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1890. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1889. ALSO REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF "THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886." FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1889.

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

The Inspectoe of Peisons to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. Sic, — Justice Department, Prisons Branch, Wellington, 15th April, 1890. I have the honour to present my tenth annual report on the prisons of the colony, together with the fourth annual report of the operations of " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886," and am pleased to be able to state that during the past year there has been a very considerable reduction in the number of persons who have been confined in the different prisons, with only a small increase in the cost per head; that discipline has been maintained with fewer punishments; that there has been less sickness amongst the prisoners, with a very large diminution in the number of escapes; and, though last, by no means least, there has been a very satisfactory decrease in the number of juvenile offenders who have passed through the prisons of the colony. As regards the First Offenders' Probation Act, I cannot speak too highly of its usefulness, and I have no hesitation in stating that many a young and thoughtless offender has been rescued from a career of crime through its intervention. The Act continues to work smoothly and satisfactorily, and is proving year by year one of the most useful measures ever passed by any Legislature. The details of the working of the Act for the past year, as shown further on, speak for themselves, and need no comments from me. 2. During the past year I visited the twelve larger prisons on the dates stated in the attached table marked J. I also visited several of the smaller or police gaols whenever time and circumstances permitted my doing so, and have devoted the entire time at my disposal to the various duties appertaining to my appointment as Inspector of Prisons. I have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which these institutions are conducted generally, as well as with the care and treatment of the inmates; but, owing to the want of sufficient and proper accommodation at some of the central prisons, a complete system of separation and classification cannot yet be thoroughly carried out. As my visits are generally surprise ones, sometimes perhaps when I am least expected, I have no reason to suppose the care and treatment of prisoners is any different during my absence from what I actually find at the periodical inspections. 3. As heretofore, the supplies for the various prisons have been publicly tendered for, and no complaints have reached this office of the supplies not being up to the required standard. The usual custom of these tenders being addressed to and opened by the Visiting Justices has been strictly adhered to, and their recommendations as to accepting or rejecting them have invariably been adopted without any protests from the unsuccessful tenderers. 4. There has been no breaking out of prisons during the year, and only one prisoner, a male, escaped from the labour party, at Wanganui, and was recaptured within four hours. As during the year 1888 there were no less than six escapes, one prisoner having never yet been recaptured, the fact of only one escaping during the past year clearly shows, as I pointed out last year, that one successful escape leads to a regular epidemic, and does incalculable harm; and it behoves all prison officers at all limes to be on the alert, always to keep a careful watch on those under their charge. Whenever an escape takes place it is invariably suggested by those who consider themselves authorities in such matters that blame must attach to the head of the department, whereas nothing can be more absurd. The Gaolers on the spot, and those acting under their orders, are, and must be, alone held responsible for the safe keeping of all committed to their charge ; and the fact of only one prisoner escaping during the past year reflects considerable credit on the Gaolers and their subordinates. 5. A reference to Table A shows that the health of the prisoners throughout the year has been very good at all the prisons, and I can testify from observation that all prisoners are carefully watched by the gaol surgeons, and that no prisoners are allowed to remain at labour for which they are unfit. In this respect, at least, the inmates of prisons possess an advantage, on the whole, over the rest of the community. It is, no doubt, right and proper that increasing care I—H. 4.

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be taken to prevent, as far as possible, any prisoner from sustaining injury as the, result of his imprisonment. The daily average of sick has been 10-6 males and 5-5 females, showing a daily average decrease of 6-08 males, with an average daily increase of 1-19 females, or a total daily average decrease of 4-89 on the previous year. This percentage of sick is much swelled by the practice being still observed of sending persons suffering from drink—persons actually suffering from delirium tremens —and supposed lunatics, to prisons for medical treatment, instead of to hospitals or lunatic asylums. It cannot for a moment be argued that prisons are suitable places for the treatment of such cases—there is no nursing staff, no suitable accommodation, no night-cooking, and discipline must be seriously interfered with while such cases are under treatment. As the matter has now been under consideration for some time, it is to be hoped some-suitable institutions for the treatment of such cases will without further delay be found, and so one more blot in the administration of our prisons be wiped out. There has been a considerable diminution during the past year in cases of prisoners malingering and pretending sickness to escape hard labour. Six deaths occurred in prisons during the year, as against four in 1888 —viz., two males and one female at Auckland, one male at Lyttelton, and two males in Wellington : in each case a Coroner's inquest was held, as prescribed by the Prisons Act. A large number of prisoners, both male and female, have been received into the prisons during the year as vagrants, whose only crime appeared to be that from old age and infirmities they were unable to earn their living, and should have been sent to some home or refuge instead of to prison. 6. There were two executions during the year, both Native male prisoners. Both took place at Napier Prison, and were properly and successfully carried out. 7. Table A further shows that in the year 1888 there passed through the prisons 4,242 males and 938 females, whilst during the past year the numbers were 3,872 males and 802 females; being a substantial decrease of no less than 370 males and 136 females, giving a total decrease of cases dealt with of 506. When it is remembered that in 1888 there was a decrease of 243, and that this is again followed by such a satisfactory diminution as 506, it may with justice be claimed for the system of administration now in force in the prisons of the colony that these statistics prove beyond a doubt that prisons are more and more becoming dreaded places of resort by the rising generation, and that in some cases, at least, attempts to reform criminals are succeeding. 8. During the past year the daily average number of prisoners in gaols has been 551-22 males and 75-02 females, as against 591-26 males and 86-13 females in the previous year; being a net average decrease of 51-15 for the year as compared with 1888. 9. According to the figures obtained from the Begistrar-General, the population of the colony was at the end of 1889 354,611 males and 307,637 "females; total, 662,248 persons: whilst the number of prisoners at that date was 552 males and 81 females—633 in all. The average percentage of prisoners according to population was therefore 0-096, a decrease of 0-003 on the previous year. 10. During the past year 65 male and no female misdemeanants in default were detained in the gaols of the colony, and during the same period 87 males and 25 females, supposed lunatics, were detained in the various prisons ; giving an increase of 18 males, with a decrease of 5 females, supposed lunatics, and a decrease of 40 males and 6 female misdemeanants in default, on the previous year. 11. With reference to prisoners under sentence of penal servitude, there were at the close of last year in the various prisons 189 males and 6 females; being a decrease of 3 males, with the same number of females as on the previous year. 12. During the year 1889, 293 males and 46 females were acquitted, or discharged after remand; being a decrease of 130 males and 17 females, or a total decrease of 147 on the previous year. 13. From the figures given under Table B, it will be found that the prisoners were maintained last year at a gross cost per head of £45 15s. Bd., as against £44 3s. Id.; but this slight increase is at once accounted for by the large decrease in the number of prisoners who passed through the gaols : and, coming to the net cost per head, we find that (exclusive of the work performed for the Defence Department at the fortifications) it was £38 6s. 5d., as against £33 9s. 4d. in 1888. The gross totals are made up as follows : Staff supervision, £28 19s. 7d., as against £27 14s. lid. in 1888; maintenance, £13 9s. 5d., as against £13 4s. 9d.; incidental, £3 6s. Bd., as against £3 3s. sd. This increase is easily accounted for when it is taken into consideration that no credit is given for the work done by the prisoners for the Defence Department, whilst the fact of the men being so employed, of course, prevents carrying out remunerative work with them as in former years, for which credit was taken by the department. On referring to the report of the Directors of the English Convict Prisons for the last year, it will be found that at one prison the gross cost per prisoner was as high as £61 17s. 3d., while the lowest was £33 3s. 3d. This appears to me to speak well for the economy of our colonial system, especially when it is remembered that every expenditure in connection with the various prisons is debited to each respectively, and the simple but accurate system adopted for keeping the accounts prevents the possibility of any incorrect charges being made or fictitious credits taken. Again, it must be borne in mind that a large sum out of the expenditure under the heading of _ "Incidentals" is recouped to the Government, and is in reality merely a transfer—namely, to Bail ways, £336 Bs. 4d., and Post and Telegraph, £112 ; total, £448 Bs. 4d. 14. That local prisons can be made self-supporting is a fallacy which no sensible person at all well versed in prison matters would for a moment attempt to adopt. Even supposing that every man and woman incarcerated in a prison were working daily during their period of confinement, the amount of remunerative labour performed could not even then make the establishment self-supporting; but when it is taken into account that prisoners awaiting trial, misdemeanants, remands, sick, those excused on medical grounds, are exempted from all labour, the error of the self-supporting theory is at once apparent; and, with the liberal scale of rations and the plentiful supply of clothing and bedding granted to prisoners in this colony, as compared with the English prisons, the cost of maintenance must be admitted to be reasonable : while the keeping-open of

