MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES.
Table II.-Continued.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR 1923.
Charge cases. PERIOD-YEAR 1923. PERSONS CONVICTED. Cases without charge. Total cases. % Charge cases to total. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. Damage to Property, 29 30 2 23 + Dangerous Goods, 35 35 33 84 ... Drunkenness, 67 67 30 14 21 1 Forestry Offences, 467 467 565 44 Gambling, 455 455 2,752 189 - * Hawking Offences, 4,899 4,899 4,779 228 Lottery Offences, 74 74 75 29 - Mendicants, 32 32 Merchant Shipping Ordinance; 169 169 110 34 I 5 Morphine, 5 5 4 4 Nuisances, 251 251 282 26 Opium, 1,608 1,608 5,069 Revenue, 238 238 229 913 20 • Stowaways, 43 43 6 72 Vagrants, 30 30 22 3 3 Vehicles and Traffic, 454 454 1 448 26 ... Other Miscellaneous Offences, 517 97 614 84% 9 8 Total, 9,373 98 9,471 76 25 15,516 VALUE £ A C. PERSONS DISCHARGED. PROPERTY STOLEN. 10 1 1,630 Grand Total, 12,060 2,140 14,200 84 28 17,860 11 2 2,444— K 27 —