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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1900.

State of the Prisons. Auckland. InverDunedin. Hokitika. careill Lyttelton. ! , T . New PlyNapier, mouth! Wanganui. i Wellington. j Minor Gaols. Grand Total. Totals. In Pbison 1st Januaby. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or 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 Total M. F. ..10 4 2 ..96 3 ..21 3 16 10 4 .. 149 20 : M. P. I 4 .. 1 36 2 11 3 4 1 M. F. 3 10 .. 2 M. F. 3" .. 9 .. 7 1 1 1 M. F. 10 28 1 13 18 4 16 4 3 M. F. 6 .. 7 .. 6 1 5 .. M. F. 4' .. 1 13 4 1 M. F. j 4 3 6 1 2 M. F. 13" .. 39 1 33 1 29 3 10 2 2 2 M. F. M. F. 54 4 74 2 220 6 104 16 56 18 10 2 58 76 226 12C 74 12 .. 1 1 •• ! 56 6 I i 15 .. I 21 1 88 9 24 1 23 .. 15 1 126 9 518 48 561 ■■ 1 Received. , Debtors .. .. Lunatics For trial, on remand, or in transitu 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 13 .... 1 .. 130 14 ...'48 2 .. I 63 9 .. ; 519 147 ..10 1 12 2 84 1 5 •• 3 4 11 2 31 1 1 5 46 4 8 3 20 2 9 2 40 4 3 131 IS 4 23 5 216 11 54 46 11 781 65 5< 5' 84( 80 8 26 35 168 1 3 4 56 1 3 3 20 2 3 2 1 35 4 7 1 19 24 61 347 1 1 1 31 131 1 9 .. 12 3 85 6 10 .. 4 6 25 1 1 2 1 11 1 19 4 93 22 1 2 8 1 18 2 88 16 303 111 3 16 '1 237 11 28 2 2 27 '2 144 9 305 73 1,832 492 62 6 2! 15! 37! 2,32? 6! Total .. 783 174 174 328 69 27 5 93 9 533 173 175 31 167 13 67 6 556 148 524 30 3,253 658 3,91: Total for the year .. .. 932 194 932 194 384 75 ] 42 5 114 10 621 182 191 14 90 6 190 32 682 157 525 31 3,771 706 4,477 Discharged. Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence On expiration of sentence .. On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police .. Died 13 3 1 97 17 ..80 1 .. 568 158 11 6 2 • .. 13 3 97 80 568 11 6 2 1 17 1 158 12 2 1 54 4 35 1 195 57 24 2 3 1 1 5 1 20 3 1 1 1 4 8 2 24 1 13 .. 47 7 1 1 1 70 8 42 1 382 157 10 25 1 i 2 .. 5 25 10 100 11 16 3 1 7 1 S 2 10 10 34 3 11 2 4 9 3 7 4 107 4 41 1 22 1 3 3 3 1 97 18 63 3 386 127 2 18 93 2 244 7 152 4 4 1 13 9 52 .. 44 12 478 55 264 10 2,083 555 72 4 261 13 6 .. 5! 51 531 27' 2,031 71 27' I 6 " .. 2 • • ' Total In prison at end of year .. 780 177 .. 152 17 780 152 177 17 325 65 59 10 28 4 14 1 97 10 17 .. 532 89 168 14 167 24 12 2 78 12 6 175 15 27 5 560 149 122 8 518 7 31 3,260 649 511 57 3,90! 561 Total for year .. 932 194 932 194 384 75 42 5 114 10 621 182 191 14 90 190 32 682 157 525 31 3,771 706 4,47' Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list 187 148 .. 154-56 11-72 .. 64 13 .. 8 1-80 0-18 187 148 154-56 11-72 64 13 8 1-80 0-18 79 52 59-23 6-12 21 12 17 12 12-63 1-00 8 1 23 13 17-30 0-60 1 1 0-10 .. 124 91 90-3214-38 82 13 7 .. 1-03 0-99 42 19 25-5 1-4 28 10 19-55 0-39 10 3 28 12 15-33 4-36 6 1 1 0-66 0-15 165 126 125-01 13-05 22 7 3 .. 0-80 0-70 9-861-15 5 *' 529-29 54-17 219 50 20 .. 643 2-83 583-41 26! 2( 9-21 1-51 0-77 0-270-02 0-46 0-02