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Other than the planting of shelter-belts on prison property little has been done in respect to treeplanting during the past year, but it is hoped in the near future to again resume this work, which offers great possibilities for the profitable and healthy use of prison labour. Industry Produce used for Institutional Purposes. The extent to which the principal prison-made and prison-grown products have been used during the year for the Department's own requirements is indicated by the following table, showing values under this head to the extent of £17,002. This table does not include minor domestic industries attached to that institution such as laundering and breadmaking.

Industry Produce and Products used for Institutional Purposes for Year ended 31st March, 1926.

Notes. —Garden-produce : In Invercargill, Paparua, and Waikeria the produce is from extensive farm gardens ; on other cases the produce is from kitchen gardens with only small supplies available for outside sale. The above table, setting out the extent to which prison products have been used for institutional purposes, includes, in the case of timber, bricks, blocks, and gravel on construction of buildings, sums which have been credited to Prisons Vote from Public Works Fund. As such sums are also included in the table preceding it, the following statement combines these two with allowance for this fact, and shows the total value of products and services both credited to the vote and used internally:— Total Value of Prison-made and Prison-grown Products produced during Year ended 31st March, 1926. Institutions. £ Industries. £ Addington .. .. .. 100 Quarries and gravel-pits .. 24,461 Auckland .. .. .. 35,017 Roadworks and contracts .. 16,365 Hautu .. .. .. 422 Farms and gardens .. 20,089 Invercargill .. .. 9,572 Sawmill .. .. .. 8,297 Napier .. .. .. 290 Tailoring and mail-bags .. 8,006 New Plymouth .. .. 1,071 Brickworks .. .. 4,262 Paparua .. .. .. 6,983 Boot-manufacturing .. 4,972 Point Halswell .. .. 509 j Concrete blocks and tiles .. 863 Rangipo .. .. .. 123 j Sundry credits .. .. 5,036 Waikeria .. .. .. 7,321 Waikune .. .. .. 20,571 Wanganui .. .. .. 305 Wellington .. .. 3,247 Wi Tako .. .. .. 6,764 Minor gaols .. .. 56 £92,351 £92,351

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Bricks, Farm and , C T loth ?8 Boots Timber Blocks, and Institutiona i C orrespondInstitution. Garden (Inmates (Inmates (Construct,on Grave Tq ing Totals, Produce. » nd , n< | nd , and Main- (Construction m -_ m * Omcers). Omcers). tenance). and Maintenance). £££££££ Addington .. 40 .. .. .. .. 40 Auckland .. 426 4,668 1,486 .. 49 6,629 7,222 Hautu .. .. 155 .. .. .. 155 129 Invercargill .. 1,135 365 526 .. .. 2,026 2,001 Napier .. 7 .. .. .. 3 10 10 New Plymouth .. 71 .. ... .. 71 59 Paparua .. 1,468 .. .. .. 6 1,474 666 Point Halswell .. 155 .. .. .. .. 155 129 Waikeria .. 987 .. .. .. .. 987 634 Waikune .. 50 .. .. 4,051 .. 4,101 868 Wellington .. 112 .. .. .. 219 331 Wi Tako .. 272 .. .. .. 751 1,023 100 Industry totals, 4,878 5,033 2.012 4,051 1,028 17,002 1925-26 Corresponding 2,939 5,267 2,629 983 .. .. 11.818 totals, 1924-25 _ _ _