 1 6 2 4 1 4 8 1 12 1 i' .2 6 2 4 4 3 8. 1 16 I 5 4 2 2 3' 12 15 i 9 3 5 2 5 8 1 14 r i' 6 1 1 4 3 1 4 6 9 1 .- i' 6 5' 2 1 1 3 8 i" 6 1 5' 4 5 4 2 8 5 2' 4 3 2" 5 7 5 5 5 1 1 2 5 1 5 7 3' 5' 2 1 3 7 2 4 r 1 2' 9 1 3 5' 3 1 4' 5 10 1 2 1 74 2 16 1 53 34 1 4 3 40 77 8 123 1 1 4 2 2 5 6 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 3 3 3 i 4' 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 1 2 4 2 26 45 30 2 1' 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 28 - 91 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 4 T i . r 1 r 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 5 2 l i° 2 l 1 1 2 3 2* 1 r 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 4 3 5 10 15 10 i' 2'

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Table K. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1898. AUCKLAND PRISON.

Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. A. B. Receiving bread from a fel-low-prisoner Passing rations to another prisoner Disrespect to Gaol Surgeon and disobedienoe of lawful orders Destroying prison property Making a wound on his forearm Insulting language to her officer Disobedience of lawful orders Disturbing the quiet of the prison Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Insulting language to his officer Escaping from legal custody The Gaoler C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. A. W. B. T. T. T. H. White, V.J. .. To forfeit 4 days' marks. W. S. B. T. T. Warder O'Donohue .. Asst. Warder Foreman H. W. Brabant, S.M.'' To forfeit 8 days' marks. /-. 30 days' close confinement. A. R. The Asst. Matron .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. W. M. PI. Warder Chilton .. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 24 marks. 2 days bread and water. J. W. Asst. Wrdr. McMurray J. s. W. B. Asst. Warder Harron T. H. White, V.J. .. T. H. White,V.J., and C. La Roche, V.J. T. Hutohison, S M. .. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. 2 months' hard labour, in addition to his original sentence. 1 day bread and water. W. K. The Gaoler G. W. Idleness Asst. Warder Cook .. T. H. White, V.J., and C. La Roche, V.J. Ditto H. W. Brabant, S.M. R. H. W. M. Shamming illness The Gaoler 2 days bread and water. 7 days bread and water, and 7 days' close confinement. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. H. W. W. B. W. B. Refusing to work Disobedience of lawful orders Fighting with a fellowprisoner Ditto .. Idleness Idleness and disrespect to his officer Ditto .. Threatening language to his officer Idleness Disobedience of lawful orders and resisting his officer Disturbing the quiet of the prison Damaging prison property Disobedience of lawful orders, and insulting language to her officer Fighting with a fellowprisoner Ditto .. Disobedience of lawful orders Threatening and insulting language to his officer Ditto .. Shamming illness Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Asst. Warder Gillespie Asst. Wrdr. McMurray C. La Roche, V.J. .. W. W. J. S. W. B. Asst. Warder Gillespie PI. Warder Rutherford J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water F. T. D. F. T. D. Asst. Warder Brien .. PI. Warder Rutherford C. La Roohe, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 40 marks. 1 day bread and water. . 3 days bread and water. H. W. H. W. Asst. Warder Johnston A. E. F. Asst. Warder Levin .. 1 day bread and water. W. M. N. C. Asst. Warder Sweet .. The Asst. Matron 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 12 marks. J. D. Asst. Warder Levin .. 1 day bread and water. M. K. J. J. C. J. S. Asst. Warder Gillespie The Gaoler D. S. R. L. J. W. Asst. Warder Cook .. T. Hutohison, S.M. .. C. La Roche, V.J., and T. H. White, V.J. Ditto 7 days' close confinement. 2 days bread and water. T. T. Insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Disturbing the quiet of the prison Ditto Insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Disrespect to his officer .. Damaging prison property Profane and threatening language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disturbing the quiet of the prison Insulting language to a fel-low-prisoner Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Damaging prison property Ditto Irreverent behaviour at Divine service Idleness Profane language Damaging prison property.. Destroying!prison property Asst. Warder Brien .. W. M. Asst. Warder Sweet .. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. T. W. D. S. To forfeit 24 marks. 2 days bread and water. - F. T. D. W.J. J. W. Asst. Warder Johnston T. H. White, V.J. .. To forfeit 18 marks. 1 -day bread and water. Warder Denison C. La Roche, V.J. '. . G. C. R. W. Asst. Warder Gillespie Asst. Warder Sweet.. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. : T. L. Asst. Warder McSporran 2 days bread and water. - J. W. J. W. T. L. W. F. PI. Warder Chilton .. Warder Coffey Asst. Warder Foreman C. La Roche, V.J. '.'. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water;; - F. R. D. w. w. R. C. G, W. PI. Warder Rutherford Asst. Warder Cook .. Asst, Wrdr, MoMurray 0. La Roche, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water.