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small prisons such as Nelson, Timaru, and Hokitika, necessitated by the peculiar configuration of the country, all tends to additional expenditure, which the most careful administration is powerless to curtail. ~.,,.. -~ , 15. The receipts for value of prison-labour, sales of road-metal, bricks, drainpipes, needlework, maintenance of prisoners, &c, for the past year, amounted to £4,551 3s. 8d„ exclusive of any credit taken for work done at the fortifications, as against £7,042 Bs. 3d. in 1888. This reduction is accounted for by the large diminution of the number of prisoners who passed through the gaols last year, and by the fact of so large a number being employed on labour for the Government, nonremunerative to the department. • IG. As regards the education of prisoners, a reference to Table C shows that, out ot a total ot 3,317 males and 736 females, 2,866 males and 579 females were able to read and write well, whilst 340 males and 97 females were unable to read or write. 17 It is with feelings of profound gratification that attention is invited to the ages of prisoners under Table D, from which it will be'gathered that during the past year there has been a very considerable reduction in the number of juvenile offenders who have passed through the gaols of the colony, those under the age of ten years being 14, as against 22 m 1888; whilst in those from ten to fifteen years the numbers are 61, as against 88 ; and in those from fifteen to twenty years the numbers are 219, as against 241 : giving a total substantial decrease of v , in young persons under the age of twenty years. This is very satisfactory as far as it goes, and is in a great measure due to " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886;" but it does not go far enough, and the colonists should not rest content to find that, with the Act just referred to in full force, and with the industrial schools and similar institutions open in the colony, there have been actually imprisoned 14 children of such tender ages as under ten; but, as this matter has so often been drawn attention to in previous reports without leading to any decided action, it must be hoped that this is only the first of an annual substantial decrease, which may end ere long in the total disappearance from the gaol-records of the names of persons whose ages befit them more for the nursery than a public prison, and whose detention in, or even commitment to, the latter-named institution is nothing more or less than a public scandal. . 18. It is interesting to note, from Table F, that a comparison of the previously-committed prisoners sentenced during the past year with those sentenced five years ago—viz., in 1885—shows a decrease in once-convicted of 74 males and 3 females; a decrease of the twice-convicted of 27 males with an increase of 21 females; and in those thrice or ofteuer convicted, an increase of 12 males' with the large decrease of 167 females. This substantial diminution in the female prisonpopulation permitted the Addington Prison to be closed last April, and the prisoners transferred to the Lyttelton Prison. This has not only the advantage of being an economical arrangement, but permits of a far better system of strict discipline being carried out; while the cells in present use are more healthy and better suited for a female prison than those at Addington. I here take the. opportunity of placing on record my appreciation of the valuable services rendered to the female prisoners at Addington and Lyttelton by the lady visitors, who by their kindly advice and interest have given valuable assistance in solving the somewhat difficult question of finding emp oymeut on discharge from prison for, and so preventing the possible lapse into crime of, a class of the younger female prisoners whom it is most desirable to bring under influences of this character, and who, if left to their own devices, would, without doubt, fall into the clutches of some of their older and profligate prison companions. v ~ 19. There is a decrease in the number of prison punishments awarded during the past year—viz., 213 against 227 in 1888. These were minor punishments inflicted by Visiting Justices, while 10 serious or aggravated prison offences, after first being investigated by a Visiting Justice, were reheard in open Court, as against 15 similar cases in 1888. I would here draw attention to the remarks of one of the Visiting Justices at Lyttelton Prison, in his annual report furnished this year, in which I fully concur. They are as follows: "Before concluding my report, I am anxious to bring before your notice two matters which I think require consideration—first, the necessity of reintroducing corporal punishment; second, having aggravated offences heard within the prisons With respect to flogging, lam perfectly satisfied that in some cases it is absolutely necessary • I refer to incorrigibles. With men of this class my experience is that, punish them how you may, it has no effect; but, if prisoners knew that if they persistently continued to offend they would be likely to receive corporal punishment, I think it would deter men, and be tho means of making them behave. lam quite aware that if this question was mooted it would be cried down by many, but I venture to think that, if they had a few years' experience of prisoners, they would come to the same conclusion as I have. I may mention that my late colleague, Mr. , who had very many years' experience, was strongly of this opinion. I will quote from our report of loth April 1887 : ' This gaol contains some remarkable examples of incorrigibles, to whom the suspension of corporal punishment is a great boon.' With respect to having aggravated prison offences heard in the prison, I think it would be very desirable to have all cases heard within the four walls of the gaol. These cases could without any inconvenience be heard by a Eesident Magistrate or two Justices. As a rule, prisoners whose cases are ordered to be reheard in open Court repeat minor prison offences for the purpose of airing their fancied grievances and talking to the public. If these cases were heard inside the prison, I think it would perhaps tend to prevent men repeating offcncGS." . ■ 20 With reference to these remarks, I have already stated I fully concur in what this Visiting Justice says; and it must be recollected that, as he is a prison Magistrate of long standing, and no doubt has 'given the matter very serious consideration, his opinions are of considerable value Those versed in prison matters are well aware that with some prisoners of the class referred to by this gentleman no; hing but the dread of the lash has the slightest effect, and the very fact of cheir knowing that they may be subjected to it at any time for certain serious offences, prevents their committing those of an aggravated nature, and tends to teach them how to curb their tempers;

