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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

ARTICLES AND MATERIALS PREPARED BY PRISONERS FOR OTHER THAN PRISON PURPOSES.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated Bth June, 1888. Ordered, " That there bo laid before the House a return showing, in detail, the quantity of articles and materials of all kinds prepared by the prisoners of the various gaols in the colony for the year ending 31st March, 1888, for other than gaol purposes, the cost of same to the colony, to whom sold, the prices at which each class of material was supplied, and the cost and character of the machinery used in their production.7' —(Mr. Goldie.)

Return showing in detail the Quantity of Articles and Materials prepared by Prisoners, for other than Prison Purposes, for Year ending 31st March, 1888.

[uantity Article or Material. Cost I to Colony. I To whom sold. Price at which sold. Cost and Character of Machinery used. Auc :kland Prison. £ s. d. 3 3 0 6 16 6 3 3 0 03 0 0 2 7 3 2 12 6 69 6 0 1 11 6 18 7 6 Yards. 18 39 18 3G0 18J 15 396 9 105 £. s. d.j M. Murphy A. Maguire .. T. Mangan Eailway Department Knight and Towler .. li. and W. Hcllaby .. M. Casey .. T. Pauldor New Zealand Frozen Meat Company Small quantities Knight and Towler Auckland City Council Eailway Department Small quantities Eoad-metal (machine-broken) I 1 i Two " BlakeMarsden" stonecrushers, with a 16-horse power portable engine; cost, say, £1,000. (Imported in 1879.) .. 14 16J 4 H Loads. 44 119 31 8 30 69 39 19 38 41 83 10 15 18 6 15 24 Feet. 52 Yards. 6 li 21 86J 16 6 9 22 Screenings from crushers .. 2 9 0 3 6 0 0 18 0 ! 0 16 0 1 10 0 ./ • • Rubble .. ♦20 10 6 J. Mangan .. 3. Shields .. J. Eenwick M. McSheffrey A. Maguire Newmarket Borough G. Wilson .. J. Quinlan Small quantities A. Maguire .. W. and G. Winstone W. E. Anderson J. J. Craig New Zealand Timber Company M. Casey A. Maguire Small quantities 2 4 0 5 19 0 1 11 0 0 8 0 1 10 0 3 9 0 1 19 0 0 19 0 1 18 0 4 2 0 8 6 0 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 0 12 0 2 12 6 2 8 0 -*20 10 6 Ballast Spawls Mould Pitchers Hammond and Co. .. I 118 Eoad-metal (hand-broken)t.. M. Murphy Knight and Towler E. and W. Hellaby .. T. Faulder .. M. Casey District Hospital Charitable Aid Lunatic Asylum „ „ and paupers.. 14 0 0 6 0 0 18 0 4 4 0 7 2 0 7 15 0 1 10 0 4 10 0 11 0 0 Coffins J3 8 9 tA 1 A f! }0 14 6 + o o o }3 8 9 JO 14 6 +2 2 9 +5 4 6| + 2 2 9 + k a r.] + 5 4 61 * Cost of fuel, oil, &c, for engine and blasting-material. t From stone-cutters' chipping!. t Cost of timber, pitch, paint, &c.