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TABLE E. Total Number of Prisoners in Custody, 1st January, 1881, and Received during the Year.

TABLE F. Number of Previously-Convicted Prisoners, for Five Years 1877-81.

TABLE G. Number of Previously Convicted Prisoners received in 1881.

TABLE H. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1881.

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Gaols. Criminals. Debtors. Lunatics. Total. M. 486 856 584 48 .64 317 211 40 92 175 190 349 586 E. 164 248 303 33 15 3 17 2 5 8 32 73 48 M. 60 E. 2 M. •5 p. 3 M. 56. 873 615 49 186 351 216 41 101 192 207 37i 623 F. 169 248 3°5 33 20 3 18 2 5 8 36 74 53 iddington iuckland Dunedin zfokitika Invercargill jyltelton Napier Selson few Plymouth [imaru (Vanganui iVellington tfinor Gaols I? 28 I 6 4 1 7 5 7 9 12 I I I 3 "16 34 1 2 5 2 12 10 13 25 3 5 Total,.. 4,098 18 4,386 974 9SI iS7 5 i.V

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or Oftener. 1877 ... 1878 ... i8 7 9 ••• 1880 ... . 1881 ... M. 434 426 430 339 411 1>. ! M. 51 223 58 201 69 236 67 195 58 235 E. 45 52 SO 40 55 M. E. 499 425 450 454 663 477 656 425 599 44o I

Gaols. Once. Twice. Thrico or Oftener. Addington Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier Nelson New Plymouth ... Timaru Wanganui Wellington Minor Gaols M. _. 77 i7 59 3 70 13 5 3 12 1 M. E. 32 6 '16 3 31 12 2 M. E. 124 96 270 203 63 78 5 16 15 7 21 3 12 5 2 10 1 12 18 ... 13 3 2 3 10 1 6 3 16 7 95 20 1 23 23 6 38 9 72 6 12 3 10 2 33 27 29 2 Total 411 58 235 55 599 44o

Gaols. Unable to Read. Read only. Read and Write. Superior. Total. iddington Auckland Dunedin Hokitika invercargill Lyttelton Napier kelson few Plymouth rirnaru M. E. 44 30 120 58 33 61 5 21 8 9 14 4 2 M. E. 25 3i 20 21 9 4 1 11 7 2 10 1 2 5 1 7 11 1 M. F. 426 89 605 ISO 474 220 33 12 131 9 2 13 2 162 II 22 59 4 139 4 125 21 257 42 481 37 3,127 601 M. E. ' 9 1 1 n 1 4 M. 504 745 5i7 35 170 236 178 29 90 171 181 298 610 _. 150 229 285 28 20 3 IS 1 5 8 32 68 53 22 1 2 iVanganui Wellington Minor Gaols 19 3 39 9 30 14 78 8 10 2 6 12 33 8 146 94 2 7 ••• 5 18 Total 43i 201 60 1 3,764 897