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TABLE C. RETURN of the Number of Prisoners in the Larger Prisons, and of their Disposal, during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

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State of the Prisons. Addington. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargill. Lyttelton. Napier. Nelson. N. Plymouth 1 Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Total. In confinment at the commencement of the year ... Beceived during the year M. P. 57 '9 5°4 150 561 169 M. P. 128 19 745 229 873 248 M. P. 98 20 517 285 6l5 3°5 M. P. 14 5 35 28 M. P. 16 ... 170 20 l86 20 M. P. 115 236 3 M. P. 38 3 '78 15 216 18 M. P. 12 I 29 I M. P. II ... 9° 5 I M. P. 21 J I7« 8 192 8 M. P. 26 4 l8l 32 207 36 M. P. I 73 6 298 68 M. P. 609 77 3,154 844 3.7 63 921 Total ... 49 33 35 1 3 41 2 101 5 37' 74 DlSCHAESED. Debtors Acquitted and discharged after remand... Transferred to lunatic asylums Discharged on remission of sentence Discharged at expiration of sentence Transferred to other prisons or to police Committed suicide Died (not including suicide) ... Pardoned ... 59 2 44 " 5 ••■ 26 16 16 ... 94 6 3 62 16 559 206 27 ... 60 16 I I 1 4 1 6 ... 32 4 8 3 5 ... i°5 9 9 ... 39 ••• 3 •■• 51 95 I 37 2 1 4 ... 19 ... I 3 ••• 4 ■•• 19 2 3 6 ... 10 1 2 '5 2 39 2 5 29 ... 5 ■■• 14 ... no 8 7 6 1 23 2 7 2 5 115 22 42 7 9 1 57 8 1 1 42 6 180 47 16 ... 140 4 414 49 35 7 296 51 2,090 708 178 10 41 9 39i 239 7 1 29 28 ... ... 24 1 i°3 '3' 3 1 345 130 58 - 3 ••• 1 3 ••• 1 1 1 3 ••• 1 i 1 1 7 2 3 I Total disposed of during the year Total in confinement at end of year 53 8 159 23 10 737 228 136 20 J 873 248 524 266 9i 39 615 3°5 41 3° 8 3 166 16 20 4 186 20 I 229 3 122 iS4 15 62 3 216 18 — 30 2 11 1 —! 72 5 29 ... ! ■-— 170 8 22 198 34 9 2 207 36 3°5 64 66 10 3,164 830 599 9' 3.7 63 921 Total ... 561 169 78 31 49 33 54 6 — 35' 3 41 2 101 5 192 8 37i 74 Greatest number in prison at any one time during year Least number in prison at any one time during year Daily average number of prisoners during year ... 21 11 42-66 19-18 '57 20 125 l8 136 21 16 1 "5 34 89 30 97'9 32-55 6 3 11*12 4'2 27 3 10 2 18*64 2-09 140 1 113 126*36 'oi 61 8 40 ... 53-58 2*22 15 2 11 123 1-23 32 3 11 22'68 -79 23 2 13 165 -19 39 6 7 ••■ I 19-66 i*66 84 13 63 6 74-25 9" 2 5 631-66 94*37 46 11 Cases of sickness admitted to hospital (not including cases of slight indisposition) Daily average on sick list Greatest number at any one time 4 3 3'94 "46 " 3 3 1 5 « 12 7 1-71 -6 5 2 0-46 o'i8 3 2 2 -08 -oi 3 1 5 2-18 ... 6 ... I 1*12 "II 6 2 •04 ... 3 ■■• •16 ... 2 •16 -03 6 1 4 ■•• •6 *o8' 2 , I 13-29 2-47 Note. —This return is exclusive of Maoris, of whom there were during the year 79 at Dunedin, 39 at Hokitika, and 214 at Lyttelton. 1 Maori died at Dunedin, and 1 at Lyttelton, from natural causes.