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Table E. Previously Convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1897.

Table F. Previously Convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1893-97.

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 1897.

Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika invercargill .. Lyttelton Napier rlelson Slew Plymouth Wanganui ilinor gaols .. M. 67 35 3 10 60 23 1 7 7 80 F. 3 11 1 1 8 1 18 M. 36 22 5 3 29 8 F. 9 6 i 5 M. 249 114 6 8 122 59 3 6 24 128 F. 127 96 7 3 73 12 *2 4 92 M. 352 171 14 21 211 90 4 15 35 241 F. 139 113 8 5 86 13 *2 5 107 2 4 33 i 2 Total 293 38 142 24 719 416 1,154 478

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. .893 .894 .895 .896 .897 M. 391 375 317 359 293 F. 42 39 47 4.0 38 M. 228 213 199 191 142 F. 34 37 27 24 24 M. 808 817 742 729 719 F. 462 384 405 424 416 M. 1,427 1,405 1,258 1,279 1,154 F. 538 460 479 488 478

Prisons. 31st December, 1896. 31st December, 1897. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier .. Melson .. Mew Plymouth Wanganui Wellington 2 i 29 1 18 1 2 2 37 1 11 1 *8 2 7 54 50 4 Total 109 104 13 Net decrease

"assault causing bodily harm Vrson 3estiality 3urglary Uarnally knowing, &o. Demanding money by threats, &o. ?eloniously receiving Gorging and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking, and possessing implements for Indecent assault Insulting language Larceny (not otherwise described) 7 3 1 4 1 1 5 16 17 35 7 2 25 1 Larceny from the person „ from a dwelling Malicious damage Obtaining goods by false pretences Perjury Rape Robbery Sheep-stealing Shooting at Stealing post letters Vagrancy Wounding 5 2 2 6 4 1 5 2 1 2 8 2 Total 165