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Table H. Return of Prison Offences and Punishments for the Year ended 31st December, 1923.

Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1923.

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Prison. AgaiiiBt Officers. Offences. Disobedience of Orders, and Idleness. Other Breaches of Regulations. Total Offences. Number of Prisoners punished. Total Number of Prisoners in Custody during the Year. Addington Auckland Hautu lnvercargill Napier New Plymouth .. Paparua Point Halswell .. Waikeria Waikune Wellington Wi Tako 35 2 110 147 1 89 3 16 32 21 46 6 8 27 2 292 1 124 5 41 51 29 91 14 16 39 1 243 1 91 4 24 43 20 56 6 14 22. 46 1,540 31 152 170 103 441 72 70 57 880 88 'i 10 9 8 19 4 2 7 28 2 15 10 26 4 6 5 Totals .. 101 208 396 705 525 3,650 I

Prisons and Visiting Justices. I I *3 i 1 a. <0 tt a i-s I u £ s i »r A o O A s % o i Q o Auckland — J. W. Poynton, S.M... J. H. Bradney F. K. Hunt, S.M. .. W. R. McKean, S.M. J. E. Wilson, S.M. lnvercargill — G. Cruickshank, S.M. R. Officer .. W. A. Ott .. J. C. Smith Napier — J. S. Large J. P. Thomson New Plymouth — F. C. J. Bellringer .. C. H. Burgess A. M. Mowlem, S.M.. . I 2 6 i i 8 2 i 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 i 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 23 13 7 12 1 12 1 3 13 4 2 2 2 !! i i 1 1 i 1 1 3 2 8 1 1 l 2 1 3 3 8 i 2 1 1 i Paparua — J; A. A. Caesar W. J. Jenkin W. Wilson, S.M. Point Halswell — E. Arnold .. F. K. Hunt, S.M. . . Waikeria — H. R. Ryder J. B. Teasdale Waikune — J. Cullen .. W anganui — E. N. Liffiton .. Wellington — E. Arnold F. K. Hunt, S.M. .. Wi Tako— E. Arnold 1 1 1 1 .. j .. I 1 3 1 2 1 i 2 2 1 1 1 1 i l l 2 i 1 i 2 1 2 1 J 1 5 9 9 1 19 2 1 3 .. I .. 2 2 1 1 3 3 6 8 1 5 4 4 1 1 4 4 3 41 3 1 1 1 1