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PRISONS DEPARTMENT—continued. Prisons and Institutions Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cr. £ 8. d. £ s. d. To Opening stocks —■ By Expenses brickmaking .. 137 6 2 Rations, clothing, &c. — Expenses prison camps .. 42 10 4 In general stores .. 2,311 1!) 3 Sales — .In local stores .. 2,952 10 8 Concrete blocks .. 073 12 9 Loose tools.. .. 1,959 14 4 Firewood, Wellington 12 0 4 Clothing and bedding 23,408 2 11 Coir mats .. .. 2 0 2 Stationery .. .. 75 0 0 Gravel, Seatoun .. 18 7 8 Blocks, Paparua .. 393 0 0 Pigs, New Plymouth 38 6 2 Growing crops, Auck- Garden-produce, New land garden .. 184 16 0 Plymouth .. 80 0 0 31,285 3 2 Horses and cattle, Salaries .. .. .. .. 42,004 8 7 Point Halswell .. 54 10 4 Advertising, Books, &c. .. .. 159 17 0 Pigs, Point Halswell 109 8 1 Allowances to instructing officers .. 770 12 8 Poultry and eggs, Assistance to discharged prisoners .. 43 12 0 Point Halswell .. 15 14 11 Expenses First Offenders Probation Act 243 2 2 Dairy-produce, Point Clothing, bedding, and furniture .. 0,927 10 7 Halswell .. 229 7 4 Expenses Crimes Amendment Act .. 550 3 0 Garden-produce, WeiFreight, cartage, &c. .. .. 147 13 10 lington .. .. 24 9 7 Forage .. .. .. .. 210 11 0 Garden-produce, Wi Fuel, light, and water .. .. 4,400 3 9 Tako .. .. 01 12 0 Gratuities to prisoners .. .. 80 7 2 Pigs, Wi Tako .. 5 10 0 Lodging-allowances .. .. 2,419 2 3 Concrete, Lyttelton •• 155 5 0 Medicines and medical comforts .. 404 I 2 Miscellaneous . . 10 0 Payments to public hospitals .. 270 2 0 1,788 3 4 Payments to prisoners under Crimes Prison labour .. .. 28,798 14 11 Amendment Act and to dependants.. 10,218 19 7 Unclaimed moneys .. .. 2 2 7 Postages and telegrams .. .. 082 3 11 Rent of buildings .. .. 423 5 3 Office fittings and requisites .. .. 752 19 4 Closing stocks — Rations .. .. .. .. 18,377 11 3 Rations, clothing, Sanitary services, cleaning, &c. .. 715 7 1 &c. — Telephones .. .. .. 410 17 4 In general stores 2,148 7 0 Temporary officers .. .. 4,470 14 8 In local stores .. 4,754 18 4 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 2,715 17 11 Loose tools .. 4,062 3 9 Tools and materials, prison labour .. 122 6 0 Clothing and bedUniforms and accoutrements .. 008 11 3 ding .. .. 17,510 18 3 Expenses, prison farms .. .. 9 110 Stationery .. 70 0 0 Workshops equipment .. .. 24 12 6 Blocks, Paparua .. 174 10 3 Equipment and instructional work, In- Growing crops .. 024 10 8 vercargill .. .. .. 73 I 10 Stored crops .. 811 5 0 Contingencies .. .. .. 41 5 0 —-— 30,163 5 9 Purchase and upkeep vehicles .. 029 7 8 Net cost of institutional upkeep ..114,401 0 9 Expenses prison-works . . .. 19 2 4 Expenses, development estuary, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 9 117 Grants to Prisoners' Aid Societies .. 20 0 0 Allowances and expenses, departmental officers .. .. .. .. 809 9 5 Interest on capital .. .. ..29,282 2 2 Depreciation reserve .. ..12,541 8 5 Maintenance of prisons and gaols .. 1,289 6 2 Depreciation on horses, &c. .. .. 120 0 4 Rent of buildings . . .. . . 141 0 0 State accounts written off 1,555 18 0 £175,810 9 1 £175,816 9 I

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