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AUCKLAND.

Total earnings, £1,862 Bs. Id. (cost of raw material deducted). Skilled workmen, viz., 1 blacksmith earned £2 6s. 4d., 1 carpenter earned 135., 1 shoemaker earned £11 15s. 2d., 1 tailor earned 13s. 6d,; blacksmith's average monthly earnings, 3s. lOd.; carpenter's average monthly earnings, Is. Id. ; shoemaker's average monthly earnings, 19s. 7d. ; tailor's average monthly earnings Is. 2d. (nearly). Unskilled workmen, daily average, 129 ; average monthly earnings per man, £1 3s. lOd. Women, daily average, 20 ; average monthly earnings, 3d. Gross annual cost per prisoner, £34 14s. 4d. Net annual cost per prisoner, £22 6s. 4d.

DUNEDIN.

Total earnings, £315 17s. lid. Skilled workmen, none. Unskilled, daily average, 95; average monthly earnings, ss. sd. Women, daily average, 30; average monthly earnings, 6d. (nearly). Gross annual cost per prisoner, £41195. 6d. Net annual cost per prisoner, £39 10s. Bd.

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iarmngs. Month. Skilled. Unskilled. Female. anuary February d.arch Lpril [lay une "uly Lugust September )ctober November December £ s. d. 0 9 6 15 0 0 19 0 0 15 10 17 0 1 14 4 17 6 1 13 0 0 18 6 15 1 2 11 8 117 £ s. d. 38 18 9 345 1 4 134 4 6 72 6 1 59 13 2 176 15 4 189 11 6 216 1 7 233 1 1 66 0 8 170 13 8 141 7 11 £ s. d. 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 Totals 15 8 0 1,843 16 1 3 4 0

Earnings. Month. Skilled. Unskilled. Female. £ s. d. £ s. d. 10 8 2 9 18 1 9 7 1 9 15 2 21 9 8 38 0 11 35 10 8 34 2 2 36 0 5 40 18 7 41 18 0 19 16 6 £ s. d. January February March April May June July August September October November December 5 "2 2 10 6 0 i"o 0 Totals 307 5 5 8 12 6