Marine Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.
359
Number
Number of
Forfei-
To be dis-
Com-
YEARS.
of
Cases.
Defend- Impri- ants. soned.
ture
Fined.
of
Repri- manded.
Sent back to
charged
Dis-
mitted
from
missed.
Pay.
Duty.
Ship.
for Trial.
1885,
111
221
136
47
14
2
1
21
1886,..
58
87
43
24
1887,........
90
152
47
37
1888,
70
167
66
38
NO O
6
2
11
6
21
15
23
+
2
53
5
1889,
53
107
54
25
15
13
Total,...
382
784
346
171
28
27
85
4
73
Average of last 5 years,
76.4
146.8
69.2
34.2
5.6
5.4
17.0
0.8
14.6
Do.
ending 1884,...
72.4
140.0
55.6
26.4
10.4
2.6
18.4
1.8
24.4
:
:
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
Number of
Convicted.
Cases.
Discharged.
Convicted.
Cases.
Discharged.
1885, 1886,
2,466
1,298
561
4,309
3,707
757
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2,500
1,389
472.
6,336
6,457
672
1887,
2,577
1,234
565
5,904
6,310
1,21,4
1888,
1889,
2,436
1,116
556
5,678
5,772
1,105
2,893
1,409
618
4,568
4,529
1,131
Total,....
12,872
6,446
2,772
26,795
26,775
4,879
Average of last 5 years,
2,874.4
1,289.2
554.4
5,359.0
5,355.0
975.8
Do. ending 1884,
2,410.2
1,295.6
488.4
5,055.0
4,073.2
909.8
27.-HOSPITALS, &C. Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1888.
1888.
1889.
Police,
657
590
Board of Trade,
153
135
Private paying Patients,
313
402
Government Servants,
159
135
Police Cases,
242
252
Destitutes,
248
279
Total,.
1,772
1,793
The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the last 5 years were as follows:-
Years.
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
Admissions.
Deaths.
1,510
76
1,623
79
1,656
89
1,772
80
1,793
77
Total,........... 8,354
401
Average,
1,670.8
80.2