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I.--OFFENCES.

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police Magistrates during 1902.

Total Number of Offences reported.

Offences against the Person.

Offences against

Gambling.

Property (other than Prædial Larceny).

Other Offences.

Cases.......16,070

1,462

387

2,199

Persons...... 18,057

1,629

1,310

2,415

12,022

12,673

TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Marine Magistrate during 1902.

Total Number of Offences reported.

Offences against the Person,

Offences against

Refusal of Duty.

Property (other thau Other Offences.

Prædial Larceny).

Persons

Cases...

83

27

4

41

10

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

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IL-APPREHENSIONS AND SUMMONSES.

TABLE showing the Number of P'ersons 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,...

1

88

120

Gambling,

20

1,290

Offences against Property

(other than Prædial Lar- ceny),

Offences against Masters and

Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,

Other Offcuces,

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:

:

19

322

5,620

12

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,...

23

429

7,042

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• See font-nute (*) to Table I.