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Extract from

Police Return of the Convictions for

Serious and Minor Offences during the

1870, with Remarks in explanation.

Mouth Neof

Convictions

418.

January 409. February 385. March April. 4457 May. June.

638.

630.

July 6.40. August. 914. September 445.

October.

332.

November 417. December. 386.

Remarks

Mo. Kragh.

Kouring

Aus

year

in charge of the Volice

these Six months. and Flogging,

abolished on

the 35% of May in eversequence of an Opinion given by the Attorney General to the Ceffect that it wass

Result of this

illegal. The

was an immediate

return to the Colony of a number of bad: Characters,

blice

Mr. Rice took charge of the Police from

the 5th July to the 19th October-

The

great increase in the number of Causes in August is attributable to his Agorans Cation in Sourching for and

arresting a large nonber of bad characters and to

to the some Policy may be attributed. the deaciose which followed to the

Close of the spear.

Nor Benne was at the head.

head of the

Police during these mon

it

the .

J. Gantner Trotine Molanial, Seantury

F. February), 1841.