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NATAL,
No. 37.
Major-General Sir G. J. Wolseley, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., to the Earl of Carnarvon.- (Received June 5.)
(No 92.) (Extract.)
Government House, Natal, April 26, 1875.
I HAVE the honour to forward to your Lordship the Criminal Statistics for 1874. They include the report of the Attorney-General on crime, and the returns of gaola and prisoners.
Inclosure in No. 37.
Criminal Statistics, 1874.
I.-OFFENCES.
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police or the Magistrate
during 1874.
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Total Number
Offences
of Offences Reported. against the Person.
Cattle Stealing, &c.
Offences* against Property, (other than Cattle Stealing).
Other Offences.
6,785
983
95
603
5,104
• Include both offenes against rights of property and injuries to the subjects of property.
II. APPREHENSIONS AND SUMMONSES.
TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Magistrates' Courts by
Arrest Warrant, or Summons for Offences, and how the Cases were disposed of in the Magistrates' Courts.
Number Discharged for
want of Prosecution by
the Party complaining,
or for want of Evidence.
Dismissed on the Merits.
Number of Cases
Summarily Convicted.
Number of Persons
in the Superior Courts.
Committed for Trial Number of Persons
Offences against the person
Cattle stealing, &c.
134
790
2
79
Offences against property other than cattle
cattle stealing, &c.
23
113
897
52
Offences against master and Servants' Acts, in-
cluding Acts relating to indentured coolies Other offences
18
131
1,280
42
355
3,285
4
Total number of persons summoned or
apprehended
126
735
5,752
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Note. Purely civil cases in which Magistrates exercise jurisdiction are not to be included in this or the following Table.
* Including Court of Protector of Indian Immigrants.
† See footnote (*) as above.
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