B. —1 [PT. ll]

STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC MONEYS AND STORES —continued

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Nature of Irregularity. in™lv"d. Action taken - and Result. Public Trust Office IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS £ a. d. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. I 19 6 1 Offender admitted to probation for one year. Public Works Department IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS Public moneys obtained by fraud .. .. j 3 19 1 Offender convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Theft of cheque .. .. .. .. 10 19 0 Offender convicted and discharged, as he was already serving a term of imprisonment. Railways Department IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS Theft of goods .. .. .. .. Not stated Olfender convicted and fined £5 and ordered to make restitution. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. 3 0 0 Offender convicted and placed on probation for a . . period of twelve months. Restitution made. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. 9 10 3 Olfender convicted and placed on probation for a period of three years and restitution ordered, ihett ol goods .. .. .. .. Not stated Offender sentenced to probation for two years. J.heft of stores .. .. .. .. 6 12 3 Offender sentenced to one month's imprisonment and ordered to return to the Department articles stolen. Theft of petrol .. .. ,. .. Not stated Offender convicted and discharged. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. 2 2 9 Offender convicted and ordered to come up for . . , sentence if called upon within twelve months. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. 27 10 0 Police inquiries failed to trace person responsible. Controlling officers reprimanded and required to make good the loss. Theft of goods .. .. .. .. Not stated Three offenders were each sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, one to fourteen days' imprisonment, and one was admitted to probation for a period of twelve months. Loss of public moneys .. .. .. 15 0 0 Police investigations unsuccessful. Loss made good by officer in charge. Theft of stores .. .. .. ., 1800 Offender convioted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three years, and also ordered to make restitution. Misappropriation of public moneys .. .. 0 15 0 Offender convicted and fined £3 and costs. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS Thrft °f cas h .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Police investigations unsuccessful. J.heft of cash .. .. .. .. 8124 Police investigations unsuccessful. Loss made good ™ „ .by officer responsible for its custody. iheit ol stores .. .. .. .. Not stated Three offenders sentenced to varying terms of reformative detention. lheft of cash .. .. .. .. 7 0 10 Police investigations unsuccessful. Officer responsible for its custody required to make good the loss, inett ot stores .. .. .. .. Not stated Police investigations unsuccessful. >rwt * ° u " " " " 08 8 Police investigations unsuccessful. lheft of cash .. .. .. .. 19 3 Police investigations unsuccessful. Scientific and Industrial Research Department IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER lheft of cash .. .. .. j 3 18 9 | Police investigations unsuccessful. Social Security Department IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS Theft of pay .. .. .. .. 10170 Police investigations unsuccessful. Lxcess benefits obtained by forging postal 36 0 0 Offender convicted and sentenced to reformative warrants _ detention for a period not exceeding twelve months. Loss of pubhc moneys .. .. .. 10 4 9 Investigations not yet complete. Loss of -public moneys 40 19 0 Investigations by the police and the Department unsuccessful. Five hundred and fifty-one oases in which re- 11,100 17 3 Proceedings instituted in three cases involving the cipients of pensions, unemployment, sickness, sum of £382 19s. 2d. resulted in three convictions age, and other benefits obtained payments in being entered. Imprisonment was inflicted in excess of scale rates by failing promptly to one case, and in the other two cases, in which disclose material particulars of their circum- restitution of the sum of £372 19s. 2d. was made the stances to the Social Security Department. offenders were ordered to come up for sentence if (Note.—The excess payments to many of called upon. There were 548 other eases involving • W ? re , not a11 made during the sum of £10,777 18s. Id. Except in a small 1942-43, but include amounts received by percentage of cases where the beneficiaries are on them m previous years) active service, deceased, or in straitened ciroumI stances, refunds have been or are being obtained.