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Table H. Return of Prison Offences and Punishments for the Year ended 31st December, 1917.

Table I. Visits of the Visiting Justices to the Larger Prisons during the Year 1917.

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Prison. Against Officers. Disobedience Other of Orders, Breaches of and Idleness. Regulations. Offences. Total Offences. Number of Prisoners punished. Total Number of Prisoners in Custody during the Year. Addington Auckland Inveroargill Kaingaroa Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth .. Paparua Roto-aira Waikeria Wellington 12 20 4 7 1 1 3 15 32 12 20 4 7 1 1 3 6 61 02 1 9 4 11 5 i 24 37 14 105 90 2 16 1 10 9 8 87 105 20 178 172 7 32 6 22 17 7 126 174 18 133 135 2 29 16 13 12 6 95 113 144 1,355 229 115 477 179 141 142 96 175 1,575 15 32 Totals .. 95 98 224 442 701 502 4,628

Prisons and Visiting Justices. i a rl a r-l -Q E d - I CI P Hi I T.' a. rQ I r-i rD o "S o u Qi a o r«i r-l rQ a o fi 'B o H Auckland — F. V. Frazer, S.M. .. Hon. W. Bcchan E. C. Cutten, S.M. .. J. H. Hannan J. H. Bradnoy Hon. T. Thompson .. Invereargill — F. G. Stone .. G. Cruickshank W. A. Ott .. William Baird John Stead Kaingaroa — R.'W. Dyer, S.M. Lyttelton — I? W. Anderson C. Ferrier H. W. Bishop, S.M. .. T. A. B. Bailey, S.M... Napier— J. S. Large A. L. Beattie J. H. Sheath A'ew.- Plymouth — C. Ahier H. Weston A. Crooke, S.M. Paparua — T. A. B. Bailey, S.M... Roto-aira — J. Cullen J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M... Waikeria — C. Richards J. B. Toasdale Wellington — E. Arnold Henry Hume W. G. Riddell, S.M. .. 3 1 I 1 1 1 2 i l 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 ] 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 i 1 I 4 3 i 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 i 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 20 7 6 1 2 1 10 13 10 2 3 4 14 3 2 2 5 5 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 5 4 2 3 1 5 5 5 3 2 3 45 21 1 1 1 1 i 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 1 1 l 1 2 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 5 2 1 8 2 6 3 5 2 4 2 7 2 50 29 1 \_