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which must be of incalculable value to them when discharged from prison. In these days, when prisons are no longer secret establishments, closed, as it were, to outside visitors, as perhaps they may have been in former times, it behoves all concerned to use every conceivable weapon that may tend to reform the inmates of gaols, subject, of course, to reasonable restrictions; but the public are too ready to rest satisfied with knowing that prisoners are properly cared for and not maltreated, without thinking whether proper measures are taken for their reformation, or that no stone is left unturned that may in some degree have a deterring tendency. It has not been found that taking prisoners to open Court has had any bad effects, because as a rule the Eesident Magistrate or Justices sitting decline to allow the accused to air his supposed prison grievances; but it is in many respects inconvenient and troublesome, without any proportionately good results, and might well be discontinued. . . 21. The number of offences committed by prison officers last year was 18, as against it in 1888. The more serious of these offences were three cases of intoxication, and one neglect to report the intended escape of a prisoner. In each case punishments proportionate to the seriousness of the offences were meted out. The new appointments to the prison service are still made from men serving in the Permanent Artillery ; and, though the prison service may be looked upon as a field for promotion, still men who have served for some time in the permanent forces do not always make good prison officers, and the fact of having so small a field for selection often prevents the services of a good tradesman being obtained, who would be valuable for teaching the younger prisoners a trade, whereby they would be enabled to gain an honest livelihood on their discharge from gaol. 22. The new prison-buildings in course of erection at Wellington and Auckland have made good progress during the year. At Wellington the roof has been completed, and the internal fittings are being pushed on with all speed. The exercising-yards have been brought down to the proper level, and as soon as the kitchen and scullery are built the wing should be ready for occupation. The fact of the prisoners working at the fortifications at both Wellington and Auckland has, of course, prolonged considerably the erection of both of these buildings ; but as at each place it led to some fifty prisoners being withdrawn from the old buildings, which were overcrowded and ill-calculated to hold them, and located at the fortification works at Fort Cautley and Point Halswell, the delay has not been without its advantages ; and, as there is no reason to expect an immediate or substantial increase of prisoners, it is clear that we have been saved from a most serious dilemma by the reduction in the number of prisoners, and the labour at the defence works turning up at a period when our prison-accommodation was inadequate and inferior. At Auckland the two wings in course of construction have advanced considerably during the year, and a tender has been accepted for the roofing, which should be completed in a few months ; the internal fittings are well advanced, and part oT these buildings is already occupied: but it is a matter of the greatest importance that the whole be completed with all practicable speed, and the rotten and vermin-infested portions of the old wooden prisons vacated and pulled down. It is a matter of great regret to me that no absolute decision has been arrived at in regard to the erection of a new prison at Dunedin. The gaol, as it now stands, though a stone one, is in many respects a relic of the dark ages, unfit for occupation and not capable of being improved, where any carrying-out of classification is next to impossible, and where the evils of contamination and corruption from evil associations cannot be prevented. Here, again, the defence works have come to the rescue, and removed to Taiaroa Heads some forty prisoners, and to some extent mitigated the evils referred to; but the time has certainly arrived for a new prison for Otago to be commenced without delay. Beyond the annual painting at the various other prisons there is no expenditure required for any special work during the present year. 23. During the past year the prisoners have been employed at the four centres on the fortification works, and have been located in temporary prisons at Fort Cautley, Point Halswell, Fort Jervois, and Taiaroa Heads, and have done excellent work, an account of which will be found in the report of the Defence Engineer. They have also been employed in building new prisons at Auckland and Wellington, at work on the breakwater at New Plymouth, brickmaking and levelling at Wellington, and tailoring and shoemaking at Lyttelton; while the females have done shirtmakmg, stocking-knitting, mending, and washing at the various prisons. 24. Before concluding this report I desire to place on record that to make long sentences reformatory and deterrent two alterations in our present system are necessary—(l) a less liberal ration-scale, and (2) that at the commencement of all long sentences the offenders should be made to pass a certain time in separation. This, of course, has been impossible up to the present, with the limited accommodation at the larger gaols, but as our new prisons become available I strongly recommend that all long-sentenced prisoners be made to pass the first eight months of their sentences in separation. A sentence of imprisonment with hard labour is essentially the same as a sentence of penal servitude, and it is of practically little importance whether the sentence is called by one name or the other so long as the treatment of the prisoners subjected to them is adapted to the duration of the sentence. It would therefore be desirable to assimilate the practice as to the treatment of prisoners under sentence of penal servitude and of those under sentence of imprisonment and make each undergo a term of eight months from date of conviction in separation. That the scale of rations is far too liberal I gather from the fact that as a general rule prisoners increase in weight considerably during their sentences, and, further, from the amount of food which is not eaten,°but thrown to waste daily by the prisoners. This time last year I introduced a special scale of rations for boys under sixteen years of age, curtailing considerably the daily supply of bread and meat; and the result has been most satisfactory, and has without doubt prevented some from committing offences which were likely to cause their return to gaol. In addition to our very liberal scale of rations, there is a large expenditure every year in extras ordered for prisoners by the gaol surgeons, such as eggs, cocoa, milk, beef, &c, which doubtless in many cases are absolutely necessary ; but it is the duty of all interested in the reformation of criminals to set their faces against anything like luxuries or too good feeding in such places as prisons. The question of prisoners' rations is, lam willing to admit, a most important and wide one; but lam anxious to see the matter fully considered by the gaol surgeons of the colony, and to hear their verdict.

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FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT REPORT. 1. It is with great pleasure I am able to reiterate all that was said in the report of last year upon the satisfactory working of this Act; and it is a somewhat curious fact, as shown by Table L, that for the year ended 31st December last the total number of offenders treated under the Act was within one of the number so treated the year before—viz., 83 last year, as against 82 in 1888. Of these 83, 50 satisfactorily carried out the conditions of their licenses and were duly discharged, 2 were rearrested and imprisoned, 1 absconded, and 30 remain still working out the conditions of their obligations successfully. 2. The amount of costs, &c, ordered to be paid by the various Courts before which the 83 offenders were brought during the past year was £319 4s. 7d., of which sum £203 13s. 9d. has been already actually paid into the Probation Officers' hands, while the great portion of the balance is not yet due and is being paid by instalments, and as a rule the probationers carry out the conditions of their licenses with commendable punctuality. The system of leaving to Probation Officers discretion in exceptional cases to give additional time for these periodical payments in cases of persons with families to maintain, or when sickness or other unforeseen misfortune interferes with their chances of earning a living, or for other sufficient reasons, has been continued, has proved efficacious, and worked well. 3. The approximate cost of keeping these offenders in prison, had not the Probation Act been brought into force, would have been about £2,170. Therefore, if the sum actually paid into the Probation Officers' hands is taken into account, we have an actual saving for the year of £2,373 13s. 9d.; and, as the administration of the Act is carried out absolutely free of all cost to the Government, and has been so ever since its introduction, it will be admitted to be as much a success financially as it is reformatory. 4. Since the Act came into force, on the Ist October, 1886, 283 persons have been placed on probation. Of these, 222 have been discharged on satisfactorily completing the conditions of their licenses, 49 are still on probation, 10 have been rearrested and brought to justice, and 2 only have managed, by eluding the vigilance of the Probation Officers and police, to escape so far unpunished ; but they are not supposed to have left the colony, and will probably yet be rearrested. 5. The Probation Officers continue to perform their duties with zeal, tact, and ability, and give satisfaction. It is surprising the amount of information about supposed offenders they are able to obtain in a very short space of time ; and, now that they know that their reports are looked upon as confidential by the Court to which they are presented, they feel less fettered and more able to give a genuine and independent reliable report, which is almost invariably adopted. It has been found, too, that many Probation Officers frequently visit and advise their probationers, and in some instances have obtained good situations for them. Considering the arduous duties that Gaolers have to perform, I think the interest shown by them and the other Probation Officers in the Act ever since its introduction is praiseworthy and philanthropic, and has tended much to the successful working of this very useful measure. 6. When this Act was first passed it was thought by many that it was a dangerous piece of legislation, and probably would do more harm than good; but now that its utility has been so thoroughly established I am of opinion that its provisions might be extended with beneficial results to such cases as attempted suicide caused by excessive indulgence in strong drink, and that if the accused has the means he or she should be made to pay the whole costs of the trial. It may be argued that this would, in effect, be punishing a man for excessive drinking ; but it seems to me that if a person will drink habitually to such excess as to lose all self-restraint, and in that state attempts to take his life, such person, and not the taxpayers, ought to bear the costs of the trial; and such an offender would certainly have no grounds for complaint if he were placed under some such wholesome restraints as those of the First Offenders' Probation Act. As the case now stands a person who attempts to commit suicide is usually committed for trial to the Supreme Court, has perhaps to be detained in prison for two months awaiting the sessions, and then is probably discharged upon recognisances to come up for judgment when called upon, the State having to bear the expense of keeping the prisoner in gaol for two months, in addition to the cost of the trial. 7. Again, the Act, I think, is somewhat defective in respect to the persons to whom it may be made applicable, one condition being that it can apply only to a person " against whom an indictment has not previously been laid or a warrant of arrest for an indictable offence issued;" so that, if a person has once been brought up on a warrant of arrest for an indictable offence, though he may be acquitted and leave the Court without the slightest stain on his character, that person can never afterwards be eligible to be placed on probation. 8. The Act might also be further extended to prisoners undergoing sentences in prison, who, from their exemplary conduct in gaol, and if their previous history warrants it, might, after serving portion of their sentence, be released on probation ; in fact, I should like to see a system introduced by which long-sentenced prisoners, after they have served a portion of their sentences, could be drafted off to some work under the Public Works Act, and not located in a prison, but in huts under proper supervisors, and there made to work on roads, or some such labour, for an indefinite period, their discharge depending entirely on the results of their work and conduct. This might be arranged either under the Prisons or First Offenders' Probation Acts. A similar experiment has been tried in America with good results, and I have every reason to believe it would work well in this colony if tried in some isolated position such as the West Coast Sounds, where, if the prisoners attempted to escape, they would probably starve, and where they might be employed in such work as making a road from the coast to the Sutherland Falls. They would probably render a good account of themselves, and work as well as free men, in the hope that every time a mail or provisions arrived orders for the liberation of some would also be received, or they might be placed on piecework, and given a certain amount to do, and informed that if their conduct continued good they would receive their conditional discharge on the completion of the work allotted. I have, &c, A. Hume, Inspector of Prisons.

