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(c) STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC MONEYS AND STORES —continued

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File No. Nature of Irregularity. Amount Involved.. Action Taken, and Result. CASES OTHER THAN THOSE IN WHICH DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED—contd. Health Department (Division of Mental Hygiene) A. 21/24/48 A. 31/8 .. Theft of stores, equipment, and rations (four instances) Theft of boots (twenty-five pairs) x s. a. Not stated 36 8 4 * * A. 21/42/29 Department of Ind Theft of stores ustries and Coi Not stated mmeree Offender convicted and admitted to probation for twelve months. Goods valued at £3 recovered. A. 23/45/9 A. 23/45/9 Island Territories Department (New Zealand Reparation Estates) Theft of cash .. .. i 118 11 5 Police investigations proceeding. Theft of moneys (two instances) /| 45 6 0 Police prosecution pending. A. 21/120/48 Department of Labour and Employment Theft of blankets, bed, and elec- 1 Not stated 1 * trie iron (four instances) 1 1 A. 21/38/48 A. 13/21/4. Lands and Su Theft of petrol, tools, and stores (five instances) Theft of sheep (178 ewes, 389 hoggets) rvey Departme Not stated 372 10 0 nt * * A. 21/27/48 1 A. 21/27/48 | Department of Maori Affaii Theft of barbed wire (178 coils) 1 223 19 8 I Theft of roofing-iron .. | Not stated | 'S * * A. 21/23/48 j Marine Department Theft of tools .. .. | 2 13 3 j * A. 23/182/7 A. 21/25/48 Marketing j Egg subsidy obtained by fraud | Mines ] j Theft of detonators (2,000) ; Department 1,861 3 4 [Department | Not stated Offenders (2) : one was sentenced to one year's and the other to two years' reformative detention. * A. 21/43/48 A. 31/11^2 Ministry Cheque cashed by unauthorized person Theft of stores (two hundred and forty-seven instances) r of Works 8 8 0 930 4 5 Reported to police—mostly petty items. A. 31/59/2 j 1 Ministry of Works (Housing Division) Theft of stores (twenty-six 1 113 15 9 1 Reported to police—mostly petty instances) | | items. A. 21/97/48 | A. 21/97/48 j National Bros Theft of cash Theft of equipment and a radio (two instances) ideasting Servic 11 10 7 Not stated :e *. *