Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Dominion, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1909 (counted once every time they were received).

* These prisons are now police gaols.

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State ol the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Hanmer. SHokitika. Lyttelton. j Napier. Waiotapu. Waipa Valley. Wanganui.j Wellington. Gao°s* Totals. Grand Total f ! I i M. F.j In Pbison 1st Januaby. M. F. M. F.l M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.i M. F. M. F.j M. P.I M. F. M. F. M. F.j Debtors .. .. .. Lunatics For trial, on remand, or in transitu Sentenced to— One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment Habitual criminals in reformatory prison I 24 5 146 11 42 8 23 4 .. 5" ..j 17 3 8 4 7 2 22 .. 2 .. 2 8 1 1 2 1 15 6 2 4 " 5 83 1 I 29 4 8 2 3 5" .. l" .. 14 .. 38 1 15 3 7 .. 1 .. 1 3 1 42 3 43 2 I 51 .. ' •■ 23 r..| 2 .. 6 1 14 ll 1 ..j 12 70 2 52 6 20 a 2 ! •• i 3 1 1 7 1 I 59 6 65 489 181 507 162 261 188 90 5! 95 20 .. i 20 3 14 823 56: 879 i - •• Total 239 24 39 7 1 I 128 7 51 .. 23 1 24 2 1 I ! 156 10! 12 1 24 14 28 Eeceivbd. I 1 ! " Debtors Lunatics For trial, on remand, on transfer, or in transitu Sentenced to— Death One year's hard labour and upwards .. Three months' hard labour and upwards Under three months' hard labour Simple imprisonment Habitual criminals from reformatory prison 18 401 37 3 .. 3 43 .. 2 10 .. I 2 .. 43 6 67 9 6 .. 2 52 4 19 1 125 19 13 18 250 3 6j 71 28 1,212 71 3 31 95 1,297 74" 8 Iβ" J 139" 5 ■• • • I •• 143 14 167 23 764 38 12 3 23 53 174 3 4 14 37j 22 9 10 24 1 1 2 ..| 13 1 13 3 5 3 1 I 35 2 95 16 244 51 6 1 7 16.. 57 8 13 2 208 14 46 1 3 .. 6 .. j 16 3 56 14 .. .. 2 13 9 104 12 58 172 669 13 41 137 2 4 19 588 4 4 18 1 372 621 2,834 52 16 ••I 1 21 393 119 740 312i 3,146 9j 61 3 19 1 393 740 3,146 61 19 •• •• 1 • • ! I ■ • Total 1,507 115 327 63. 31 52 3 82 7| 522 ir> 328 29 156 15 56 * "I 14 179 25 1,057 199 896 31 5,207 562! 5,769 Total for the year .. 1,746 139 66 3 110 7 650 203 27 366 70 55 ;; 370 32 199 17 107 ..: 37 1,213 209 908 32 6,030 618 J 6,648 DlSCHABGED. I t Debtors Lunatics transferred to mental hospitals Acquitted after remand On remission of sentence On expiration of sentence On bail or probation Transferred to other prisons or police Died Executed .. Absconded* .. Committed suicide Beleased from reformatory prison 17 6 338 35 112 10 905 68 22 2 47 3 3 68 20 202 14 1 8 5 46 2l" 18 26 1 1 3 .. 15 1 31 6 2 6 2 1 1 94 5 65 8 326 64 8 .. 4 1 24 1 239 20 1 33 38 65 1 5 3 35" 15" 6 V 1 2 lj 121 18 4 1 66 7 19 6 110 61 753 10 78 2 16 10 157 1 14 .. 19 3 80 2 568 15 11 199 12 69 38 760 406 3,236 51 576 6 1 6 70 40 398 8 32| 70 44 830 446 3,634 54 608 6 8" 1 21 1 49 50" 6 2 9" 2 25 4 •• 1 ! 1 .. 1 1 4 ::[ 1 1 4 1 '■ .. 4 .. # Total In prison at end of year 1,450 118 296 21 306 60 60i 10 30 25 65 1 3 74 7 36 .. 537 78 113 4 327 28 43 4 150 49 11 6 60 47 .. 19 .. 18 I 201 27 2 1,037 ■ 186 176 23 892 16 32 5,148 882 550 68 i 5,698 950 Total for the year 1,746 139 366 70 55 .. 66 3 j 110 7 650 82 370 32 199 17 107 .. 37 203 27 !l,213 209 908 32 6,030 618! 6,648 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time .. Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours or upwards Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list I 359 245 289-23 17-6 81 2 11 5-12 0-11 74 41 152-82 8-09 11 9! 4 l! 0-03 0-2| 39 14 28-51 I 134 21 6-680-22 37 13 23-56 1 3 2 2 2 0-20 0-33 151 112 124-33 8-82 38 8 3 2 0-13 66 37 44-6 3-6 31 .. 4 .. 008 .. 55 33 39-75 4-25 15 1 1 0-38 0-07 58 31 48-46 53 0-14" 27 16 .. 20-5 .. 60 . .(016 " 37 10-0 1-71 212 153 151-17 16-42 186 29 5 1 1-66 0-28 •• 12-84 0-39 13 lj 848-45 6-21 1 628 23 30 4 10-25 1-12| I 920-55 651 34 11-37 !0-36* * .. 0-11 .. • • •• i