CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9] — Page 334

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Space's attention to the marked diminution

in crimes of that

of that clap.

2.

It is true that there is a

-perceptible

and remarkable diminution of Crime in

485

It

would therefore

be

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the balony generally natural to expect that crime by so

as

is clas to decrease

iother

wwwwwweraus

that of benants would be found

equally with crime capes, but not

amongst

merity is this the

"case, but the ratio of that decrease is

found to be far in excess of that which has taken place in any other portion of the Community

3. There were 21 Servants anested on 'changes of Larceny and either convicted

ON

discharged during the 13 weeks of

year. During

the second Quarter of this

the first Quarter there had been 40. whilst during the last Quarter of 1867 as appears from the return transmitted in

w my

despatch No 485 of last April there had been 89. and for several previous

the No of servants arrested per

Lavery averaged

years

Quarter for

between 80+

80+90

It hence appears that the above

as tested by the Standard

special crime

of

1

more

than

a

anseats for larceny has actually

decreased

fourth as compared with

former years, and almost

ome

half

as

compared with the first Quarter of the present year. That markled and continuous decrease has taken place since the

ammencement

ncement of this

year

ar in other words since I have been able to mature

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