1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS.
-ANNUAL.
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The daily average of prisoners was 566, as against 581 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
Years. Total. Men. Women. Juveniles. Daily Average Number in Prison. 1886 4,600 4,278 173 149 674.00 1887 4,308 4,012 149 147 584.00 1888 3,627 3,390 98 139 531.00 1889 3,705 3,453 131 121 581.00 1890 3,441 3,218 119 107 566.0026.-CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years :-
Years. Number of Cases. Number of Persons. Convicted. Acquitted. Charges abandoned. Postponed. 1886 75 107 50 20 3 1 1887 94 155 82 36 17 1 1888 101 186 92 47 23 1 1889 80 143 67 23 40 1 1890 83 147 71 24 37 1 Total 433 738 362 150 120 5 Average of last 5 years 87 148 72 30 24 1 Average of 5 years ending 1886 841 134 692 124 181 2987