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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1889.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargil Lyttelton. Napier. Kelson. New Ply- _. mouth. Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Jlinor Gaols. Total. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. 1 4 F. M. F. If. F. jr. f. ML F. M. F. jr. F. JI. F. jr. F. 1 32 2 Lunatics .. .. For trial, on remand, and in transitu Sentenced to— Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 3" .. 38 3 50 6 43 14 14 9 10 1 5" 1 16 1 1G 1 4 6 4 2 1 1".. 4 .. 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 50 23 12 11 1 3' .. 2 .. 1 1 21 8 .. 1".. 3 .. 1".. 11 .. 13 .. 5 .. 1 .. 3 ".. 2 .. 2 .. 4* ... l' .. 5 4 .. c" 75 14 11 22 3 1 2 4 5 1 3" 1 192 G 126 10 113 27 73 18 18 3 1 34 198 136 140 91 21 1 .. 5" .. 2 Total 158 33 45 12 10 1 1 555 66 10 3 102 35 5 31 7 14 131 13 *621 Received. ! Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, and in transitu (not including prisoners sentenced as below) Sentenced to— Death Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 6 .. 1 1 60 7 8 .. 28 ' 16 1 1 2 2 9 16 2 1 7 .. 74" 10 8 13 19 3 2 1 .. 11.. 4 1 10 3 1 1 .. 2 1 9 3 3 .. 11 8 26 3 7 .. og" g 17 48 282 12 16 65 .. 86 25 603 73 65 111 676 12 22 111 41 427 139 15 2 12 .. 11 1 47 35 156 92 14 6 1 2 15 3 14 10 2 .. 2 3 15 46 5 2 10 10 .. 19 2 76 7 290 64 3 .. 1 2 11 36 157 12 5 28 3 4 .. 7 .. 19 3 2 .. 2 .. 10 2 23 3 1 1 2 6 1 58 1 2 .. 4 .. 7 .. 11 .. 133 8 3 .. 9 .. 16 1 46 41 229 98 9 3 1 3 19 337 49 3 19 2 2 53 .. 103 6 399 140 1,889 475 117 17 2 53 109 539 2,364 134 Total received 654 190 276 150 882 149 36 17 98 15 479 89 259 41 44 3 51 10 84 6 198 14 756 52 3,317 736 4,053 Total for year 812 223 321 102 46 20 105 18 581 89 294 42 49 3 82 10 91 6 212 14 513 162 76G 53 3,872 802 4,674 Discharged. Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence At expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police Executed Died naturally 5 .. 5 2 52 7 84 15 531 178 5 1 3 8 .. 11 12 21 3 188 125 12 3 11 .. 1 .. 1 .. 3 1 3 .. 29 14 2 .. 7 1 13 2 9 57 13 7 4 54 62 316 2 11 4 7 65 1 s 1 11 15 199 i 2 1 34 1 .. 7 .. 3 .. 20 3 2 .. 5 3 .. 1 1 .. 4 21 .. 27 4 1 .. 2 1 7 2 4 1 66 1 3 .. 10 3 26 3 5 .. 134 7 7 2 1 36 5 58 8 268 126 5 1 4 .. 17 .. 30 9 73 4 63 .. 63 19 293 4G 285 35 2,218 589 2G G 365 25 2 .. 5 1 63 82 339 320 2,807 32 390 2 6 377 ' 19 6 ' 1 33" 2 2 9 .. 6*' 1 15 ".. 262*' 21 2" 1 l" 2 Total discharged In prison at end of year 687 204 125 19 251 143 70 19 37 15 9 5 94 11 17 1 457 124 77 12 2G9 25 40 2 44 5 3 61 9 21 1 86 5 6 193 13 19 1 382 141 131 21 759 53 7 3,320 721 552 81 4,041 G33 Total for year 82 10 766 53 812 223 321 162 46 20 105 18 581 89 294 42 49 3 91 6 212 14 513 162 '3,872 802 4.G74 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill 48 hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick list 210 137 :38-66 21-93 76 51 48 7 26 1-1 91 57 5567 17-98 63 22 16 6 9-84 2-24 5 2 16 7 9-50 0-70 1 1 149 95 113-36 10-14 48 6 46 17 27-0 2-50 30 8 .. 1 20 10 8 3 5-30 0-10 36 16 24-48 0-70 19 1 1 0-7 .. 13 2 6-25 0-26 1 ... 25 8 15-4 0-54 15 159 135 130-0 170 36 14 3 2-4 21 •■ 15-76 ' 0-93 15 2 2 1 •• 551-22 7502 309 107 54 9 10-6 5-5 626-24 416 63 161 1-6 ' 10 - ••I ■• •• 1-1 0-3 •• •• 0-2 .. * Eight male and 12 female prisoners in custody on the 1st January, 1889, in the Addington Prison, which was closed the following April, are not included in these totals.

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Table B. Expenditure under the different Heads of Service in the Larger Prisons for the Year ending 31st December, 1889.

