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The Board has to report that during the year ended 31st December, 1929, it dealt with a total of 1.372 cases at meetings held at Wellington and the various institutions of the Dominion. The ollowing table sets out under their respective statutory headings the number of cases considered at each meeting, together with the decisions reached : —

Table A.

Table B. —Showing Releases and Discharges, etc., effected each Month for 1929.

Offenders Probation Act, 1920. During the year sixteen applications for discharge from probation were considered by the Board, and of this number ten were granted. Table C. —Reformative-detention Cases dealt with by the Board from January, 1911, to December, 1929. Total number sentenced to reformative detention .. .. .. .. .. 3,534 Released and discharged on recommendation of Board .. .. .. .. 2,608 Discharged from reformatories on completion of full sentence . . .. .. 568 Total number released .. .. .. -- .. 3,176 Of whom there were — Returned to reformatories for non-compliance with conditions of release .. 89 Committed to reformatories for further offences whilst on probation .. 184 Sentenced for offences committed after discharge or expiry of period of probation .. .. .. . • • • .. .. 494 Total number returned and recommitted .. . . .. 767 Absconded and not traced .. .. . . . . .. .. 26 Died .. ■ • ■ • • • • • • • • • • • 8 Left Dominion to return to former domiciles .. .. .. .. 59 Known to have been killed in action whilst on active service .. .. 3 Returned to Weraroa .. . . .. . . . . .. 1 Transferred to Rotoroa Inebriates Institution .. . . .. . . 1 Transferred to mental hospitals .. .. .. . . 3 Transferred to Mount Magdala Home.. .. .. . . . . 1 Transferred to Salvation Army Home . . . . . . .. 1 Reporting on probation at 31st December, 1929 . . . . .. 81 Number who have not offended since their discharge or expiration of period of probation, and presumably doing well .. . . 2,225 2,409 3,176

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