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Repokts from the Minob Prisons— continued. (4.) Westport. (5.) Charleston. (6.) Cobden. (7.) Waikouaiti. (8.) Wanganui. (9.) Timaru. (10.) Tokomairiro. (11.) Naseh/. (12.) Port Chalmers. (13.) Clyde. (14.) Queenstown. (15.) Oamaru. (16.) Brighton. (17.) Lawrence. (18.) Waitahv.na. ll.—Special Reports, oe Evidence. (1.) J. M. Balfour. (Evidence taken at Wellington.) (2.) J. Hector. (3.) J. Reston. (4.) 11. R. Richmond. (5). J. Macandrew. (6.) W. Rollcston. (Evidence taken at "Wellington.) 111. —Extracts i'kom Returns. (1.) Number of prisoners in each prison on the Ist January, 1868. Average number of convict prisoners in each prison during five years ending 31st December, 1867. Numbers for which evidence shows they are suitable, debtors and prisoners waiting for trial not included. (2.) Supplementary. —Number of prisoners not convicts, in each prison on Ist January, 1868, and average number for the preceding five years. (3.) Expenses of the principal prisons for the five years ending 31st December, 1867, exclusive of buildings and repairs; and Estimate of the value of prison labour for the same period. (4.) Expenses of the principal prisons in the aggregate, and per head, for the five years ending 31st December, 1867, exclusive of debtors and prisoners waiting for trial; and of buildings and repairs. IV.—Rules and Regulations eoe the whole Colony. (1.) Rules relative to remission of sentence of prisoners in gaols and penal establishments in New Zealand. Issued by Mr. Whitakcr, 25th July, 1864. (2.) Return of remissions and pardons granted, otherwise than in the ordinary course, under existing rules. (3.) Return supplementing the above, from Mr. Read, Warden of Her Majesty's Gaol at Wellington. V. —Returns prom each Prison. (1.) Wellington— (a.) Return of escapes, attempts and conspiracies to escapo from Wellington Gaol, from Ist January, 1860, to 31st December, 1867. (b.) Return showing the daily average number of prisoners confined in Wellington Gaol, from Ist January, 1860, to 31st December, 1867, distinguishing males, females, and juveniles. and whether of the Protestant or Catholic persuasion. (<?.) Return showing the nature of offences of all prisoners committed to Wellington Gaol, in the year e)nding 31st December, 1860; in what country they were born, to what class they belonged, and the state of their education. Return showing the number of prisoners confined in Wellington Gaol, during the year ending 31st December, 1860. Return showing the relative ages of prisoners of both sexes confined in Wellington Gaol in the course of the year ending 31st December, 1860. Return showing the number of prisoners confined in Wellington Gaol in the course of the year 1860, who have been previously committed to gaol. Return showing the number of punishments, and of prisoners punished in Wellington Gaol, in the course of the year ending 31st December, 1860, and for each succeeding year to the Z\st December, 1867, in respect of the five abovementioned returns. (2.) Lytlellon. — (a.) Return of number of punishments for breaches of discipline inflicted on prisoners in the Lyttelton Gaol, for the five years ending 31st ■ December, 1867.

(b.) Return of scale of rations. (c.) Return of state of Lyttelton and Christchureh Gaols. (<?.) Estimate of expenditure for the Lyttelton Gaol for the financial period of twelve months, from Ist April, 1868, to 31st March, 1869. (c.) Return of ro-committals of previously convicted prisoners to Christchurch Gaol, for the last five years. (f.) Return of number of prison punishments for the last five years in Lyttelton Gaol. (jj.) Information concerning the amount and value of stone work in the Breakwater, Lyttelton. (h.) Return of gaol staff at Lyttolton. (i.) Convict prison regulations for Canterbury, 17th October, 1862. (/.) Return of punishments in Christehurch Gaol for the last seven years, ending 31st December, 1867. (&.) Return of number of prisoners confined in the Lyttelton Gaol, 21st February, 1868. (/.) Return of deaths in gaol for the last five yeara, dated 11th March, 1868. (m.) Return of the number of re-committals of previously convicted criminals, from Ist January, 1862, to 31st December, 1867. (»..) Rules and Regulations to be observed bj officers of the Lyttelton and Christchurch Gaol Departments, 1866. (o.) Return of books kept in the gaol. (3.) KoteMka— («.) Return of prison punishments; what sort, classifying them, what for punishment, &c. and showing the repetition of gaol offences by the same person, (i.) Return showing the number of re-committala of re-convicted prisoners. (c.) Return showing the number of prisoners for two years, classifying them. (d.) Return showing the aggregate amount paid in salaries for two years ending 30th April, 1868. (c.) Return of rations and cost by present tender. (/.) Return of size of rooms and cells. (4.) Nelson — (a.) Return showing the number of prisoners confined in Nelson Gaol during the five years ending 31st December, 1867; together with the number of punishments inflicted during the same period. {b.) Return of gaol expenses. (c.) Return of remissions of sentence for good conduct during the five years ending 31st December, 1867. (d.) Return of punishments for five years ending 31st December, 1867. (5.) Auckland. — (a.) Regulations for the gaol. (b.) Return of books kept. (c.) Number and amount of prison punishment for five years ending 31st December, 1867. (t?.) Return of previous convictions for five years ending 31st December, 1867. (c.) Return showing the numbers of prisoner* received during the five years ending 31st December, 1867. (f.) Return showing the daily average of prisoners in gaol for the five years ending 31st December, 1867. (g.) Return of scale of rations. (h.) Catalogue of library books. (i.) Return of pardons granted otherwise than through the stipulated time. (6.) New Plymouth. — (a.) List of books kept in the gaol. (b.) Return of prison offences, (o.) Return of re-committals of convicted prisoners. (d.) Return of number of prisoners confined in the gaol at New Plymouth from Ist October, 1864, to 30th March, 1868. (c.) Scale of rations. (/.) Salaries of officers. (g.) Return of pardons and remissions granted from Ist October, 1864, to 31st March,, inclusive. (7.) Napier — (a.) Rules and Regulations of the gaol. (b.) Return of general routine by order of Visiting Justices, (c.) Return of attempts to escape during the last seven years. (d.) Return of re-committals of previously con-

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