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1947 NEW ZEALAND

PRISONS BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT OF) FOR 1946

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

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

30th June, 1947. Sib I have the honour to forward herewith the report of the Prisons Board for the year 1946. I have, &c, A. W. Blair, J., President. The Hon. the Minister of Justice.

REPORT OF THE PRISONS BOARD For the Year ended 31st December, 1946 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 1,041 cases at fifteen meetings held in "Wellington and at the various institutions.