Marine Magistrate's Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years, were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.
YEARS.
Number of Cases.
Number of Defend-
Impri- ants. soned.
Forfei-
To be dis-
Com-
Sent
Fined.
ture Repri-
of
back to
charged
Dis-mitted
manded.
from
missed.
Pay.
Duty.
Ship.
for Trial.
1883,
37
58
13
11
10
5
15
}
12
1884,
78
169
85
32
11
1885,
111
221
136
47
14
1886,
58
87
43
24
1887,
90
152
47
37
2466
9
28
1
21
11
21
15
23
:
Total,...
374
687
324
151
42
27
41
7
95
Do.
Average of last 5 years,
ending 1882,
74.8
137.4
64.8
30.2
8.4
5.4
8.2
1.4
19.0
118.0
213.0
85.8
44.2
22.8
8.2
19.4
2.0
30.2
Police.
The Cases brought under the notice of the Police during the last 5 years, were as follows:--
SERIOUS OFFENCES.
MINOR OFFENCES.
YEARS.
Number of
Cases.
Convicted. Discharged,
Number of
Cases.
Convicted. Discharged.
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
2,423
1,178
485
5,265
4,014
1,024
2,652
1,297
560
7,551
4,743
1,102
2,466
1,298
561
4,309
3,707
757
2,500
1,389
472
6,336
6,457
672
2,577
1,234
565
5,904
6,310
1,214
Total,..
12,618
6,396
2,643
29,365
25,231
4,769
Average of 5 years,
2,523.6
1,279.2
528.6
5,873.0
5,046.2
953.8
Do.
ending 1882,
2,396.8
1,387.6
490.6
4,083.0
3,759.6
819.2
27.-HOSPITALS, &C.
Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1886.
1886.
1887.
Police,
602
619
Board of Trade,.....
132
103
Private paying Patients,
381
324
Government Servants,
144
147
Police Cases,
142
208
Destitutes,
222
255
1,623
1,656
The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the year were as follows:
Years.
1883,.....
1884,...
1885,.....
1886.
1887,.....
Admissions.
`Deaths.
1,502
70
1,354
50
1,510
76
1,623
79
1,656
89