Appendix K.
REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE FOR THE YEAR 1918.
The total of all cases reported to the Police during the year 1918 was 8,449 as against 9,508 in 1917 being a decrease of 1,059 or 11.14 per cent. The average for the last five years is 9,510.6.
In the division of these cases into Serious and Minor Offences, there appears an increase, as compared with 1917, of 153 cases or 4.47 per cent in the former and a decrease of 1,212 cases or 19.93 per cent in the latter.
The increase and decrease as compared with 1917 in Serious Offences are shown as follows:-
Increase Murder... Robbery 13 Assault with intent to rob... 19 Kidnapping and Offences against Ord. 11 of 1890 (Protection of Women and Children) 2 Larceny 41 217 Decrease Burglary and Larceny from Dwelling 96 Unlawful Possession 34 Other Felonies 9 -139 Nett increase... 1532. Table I shows the number and character of the Serious and Minor Offences reported to the Police during 1917 and 1918 and number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with these offences.
MURDER.
3. Twenty-four murders were reported to the Police during the year as against 11 in 1917.
In connection with 12 of these reports, no arrest was made, and in the remaining 12 cases, arrests were made. There were 5 cases in which convictions were obtained (8 persons of whom 7 were convicted and 1 discharged). In 7 cases there was no conviction (10 persons).