Year.
Number of Cases.
Year.
1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
Supreme Court.
Return of cases tried in the Supreme Court during the last five years:-
No. of Cases. No. of Persons. Convicted. Acquitted. Charges Abandoned. No. of Cases. No. of Persons. 1877 127 179 135 39 7 5 1878 157 216 163 45 6 8 1879 148 202 135 54 11 13 1880 91 160 120 34 6 6 1881 105 154 111 39 1 4 Total 628 911 664 211 31 36 Average of 5 years 125.6 182.2 132.8 42.2 6.2 7.2 Average of 5 years ending 1876 57.6 100 61.8 26.0 7.4 11.8Return of marine cases tried at the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last five years :-
Number of Defendants. Imprisoned. Fined. Defendants how disposed of. Forfeiture of Pay. Reprimanded. Sent back to Duty. To be discharged from Ship. Dismissed. Committed for Trial. 1877 105 299 127 ... 100 293 108 1878 74 67 65 24 37 1879 141 290 141 1880 80 140 60 38 12 13 13 17 1881 80 144 69 55 X E 7 14 2 2 15 38/22 33 20 40 19 10 Total 709 1,175 500 267 143 40 71 11 137 Average of five years- 141.8 235 100 53.4 28.6 8.2 12.2 2.2 27.2 Average of five years ending 1876 235.2 430.4 180.4 119.0 49.0 12.4 28.0 4.8 37.6Education.
The total number of schools subject to supervision by the Government amounted in 1881 to 72, as compared with 63 in 1880, 50 in 1879, and 47 in 1878.
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