Marine Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.
285
YEARS.
Number of
Number of
Forfei-
Cases.
Defend- Impri- ants. soned.
Sent
To be dis-
Com-
ture
Fined.
of
Repri- manded.
back to
charged
Dis-
mitted
from
missed.
Pay.
Duty.
Ship.
for Trial.
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
58
87
43
90
152
47
70
167
66
28
24
37
38
662
2
1
11
A
21
15
53
107
54
25
81
239
92
84
6
1
6585
3
23
53
1
5
15
13
15
41
...
Total................
352
752
302
208
20
25
99
4
93
Average of last 5 years,
70.4
150.4
60.4
41.6
4.0
5.2
19.8
0.8
18.6
Do. ending 1885, .....
77.6
156.2
71.6
31.0
8.2
2.6
15.8
1.8
24.8
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.
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
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
2,893
1,409
618
4,568
4,529
1,131
3,100
1,412
616
5,324
5,007
1,213
Total,.
13,506
6,660
2,827
27,810
28,075
5,385
Average of last 5 years,
2,701.2 Į 1,312.0
565.4
5,562.0
5,615.0
1,067.0
Do. ending 1885,
2,493.2
1,313.6
514.6
5,044.0
4,105.0
886.2
27.-HOSPITALS, &C.
Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1889.
1889.
1890.
Police,
590
582
Board of Trade, ...................
135
110
Private paying Patients,
402
527
Government Servants,
135
191
Police Cases,
252
264
Destitutes,
279
283
Total,
1,793
1,957
The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the last 5 years were as follows:-
Years.
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889, 1890
EL.
Admissions.
Deaths.
1,623
79
1,656
89
1,779
80
1,793
77
1,957
98
Total,
Average,
8.801
423
1,760.2
84.6