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I.--OFFENCES.

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police Magistrates during 1888.

Total Number of Offences reported.

Offences against the Person.

Gambling.

Offences against Property (other than Prædial Larceny).

Other Offences.

Persons, 13,309

1,462

1,099

Cases,

11,647

1,087

608

2,126

1,887

8,622

8,065

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Marine Magistrate during 1887

Total Number of Offences reported.

Offences against the Person.

Refusal of Duty.

Offences* against Property (other than Prædial Larceny.

Other Offences.

Persons

152

6

Cases

90

6

22

9

124

75

* Include both Offences against rights of Property and Injuries to the Subjects of Property.

IL-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

On

Number of Persons Summarily Convicted.

the Merits.

Number of Persons Committed

for Trial

in the Superior Courts.

Offences against the Person,...

32

184

82

Gambling,

12

81

546

Offences against Property

(other than Prædial Lar- ceny,)

317

63

9

Offences against Masters and

Servants Acts, including

Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,

Other Offence5,

2

40

285

2,782

Total Number of Persons Summoned or Apprehended,...

84

867

3.475

19

* See foot note (") to Table I.

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