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The flooring and fencing of the Gaol have been kept in repair, and all ordinary carpenter’s work required during the year, as well as all painting, glazing, whitewashing, and bricklaying, has been done by the prisoners.

The women have been employed as usual in making their own prison clothing, picking oakum, and washing and repairing all Gaol clothing and bedding.

Divine service has been regularly performed every Sunday, the ministers officiating being the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Rev. Charles D. de Castro, and the Rev. Father Kearney. The prisoners have invariably behaved in a very attentive and orderly manner.

Good order and discipline have been maintained, and there have been no escapes. This is mainly owing to the very efficient manner in which the whole of the officers have performed their duty.

Although the strictest economy has been observed, it has been absolutely impossible to keep the expenditure within the appropriation; but this is entirely owing to the increase of prisoners, which has necessitated the employment of additional officers, besides increasing the cost for rations, clothing, &c. The excess, however, is not very great, and is fully compensated for by the additional labor performed by the prisoners.

Expenditure .................................................. £2812 16 8
Appropriation .............................................. £2418 17 0
Expenditure in excess of appropriation ........ £393 19 8

VALUE OF LABOR PERFORMED BY PRISONERS.

Improving approaches to Lunatic Asylum, and work on new Hospital site ...... £1245 0 0
Making road past Grammar School ........................................................... £382 5 0
Levelling site for new Gaol Buildings ..................................................... £372 1 6
Getting metal and metalling new exercising yards ..................................... £90 0 0
Making clothing for female prisoners, and washing and repairing all Gaol clothing and bedding .......................................................................................... £250 0 0
Shoemakers (making and repairing) .......................................................... £92 14 0
Carpenters, 507 days, at 6s ....................................................................... £152 3 0
Removing slips in Woolcombe-street, re-forming road, breaking and spreading metal, and keeping Gaol road in repair ........................................................... £50 0 0
One cook, two wardsmen, two assistant wardsmen, and two laborers, 2545 days, at 3s 6d .......................................................................................... £445 7 6
One wardswoman, 365 days, at 1s 6d ........................................................ £55 0 0
One wardswoman, 203 days, at 1s 6d ........................................................ £30 9 0
Cutting and splitting 72 cords firewood, sweeping chimneys, emptying cesspools, whitewashing mens’ and womens’ Gaols, and the new Gaols ........................... £13 0 0
Received for rent of cottage on Gaol acre ................................................ £95 2 8
Received for maintenance of naval prisoners ........................................... £38 9 2
Received for picking oakum and horsehair ............................................... £13 10 0
Boots supplied to Wanganui Gaol, 18 pairs, at 15s ................................... £13 10 0
Boots supplied to Lunatic Asylum, 12 pairs, at 15s .................................. £9 0 0

Total cost of maintenance of Gaol .......................................................... £3346 4 10
Balance in excess of cost of maintenance ................................................ £533 8 2

I have, &c.,

MICAIAH READ,
Warden of Gaol.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.

ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.

The College,
Wellington, 19th June, 1876.

SIR,—

I have the honor to submit to your consideration the following report of the Wellington College during the past year:—

At the date of my last report, 17th April, 1875, the number of boys on the roll was ninety-three (93), of whom eighteen (18) were boarders. At present the number is a hundred and twenty-one (121), of whom (26) are boarders; moreover, owing, I think, to the inducements to remain offered by the University and Turnbull Scholarships, comparatively few have left from among the older boys, so that we have been enabled to raise somewhat the standard of work in the higher forms. If our progress in that direction continues to be as steady as it is at present, we may fairly hope in a few years’ time to reach the level of an average English public school; beyond that we cannot expect, nor do I think it is our province, to go.

The general tone and conduct of the boys has been decidedly good, and among the elder ones I have observed with great thankfulness a gradual growth of the sense of responsibility and power of self-government which are essential to sound discipline.