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Statement of Irregularities in connection with Public Moneys and Stores—continued.

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Nature of Irregularity. ' Action taken, and Result. ___ ( J . Pensions Department. £ s. d. False declaration by pensioner ... .. 70 1 1 Offender convicted and ordered to come np for sentence when called upon, and to refund the amount overpaid at the rate of 10s.[jper week. False declaration by pensioner .. .. 26 0 0 Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon, and to refund the amount overpaid at the rate of 5s. per week. Wilful false statements by pensioner in order to 478 5 2 Offender convicted, fined £20 plus costs, and ordered secure a larger pension to refund £478 5s. 2d. pension overpaid. False declaration by pensioner as to earnings .. 10 0 0 Offender convicted and ordered to pay Court costs, and refund the amount overpaid at the rate of 6s. per week. False declaration by pensioner as to earnings .. 93 0 0 Offender convicted, ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three years, and refund the amount overpaid at the rate of 15s. a week. False declaration by pensioner as to earnings .. 26 0 0 Offender convicted and ordered to pay £10 and costs. War Pensions Board has directed that disability pension of £1 10s. per week be reduced by 10s. per week until the overpayment is recovered. False declarations by pensioner as to earnings .. 13 0 0 Offender fined £10 and costs, in default one month's hard labour. Economic pension cancelled by War Pensions Board. Post and Telegraph Department. Fraudulent withdrawal from savings-bank ae- 300 0 0 Offender sentenced to two years' imprisonment with count by means of forgery (b) hard labour. £15 6s. 5d. was recovered. Loss £284 13s. 7d (a). Fraudulent withdrawal from savings-bank ac- 48 5 0 Offender sentenced to two years' imprisonment with count by means of forgery (ft) hard labour. Officers of Department concerned required to make good £18 5s. Loss to the State, £30 (a). Failure by officer to account for value of cable- 5 9 0 Offender, who had resigned prior to irregularity being grams disclosed, was admitted to probation for three years and ordered to make restitution. Theft by temporary Postal officer .. .. 47 16 3 Offender placed on probation for three years. Ordered to make restitution and pay costs of prosecution. Dismissed. Attempt to fraudulently withdraw sum from 33 10 0 Forgery detected by Department. Offender sen-savings-bank account (b) teneed to two years' hard labour. Attempt to fraudulently withdraw sum from 159 0 0 Forgery detected by Department. One delinquent savings-bank account (ft) admitted to probation for two years, two others sentenced to two years' reformative detention and six months' hard labour respectively. Fraudulent withdrawal from savings-bank ac- 47 0 0 Offender placed on probation for five years and count by means of forgery (b) ordered to make restitution. Theft of part of contents of postal parcel (b) .. .. Offender admitted to probation for twelve months, ordered to make restitution, and pay costs of prosecution. Theft of letter containing postal notes (b) .. 15 0 Offender ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months and to make restitution. Thefts from private postal letter-boxes {b) .. 15 9 8 Offender placed on probation for two years and ordered to make restitution. Theft of letter containing postal notes (b) .. Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months, and to make restitution. Theft from post-office entered burglariously (ft) 0 11 11 Lad committed to Boys' Training-farm. Departmental officer who failed to place the sum in the safe was required to make good the amount. Theft by Postal officer of letters containing postal 6 7 0 Offender sentenced to nine months' imprisonment notes with hard labour. Loss, £6 7s. (a). Theft of postal packet and contents (ft) .. .. Offender placed on probation for two years. Contents recovered and handed to owner. Theft of postal packets by postal employee .. 10 18 0 Offender sentenced to two years' reformative detention in a Borstal Institute. As the postal packets were neither registered nor insured, no loss to the Department results. Theft of postal packet containing £1 bank- 10 0 Offender sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour, note (ft) Restitution made. Theft from street receiving-boxes (ft) .. .. Offender sentenced to three years' reformative detention in a Borstal Institute. Theft by mail contractor of postal packet con- 1 0 0 Suspected person died whilst under remand to appear taining £1 bank-note at Court. Theft of postal packet containing £1 bank- 10 0 Offender sentenced to two years' imprisonment with note (6) hard labour. Restitution made. Theft of letter containing £7 in bank-notes (ft) 7 0 0 Offender convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, and to make restitution. Theft of property from post-office entered .. Offender admitted to probation for two years and burglariously (ft) ordered to pay costs of prosecution. Property recovered. (a) Amount requires to be written off with parliamentary authority under section 3 (3}, Public Revenues Act, 1926. (b) Offender was not employed in auy State Department. _