# Annexe D.

## REMAND HOME FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS (Boys).

1. During the year 1,114 boys were sent into the Remand Home for the offences enumerated below:-

Offence. Arrested. Sentenced to Detention. Hawking 690 102 Larceny 206 65 Tobacco (Smuggling) 18 5 Opium and Heroin Pills 17 ... Selling Firework 1 ... Breach of Traffic Regulations 8 2 Gambling 10 2 Assaults 8 ... Wine Smuggling 2 ... Stowaways 2 ... Unlawful possession 10 2 Begging 44 15 Loitering ... ... Destitute and Wandering ... ... Burglary, Housebreaking and Storebreaking. ... ... Disorderly Conduct ... ... Breach of Yaunati Ferry Regulations 7 2 Breach of Forestry Regulations 1 1 Trespassing 2 1 Receiving Stolen Property 14 4 Enquiries 26 ... Earth Removing Without Permit 2 ... False Testimony 1 1 Committing a Nuisance 2 ... Found in Enclosed Premises 2 ... Importing Unmanifested Cargo 1 2 Counterfeit Coins 1 1 False Pretences 1 ... Wilful Damage to Remand Home Property. 4 ... Demanding Money with Menaces 1 ... Loitering with Bad Characters 1 1 Total 1,114 221

2. Of the 1,114 boys, 93 were dealt with as adults; one was transferred to Victoria Gaol; twenty-three were sent to Aberdeen Industrial School; and six were sent to the China Youths Society. On 705 occasions boys were remanded back to the Home for enquiries by the Probation Officers. Eight boys were serving a second term of Detention in the Home, and one boy for begging, served a fifth term in the Home. The general conduct of the boys was good. There were three attempts at escape during the year.

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