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Table G. Previously-convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1880-84.

Table H. Number of Convicts (Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude) in the different Prisons.

Table I. Crimes of Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude or Hard Labour for Twelve Months and over during 1884.

Total, 166. N.B.—ln Table A the total number received on sentences of 12 months and over is 154 : the 12 additional here given are among the prisoners shown as " for trial and on remand " from previous year, and, though sentenced in 1884, were received the previous year.

Table J. Persons committed for Drunkenness, Vagrancy, and Lunacy during Five Years, 1880-84 inclusive.

N.B.—Of the lunacy cases there were in the thirteen large prisons the following number committed for lunacy from drink or delirium tremens : 1880, 87 ; 1881, 85 ; 1882, 107; 1883, 114 ; 1884, 98. The number of committals to the minor gaols ranges from 17 to 20 per cent, of the total. Assuming that the proportion is about the same in prisons and minor gaols, the committals for lunacy from drink in the whole colony will be about —1880,102 ; 1881, 100; 1882, 126 ; 1883, 134; 1884, 116, or almost one-third of the total committals for lunacy. There is, however, reason to believe that the proportion of committals for delirium tremens is decidedly greater in the minor gaols.

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Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. :880.. .881.. .882.. .883.. 884.. M. 339 411 393 479 483 F. 67 58 67 93 81 M. 195 235 255 279 282 F. 40 55 51 69 65 M. 656 599 723 798 720 F. 425 440 440 665 597 M. 1,090 1,245 1,371 1,556 1,485 F. 532 553 558 827 743

Prisons. 31st December, 1883. 31st December, 1884. Increase. Decrease. Addington Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invcrcargill Lyttelton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Timaru Wanganui Wellington (Mount Cook) „ (Terrace) .. 5 40 24 1 4 41 26 1 1 2 1 45 47 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 62 22 62 14 8 Total 201 199 . 7 Net decrease

Assault causing bodily harm Arson' •Bestiality Breach of Marriage Act Bigamy Burglary Carnally knowing, &c. Concealing childbirth Embezzlement and fraud Feloniously receiving Forging and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking, and having implements for Indecent assault Indecent exposure 2 5 1 2 1 4 3 1 5 1 35 12 7 2 5 Larceny, not otherwise described „ as a bailee „ from the person „ from a dwelling Murder Obtaining goods by false pretences Perjury Rape Sacrilege Shoepstealing Shooting at Stealing Post-letters Vagrancy Wounding 12 2 6 21 3 £ 1 2 1 5 2 1 17 3

Year .. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. Population 484,864 500,910 517,707 540,877 584,974 )runkenness ragranoy .. lunacy 5,985 947 322 5,271 1,011 343 6,504 964 384 7,235 930 369 6,742 986 305