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Nature of Irregularity. Involved Action taken, and Result. Railways Department—continued. IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS —Continued. £ s. d. Theft of materials from workshop .. .. 1 16 6 Offender convicted and fined £5. Materials recoverec 1 . Theft of building materials .. .. 45 6 9 Offender admitted to probation for one year. Materials recovered. Failure to account for departmental moneys .. 14 3 Services dispensed with and police notified. Full restitution made. Attempted theft of property .. .. Not stated Offender dismissed the Service. Theft of wages .. . . .. .. 16 13 8 Offender admitted to probation for eighteen months and ordered to refund the amount. Withholding of Social Security instalments .. 10 0 Offender dismissed the Service. Amount has since been accounted for. Theft of postal notes and publications . . 10 0 Offender convicted and placed on probation for twelve months and ordered to make restitution of the amount. Theft of cash .. .. .. .. 1196 Charge dismissed. Officer responsible required to make good the amount. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Theft of cash .. .. .. .. 279 Police investigations unsuccessful. Theft of cash .. .. .. .. 18189 Police investigations unsuccessful. Theft of cash by burglars .. .. .. 3 4 0 One offender sentenced to reformative detention for a year and a half. The other was placed on probation for two years, ordered to pay costs, and make restitution. Theft of cash by burglars .. . . .. 1 18 9 Police investigations unsuccessful. Theft of cash by burglars .. . . . . 0 10 0 Police investigations not yet complete. Theft of toilet requisites and cash by burglars. . Not stated Police investigations unsuccessful. State Advances Corporation : Housing Construction Branch. IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Misappropriation of departmental moneys .. I 15 0 0 Offender sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Loss to Department, £5 2s. 5d. Loss of departmental moneys .. . . 1 10 0 Police investigations not yet complete. IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Wages obtained by fraud .. .. .. | 0 18 8 I Police investigations not yet complete. Amount has been made good by officer responsible. State Fire Insurance Department. IRREGULARITY BY A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Misappropriation of departmental moneys . .. I 7 0 6 Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within twelve months if called on, and ordered to repay the amount involved. Restitution has since been made. Social Security Department. IRREGULARITY BY A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Failure to account for departmental moneys I 0 10 0 Restitution made. Officer's suspension from duty followed by resignation. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. One thousand six hundred and sixty-four cases i 13,105 6 II Proceedings instituted in sixteen cases involving in which recipients of relief or of unemploy- j £881 19s. 4d. resulted in fifteen convictions being ment or other benefits have obtained moneys | entered. Fines totalled £99 6s. 9d., costs in excess of scale rates by failing to disclose | amounted to £8 4s., and restitution of £15 7s. 6d. material particulars of their circumstances or was ordered by the Court. One offender was by making false statements to the Labour sentenced to a term of imprisonment as well as Department or to the Social Security Depart- j being fined. Full restitution was made in the case ment where no conviction was entered. There were 1,648 ordinary eases involving the sum of £12,223 7s. 7d., and, except in a few instances, refunds are being obtained. In four cases penalties were imposed under section 71 (2) of the Social Security Act, 1938, and these amounted to £18 19s. Transport Department. IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Theft of stores .. .. .. .. 100 Police investigations not yet complete. Treasury Department. IRREGULARITY BY A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Misappropriation of moneys received in payment 230 3 1 Police notified. Whereabouts of offender unknown, of income-tax Recovery of £22 7s. has been made from superannuation contributions.