LOBBY GOSSIP AND NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 31, 31 July 1902, Page 15

LOBBY GOSSIP AND NEWS.

The Inspector of Prisons, in the course of his annual reaort presented to Parliament the other day, states that out of a total of 3630 ma es and 672 females received during the year, 38 males were ?JT r rn dd i UCat r ' 323 , 3 maleß and 688 female « we're able to Tetd mIT rf 47f aD I 37 females could read only, whilst 245 males and 47 females could neither read nor write iv v?, revenue of the Public Trust Office for the year ended March 31, 1902, was £42,061, which includes a balanced & U sti from the previous year. The expenditure was less by £26 628 . . i ? c nu . mb^ of old " a ?e pennons in force on March 31,1902 inclusive of 1005 grant, d to Maoris, was 12,770, representing!' yeaily payment of £217,192. During the year, 1694 Lw pensions were granted, U3o pensioners died, 206 certificates were cancelled and 182 pensions lapsed through non-application. The total amount paidm respect of pensions during: the year was £207 468 The cost of administration was £2535. ' '