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H.—35

1881. NEW ZEALAND.

PRISON LABOUR, SKILLED AND UNSKILLED (RETURN OF THE NUMBER EMPLOYED AT TRADES, ETC.)

Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, dated 22nd day of June, 1881. " That there be laid upon the table a return showing the number of convicts in the Tarioue gaols of the colony employed at trades and the various kinds of skilled and unskilled labour, specifying the respective trades and the value per week of the work done by each convict so employed, with the rate at which Buch value is reckoned, either by time or result, in each trade respectively."— (Mr. Hutchison.)

Return of Number of Prisoners Employed and the various Trades and Works at which they were Employed, for Week ending 26th March, 1881, being last week in past Financial Year.

* # * The value of prisoners' work is calculated at 4s. per diem for skilled and 3s. for unskilled labour, except in the case of the printers at Lyttelton, where the Government Printer's valuation of the work is adopted. Prison. Men. Employed. Value. Payment. Addington, — Skilled—Plasterer Tailor Unskilled—Labourers ... I 1 16 Prison, repairs ,, clothing „ stonebreaking £ s. d. 12 0 12 0 13 4 0 £ s. d. Value week's labour, £15 8s. Payment, nil. Auckland, — Skilled—Blacksmiths Carpenter Shoemakers Tailor Unskilled—Labourers and an assistant to shoemaker... Prison, general repaira 2 4 0 12 0 2 4 0 12 0 2 1 2 1 H yt • •• „ shoSS „ clothing S8 „ stonebreaking, &c. 70 11 0 20 3 10 Value week's labour, £77 3s. 6d. Payment, £20 3s. lOd. Dunedin, — Skilled—Blacksmith ... Carpenters Shoemakers Tailors Unskilled —""Labourers... 1 2 3 2 21. 20 20 1 U, f Industrial School, Caversham, I and prison repairs Prison, shoes „ clothing Dunedin Harbour Board Port Chalmers Borough ... West Harbour Borough Botanic garden Making and repairing prison clothing 12 0 2 4 0 2 6 0 2 4 0 17 6 6 16 8 6 16 10 0 0 16 6 11 11 0 ,, ... ... ... 2 5 7i ,, ... ... ... Female prisoners Value week's labour, £71 8s. 6d. Payment, £2 5s. 7id. Hokitika, — Skilled—Carpenter Shoemaker Unskilled—Labourers ... 1 1 8 Prison, repairs ,, shoes Hospital 12 0 12 0 6 12 0 Value week's labour, £8 16s. Payment, nil. Inrercargill,— Unskilled—Labourers ... Invercargill Borough 6 15 0 10 4 10 0 Value week's labour, £6 15s. Payment, £4 10s. * These parties are employed in fulfilling old contracts, soi ie of which are obligations contrai :ted by Provincial Government.

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