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Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. Nelson. New Plymouth. Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Total. D-, , » f Males ally average number of prisoners j t. . I 138-66 21-93 5567 1798 9-84 2-24 950 070 113-36 1014 2700 250 5-30 010 24-43 0-70 625 0-26 15-40 054 13000 1700 535-40 74-09 Total 160-59 73-K5 12 08 10-20 12350 29-50 540 2518 651 1594 147-00 60955 Heads of Service. Staff: Salaries find allowances Uniforms Total Cost per prisoner ... £ s. d. 3,731 8 3 217 13 7 £ s. d. 2,016 11 8 66 12 6 £ s. d. 850 0 0 31 0 10 £ s. d. 59G 6 10 16 16 8 £ s. d. 3. 1 13 18 8 211 6 0 £ s. d. 947 0 6 41 19 3 £ 8. d. 319 0 0 14 10 0 £ s. d. 827 14 6 52 9 6 £ s. d. 370 0 0 20 15 0 £ s. d. 515 12 2 33 9 8 £ s. d. 3,073 17 4 207 8 Id £ s. d. 16,751 9 11 914 1 10 3,919 1 10 2,083 4 * 881 0 101 613 3 6' 3,655 4 8[ 983 19 9 363 10 0 880 4 0 390 15 0 579 1 10 3,281 17,665 11 24 11 10 28 5 8 72 17 60 2 4j 29 11 10| 33 10 6 67 6 4 34 19 60 0 6 36 6 22 6 5 28 19 7 Maintenance : Rations ■ Fuel and light Bedding and clothing Medicines and medical comforts Furniture Sonp, cleaning-materials, &c. Total 1,420 0 7 173 9 6 311 6 3 82 7 1 46 5 11 35 4 2 2,068 13 6 688 5 6 84 18 2 250 10 6 65 8 1 17 12 4 17 5 01 117 3 2 59 15 3 33 7 8 13 11 6 7 9 0 11 12 % 87 0 2| 49 18 0 8 4 1 0 G 8, 931 18 6 270 4 6 270 13 11 48 14 7 67 1 4 46 18 9 215 10 3 57 12 11 93 3 2 11 1 8 16 18 6 4 6 7 57 11 2 22 14 5 4 13 0 216 15 4 36 1 5 78 18 0 38 11 2 4 16 3 16 3 61 17 1 21 9 7 11 14 0 2 19 11 104 13 7 62 17 10 55 18 9 11 4 11 40 17 8 9 3 1 1,020 2 0 132 14 11 360 3 0 183 12 9 61 17 8 7 10 10 4,9:il 17 4 971 17 0 1,4. S 12 I 407 18 4 262 18 8 140 6 1 5 3 3 o" 6 6 1 9 6 1,123 19 7 2 12 18 9j 150 12 8 1,635 11 398 13 85 4>'6 8 5 99 10 1 284 15 10 1,716 1 * 8,212 9 9 Cost per prisoner ... 12 17 8 15 5 3i 21) 1 10 II 15 13 4 101 13 10 3 15 15 9 16 2 10 15 5 11 17 1 11 13 6 13 9 5 Incidental: Rates, vent, Ac. Conveyance of officers and prisoners Tools, material*, &c. ... Gratuities to prisoners on discharge, and sundries 41 3 0 98 2 9 120 4 4 146 14 2 104 18 7 ... ... 14 0 0 25 18 1 20 11 7 39 17 9 53 0 0 190 5 4 52 2 11 187 2 9 7 10 0 28 9 4 0 13 0 54 14 0 20 0 0 0 18 6 82 5 6 97 0 4 28 13 5 4 15 0 113 19 11 85 2 4 225 3 3 UO 8 0 700 5 0 375 1 6 816 17 2 46 13 5 18 1 11 8 9 8 20 15 1 42 0 3 53 5 6 Total Cost per prisoner Gross total cost 406 4 3 151 12 18 1 11 100 7 5 4S2 11 0 I r 9 0 21 8 1 96 14 3 74 4 207 19 129 0 6 2,032 11 2 10 6 6,123 19 7 40 0 0 2 1 21 9 10 3 18 1 10 3 19 21 3 16 10| 11 7 10 13 0 11 2 18 4| 3 6 8 3,358 16 9 1,112 1 6 864 3 7i 5,773 7 1,432 1 10 470 3 2 1,383 6 8| 561 9 1,071 16 11 5,426 7 10; 27.910 13 2 Gross cost per prisoner 45 12 91 9 2 84 14 6 46 14 10 48 10 10 87 54 18 9| 86 11 67 4 10 36 18 3| 45 15 8 Deduct: Cash received for maintenance, labour, &c. Credits, work for oilier departments, &c.... 241 15 2 2,274 6 8 30 1 1 14 1 8 127 6 0 77 10 1 1,353 10 3 81 12 1 9 7 0 1 5 0 | 0 15 0 0 19 0 3 12 6 0 10 6 2 5 0 17 7 I 314 13 4 466 2 11 4,085 0 9 ... ... ... Total Net total cost Net cost per prisoner 2.516 3,907 17 1 10 3,328 14 H\ 30 1 1 1,142 1 6 14L 722 15 11 1,431 4,342 6 4 0 11 1,341 90 19 1 2 9 HIS 18 2 5 0' 1,382 11 0 15 0] 559 17 4 11 1,069 1 2 15 6 -> 5,094 7 2 332 0 8! 23,359 9 6 4,551 3 8 24 6 8| 45 3 10 94 9 2i 70 17 3 35 3 1 45 9 2 86 16 8, 54 18 2; 86 0 0 67 1 4 34 13 1 38 6 5

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Table C. Education of Prisoners received during the Year 1889.

Table D. Ages of Prisoners received during the Year 1889, and Causes of their Detention.

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Prisons. Superior Education. Bead and write. Read only. Unable to read. Totals. Auckland .. Dunedin .. rlokitika .. invercargill jyttelton .. Sfapier kelson Jew Plymouth Pimaru iVanganui .. Wellington ilinor gaols Jl. 6 1 1 10 8 "i *2 2 3 10 F. | M. 539 245 27 70 400 225 37 41 71 165 347 646 F. 134 131 13 7 65 30 1 8 6 9 132 43 M. 29 11 3 1 22 11 2 F. 14. 8 1 13 11 2 If. 80 19 5 11 49 23 1 10 G 25 30 81 F. 42 11 3 8 11 2 3 11 G M. 654 276 36 98 479 259 44 51 84 198 382 756 F. 190 150 17 15 89 41 3 10 6 14 149 52 Total. 844 426 53 113 568 300 47 61 90 212 531 808 5 6 2 19 2 6 3 Total 47 2,819 579 111 60 340 97 3,317 736 4,053

a a g a B S a M S o '§> a a s g -3 a % £ ri 2 a a S3 a o m *3 •A 4 3 o a 3 k o 'A d | a 3 to a d d o § a "3 r« ED 1 0 o a 9 "3 *-i o Under 10 years: Felony Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 10 to 15 years: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 15 to 20 years: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 20 to 25 years: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 25 to 30 years: Felony Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 30 to 40 years: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 40 to 50 years : Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 50 to 60 years : Felony Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 60 years and upwards: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 3 1 "l 27 19 19 1 68 17 58 1 1 2 21 4 15 1 19 2 15 2 36 23 2 27 3 . . : 'e 6 "i 3 2 1 5 6 2 6 G 2 1 1 •i .. 13 1 8 1 22 11 36 25 4 59 i - 4 •i .. 6 7 2 1 13 5 1 2 16 11 2 1 2 i 4 i i 5 1 3 i 3 4 4 4 1 1 i 2 i 3 '7 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 9 4 G 1 G 2 18 '! 5 17 10 13 14 17 30 25 19 38 J 6 4 2 17 12 1 2 19 27 17 6 19 28 46 7 6 2 6 45 5 11 107 36 70 6 114 85 214 8 128 84 270 16 i 47 2 169 5 29 3 82 10 11 9 2 38 13 108 2 9 16 62 10 1 1 5 8 8 2 1 24 2 4 12 32 7 19 20 102 6 29 40 108 26 196 127 704 64 3 *4 38 6 157 20 2 66 23 1 3 11 9 6 21 7 99 3 4 20 38 10 7 1 2 1 7 4 1 1 4 1 13 1 3 13 40 5 27 26 73 2 20 44 125 27 154 135 646 57 24 1 98 1 14 1 25 '8 l\ 11 2 50 1 3 11 25 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 1 i 14 6 17 2 11 10 36 1 5 25 79 8 77 70 3o3 19 *5 1 • • i 12 3 65 1 2 4 5 i 8 1 16 1 4 14 • • 2 : 12 1 2 7 9 37 2 32 24 167 5 I *8 6 i Summary: Felony.. Misdemeanour .. Minor offences .. Debt or lunacy .. 188 13 635 8 140 15 266 5 51 2 29 44 27 13 139 39 383 7 30 87 159 24 16 5 25 1 29 23 1 8 19 5 62 4 2G 44 126 16 120 103 299 9 113 200 417 78 859 568 2,451 175 Total 42G I 53 113 568 300 47 61 90 I 531 808 j 4,053 844 212

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Table E. Previously-convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1889.

Table F. Previously-convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1885-89.

Table G. Number of Convicts (Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) in the different Prisons.

Table H. Crimes of Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude or Hard Labour for Twelve Months and over during the Year 1889.

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Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill .. Lyttelton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Timaru Wanganui Wellington .. Minor gaols .. I it. 82 27 4 12 62 33 2 4 15 22 52 73 F. 11 16 3 9 6 1 1 i 19 5 M. 54 17 8 5 44 23 4 5 1 13 34 44 F. 12 13 3 2 7 8 1 1 18 8 M. 268 68 3 18 65 48 18 4 32 61 78 126 F. 147 77 8 4 47 16 '4 2 8 90 * 11 M. 404 112 15 30 171 104 19 13 48 86 164 243 F. 170 106 11 9 63 30 2 5 2 5 122 24 Total 388 72 72 252 08 769 409 1,409 549

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. 1885 1886 1887 1S88 1889 If. 462 464 479 423 388 F. 69 95 77 65 72 If. 279 266 291 261 252 F. 47 69 57 58 68 M. 757 782 77G 848 769 F. 576 558 503 450 409 M. 1,498 1,512 1,540 1,532 1,409 F. 692 722 637 573 549

Prisons. 31st December, 1888. 31st December, 1889. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Dunedin.. Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier .. Nelson .. New Plymouth Timaru .. Wanganui Wellington 41 17 1 60 2 ■17 as 49 6 11 1 1 2 7 11 i 76 67 9 Total 198 195 17 20 Net decrease

Arson Assault causing bodily harm Assault, indecent Burglary Carnally knowing Conspiracy to defraud Damaging property Embezzlement and fraud Failing to provide Feloniously receiving Forgery and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking Indecent exposure Insulting language Larceny not otherwise described .. 2 1 3 5 4 3 1 2 2 2 .. 21 .. 10 .. 16 1 2 .. 26 Total Larceny as a bailee Larceny from the person Larceny from a dwelling Manslaughter Murder Naval offences Obtaining goods or money under false pretences Perjury Rape Rape, attempted Robbery Robbery with violence Sheep-stealing Sodomy Vagrancy Wounding , 156. 7 7 G 1 1 3 8 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 5 1

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Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1889.

