MINOR OFFENCES,
K 20
Table I.- Continued.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1929.
1928 1929 % Charge cases to total PERSONS CONVICTED VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED Charge cases Cases without charge Total cases Charge cases Cases without charge Total cases Europeans Indians Chinese $ C. $ C. Assault, 291 291 299 299 100% 4 307 50 18 1 Damage to Property, 28 28 17 17 100% Dangerous Goods, 31 31 36 36 100% 41 Drunkenness, 20 20 22 22 100% 18 Forestry Offences, 335 335 211 211 100% 306 14 Gambling, 364 364 327 327 100% 1,745 72 Hawking Offences, 8,988 8,988 9,764 9,764 100% 9,580 270 Lottery Offences, 245 245 205 205 100% Mendicants, 74 74 19 19 100% Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 349 349 461 461 100% 251 35 19 1 Morphine, 17 17 2 2 100% 2 Nuisances, 239 239 321 321 100% 333 Opium, 624 624 787 787 100% 836 111 Revenue, 228 228 329 329 100% 1 339 40 Rogue and Vagabond, 20 20 36 36 100% 32 7 Stowaways, 27 27 24 24 100% 20 15 3 Unlawful Possession, 332 332 322 322 100% 294 50 Vagrants, 47 47 27 27 19 10 Vehicles and Traffic, 1,078 1,078 1,042 1,042 4 1,024 5 41 Women and Girls, 144 144 137 137 1 131 14 Other Miscellaneous Offences, 928 928 1,404 1,404 10 18 1,926 2 118 Total, 14,409 14,409 15,792 15,792 76 37 18,185 2 $62 Grand Total, 17,124 2,486 19,610 18,583 2,557 21,140 110 42 20,760 12 5 1,259 566,485.55 67,617.32