Y 2
I.-OFFENCES.
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police Magistrates during 1879.
Total Number of Offences reported.
Offences against the Person.
Gambling.
Offences against Property (other than Prædial Larceny).
Other Offences.
Persona, 8,705
1,132
803
1,872
4,808
Cases,
7,009
808
329
1,044
4.208
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Marine Magistrate during 1879.
Total Number of Offences reported.
Offences
Offences against
against the Person.
Gambling.
Property (other than Other Offences
Prædial Larceny).
144
20
* Include both Offences against rights of Property and Injuries to the subjects of Property.
124
II.-APPREHENSIONS AND SUMMONSES.
TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Police Magistrates' Court by Arrest
Warrants or Summonses for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of
in the Police Magistrates' Court.
Number Discharged
for want of
Prosecution by the Party complaining or for want of Evidence.
Number of Cases Dismissed
Number of Persons summarily Convicted.
their Merits.
On
Number
of Persons Committed for Trial in the
Superior Courta
Offences against the Person,..
Gambling,
91
207
121
1
Offences against Property"
other than Predial Lor- ceny,
29
95
Offences against Masters and
Servants Acta, including Acta relating to Indentured Coolies,
Other Offences,
2
3
18
B
126
674
::
C
Total Number of Persons
Summoned or Apprehended,..
50
982
897
3
See foot note
to Table I.