Table J. Visits of the Inspector to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1889.

Visited Mount Cook twice a week and Point Halswell once a week when in Wellington.

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Prisons and Visiting Justices. p 5 = I a j § t 5" I * 5, s £ S S Sf 9 X I i a o 8 i | i •A •- I a 3 s I 0 "2 o Auckland: Joseph Newman C. La Roche T. Thompson, M.H.R, R. W. Moody P. F. De Quincey Dunedin: John Logan W. L. Simpson G.G.Russell # . G. Fenwick Dr. Hislop Hokitika: John Bevan Hon. J. A. Bonar, M.L.C. .. R. J. Seddon, M.H.R. M. J. Mandl invercargill: H. Feldwick, M.H.R. R. F. Cuthbertson John Turnbull William Todd uyttelton : R. Westenra H. Allwright Napier: J. Anderson H. S. Tiffin E. Langdon Slelson: Oswald Curtis, R.M. STew Plymouth: R. Parris H. Weston Robert Trimble .. T. King C. E. Rawson, R.M. rimaru: J. Jackson G. G. FitzGerald .. iV'anganui: E. N. Liffiton F. A. Krull G. Carson Wellington: J. R. Blair J. G. Butts W. E. Gudgeon .. J. Dransfield Edward Pearce J. Maekay 1 5 4 4 2 ■i 8 2 2 i o 3 2 2 8 6 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 i' 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 i 4 1 1 3 16 47 20 26 21 2* 1 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 30 1 17 20 21 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2* 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 i 1 2 4 2 i i l 1 1 1 1 i' 1 4 4 2 2 i' i l l l' 2 i l 4 2 2 1 i i i 4 1 4 1 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 4 4 1 4 1 i l 3 l 47 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 l 16 1 11 1 i' i' i i' i 1 i' i i .. 1 i 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 i l 8 i 3 i' i l 5 2 1 22 12 9 1 i' i" 1 r l 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 l l l l 1 14 13 i i i i l i 1 i" 1 1 1 1 i" 1 1 1 1 i l l l 1 1 8 8 6 2 5 5 i' i' j l i i' ! 1 i' 1 i 2 1

Prisons. 3 a a a rj a a K .3 V i 3 V a a rj a rj j. a a - £ a I u a a s g s 2 > S u o o o >-, n >, a 7, Auckland 2, 3, 4, 5,8,9, 10,24 1,4,6, 13 15 12,13, .. 14,15 Dunedin 10,11,12, 14,16 1, 5, 6 27,28 1,27 1,2,3, 5,13 Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton 19 4,26,27, 28 7,8,10, 11,30 3,4 10,12, 13 25,26 24 4 17,18, 19,20, 22 Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Timaru Wanganui Wellington 16,17 8* 14 25 29 7 27,28 15, 20 19 7,9 22 '.'. 18 .. 9 I .. 28 10 5 26,27 29 25 81 8

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Table K. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1889. AUCKLAND PRISON.

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Initials of Offence for which punished. Prisoner. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. D. N. H. J. H. Disobedience Disrespect to his officer Unnecessary noise in his cell Warder Tyne The Gaoler and the Chief Warder The Chief Warder .. T. Thompson, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. a A. M. Having prohibited articles in his possession Idleness J. D. D. B. J. H. Disobedience and obstructing the officers in execution of their duty Using threatening language to V.J. and Gaoler The Gaoler Asst.-Warder Gillespie R. W. Moody, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day in irons. J. D. The Gaoler // • • G. T. ) E.W. j" J. M. Fighting on the works Warder Coffey T. Thompson, V.J. j 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 1 day's marks each. 1 day bread and water. Unnecessary noise in his dormitory Using grossly insulting language to his officer Fighting Asst.-Wr. McWilliams J. M. » • • To forfeit 2 days' marks. W. T. Warder Tyne 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 1 day's marks. 2 days bread and water. J.J. Disobedience and using insulting language to his officer Insolence and disrespect to his officer Using grossly insulting language to the GaolerUsing grossly indecent and threatening language to his officers Ditto .. Unnecessary noise in his cell Unnecessary noise in dormitory, and using obscene language to his officer A. E. Warder Russell C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. G. F. The Gaoler To forfeit 2 days' marks. J.J. Warder Chilton 1 day bread and water. J.J. J. W. E. W. Asst.-Warder Gillespie Warder Crook Asst.-Wr. McWilliams T. Thompson, V.J. .. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. To forfeit 2 days' marks. To forfeit 7 days' marks. J. G. 1 J.J. K./ E. L. G. F. Fighting in exercise yard .. Disobedience Having prohibited articles in his possession Disobedience Asst.-Wr. O'Donoghue C. La Roche, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water each. The Matron Asst.-Wr. Henderson T. Thompson, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 3 days' marks. S. W. J. H. ) G. M. j" J.J. Fighting Warder Crook Asst.-Warder O'Reilly C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 1 day bread and water each. Using insulting language to his officer Unnecessary noise in his cell Fighting on works Asst.-Wr. Henderson J. Newman, V.J. 2 days bread and water. H. G. F. Warder Delahey Pl.-Warder Rutherford R. W. Moody, V.J. .. To forfeit 6 marks. 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 2 days' marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 3 days' marks. 1 day bread and water. H. J. J. Insulting and filthy language to his officers Having prohibited articles in his possession Ditto .. Fighting in the exercise yard Having prohibited articles in his possession Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Disrespect to her officer .. Unnecessary noise in her cell Breaking from the ranks without permission, and using insulting and threatening language to his officer Unnecessary noise in his cell Warder Crook J. C. Pl.-Warder Rutherford T. Thompson, V.J. .. To forfeit 3 days' marks. D.E.P. J. H. A. A. Asst.-Warder Hunter Pl.-Warder Rutherford C. La Roche, V.J. .. J. Newman, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. J. G. M. McM. M.MoM. J.J. Asst.-Warder Hunter Asst.-Matron Irvine .. C. La Roche, V.J. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Asst.-Warder Garven 2 days bread and water. .. it • • 1 day bread and wator. 2 days bread and water. .J. . H. .J. Grossly insulting and threatening language to his officer Threatening language and attempting to assault an officer Disobedience Using personal violence to his officers Disobedience Obscene language in his cell Having prohibited articles in his possession Disobedience •i • • .J. 1. W. . H. ;-Asst.-Wr. McWilliams i Warder Denison Assistant-Warder Felton Warder Chilton Warder Gideon Warder Chilton Dr. Giles, R.M. C. La Roche, V.J. .. Dr. Giles, R.M. 10 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. 10 days bread and water. L.M. ?. E. L H. T. Thompson, V.J. .. J. Newman, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. i. H. The Matron R. W. Moody, V.J. .. H

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1889— continued. AUCKLAND PRISON— continued.

