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Marine Magistrate's Court.

The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years were as follows:-

DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.

YEARS.

Number of Cases.

Number of

Forfei-

Defend- Impri- ants. soned.

ture

Fined.

of

Repri- manded.

Sent back to Duty.

To be dis- charged

Dis-

Com- mitted

from missed.

Pay.

Ship.

for Trial.

78

169

111

221

136

58

87

90

152

70

167

84583

47

66

24758

32

11

1

9

3

29

A

14

1

21

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6

11

37

21

15

3

23

33

2

53

1

5

Total,........

407 | 796

377

179

39

29

79

7

83

...

renge

of last 5 years,

81.4 | 159.2

75.4

35.6

7.8

5.6

15.9

1.1

17.6

Do. ending 1883,..

85.6

166.0

66.8

33.0

13.2

5.8

18.0

2.0

26.8

Police.

The Cases brought under the notice of the Police during the last 5 years were as follows:—

Serious OFFENCES.

MINOR OFFENCES.

YEARS.

Number of

Cases.

Convicted. Discharged,

Number of Cases.

Convicted.

Discharged.

2,652

1,297

560

7,551

4,743

1,102

2,466

1,298

561

4.309

3,707

767

2,300

1,389

472

6,336

6,457

672

2,577

1.234

505

5,90-1

6,310

1,214

2,136

1,116

556

5,678

5,772

1,105

Total...

12,631

6,334

2,714

29,778

26.989

4,850

erage of 5 years,

2,726.2

1,266.8

542.8

5,955.6

5.397.8

970.0

Da. ending 1893,

2,359.2

1,312.4

173.4

4,291.2

3,794.6

869.0

27.-HOSPITALS, &C.

Civil Hospital.

The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared l 1887.

1387.

1888.

Police,

619

657

Board of Trade.

103

153

Private paying Patients,

32-4

313

Government Servants,

117

159

Police Cases,

208

242

Destitutes,

255

248

1.656

1,772

The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the last 5 years were as follows:-

Years.

1884,

1385,

1886,

1887,

1888,

Admissions,

Deaths.

1,354

50

1,510

76

1,623

79

1,656

89

1,772

80