CRIME AND PRISONERS.
SLANDERING NEW ZEALAND. . By falagraph. Press Copyright Received 12 65 p.m , May 1. - Sydney, April 30. The report of the Comptroller Gmeral cf Prisons to December'3lst last shows that the doorcase in the number of prisoners continues. It was to note that crime was not increasing.., ; within the Commonwealth. From figurei'L ; received from various States and Ne,£ ~ : Zealand it is shown that New Zealand^M 1 tbe only pari of Australasia where has been an increase in the gaol popul&t id tion. Inquiry as to the nationality of | prisoners in the State shows that 1545 oame from neighboring States, while those born in New Zealand contribnted a large number, 352. Viotoria sent 795. Nearly half of New South Wales prison population were native born ; 3637 oame from tbe United Kingdom, 652 from Europe, 314 from America, and 200 from Asia and the South Seas.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 2
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