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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Colony, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1898.

State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hokitika. cargill. Lyttelton. | Napier. mouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Minor Gaols. Totals. Grand Total. In Pbison 1st January. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. f. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. I Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or 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 9 " 2 .. 82 31 21 I 2 8 5 2 6 2 24 10 5 2 2 2 2 1 3'" 1 7 ' .. 1 - . 7 3 37 12 23 4 10 6 3 6" .. 1 5 2 11 2 2 4 3 .. 3 1 7 4 16 9 2 3 .. 4 8 3 2 9 I *"■:. 48 2 22 2 19 4 88 10 3 1 6 ' .. 11 .. 1 47 5 ! 102 2 165 8 107 20 153 31 29 5 52 104 173 127 184 34 2'" 2 6 .. Total .. 145 18 92 13 28 8 184 19 i j 24 .. 603 71 674 18 49 11 92 40 27 ! Received. Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, or in transitu 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 .. j 6 .. 114 :: 49" .. 80 .. 348 .. 23 18 12 99 1 3 4 58 1 i 8 lo" 2 8 19 2 2 67 5 • 20 82 303 4 8 21 106 6 4 58 i 2 4 6 28 1 4 8 1 36 6 5 .. 84 12 1 10 1 31 .. 53 19 281 77 10 1 11 17 199 9 8 45 .. 40 17 673 64 3 .. 15 1 126 5 349 84 1,549 384 102 5 45 57 737 16 131 433 1,933 107 7 45 141 2 3 9 59 5 23 5 4 2 3 19 61 4 7 7 1 4 23 83 3 5 7 7 13 34 3 1 1 1 4 16 78 2 6 7 1 13 197 46 19 1 Total ... .. 620 620 132 132 261 80 43 116 19 481 135 181 15 96 145 19 475 110 484 37 2,902 560 3,462 Total for year .. | 765 765 150 150 310 86 310 46 8 127 20 573 148 209 23 172 21 508 37 136 659 129 3,505 631 4,136 DlSCHABGED. Debtors Lunatics transferred to asylums Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence On expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police .. Absconded and not retaken Died Executed .. I 6 4 .. 71 .. 78 .. 427 .. 18 8 6 4 71 78 427 18 8 1 14 107 2 1 1 14 107 2 1 3 2 1 36 7 21 2 164 62 22 3 1 3 .. 1 33 5 2 4 1 18 3 11 .. 69 14 4 1 1 1 54 11 41 3 362 120 2 12 6 4 43 15 100 3 7 1 2 4 14 4 5 21 27 44 4 2 3 8 .. 1 12 1 104 12 9 1 22 4 5 .. 72 12 130 4 328 101 11 14 71 1 243 18 136 7 2 20 1 7 45 35 16 389 51 337 23 1,874 458 76 5 213 13 1 2 3 .. 45 51 440 360 2,332 81 226 1 1 17 7 .. 1 •• 2 1 1 0. 1 •• Total In prison at end of year .. 612 .. 153 612 153 132 18 132 18 252 58 73 13 38 8 5 3 108 19 19 1 474 135 99 13 178 31 21 2 119 17 9 156 18 16 3 544 117 115 12 494 14 37 2,975 566 530 65 3,541 595 Total for year .. 765 765 150 150 310 86 46 127 20 573 148 209 23 136 172 21 659 129 508 37 3,505 631 4,18< Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or more Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list 1& 14? .. 150-56 1 ..38 J '.'. 2-20 189 148 150-56 13-68 38 14 9 8 13-6! 14 0-2! 73 40 47-93 5-85 17 13 1 13 6-51 0-88 4 3 27 12 19-30 2-10 3 2 0-56 .. 132 OQ 101-26 9-60 71 15 2 .. 1-21 0-40 42 22 28-60 3-70 8 48 12 27-19 1-23 26 2 31 11 17-75 2-15 14 3 1 0-03 .. 211 130 154-99 14-01 34 8 2 0-57 0-20 9-46 1-21 6 1 •• 563-55 54-41 221 59 7 1 4-65 0-83 6179I 280 8 5-1! 2-2o" 0-23 o-oi' .. 007" ..