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1946 NEW ZEALAND

PRISONS BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT OF) FOR 1945

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

Members of the Board The Hon. Sir Archibald Blair, Kt. (President); Sir Donald McGavin, Kt., C.M.G., D.5.0., M.D. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.); B. L. Dallard, Esq,: Theo. G. Gray, Esq., C.M.G., M.8., M.P.C.; and Ernest Edridge, Esq.

10th July, 1946. Sir, — I have th,e honour to forward herewith the, report of the Prisons Board for the year 1945. I have, &e., A. W. Blair, J., President. The Hon. the Minister of Justice.

REPORT OF THE PRISONS BOARD For the Year ended 31st December, 1945 The Board has to report that during the year it visited each of the-prisons, prison, camps, and Borstal institutions in the Dominion. It dealt with a, total of 1,002 eases at fifteen meetings held in Wellington and at the various institutions.