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Initials of 'risoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. G. G. Obscene language and disturbing the quiet of the prison Damaging prison property Ditto .. Obscene language to a fel-low-prisoner Making a disturbance whilst under punishment Idleness and insulting language to his officer Purloining a pannikin of porridge Refusing to work Disobedience of lawful orders Writing a clandestine letter Idleness Threatening language to his officer Writing a clandestine letter Being in possession of prohibited articles Communicating with a prisoner undergoing punishment Being in possession of prohibited articles Communicating with another prisoner Refusing to work, and disrespect to his officer Idleness and disobedience of lawful orders Idleness Asst. Warder Brien .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. F. T. D. W. W. J. C. Warder O'Donohue .. Asst. Warder Levin .. Asst. Warder Brien .. T. H. White, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. // • • a R. C. Asst. Warder Gillespie H. W. Brabant, S.M. 14 days' close confinement. H. T. Asst. Warder Cook .. T. H. White, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. 3. S. D. Warder Crook C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. J. S. D. W.J. H. I. T. W.M. W. M. Warder O'Donohue .. To forfeit 24 marks. 1 day bread and water. Asst. Wrdr. MoMurray Asst. Warder Johnston II W. H. C. G. E. B. Warder Crook J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. W. K. PI. Warder Chilton .. T. H. White, V.J., and J. H. Hannan, V.J. To forfeit 24 marks. s. c. Ditto 3 days bread and water. W. B. The Gaoler 2 days bread and water. W.J. Warder Gideon J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. u W.M. Asst. Warder Levin .. A. E.F. F. T. D. F. T. D. Warder Treacy Asst. Wrdr. McSporran C. La Roche, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. Insulting language to his offioer Damaging prison property.. Idleness Disobedience of lawful orders, and disrespect to his offioer Insulting language to his officer Damaging prison property.. Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto .. Refusing to work.. Being in possession of prohibited articles Disobedience of lawful orders Insulting and threatening language to his officer Violently resisting and threatening his offioer Being in possession of prohibited articles Fighting, and indecent language Ditto .. Idleness, and insulting language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Threatening language to his officer Ditto .. To forfeit 48 marks. W. F. A. E. F. A. E. F. Warder O'Donohue .. PI. Warder Rutherford 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. J. W. Asst. Warder Foreman 1 day bread and water. W. K. J. G. Asst. Warder Brien .. Warder Gideon To forfeit 24 marks. 1 day bread and water. A. E.G. G. W. F. B. Asst. Warder Gillespie Warder Denison T. H, White, V.J. .'.' 2 days bread and water. H. B. R. H. B. R. Asst. Warder Brien .. PI. Warder Rutherford 3 days bread and water. a H. B. R. Asst. Warder Gillespie H. I. T. Asst. Warder Foroman 2 days bread and water. W. W. Warder Treacy M. Niccol, V.J. T. T. J. P. E. To forfeit 36 marks. T. T. W. W. Asst. Warder Brien .. Asst. Warder Levin .. 2 days bread and water. W. W. M. T. A. W. L.J. G. W. M. W. J.I. M. T. M. T. J. P. E. Idleness Asst. Wrdr. McSporran // * • To forfeit 18 marks. 1 day bread and water. a Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Disturbing the quiet of the prison, and threatening to commit a nuisance Escaping from legal custody Asst. Warder Ainslie.. PI. Warder Woolley .. To forfeit 24 marks. To forfeit 42 marks. To forfeit 24 marks. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. T. T. Warder Denison n *' 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 48 marks. i.e. Asst. Warder Johnston H. W. Brabant, S.M. 3 months' hard labour, in addition to original sentence. 2 days bread and water. A. W. W. T. Fighting on the works Asst. Warder Ainslie.. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 47 * ' a

