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APPENDIX TO REPORTS.

REPORT showing the AMOUNT of WORKS done annually by PRISONERS sentenced to Penal Servitude and Hard Labour in HER MAJESTY'S GAOL, DUNEDIN, from the 27th of May, 1863, to the 31st of December, 1867, deducting the Cost of Material.

No. 6. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Justice Johnston to the Hon. E. W. Stafford. Sic, — Wellington, Bth October, 1868. I do myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth instant, respecting an alleged error in the Eeport of the Royal Commission on Prisons, and in reply, beg leave to state that, having directed the Secretary to make the necessary inquiries, an explanation has been furnished, of which I beg to annex a copy. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, "Wellington. Alexander J. Johnston.

Enclosure in No. 6. 7th October, 1868. A mistake appears to have been made in filling in the table in Appendix A., with respect to Dunedin Gaol. 1 cannot at all account for it. The figures should be —Gaol Expenses, £45,406 Cs. lOd.; Value of Prison Labour, £26,708 15s. IOJd. The appendices were compiled by Mr. O'Neill and myself. An explanatory sheet should be issued, making the necessary corrections. 0. E. Haughton.

Ybae. Cost of Material. Net Total. £ s. a. 2,335 9 0 Nil. £ s. d. 1863 Amount as per Return A. Cost of Material 2,335 9 0 1864 Amount as per Return A. Cost of Material 7,906 14 1,060 16 0i 6* 1865 Amount as per Return A. Cost of Material 6,845 17 6 6,630 15 907 11 5 8i 1866 Amount as per Return A. Cost of Material 5,723 4 If 6,221 7 0 463 15 Hi 1867 Amount as per Return A. Cost of Material 5,757 11 01 7,017 16 971 2 2 0 6,04G 14 2 Total Net Value of Labotje £26,708 15 10|