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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1889.

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. Invercargil Lyttelton. Napier. Kelson. New Ply- _. mouth. Timaru. Wanganui. Wellington. Jlinor Gaols. Total. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. 1 4 F. M. F. If. F. jr. f. ML F. M. F. jr. F. JI. F. jr. F. 1 32 2 Lunatics .. .. For trial, on remand, and in transitu Sentenced to— Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 3" .. 38 3 50 6 43 14 14 9 10 1 5" 1 16 1 1G 1 4 6 4 2 1 1".. 4 .. 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 50 23 12 11 1 3' .. 2 .. 1 1 21 8 .. 1".. 3 .. 1".. 11 .. 13 .. 5 .. 1 .. 3 ".. 2 .. 2 .. 4* ... l' .. 5 4 .. c" 75 14 11 22 3 1 2 4 5 1 3" 1 192 G 126 10 113 27 73 18 18 3 1 34 198 136 140 91 21 1 .. 5" .. 2 Total 158 33 45 12 10 1 1 555 66 10 3 102 35 5 31 7 14 131 13 *621 Received. ! Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, and in transitu (not including prisoners sentenced as below) Sentenced to— Death Penal servitude One year's hard labour and upwards Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment 6 .. 1 1 60 7 8 .. 28 ' 16 1 1 2 2 9 16 2 1 7 .. 74" 10 8 13 19 3 2 1 .. 11.. 4 1 10 3 1 1 .. 2 1 9 3 3 .. 11 8 26 3 7 .. og" g 17 48 282 12 16 65 .. 86 25 603 73 65 111 676 12 22 111 41 427 139 15 2 12 .. 11 1 47 35 156 92 14 6 1 2 15 3 14 10 2 .. 2 3 15 46 5 2 10 10 .. 19 2 76 7 290 64 3 .. 1 2 11 36 157 12 5 28 3 4 .. 7 .. 19 3 2 .. 2 .. 10 2 23 3 1 1 2 6 1 58 1 2 .. 4 .. 7 .. 11 .. 133 8 3 .. 9 .. 16 1 46 41 229 98 9 3 1 3 19 337 49 3 19 2 2 53 .. 103 6 399 140 1,889 475 117 17 2 53 109 539 2,364 134 Total received 654 190 276 150 882 149 36 17 98 15 479 89 259 41 44 3 51 10 84 6 198 14 756 52 3,317 736 4,053 Total for year 812 223 321 102 46 20 105 18 581 89 294 42 49 3 82 10 91 6 212 14 513 162 76G 53 3,872 802 4,674 Discharged. Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence At expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police Executed Died naturally 5 .. 5 2 52 7 84 15 531 178 5 1 3 8 .. 11 12 21 3 188 125 12 3 11 .. 1 .. 1 .. 3 1 3 .. 29 14 2 .. 7 1 13 2 9 57 13 7 4 54 62 316 2 11 4 7 65 1 s 1 11 15 199 i 2 1 34 1 .. 7 .. 3 .. 20 3 2 .. 5 3 .. 1 1 .. 4 21 .. 27 4 1 .. 2 1 7 2 4 1 66 1 3 .. 10 3 26 3 5 .. 134 7 7 2 1 36 5 58 8 268 126 5 1 4 .. 17 .. 30 9 73 4 63 .. 63 19 293 4G 285 35 2,218 589 2G G 365 25 2 .. 5 1 63 82 339 320 2,807 32 390 2 6 377 ' 19 6 ' 1 33" 2 2 9 .. 6*' 1 15 ".. 262*' 21 2" 1 l" 2 Total discharged In prison at end of year 687 204 125 19 251 143 70 19 37 15 9 5 94 11 17 1 457 124 77 12 2G9 25 40 2 44 5 3 61 9 21 1 86 5 6 193 13 19 1 382 141 131 21 759 53 7 3,320 721 552 81 4,041 G33 Total for year 82 10 766 53 812 223 321 162 46 20 105 18 581 89 294 42 49 3 91 6 212 14 513 162 '3,872 802 4.G74 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill 48 hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick list 210 137 :38-66 21-93 76 51 48 7 26 1-1 91 57 5567 17-98 63 22 16 6 9-84 2-24 5 2 16 7 9-50 0-70 1 1 149 95 113-36 10-14 48 6 46 17 27-0 2-50 30 8 .. 1 20 10 8 3 5-30 0-10 36 16 24-48 0-70 19 1 1 0-7 .. 13 2 6-25 0-26 1 ... 25 8 15-4 0-54 15 159 135 130-0 170 36 14 3 2-4 21 •■ 15-76 ' 0-93 15 2 2 1 •• 551-22 7502 309 107 54 9 10-6 5-5 626-24 416 63 161 1-6 ' 10 - ••I ■• •• 1-1 0-3 •• •• 0-2 .. * Eight male and 12 female prisoners in custody on the 1st January, 1889, in the Addington Prison, which was closed the following April, are not included in these totals.