Marine Magistrate's Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.
287
Number Number
of
YEARS.
of Cases.
Defend- Impri-
Forfei-
ture Fined.
ants.
soned.
of
Repri- mauded.
Pay.
Sent back to Duty.
To be dis- charged
Com-
Dis-
mitted
from missed.
for
Ship.
Trial.
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
78
169
85
111
221
136
24
32
11
47
14
58
87
43
24
6
90
152
47
37
1422
9
3
1
11
15
3
70
167
66
38
2
2
53
Total,......
407
796
377
178
39
28
79
7
22-28
28
21
23
5
88
Average of last 5 years,
81.4
159.2
75.4
35.6
7.8
5.6
15.8
1.4
17.6
Do. ending 1883,.
85.6
166.0
66.8
33.0
13.2
5.8
18.0
2.0
26.8
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
Convicted.
Cases.
Discharged.
Number of Cases.
Convicted.
Discharged.
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
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
2,436
1,116
556
5,678
5,772
1,105
:
Total,.
12,631
6,334
2,714
29,778
26,989
4,850
Average of 5 years,
2,326.2
1,266.8
542.8
5,955.6
5,397.8
970.0
Do. ending 1883,
2,359.2
1,312.4
473.4
4,291.2
3,794.6
869.0
27.-HOSPITALS, &C.
Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1887.
1887.
1888.
Police,
619
657
Board of Trade,
103
153
Private paying Patients,
324
313
Government Servants,
147
159
Police Cases,
208
242
Destitutes,
255
248
1,656
1,772
The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the last 5 years were as follows:-
Years.
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
Admissions.
Deaths.
1,354
50
1,510
76
1,623
79
1,656
89
1,772
80