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STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC MONEYS AND STORES —continued.

Name of Irregularity. j Solved. j Action taken, and Result. Post and Telegraph Department—continued. IRREGULARITIES BY PERSONS NOT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS —Continued. £ s. d. Fraudulent statement concerning the posting of i .. Offender admitted to probation for two years on the a letter said to contain postal notes I usual conditions, and his earnings and expenditure to be under control of the Probation Officer. Pillage of mails on ferry-steamer .. .. 183 15 2 One of the offenders was sentenced to three years' hard labour, a second offender was ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institution for a period not exceeding two years. The Union Steamship Co. agreed to pay £140, and a sum of £16 was recovered from one of the offenders by order of the Court, leaving a net loss to Department of £27 15s. 2d. (a). Theft from rural mail delivery of letters con- 74 0 0 On the charge of stealing a cheque for £74, reduced taining cheques to £50, offender was ordered to be detained in a Borstal Institute for three years. There was no loss to Department. Theft of letter containing a cheque from a road- 8 0 0 Offender was convicted and discharged. At the time side letter-box he was interviewed he was already serving a sentence for theft. There was no loss to Department. Theft of letter and forgery of signature on a .. Offender was placed on probation for one year on the postal note contained therein charge of theft, and received the same sentence on the charge of forgery. There was no loss to Department. Forgery of money-orders .. .. .. 14 14 6 Offenders pleaded guilty to a charge of false pretences, and were ordered to pay witnesses' expenses and to come up for sentence in six months' time. There was no loss to Department. Fraudulent withdrawals from savings-bank 100 0 0 Offender was found guilty and sentenced to reformaaccount. tive detention for a period not exceeding one year. Loss to Department, £100 (a). Fraudulent withdrawal from savings - bank 475 0 0 Offender was sentenced to four years' detention in a account Borstal Institute. There will be no loss to Department. Fraudulent statement as to the posting of two .. Offender pleaded guilty and was admitted to probaregistered letters tion for two years. No loss to Department. Printing and Stationery Department. IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Theft of brass rule, leads, &c. .. .. | 10 0 0 | Police were unable to trace the offender (a). Public Trust Office. IRREGULARITY BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Misappropriation of departmental moneys by I 3 15 0 I Offender pleaded guilty and was admitted to probation clerk I for two years. Restitution was made. Dismissed. IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Burglary of office occupied by agent .. | 7 1.2 0 | Police were unable to apprehend the culprit (a). Public Works Department. IRREGULARITY BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Misappropriation of departmental moneys by 251 0 0 Offender was sentenced to reformative treatment for clerk a period not exceeding a year. Restitution was made of £65 6s. 5d. Loss to the Department, £185 13s. 7d. (a). Dismissed. Use by overseer of his own lorry on departmental 107 15 0 Offender refunded the sum of £107 15s. Dismissed, contracts, and destruction by him of timesheets and invoices IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Theft of lead from bulk store, Wellington, during j 10 0 0 I Police inquiries failed to reveal the offender, (a), course of transfer to another building Stamp Duties Department. IRREGULARITY BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Withholding moneys for short periods before I .. Offender resigned. No loss of moneys resulted, banking Tourist and Health Resorts Department. IRREGULARITY BY PERSON NOT A DEPARTMENTAL OFFICER. Theft of forty towels from bathhouse laundry .. Matter investigated by police but culprit not Theft of forty-one fowls from the departmental .. detected (a). poultry-yard, Rotorua Police were unable to trace the offenders (a). (a) Amount requires to be written off with parliamentary authority under section 3 (3), Public Revenues Act, 1926.