B.—l [PT, 111.

Section 89 (2) (c), Public Revenues Act, 1926. Statement of Irregularities in connection with Public Moneys and Stores.

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Nature of Irregularity. involved. Action taken, and Result. Customs Department. £ s. d. Theft and forgery by licensed Customs Agent (b) I 252 3 5 1 Offender convicted on four charges under the Customs Act, 1908, and fined on each £25 and costs. RestituI ! tion made. Defence Department. Theft and false pretences "by officer of the 80 2 11 Offender sentenced to three months' reformative Department (five charges) detention on two charges (sentences to be cumulative), and to three months on each of the other three charges (sentences to be concurrent with those o i the first two charges). Restitution made. Dismissed. Health Department. Theft by boys of articles from school dental j .. j Some articles recovered, others replaced by parents of clinic (b) j j children. Immigration Department. Theft of registered letter by officer of the De- I 2 15 0 j Offender admitted to probation for one year and partment I i ordered to make restitution. Dismissed. Justice Department. Failure by departmental officer to account for 161 12 5 Offender admitted to probation for three years and fees, &c., collected in Magistrate's Court ordered to refund £75. Dismissed. Loss, £86 12s. 5d. (a). Theft by departmental officer of moneys of j 220 0 6 Offender sentenced to three years' reformative detenSupreme Court tion. Dismissed. Loss, £220 0s. 6d. (a). Theft by departmental officer of moneys of 88 14 10 Offender admitted to probation for three years; Magistrate's Court also ordered to make restitution and pay costs. Theft by departmental officer of moneys of 7 7 0 Offender admitted to probation for two years and Magistrate's Court ordered to make restitution within three months. Failure by departmental officer to account for 20 0 0 Matter placed in hands of police. moneys received in Magistrate's Court. Lands and Survey Department. Theft of two cases of motor-spirit by persons j .. f Offenders could not be traced by police (a). undetected (b) New Zealand Government Railways Department. Theft by burglars who broke into Remuera 42 1 6 Police investigated but obtained no clue. Two Railway-station cheques were returned through the post, leaving £11 10s. 3d. as the loss to the Department (a). Peculations by cadet in Parcels Office .. 2 12 0 Restitution has been made. Officer dismissed from the Service. Theft by burglars who broke into Mount Eden 5 15 2 Police investigated but obtained no clue. Loss to Railway-station the Department, £5 15s. 2d. {a). Theft by burglars who broke into Avondale 2 10 11 Police investigated but obtained no clue. Loss to Railway-station the Department, £2 10s. lid. (a). Peculations by clerk in Parcels Office .. 2 13 1 Matter placed in hands of police. Officer dismissed from the Service. Restitution made. Peculation by clerk in Goods Office .. .. 1 18 4 Matter placed in hands of police. Officer dismissed from the Service. Restitution has been made. Peculations by clerk in Goods Office .. .. 23 9 8 Convicted and admitted to probation for two years. Offender made restitution. Dismissed. Theft by burglars who broke into Railway 0 5 0 Matter placed in hands of police (a). Refreshment-room, Patea Theft by burglars who broke into Levin and 83 17 8 Offenders convicted and sentenced to five years' Pahiatua Railway-stations hard labour. Loss, £83 17s. 8d. (a). Theft by burglars who broke into Linton Railway- 1 16 0 Matter placed in hands of police (a). station Theft by clerk of departmental moneys con- 374 11 11 Offender convicted and placed on probation for two sisting of collections for cash sales of timber years. Dismissed. All cheques and £5 9s. 3d. in cash recovered. Restitution made in respect of balance. Theft and forgery by clerks in Maintenance 7,751 9 6 Two offenders were each sentenced to four years' Branch imprisonment on eight counts of theft and seven counts of forgery, the sentences to be concurrent. Loss, £7,717 15s. Id. (a). Acceptance by employee of stolen moneys the 33 14 5 Offender admitted to probation for two years and property of Railways Department ordered to make restitution. Misappropriations by clerk in Maintenance 126 3 11 Matter placed in hands of police. Branch Overpayments of £1 9s. 9d. and £1 9s. lid. in 2 19 8 Matter under consideration by Railway Board, pay-sheets Prisons Department. Theft by departmental officer of salaries, imprest- 99 4 9 I Offender sentenced to two years' reformative detenmoneys, &c. ! tion. Loss to State, £99 4s. 9d. (a). J ■ • (a) Amount requires to be written off with parliamentary authority uaier .section 3 ( i), Public Revenues Act, 1926. \b) Offender was not employed in any State Department.