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I.--OFFENCES.

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police Magistrates during 1897.

Total Number of Offences

reported.

Offences against the Person.

Gambling,

Offences against Property (other than Prædial Larceny).

Other Offences.

Cases

11,185

941

160

1,690

8,194

Persons 12,886

1,249

733

2,072

8,832

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Marine Magistrate during 1897.

Total Number of Offences

reported.

Offences against the Person.

Refusal of Duty.

Offences* against Property (other than Predial Larceny).

Other Offences.

Persons

113

Cases

18

3

96

13

• Include both Offences against rights of Property and Injuries to the Subjects of l'roperty,

:

13

2

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

on

the Merits.

Number of Persons Summarily Convicted.

Number of Persons Committed

for Trial

in the

Superior Courts.

Offences against the Person,...

Gambling,

59

85

163

45

552

:

Offences against Property

(other than Prædial Lar- ceny),

Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolics,

Other Offences,

Total Number of Person18 Summoned or Apprehended,...

* See foot-note (*) to Table I.

89

=

11

11

:

1

2

5

69

213

2,148

1

139

356

2.957

1

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