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DUNEDIN PRISON.

HOKITIKA PRISON. Nil.

INVERCARGILL PRISON.

Initials of Offence for which punished, 'risoner. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. I T. F. W. ! T. F. W.I H. F. Fighting on the works Refusing to work.. Being in possession of prohibited articles Idleness Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Threatening language to his officer Disobedience of lawful orders Asst. Warder Levin .. PI. Warder Woolley .. Warder Treacy M. Niccol, V.J. J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. M. Niccol, V.J. 2 days bread and water. - •' 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 36 marks, j A. A. A. A. W. G. Asst. Warder Sweet .. Warder Coffey J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. ■ - ■ ■■' 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 marks. W.J. McC. J. W. T. G. Asst. Warder Ainslie.. M. Niccol, V.J. To forfeit 84 marks. To forfeit 42 marks. T. T. S. S. C. A. R. F. O'N. N. T. W. J. W. W. T. McC. 1 day bread and water. Fighting on the works To forfeit 36 marks. To forfeit 18 marks. To forfeit 36 marks. To forfeit 84 marks. H. T. S. Being in possession of prohibited artioles Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disturbing the quiet of the prison Escaping from legal custody Warder Treacy 2 days bread and water. F. O'N. ] M. G. Asst. Warder Sweet .. Asst. Warder Johnston J. H. Hannan, V.J. .. T. H. Asst. Warder Harron.. H. W. Brabant, S.M. 2 months' hard labour, in addition to original sentence.

G. B. W. B. J. A. J. A. J. G. J. G. W. T. W. T. H. P. H. P. Being in possession of prohibited articles Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Disobedience of lawful orders Writing a clandestine letter for fellow-prisoner Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto .. Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Idleness .. .. Obscene and insulting language to his officer Disobedience of lawful orders Being in possession of prohibited articles Disobedience of lawful orders and insulting and threatening language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Escaping from legal custody Warder Rearden Asst. Warder Glover.. PI. Warder Armstrong Asst. Warder Glover.. PI. Warder Armstrong Warder Parker Asst. Warder Glover .. A. Solomon, J.P., and T.M. Wilkinson, J.P. A. G. Christopher, V.J. To forfeit 240 marks. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 84 marks. To forfeit 24 marks. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 24 marks. 3 days bread and water. E. W. E. W. The Matron 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 84 marks. R. C. Warder Connor Special class remission forfeited. J. C. J.N. Warder Rearden H. Gourley, V.J. ' .. W. Wardrop, J.P., and R. Wilson, J.P. Ditto A. G. Christopher, V.J. To forfeit 32 marks. To forfeit 1,440 marks. H.J. H. P. H. P. Ditto Damaging prison property Insulting language to his officer Warder Connor Warder Rearden To forfeit 480 marks. 3 days bread and water.

f. N. V.N. I. H. I. H. Idleness .. .. Insolence .. .. Disobedience of lawful orders Being in possession of prohibited articles Refusing to work PI. Warder Hawkins u R. F. Cuthbertson, V.J. Hon. H. Feldwiok, V.J. T. Perkins, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Asst. Warder Joseph .. v. n. '.»F. P. f. N. r.T. PI. Warder Hawkins J. W. Poynton, V.J. .. Hon. H. Feldwick, V.J. T. Perkins, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Being in possession of prohibited articles

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1898 — continued. LYTTELTON PRISON.

