Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1901.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Waiotapu. Wellington. Minor Gaols. Totals. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. F. M. P. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. 2 F. M. 2 F. Debtors Lunatics .. .. For trial, on remand, or in transitu Sentenced to— Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour .. Simple imprisonment 2 2 3" .. 5 4 5" 1 5 l" 40' 1 41 15 2 94 21 18 2 4 3 10 1 37 14 5 4 2 4 2 .. 7 2 1 3 .. 13 ' .. 1 50 3 17 8 15 3 1 5 5 1 8 1 2 8" .. 3 .. 2 1 5 1 3 2 . 2 1 80 2 25 3 10 2 4 8 296 92 66 7 1 14 19 22 9 310 111 88 7 l" .. 1 Total : 89 14 8 7 511 57 568 152 17 59 10 11 17 U 12 15 122 Eeceived. 8 .. Debtors .. .. Lunatics For trial, on remand, or in transitu Sentenced to— Death Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour .. Simple imprisonment 4 9 2 93 10 6" 1 1 5 27 1 3 5 34 2 3 1 4 55 *2 3 1 1 53 2 142' 11 ! 2 29 148 2 7 28 1 46 7 809 72 29 53 881 159 28 92 7 1 1 1 81 54 512 9 3 19 145 2 27 45 170 10 23 61 2 8 21 2 1 1 1 5 17 49 3 2 2 2 30 69 22 473 133 12 6 22 97 2 3 10 1 6 9 28 1 2 17 .. 31 7 85 4 3 1 36 1 .. 50 .. 92 19 313 116 4 2 4 24 290 26 1 2 7 264 4 372 98 2,038 481 72 9 268 470 2,519 81 Total I 104 4 193 15 37 609 148 523 19 3,630 672 4,302 819 197 356 94 39 107 10 677 162 166 19 I Total for the year .. 124 10 766 176 190 21 116 4 208 20 4,141 729 4,870 971 214 415 104 I 53 5 37 .. 731 156 530 19 Discharged. I I Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence On expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police .. Died Executed 4 4 1 106 23 62 4 552 158 12 2 47 1 9 1 55 7 31 4 213 78 33 2 10 1 - 6 .. 10 .. 26 3 1 1 5 1 27 3 6 55 6 2 5 .. 3 74 7 29 3 496 154 4 30 4 18 5 123 3 13 2 3 1 13 1 4 18 14 31 3 25 1 2 2 3 2 35 7 115 6 19 1 1 3 2 13 12" .. 8 .. 1 120 11 60 2 348 119 18 2 36 .. 4 27 52 1 301 7 137 2 5 1 9 30 1 51 9 511 59 237 16 2,260 551 88 8 323 9 3 .. 1 31 60 570 253 2,811 96 332 3 1 1 #< ■■ • • • • 1 Total In prison at end of year 788 183 188 26 353 62 91 13 42 11 4 1 101 10 23 .. 637 164 129 12 166 24 19 2 97 19 4 187 21 20 13 24 591 134 140 22 529 1 19 3,504 653 637 76 4,15' 71; Total for year 124 10 766 176 4,141 729 4,87( 971 214 415 104 104 53 190 21 116 208 20 37 .. 731 156 530 19 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list ■■ 219 164 173-97 18-25 33 0-80 .. i 91 57 64-17 12-82 23 17 1 0-60 0-41 20 9 12-38 1-27 7 1 29 13 21-40 0-70 2 2 0-30 .. 141 89 97-08 12-92 1 79 12 1 .. 1-11 0-72 30 15 i 20-001-87 i 9 31 12 21-33 0-06 16 2 1 0-41 0-01 27 15 18-48 2-15 9 2 0-83 .. 25 4 23-50 .. 4 158 128 131-00 1201 27 21 2 4 118 0-35 1002 0-71 6 •• 593-33 62-76 215 53 13 5 662 1-50 656-0< 26! li 8-1. 0-32 0-01 I 1-06 .. 0-01 ..