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Initials of ?risouer. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. E.W. W. McL. J. G. E. L. Fighting on the works | Fighting Wilful mismanagement of work, and idleness Profane language Assaulting her officer Having prohibited article in his possession Obscene and insulting language to his officer 1 laving prohibited article in his possession Idleness, and disrespect to Gaoler Insulting language and assault on fellow-prisoner Fighting in shelter-shed .. Unnecessary noise in his cell Making secret pocket in his breeches, and using insulting language to his officers Making secret pocket in his breeches, having prohibited article in his possession, and using insulting language to his officer Fighting on the works Defacing prison property .. Quarrelling with fellow-pri-soner Quarrelling and using obscene language to fellowprisoner Disobedience and undue familiarity to his officer Insulting language to his officer Obscene language and impertinence to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Warder Coffey Asst.-Warder Bethune T. Thompson, V.J. .. To forfeit 3 days' marks. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water each. The Matron R. W. Moody, V.J., and C. La Roche, VJ. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. Dr. Giles, R.M. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. T. F. E. L. N. H. Asst.-Warder Mahoney Asst.-Matron Irvine .. Assistant - Warder Tracey Warder Chilton 1 day bread and water. 7 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. D. T. J. Newman, V.J. A. M. Asst.-Warder Bethune To forfeit 12 marks. R. L. The Gaoler and Asst.Warder Gillespie Asst.-Warder Hunter R. W. Moody, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. H. II. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. W. G. G. W. Warder Denison Warder Gideon T. Thompson, V.J. .. C. La Roche, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. A. M. The Gaoler and Pl.Warder Robinson 4 days bread and water. G. F. The Chief Warder and Pl.-Warder Robinson 5 days bread and water. i.e. 1 D. B. / P. McL. J. B. Warder Russell R.W. Moody, V.J., and C. La Roche, V.J. C. La Roche, V.J. .. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. Each 3 days bread and water and to forfeit 3 days' marks. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. Warder Chilton Asst.-Matron Irvine .. a. B. 6 days bread and water. C. W. Warder Coffey R.W. Moody, V.J., and C. La Roche, V.J. R. W. Moody, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. G. F. Warder Ryan 12 hours bread and water, and to forfeit 1 day's marks. 1 day bread and water. A. H. Asst.-Warder Gillespie C. La Roche, V.J. .. J. J. K. Asst.-Wr. O'Donoghue 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 1 day's marks. To forfeit 72 marks, and to be reduced to second class for one month. 3 days bread and water. J. G. Warder Eastwick P. F. Do Quincey, V.J. i-:. n. Idleness and refusing to work Disobedience of orders Insulting language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner and using profane language Insulting language to his officer Having a prohibited article in his possession Unnecessary noise in his cell Talking after silence - bell had rung Insulting language to his officers Pl.-Warder Woolley .. E.N. J. D. Warder Eastwick C. La Roche, V.J. .. D. M. .. J. F. a •' 1 day bread and water. P. K. r. McL. Pl.-Warder Woolloy .. P. F. De Quincey, V.J. 3 days bread and water. d.G. Night-watch officer .. D. G. « ..

r. o'K. j,. A. Disobedience and insolence Disobedience and threatening language Disobedience and insolence Damaging prison property.. Asst.-Warder Glover.. Dr. Hislop, V.J. Asst.-Warder Vincent „ 1 day bread and water. K. E. 8. R. Asst.-Warder Madden „ Asst.-Warder Kirby .. J. Logan, V.J., J.P., and J. Oliver, J.P. .. Ditto 10 days bread and water. J. A. Disturbing quiet of the prison Using threatening language Disobedience and insolence 3. A. M.O'H. r. G. W.H.P. .. i Asst.-Warder Allman G. Fenwick, V.J. Asst.-Warder Kirby .. „ Asst.-Warder Allman . 2 days bread and water. Insulting and threatening language 3 days broad and water.

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Table K—continued. Punishments for Prison Offences during the Year 1889— continued. DUNEDIN PRISON— continued.

HOKITIKA PRISON. Nil. INVERCARGILL PRISON. Nil. LYTTELTON PRISON.

Initials of Offence for which punished. Prisoner. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. W. H. P. Insulting and threatening language Ditto .. Asst.-Warder Vincent G. Fenwick, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. w. ir. p. W. H. P. W. H. P. W. II. P. J. G. P.J. Asst.-Warder Connor Asst.-Warder Kirby .. Asst.-Warder Hawker Pl.-Warder Pointon .. Asst.-Warder Kirby .. a • * a n • • .. P. J. Defacing cell-walls Attempting to commit suicide Having prohibited articles in his possession Ditto .. Pl.-Warder Pointon .. „ .. 2 days bread and water. G. G. Russell, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. .. 2 days bread and water. A. T. Warder Armstrong .. Dr. Hislop, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. A. T. Destroying prison property Asst.-Warder Vincent .. 2 days bread and water.

W. A. Abusive language to his officer Ditto Insolence to his officer Fighting on the works Asst.-Warder Walsh .. R. Westenra, V.J. To forfeit 14 days' marks. J. C. W. G. G.H.D. M. S. G. A. Asst.-Warder Brown .. Warder Clark Pl.-Warder Boston .. H. Allwright, V.J. R. Westenra, V.J. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 2 days' marks. 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 50 marks. J. L. J. L. G.H.D. Having prohibited articles in his possession Disturbing the quiet of the prison Defacing the walls of his cell Insubordination and using threatening language to the Surgeon Disturbing the quiet of the prison Breaking trap-door of his cell Asst.-Warder O'Brien Pl.-Warder Beaton .. The Chief Warder .. 1 day bread and water. 3 days broad and water. 1 day bread and water. G.H.D. Asst.-Warder Pointon \ Fined 121 marks. G.H.D. J. L. J. G. Asst.-Warder Donovan 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 24 marks. Refusing to work and using threatening language to his officer Resisting his officer whilst being searched Using threatening language to his officer Using abusive language to his officer Using threatening language to his officer Making a mess in his cell.. Using threatening language to his officer Idleness,and quarrelling with fellow-prisoners Using improper language to his officer Asking an officer for tobacco Idleness Assaulting a fellow-prisoner Using insulting language to his officer Having prohibited articles in his possession Ditto .. Warder Clark J. G. Warder Reardon 1 day bread and water. J. E. T. Asst.-Warder Theobald To forfeit 48 marks. J. R. Asst.-Warder O'Brien To forfeit 24 marks. W. F. Warder Reardon J. M. J. M. Warder Clark 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. T. N. Pl.-Warder Reardon .. 1 day bread and water. M. K. Asst.-Warder Walsh .. To forfeit 33 marks. G.H.D. M. K. W. R. J. B. Pl.-Warder Reardon .. Warder Kenny Pl.-Warder Reardon .. Warder Bell 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 14 marks. 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 36 marks. C. S. To forfeit 42 marks. J. McG. W. L. H. A. G.H.D. Asst.-Warder Pointon Warder Reardon « 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water. Idleness, and using improper language to his officer Ditto .. Asst.-Warder Crook .. it li G.H.D. H 1 day bread and water, and ti forfeit 42 marks. Ditto. G.H.D. Continued idleness and preventing others from working Disobedience and idleness Continued idleness Asst.-Warder O'Brien H. T. J. C. M. K. J. M. Warder Bell Asst.-Warder O'Brien 1 day bread and water. To forfeit 18 marks. To forfeit 24 marks. 3 days bread and water. Defacing the walls of his cell Asst.-Warder Donovan

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TIMARU PRISON. Nil.

