H.—2o.

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Table E. Previously Convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1898.

Table F. Previously Convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1894-98.

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

Table H. Crimes of Prisoners sentenced to Hard Labour for Twelve Months and upwards during the Year 1898.

Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill .. Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington .. Minor gaols .. M. 69 21 5 12 70 18 4 11 69 65 F. 12 4 i 7 1 4 9 3 M, 43 17 8 5 36 7 2 11 34 44 F. 3 2 2 2 8 1 5 1 M. 241 93 8 9 137 67 25 41 112 75 F. 85 57 4 4 106 9 1 9 77 13 M. 353 131 21 26 243 92 31 63 215 184 F. 100 63 6 7 121 11 1 13 91 17 Total 344 41 207 24 808 365 1,359 430

Tear. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. .894 .895 .896 .897 .898 M. 375 317 359 293 344 F. 39 47 40 38 41 M. 213 199 191 142 207 F. 37 27 24 24 24 M. 817 742 729 719 808 F. 384 405 424 416 365 M. 1,405 1,258 1,279 1,154 1,359 F. 460 479 488 478 430

Prisons. 31st December, 1897. 31st December, 1898. Increase. Decrease. Vuckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier .. kelson .. STew Plymouth ■Vanganui (Vellington 2 2 37 1 11 1 2 1 3 32 1 'a 1 5 11 i 50 54 "i Total 104 94 17 Net decrease 10

issault causing bodily harm irson Bestiality Bigamy 3urglary larnally knowing, &o. conspiring to defraud .. ?orgery and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Housebreaking, and possessing implements for indecent assault indecent exposure Larceny accessory to .. 4 3 1 1 4 1 7 30 5 20 5 1 28 2 Larceny from the person ,, from a dwelling Malicious damage Manslaughter Obtaining goods by false pretences Rape attempted Robbery „ with violence.. Sheep-stealing Vagrancy Wounding 4 10 3 1 3 3 2 3 6 1 7 3 Total 158