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1887-1903
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
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total tonnage of 2,872 in 1887. The total number of licensed steam launches of all descriptions in the Colony in 1888 were:---
Licensed to carry passengers
Private launches
Colonial Government launches
War Department launches
Total
24.-GRANTS OF LAND.
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6
97
The sales of land on lease during the last five years were:--
Years. Total No. of Sales. Total No. of Acres sold. A. R. T. 1884 76 25 3 81 1885 145 28 0 144 1886 88 82 2 311 1887 187 76 0 8 1888 202 104 0 425.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January 1888 there were 576 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 3,627 were admitted during the year, and 3,700 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st of December 1888 was 503, of whom 51 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 531, as against 584 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
Years. No. of Prisoners. Total. Men. Women. Juveniles. Daily Average Number in Prison. 1884 3,670 168 185 4,023 552.00 1885 3,327 147 136 3,610 530.00 1886 4,278 173 149 4,600 674.00 1887 4,012 149 147 4,308 584.00 1888 3,890 98 139 3,627 531.00Page 40
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