Iuitials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. G. R. Using obscene language to i his officer Refusing to have his hair cut ; Asst.-Warder Walsh .. j The Chief Warder .. R. Wcstenra, V.J. .. 2 days bread and water. M. K. 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 50 marks. 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. 2 days bread and water. M. K. Making use of abusive language to his officers Disturbing the quiet of the prison Disturbing the church service Having a prohibited article in his possession Disturbing the quiet of the prison Refusing to work.. .. I Asst.-Warder Theobald Asst.-Warder Donovan Asst.-Warder Theobald Asst.-Warder Pointon The Chief Warder .. J. M. T. McC. T. McC. 1 day bread and water. - 3 days bread and water. 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit extra marks (198) earned at fortifications. 1 day bread and water. T. McC. J. F. D. M. J. F. Refusing to go to work it • • it • • D. M. Making use of abusive language to his officers Disturbing the quiet of the prison and using abusive language to his officer Leaving his work without authority Persistently refusing to go to work Fighting and making use of improper language Ditto Leaving his work in defiance of orders of officer in charge Taking up a stone and threatening officer in charge of works Asst.-Wardcr O'Brien Asst.-Warder Theobald The Chief Warder .. Warder Kenny M.O.H. 2 days bread and water. J. M. J. F. R. Beetham, R.M. .. 7 days bread and water. W. P. R. Westenra, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. G. H. D. J. McG. n • • J. McG. To forfeit 84 marks. NAPIER PR: SON. J. B. Insubordination and making Asst.-Wr. McNamara use of insulting language to his officer James Anderson, V.J. 3 days bread and water. I NELSON PRISON. . B. Making use of insubordinate Warder Fuller language to his officer i Oswald Curtis, V.J. .. To forfeit 2 days' marks. NEW PLYMOUT: PRISON. W.H.F. W.II. F. T. H. Destroying a library-book .. Secreting a light in his cell Idleness, and making use o£ insulting language to his officers i Disturbing the quiet of the prison Shamming insanity I Malingering ; Conniving at a prisoner secreting a suit of clothes i'Secreting a suit of clothes.. Warder Blatohford .. PI.-Warder Flahavan Warder Blatchford .. K. Parris, V.J. H. Weston, V.J. T. King, V.J., and R. Parris, V.J. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. W.H.F. Asst.-Warder Dc Blois R. Parris, V. J, and H. Weston, V.J. R. Parris, V.J. W. M. W. M. H. D. The Gaoler 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 days' marks. Warder Blatchford .. J. H. Pl.-Warder Flahavan R. Parris, V.J., and H. Weston, V.J. E. C. Rawaon, R.M. .. To forfeit 7 days' marks. W. M. C. S. W. C. T. Malingering, and assaulting an officer Smoking in his cell Refusing to appear before Visiting Justices without being carried, and using abusive language to his officer Making use of obscene language to his officer Disturbing the quiet of the prison Warder Blatchford .. Asst.-Warder Wolner R. Parris, V.J. R. Parris, V.J., and R. Trimble, V.J. 14 days bread and water. To forfeit 6 days' marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 14 days' marks. Asst.-Wardcr Rafter.. R. Parris, V.J. 3 days bread and water. W.H.F. W.H.F. H. Weston, V.J.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. R. W. B. J. O'C. Secreting a piece of stone in his pillow Disrespectful behaviour to the Gaoler Making a false charge against an officer Asking a passer-by for tobacco Idleness Threatening an officer Disobedience Asst.-Warder Mahoney F. A. Krull, V.J. The Gaoler .. ..E.N. Liffiton, V.J. .. Asst.-Wr. McMurray.. H. Brabant, R.M. .. Asst.-Wr. Mo William F. A. Krull, V.J. The Gaoler .. .. | E. N. Liffiton, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. 3 days bread and water. J. C. J. M. J. M. J. M. 1 day bread and water. " WELLINGTON 'RISON. E.R.D. Disorderly conduct and using improper language to his officer Damaging prison property and disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience and talking in the ranks Having a prohibited article in his possession Quitting his work and stealing from a tent at Point Halswell Malingering Making use of improper language to his officer Refusing to go to labour .. Challenging an officer to fight, and using highly insubordinate language Highly insubordinate language on line of march Throwing a stone at officer in charge of works Refusing to go to labour .. Asst.-Wr. R. Murphy J. G. Butts, V..T. 8 days bread and water, and to forfeit 30 marks. A. G. The Matron W.E. Gudgeon, V.J... 3 days bread and water. R. McC. Asst.-Warder Meehan 2 days bread and water. B. McC. W. McG. Asst.-Warder Foreman J. R. Blair, V.J. 2 days bread and water, and to forfeit 14 days' marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 30 marks. M. E. P. J. S. PI.-Warder Millington J. G. Butts, V.J. E. Pearce, V.J. 2 days bread and water. To forfeit 42 marks. M. S. P. W. A. Warder Carte J. Maekay, V.J. 3 days bread and water. 2 days bread and water. W. R. PI.-Warder Reardon.. J. R. Blair, V.J. 1 day bread and water. J. D. Asst.-Warder Foreman W. E. Gudgeon, V.J. .. 3 days bread and water. R. F. R. F. P. T. W. PI.-Warder Millington R. Pearce, V.J. J. Maekay, V.J. W. R. Gudgeon, V.J. .. 1 day bread and water. Conveying prohibited articles to a fellow-prisoner Having prohibited articles in his possession Using insubordinate language to the AssistantMatron Fighting in the prison cell.. Asst.-Warder Meehan To forfeit 84 marks. T. B. PI.-Warder Millington 3 days bread and water. K. M. Assistant-Matron Shillington J. R. Blair, V..T. 1 day bread and water. E. R. H.P. F. Refusing to work Asst.-Warder Riddick Warder White W.E. Gudgeon, V.J... 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. 8 days bread and water, and to forfeit 44 marks. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. H.P. F. Making use of filthy and insubordinate language to his officer Refusing to march from Mount Cook to Terrace Prison Idling and refusing to work Making use of improper language to his officer Insubordination, and using abusive language to the Assistant Matron Highly improper conduct towards a fellow-prisoner, and having proh i b i t e d articles in his possession Making use of highly insubordinate language to his officer Assaulting an officer of the prison Threatening the Gaoler, and attempting to strike his officer Making use of highly insubordinate language to his officer Making use of threatening language to the Prison Surgeon Warder Carte H.P.F. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. J. D. J. D. PI.-Warder Millington J. Maekay, V.J. 1 day bread and water. 2 days bread and water. R. M. Asst.-Matron Shillington J. R. Blair, V.J. To forfeit 42 marks. T. G. PI.-Warder Millington J. G. Butts, V.J. 3 days bread and water. W. R. W.E. Gudgeon, V.J... 6 days bread and water, and to forfeit 28 days' marks. W. R. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 14 days' marks. 5 days bread and water, and to forfeit 14 days' marks. W. R. Warder Ferguson J. S. Asst.-Warder Coyle .. E. Pearce, V.J. To forfeit 42 marks. F. R. Pl.-Warder Millington J. R. Blair, V.J. 2 days bread and water.

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Table L. "FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1886." Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1889.

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Initials of Prisoner. Offence for which punished. By whom reported. By whom sentenced. Punishment. J. C. Assaulting a fellow-prisoner, Pl.-Warder Reardon .. and using obscene language Refusing to leave his cell, Pl.-Warder Millington and using threatening language to his officer Assaulting a fellow-prisoner, Warder George and using obscene language Idling, and using improper . Asst.-Warder Murphy language towards his officer Ditto .. .. .. Asst.-Warder Lawler.. J. R. Blair, V.J. 3 days bread and water. J. C. 2 days bread and water. J. H. B. J. G. Butts, V.J. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 84 marks. G. J. W'.E. Gudgeon, V.J... 1 day bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. J. M. E. Pearce, V.J. 3 days bread and water, and to forfeit 42 marks. 6 days bread and water. G. T. Making use of highly insub- , Pl.-Warder Millington ordinate language to his officer, and disturbing the quiet of the prison Disobedience, and using in- ] Asst.-Warder Coyle .. subordinate language to his officer J. R. Blair, V.J. G. T. J. G. Butts, V.J. 3 days bread and water.

Ages. Three Months and under. Six Months. Nine Months. Twelve Eighteen Months. Months. Two Years. Total. Jnder 10 years ?rom 10 to 15 years „ 15 „ 20 „ „ 20 „ 25 „ , 25 , 30 „ . 30 , 40 „ „ 40 „ 50 , . 50 . 60 „ 10 years and upwards 8 12 7 4 1 4 2 12 8 3 3 1 2 1 8 8 3 2 1 i l i 11 28 is 12 6 6 1 1 1 1 Total .. 37 24 18 88