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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Dominion, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1908.

State of the Prisons. Auckland. Durngree. Dunedin. Hanmer. Hokitika. Lyttelton. Napier. Waiotapu. \i\ley. Wan 8 anui - Wellington. Minor Gaols. Totals. Grand Total In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. P. M. P. 31. P. M. P. M. F. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. F.j M. F. M. F. M. F. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or in transitu Sentenced to— One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 13" 1 109 14 48 10 22 5 3 23 1 4 17 4 24 5 10 2 2 0 18 .. 2 .. 1 8 .. 1 1 5 .. 1 12 .. 7 3 .. 3" .. 68 1 27 9 14 2 7 6*' 1 12 7 5 3 1 1 22 2 52 .. 1 - 30 5" .. 4 1 8 4 8 3| 2 .. 14" 1 70 4 26 8 I 27 £ 3 51 3 445 24 154 37 100 17 14 1 54 469 191 117 15 •■ •• 6 .. •• Total 195 30 24 57 11 119 12 30 5 25 .. 1 53 .. 30 27 8 137 15 9 .. 20 IS 23 764 82 846 Received. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, on transfer, or in transitu Sentenced to— Death One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 13 10 1 329 44 ■ .. 76 13 ■• 2 .. 16*' .. 3 47 3 72 8 10 3 108 2 ■• 4 42 4| 12 1 208 15 3 16 229 4 6 34 40 1,267 *8 97 34 48 1,364 •• 140 2 •■ 116 15 148 24 473 34 7 1 1,096 119 20 5 42 16 261 29 18 35" .. 2 3 .. 6 .. 23 .. 6 5 10 24 7 1 32 1 72 8 311 52 16 13 47 11 165 7 3 4 6 1 29 1 5 .. 52 25" .. 5 .. 35 7 101 15 6 86 143 ■ 756 8 1 27 91 1 15 43 535 13 1 3 15 411 554 2,678 89 23 97 244 3 434 651 2,922 92 " •• i •■ Total 417 63 37 25 5,545 I 56 .. 96 4 571 R3 300 26 162 7i 52 193 26 1,214 135| 854 29 5,073 472 Total for the year 1,291 149 474 74 71 1 119 4 105" 55 220 34i 11,351 150 863 29 5,837 554 6,391 24 57 .. I 690 75! 75 330 31 187 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 Executed Absconded Committed suicide 13 2 239 36 100 24 594 60 41 3 62 1 1 1 .. •• 3 64 22 321 4 24 14 9 44 18 2 .. 11 8 .. 34 1 1 1 3 .. 21 2 22 37 1 1 1 6 1 3 87 2 34 5 374 GO 1 7 14 1 183 18 15 3 68 6 10 3 21 ..! 16 ..| 36 2 4 57 .. 34" .. •• 21 4 35 4 134 27 13 1 12 187 63 856 5 69 1 1 15 9 113| 2 3 .. 16 4 98 3 512 14 15 2 207 5 34 36 770 364 3,081 87 634 6 8 76 48 340 9 16 1 34 44 846 412 3,421 96 650 7 ■■ •• ■■ 19 .. 11 21 15 61 1 3 •• i ■• 1 1 2 2 .. ■ •• £* ■• • ■ •• Total In prison at end of year 1,052 125 23<) 24 24 435 39 07 7 33 24 57 14 91 4 28 .. 562 68 128 7 288 28 42 3 144 5 43 2 54 51 32 23 196 32 24 2 1,195 156 140 10 851 12 28 1 5,014 823 498 56 5,512 87S Total for the year 1,291 149 474 74 71 1 119 4 690 75 330 31 j 187 7 105 55 I 220 34i 1,351 150i 863 29 5,837 554 6,39: 57 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time .. Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or upwards Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list 264 208 215-14 2657 139 1 12 449 24 16 2-05 2 71 42 44-70 10-96 13 5 2 0-1 0-05 43 23 30 139 .. 18 9 13 96 0-14 6 32 15 23-54 0-10 10 5 1 0-24 .. 151 111 117-09 8-4 45 4 12 0-98 0-24 56 31 38-25 3-31 5 I 52 24 33-5 1-01 126 4 0-34 .. 58 41 49-74 .. 77 .. 30 18 23-69 77 39 17 25-60 3-40 7 196 146 152-04 15-581 145 23 1-57 0-24 13-74 0-78 14 .. 783-04 69-89 805 33 39 1 8-92 0-53 852-9i 831 41 9-41 0-06" .. 001 .. 0-22" .. •• 0-002" .. 0-18 .. .. 0-52 .'. 0-21 ..I Note. —By an error two females were ihown in custody at Hi Litika on th( 31st December, 1907, in last year's report.