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TABLE H. Number of Convicts (Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) in the different Prisons.

TABLE I. Offences committed by Officers during the Years 1881 and 1882.

TABLE J. Crimes of Prisoners received during the Year 1882, who were sentenced to Penal Servitude or Hard Labour for Twelve Months and over.

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31st December, 1881. 31st December, 1882. Increase. Prisons. Decrease. Addington... Auckland ... Dunedin ... Hokitika ... Invercargill Lyttelton ... Napier Nelson New Plymouth Timaru Watiganui... Wellington (Terrace) „ (Mount Cook) 2 4i 3° 3 i 87 ii 6 3 3 3 36 a8 I 5 2 4 I 68 1 1 2 1 19 4 5 1 3 28 20 5° 5° 8 Total "5 219 52 48 Net increase Note.—The apparent decrease in many of the gaola is due to the removal of the convicts to Mount Cook.

Strength and Conduct of Staff. 1 I $ I a o % ft 1 I i i E ■3 g too u I 'q O 1881 : Daily average strength of staff Late for duty Drunkenness Other offences 8 23 io.'6 6 4 28 10 S S 4"9 4 s H 1 3 '9 I 1882: Daily average strength of staff Late for duty Drunkenness Other offences 7 23 20 4 4 21 3 6 4 5 4 3 H 7* i 1 I 4 i 2 4 I 1 '4 3 * Mount Cook from the 1st May only.

Assault causing bodily harm Arson Bestiality Bigamy Burglary Carnally knowing Coinage offences Concealing childbirth ... Demanding money, with threats ... Embezzlement and fraud Feloniously receiving ... Forging and uttering ... ...... Horse-and cattle-stealing Housebreaking, and .having implements for Indecent assault „ exposure Larceny „ accessory to ... *.. „ from the person ii 5 i 4 7 4 i i I 12 3 27 11 S 8 3 32 1 8 Larceny trom dwellings „ as a bailee Manslaughter... Malicious damage Murder Obtaining money by false pretences Perjury Placing obstacles on railway Rape „ attempted Robbery „ with violence ... Sheap-stealing Shooting at Suicide, threatening, or attempting same ... Sodomy Stealing post-letters Wounding ... ... ... Vagrancy 3 1 S 3 1 3 S 1 A 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 6 25