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Table A. Number of Prisoners in the Dominion, and their Disposal, for the Year ending 31st December, 1910 (counted once every time they were received).

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State of the Prisons. Auckland. Dunedin. Inver- T ,. ,. « . New PlyHanmer. car gill. Lyttelton. i Napier. mouth. Waiotapu. valley! Wellington. Minor Gaofs. Totals. Grand Total. In Prison 1st January. M. F. M. F. 1 M. 1 F. M. F. \ M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 2 .. 1 1 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. 3 F.l 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 14" .. :: 195 11 31 3 55 8 18 3 25 2 10 3 6 ..1 14' 195 55 25 6 •• 11 8 2 31 18 10 1 3 3 3 '.'. '.'. 4 .. 5 6 ..! 3 23 .. 25 .. 82 2 10 1 18 3 1 .. 9 .. 21 1 13 2 7 2 3 .. 2 .. 4 1 13 13 2 15 4 '.'. '.'. 9" 1 47 . . 18 .. 50 75 12 40 9 2 1 11 9 49' 499 199 .. 106 11 15 l! 28i 16 1 4 1 3 50 516 227 122 12 19 Total 296 21 00 24 .. 36 113 4 43 4 49 47 18 176 23 20 .. 882 67 949 Received. 39" 23" 17 .. 129 23 ..j 19 16 423 83 5 24 13 1,356 2 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 for reformatory 26 323 93 59 1,058 3 1 27 119 .. 4 20 17 56 76 178 .. 11 6 5 7 20 2l" 2' . 63 5 16 22 3 i 3 134 35 91 254 14 •. 7 11 39 4 12 34 60 46 165 4 1 4 5 7 7 43 9 33 40 21 4 4 4 i 66 169 750 9 111 5 38, 11 139 657 I 5 .. 245 3 495 28 3,124 61 21 24 109 320 i 85 29 1,437 269 604 3,444 51 22 •• Total 1,564 125 384 38 21 .. Ill 531 95 287 17 155 13 39 ..I 23 1,141 204 1,143 49 5,399 542j 5,941 Total for the year 1,860 146i 444 47 45 ..j 147 644 99 330 21 204 19 86 41 1,317 227 1,163 49 6,281 609 6,8! Discharged. 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 Released from reformatory 26 284 162 1,079 28 60 3 1 26! 107 19 34 86 224 2 10 .. 18 2 6 5 25 2 23 6 2 18 .. 20 36 .. 5 2 2 .. 104 .. 62 .. 294 5 1 49 9 ii 43 11 19 57 223 .. 8* 1 4 1 12 1 7 43 13 78 4 3 9 31 .. 9 . . 24 2 17 107 68 888 14 53 2 .. 20. .. 19 16 98 13 1 165 679 .. 24 .. 294 5 5 26 11 81 28 804 457 3.501 82 508 6 2 7 67 52 380 15 83 35 871 509 3,881 85 523 6 1 10 3 1 2 10 3 2 13 Total In prison at end of year 1,645 215 133 393 13 51 40| 7 29 16 82 65 1 519 125 79i 302 20 28 19 155 2 49 15 4 40 46 26 15 .. 1,152 .. 165 19411,136 33 27 48 1 5,479 802 529 80 6.008 882 Total for the year 1,860 146J 444 47 45 ..| 147 644 99 330 21 204 19 86 41 .. 1,317 227:1,163 49 6,281 609; 6,890 Greatest number of both sexes at one time Least number of both sexes at one time Daily average Prisoners ill forty-eight hours and upwards Prisoners admitted to hospital Daily average on sick-list h sexes at one time .. 341 74 25 68 155 54 65 51 32 212 exes at one time .. 224 50 15 30 117 30 43 36 15 154 .. 268-32 2017 570 7 65 19-92 ..46-70 ..124-1 14-92i 40-3 2-447-67 5-2744-46 ..22-46 ..158-10 22-2915-47 0-71844-5 73-41 hours and upwards .. 84 2 15 11 2 .. 19 .. 55 12 28 .. 16 1 14 35 .. 74 33 16 lj 358 60 ospital .. .. 14 11 .. .. 6 .. 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 11 12 ..38 2 st .. . .. 495 004 078 0-22 .. 1-29 .. 1-34 0-26 .. 0-46 0-22 018 .J 009 .. 0 56 013 018 .. 9-83 0-87 341 74 25 68 224 50 15 30 268-32 2017 570 7 65 19-92 ..46-70 84 2 15 11 2 .. 19 14 11 .. 6 4-95 004 0-78 0-22 .. 1-29 917-91 418 40 10-70 Note.— In last year's report 10 females at Dunedin JrrisoD, and 25 males at Hanmer. were shown as being in custody on 31st December, 1909, instead of 9 and 24 respectively.