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Table H. Return of Prison Offences for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Table I. FIRST OFFENDERS' PROBATION ACT, 1908. Ages and Terms of Probation of Offenders placed under the Act during the Year 1915.

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Prison. Against Officers. Offences. Disobedience of Orders, and Idleness. Other Breaches of Regulations. Total Offences. Number Total Number ofPr&a S punished. dU Y ™f r t,,e Iddington "ruckland Dunedin [nveroargill Kaingaroa Lyttelton Mapier Sew Plymouth .. Paparua Roto Aira iVaikoria vVaipa .. Wellington 1 5 46 3 ' 78 3 82 5 28 3 12 1 3 10 1 42 5 237 4 181 6 03 8 41 9 320 7 308 11 109 13 62 1 9 71 1 239 7 204 5 208 11 53 9 29 1 7 48 1 161 157 1,754 332 221 70 744 280 137 49 91 102 50 1,803 18 2 9 1 19 5 42 23 174 Totals .. 123 744 5,802 271 766 1,160 i

.-__ Montns »ix iweive r-iineen liignceen two , rx«ti Ae<3S - and Months. Months. Months. Months. ' Years. v "f 1 '* under. voais. Four Months and under. Six Months. Twelve Months. Fifteen Months. Eighteen Months. Two Years. Two and a Half Yoars. Three Years rnri Yeai Total. under. " I 1 )ver 10 and under 15 years .. .. 1 ,15 „ 20 „ .. 2 9 .. 1 12 .,20 „ 25 „ .. .. 5 9 .. .. 4 „ 25 „ 30 „ ..1 2 4 1 1 7 „ 30 „ 40 „ .. 1 1 5 .. 2 7 ..40 „ 50 2 .. .. .. 1 „ 50 „ 60 „ .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 1 >0 years and upwards .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 5 2 1 2 1 9 9 4 5 i 12 4 7 7 1 8 1 1. 1 8 1 1 32 19 16 17 4 3 1 1 1 1 l 2 1. 1 2 1 1 Totals .. ..2 12 30 1 5 31 1 11 93 i i Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (750 copies), £16. By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.—1916. 'rice 9d.)