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Table XXIII.

Prosecutions under Ordinances No. 3 of 1888, No. 1 of 1889, and No. 4 of 1897.

Offence. Convicted. Discharged. No. of Cases. Remarks. Male. Female. Male. Female. Ordinance No. 3 of 1888. Householders' Registration,-Failing to register, 1 1 29 Nil. Bills,-Posting without permission, 124 1 1 124 Nil. Fireworks,--Discharging without permits, Nil. Drums and Gongs,-Night noises by beating, Nil. Processions,-Organising in the public streets without permit, Nil. Ordinance No. 1 of 1889. Decoying men or boys into or away from the Colony, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Keeping unlicensed Emigration Houses, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Neglecting to enter names of boarders on register, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Personating Emigrants, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Ordinance No. 4 of 1897. Abduction of girls under the age of 18 years (Section 26), 5 1 ... * Decoying women and girls into or away from the Colony, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Detaining, harbouring or receiving women or girls, Procuration of girls under age to have carnal connection, 6 1 2 2 2 Nil. Knowingly deriving profits from prostitution, letting women out for hire, and trading in them, Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil.

*Including 1 defendant ordered to be bound over in a personal bond of $100 and to come up for judgment when called upon.

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