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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PRISONS BRANCH (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1912; ALSO OPERATION OF THE FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1908 (REPORT ON), FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1912.

Presented, to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Under-Secretary, Department of Justice, to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. Department of Justice, Wellington, 31st July, 1913. I have the honour to present the report of the Inspector of Prisons and the Deputy Inspector for the year ended 31st December last, together with extracts from the Gaolers' reports and the annual prison statistics. C. B. Jordan. The Inspector of Prisons and the Deputy Inspector to the Under-Secretary for Justice. Sir, —■ Department of Justice (Prisons Branch), 29th July, 1913. We have the honour to submit the thirty-second annual report on the prisons. The changes that have taken place since the presentation of the first report, in 1881, in the daily average of prisoners, the expenditure on the prison system, and the variation in the gross cost per head during the period between 1880 and 1913 are interesting, and are tabulated hereunder : —

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Daily Average. Year. Gross Expenditure. Gross Cost per Head. Total. Males. Females. .881 886 .891 896 901 906 911 912 £ 31.295 32.048 23,984 26.486 28.506 34,811 44,494 46.134 £ s. d. 43 2 1 53 18 9 52 2 8 47 3 3 45 16 10 47 .8 7 51 10 10 50 5 2 631-66 521-25 402-72 505-22 559-81 654-58 799-08 853-82 94-37 73-05 57-29 56-37 62-04 79-33 64-18 64-07 726-03 594-30 460-01 561-59 621-85 723-91 863-26 917-89