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Table E. Previously Convicted Prisoners received during the Year 1899.

Table F. Previously Convicted Prisoners for Five Years, 1895-99.

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 1899.

Prisons. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. Auckland .. Dunedin Hokitika .. Invercargill Lyttelton .. Napier New Plymouth Wanganui .. Wellington Minor gaols M. 74 32 6 6 69 21 15 28 61 52 F. 15 7 1 3 1 1 2 4 M. 57 15 5 3 27 8 5 10 26 45 p. 8 3 3 "i i i 2 3 H. 322 90 6 8 108 64 23 43 115 122 F. 139 56 3 4 88 7 3 7 78 10 1C. 453 137 17 17 204 93 43 81 202 219 F. 162 66 7 4 95 8 5 10 84 13 Total 364 34 201 25 901 395 1,466 454

Year. Once. Twice. Thrice or oftener. Total. .895 .896 .897 .898 .899 M. 317 359 293 344 364 F. 47 40 38 41 34 M. 199 191 142 207 201 F. 27 24 24 24 25 M. 742 729 719 808 901 F. 405 424 416 365 395 ii. 1,258 1,279 1,154 1,359 1,466 p. 479 488 478 430 454

Prisons. Slst December, 1898. 31st December, 1899. Increase. Decrease. Auckland Dunedin Hokitika Invercargill Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth .. Wanganui Wellington 2 1 3 2 1 3 32 1 1 29 *3 1 i 54 40 14 Total .. 94 76 18 Net decrease 18

Assault causing bodily harm Arson Abortion, procuring of, &o. Bigamy Burglary Carnally knowing, &c. Conspiring to defraud Embezzlement and fraud Feloniously receiving Forgery and uttering Horse- and cattle-stealing Horse- and cattle-shooting Housebreaking, and possessing implements for .. Indecent assault Indecent exposure Larceny not otherwise described „ from the person 13 1 5 2 8 2 2 2 1 16 11 4 25 10 2 34 8 Larceny from the dwelling Malicious damage Manslaughter Murder Obtaining goods by false pretences Kape „ attempted Robbery with violence Sheep-stealing Shooting at .. Sodomy Suicide, attempting or threatening same Vagrancy Wounding 8 2 1 2 .. 12 2 6 4 2 3 3 1 9 3 Total .. .. 204