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STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC MONEYS AND STORES. Section 89 (2) (c), Public Revenues Act, 1926.

Nature of Irregularity. involved Action taken, and Result. Department of Agriculture. | £ s. d. Theft of stores and publications .. . . j 12 9 0 Offender appeared in Court and the case was adjourned sine die. Loss to Department, £12 9s. Lands and Survey Department. Misappropriation of departmental moneys by 286 10 0 Offender pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eighteen clerk months' reformative detention. Dismissed from the Service. Loss to Department, £286 10s. Mental Hospitals Department. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Theft of vegetables from Mental Hospital farm 4 10 0 I Offenders (four) pleaded guilty. One was fined £2 [ and the others £3 each. No loss resulted. New Zealand Government Railways Department. IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Theft of cash by booking clerk .. .. 168 0 0 ( Offender pleaded guilty and was admitted to probation for a period of two years. Restitution has been made. Dismissed from the Service. Theft of cash by cadet at combined Railway and 7 13 0 Offender was placed on probation for a period of two Post office years with the condition that he make good the deficiencies. Dismissed from the Service. Theft of postal note by cadet .. .. 0 15 2 Offender, who admitted the theft, was discharged by the Court. Dismissed from the Service. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Theft of cash from office .. .. .. .17 4 7 ( Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinquent. The officer responsible for the safe custody : of the cash has been called on to make good the loss. Theft of cash in transit between stations .. 18 6 4 Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinquent. The officer responsible for the safe custody of the cash has been called on to make good the loss. Theft of cash, freight stamps, and cheques by 46 7 9 Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinburglars who broke into Waipukurau Station quent. Cheques for £19 18s. 9d. have been replaced. The loss to the Department is £26 9s. Theft of cash-bag in transit between stations .. 44 4 4 Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinquent. Officers responsible for the less have been called upon to make good the amount. Theft of letter in transit between stations .. 118 9 Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinquent. Officers responsible for the loss have been called upon to make good the amount. Theft of cash by burglar who broke into Bunny- Oil 6 Police were unable to ascertain who was the delinthorpe Station quent. Loss to Department, lis. 6d. Pensions Department. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. False declarations by war-pensioner in regard to 649 0 0 Offender was ordered to come up for sentence at any earnings. Income was declared as nil, whereas time within five years. Economic pension was he received superannuation and cost-of-living cancelled and pension of £.1 weekly to wife held in bonus, together amounting to £100 per annum reduction of overpayment. False declarations by war-pensioner* in regard to 19 10 0 Offender was convicted and ordered to make restituH|earnings resulting in overpayment of economic tion. pension False declarations by war-pensioner in regard to 10 17 11 Offender was convicted, fined £5 and costs 10s. on earnings resulting in overpayment of pension first offence, and on second offence was ordered to pay costs and to make restitution of £10 17s. lid. from future pension-payments. False declarations by war-pensioner in regard to 32 10 0 Offender was convicted, placed on probation for two earnings, thereby obtaining economic pension years, and ordered to refund the amount overpaid, to which he was not entitled False declarations by war-pensioner in regard to 13 17 4 Offender was convicted, ordered to come up for earnings, thereby obtaining pension in respect sentence within twelve months, and to refund the of his wife to which she was not entitled amount overpaid. Post and Telegraph Department. IRREGULARITIES BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. Theft by a messenger of letter containing postal 0 7 0 Offender pleaded guilty and was placed on probation notes for two years, and ordered to make restitution. Dismissed from the Service. Theft of postal packet by clerk .. .. 4 5 0 Offender pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Loss to Department, £4 5s. Dismissed from the Service. Theft of departmental moneys by clerk .. 226 4 1] Offender deceased. No police action taken. A sum of £95 8s. Id. was recovered from his estate, leaving a loss to the Department of £130 16s. lOd.