NAPIER PRISON.

Initials of •risoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. T. J. W. J. M. Disturbing the quiet of the prison Creating a disturbance on the works Throwing excrement through the bars of his cell Refusing to work Asst. Warder O'Grady Warder Manning R. Westenra, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. W. W. Collins, V.J. .. J. Hamilton, V.J. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 48 marks. Asst. Warder Brownie E. H. W.J. Disobedience of lawful orders and abusive language to his officer Obscene language and threatening behaviour to his offioer Obscene and insulting language to his offioer Disobedience of lawful orders Warder Blatchford .. Asst. Warder O'Grady R. Westenra, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. R. Westenra, V.J., J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. Ditto " • . To forfeit 36 marks. ~ . To forfeit 24 marks. J. C. Asst. Warder O'Brien J. F. J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. R. Westenra, V.J., J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. Ditto 2 days bread and water. J. R. Warder Blatchford .. To forfeit 24 marks. 1 day bread and water. . ? .' D. W. J. F. W. J. S. Idleness Threatening language to his offioer Disobedience of lawful orders Threatening and abusive language to his officer Insulting language to his officer Threatening language to a fellow-prisoner Purloining tobacoo from oaretaker on Quail Island Inciting a fellow-prisoner to assault an offioer Disobedience of lawful orders Idleness and insolence Warder Manning Warder Blatchford .. J. Hamilton, V.J., and W.-W. Collins, V.J. J. Hamilton, V.J. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 48 : marks;_ ,',{ 3 days bread and water. W.J. T. F. PI. Warder Bell Asst. Warder Quartermain Warder Blatchford .. T. F. To forfeit 48 marks. J. S. J. S. Asst. Warder Molloy Warder Fuller 1 day bread and water. J. C. Asst. Warder Quartermain Ditto Warder Fuller R. Westenra, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. Ditto R. Westenra, V.J., and J. Hamilton, V.J. W. W. Collins, V.J. .. To forfeit 30 marks. A. E. J. S. To forfeit 24 marks. 2 days bread and Water. 3 days bread and water. M. H. Refusing to work, being in possession of prohibited articles, and using obscene and threatening language to his officer Refusing to work PI. Warder Bell W. J. S. Warder Blatchford .. R. Westenra, V. J., and J. Hamilton, V.J. Ditto J. Hamilton, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. 3 days bread and water. J. D. H. A. Disobedience of lawful orders Being in possession of prohibited articles Disobedience of lawful orders Insolence and disturbing the quiet of the prison Refusing to work.. Being in possession of prohibited artioles, and disturbing the quiet of the prison Abusive and obscene language to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Being in possession of prohibited artioles Obscene and abusive language, and disobedience of lawful orders Disobedience of lawful orders, and assaulting his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Idleness Refusing to obey orders .. Warder Fuller Asst. Warder Rafter.. A. J. J. M. McK. Warder Blatchford .. The Matron Wi- W. Collins, V.J. '.'. A. D. C. L. PI. Warder Bell The Matron J. C. Warder Manning J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. Ditto To forfeit 48 marks. J. B. Asst. Warder O'Grady C. R. Asst. Warder O'Grady J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. J. Hamilton, V.J. J. D. Warder Fuller M. H. Warder Manning 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 24 marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 48 marks. R. F. C. R. J.C. Warder Crook J. Hamilton, V.J., and W. W. Collins, V.J. Ditto J. C. Insulting language to his offioer Insolence to the Visiting Justices J.C. The Gaoler

. 0. . T. B. Obscene language Assaulting a fellow-prisoner PI. Warder Nicholson The Gaoler J. S. Large, V.J. E. Lyndon, V.J. 1 day breadjand water. 3 days bread and water.

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WANGANUI PRISON.

WELLINGTON PRISON.

Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. S. B. Insolence to his officer, and resisting him in the execution of his duty Insolence to the Gaoler Obscene language Attempting to strike his offioer Threatening language to his officer Obscene language Threatening language to his offioer Disturbing the quiet bf the prison Warder Down H. Weston, V.J. 2 days bread and water. J.C. B. T. T. B. T. T. The Gaoler Warder Down D. Berry, V.J. B. T. T. PI. Warder Hawkins.. H. P. H. P. Asst. Warder Smythe PI. Warder Hawkins.. 1 day bread and water. H. P.

!. L. \L. '.A. '. L. '.A. \ A. Idleness.. Disrespeot to his officer .. Irreverent behaviour at Divine service Seoreting a pencil ,. Idleness.. .. •. Disturbing the quiet of the prison Ditto .. The Gaoler Warder Kearney The Gaoler Warder Kearney G. Carson, V.J. E. N. Liffiton, V.J. .". F. A. Krull, V.J. A. J. Parsons, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 12 hours' olose confinement. 2 days bread and water. '. L. \ L. '.A. }. W. I.W. PI. Warder Steele The Gaoler R. Northcroft, S.M. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 4 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Idleness.. Insulting language to the Gaoler A. J. Parsons, V.J. ..

E. W. Being in possession of prohibited articles Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Idleness.. Warder Carte C.E.W.Willeston.V.J. 3 days bread and water. E. W. D. W. Asst. Warder Bethune j; C. Martin, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. 3 days bread and water. E.W. a J. M. J. M. J. M. M. McK. M. McK. B.McK. B. McK. E.W. E. W. K. M. K. M. V. W. V. W. V. W. M. W. M. W. W. P. W. P. J. T. F. 0. Insubordinate language .. Idleness.. Inciting his fellow-prisoners to idleness Disobedience of lawful orders Insubordinate language .. Insubordination Disobedience of lawful orders Idleness.. Threatening to assault his officer Disobedience of lawful orders Insubordinate language .. Refusing to work Disobedience of lawful orders Obscene language Insubordination Disobedience of lawful orders Refusing to have his hair out Profane language Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience of lawful orders Assaulting her officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto .. Insubordinate language to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Ditto .. The Asst. Matron Asst. Warder Lodge .. The Matron The Asst. Matron Asst. Warder Murphy The Asst. Matron .. C.E.W.Willeston.V.J. J. C. Martin, V.J. .. J. R. Blair, V.J. C.E.W.Willeston.V.J. 2 days bread and water. a 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. Asst. Warder Knight.. J. R. Blair!'V.J. 3 days bread and water. Warder Meehan The Matron E. Arnold, V.J. 3. R. Blair, V.J. To forfeit 84 marks. 2 days bread and water. F. C. F. C. D.J. Asst. Warder Knight.. C. E.W.'willeston.V.J. To forfeit 42 marks. C. G. G. R. Warder Carte J. C. Martin, V.J. .. E. Arnold, V.J. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. 3 days bread and waiter. 0. C. The Asst. Matron J. C. Martin, V.J. .. F. Mc'G. S.N. J. L. Asst. Warder Knight.. J. R. Biair, V.J. .. To forfeit 42 marks. Disturbing the quiet of the prison Obscene language to his officer Being in possession of prohibited articles Asst. Warder Bethune 1 day bread and water. J. L. J. L. Asst. Warder Knight.. 2 days bread and water.

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Table L. "FIRST OFFENDERS PROBATION ACT, 1886." Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1898.

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Ages. Three RiT Months and ,,ri"S,„ under. Months. j. Twelve Months. Two Years. Four Years. Total. Jnder 10 years Prom 10 to 15 years . 15 „ 20 , ,, 20 „ 25 „ , 25 „ 30 „ „ 30 „ 40 „ „ 40 „ 50 „ „ 50 „ 60 „ >0 years and upwards 8 8 6 3 2 l 8 4 2 8 4 1 1 3 10 10 5 1 2 1 i l i 4 28 22 14 12 8 2 1 Totals 27 29 32 91