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Justices remarks on the lightness of the Calendar and the comparative freedom of the Colony from crime, gives the figures shewing that the diminution of serious crime in 1869 as compared with 1868 (which in its time compared favorably with 1867), amounted to 22.404 and of minor offences to 18.440th.

Since then there appear to have been sudden, and very well as abnormal and unusual, augmentation of crime, originating so far as is known entirely with Gaming Licenses, and which may be regarded as forming one of the most interesting subjects of inquiry by the Police Commission now sitting.

I confess that I do not as yet see any adequate explanation of the sudden access of crime that appears to have led to the meeting which memorialized Your Lordship for a Commission of Inquiry into the Police.

I have no doubt that the unavoidable absence of Mr Deane and Mr. Creagh, as well as the differences between the latter and the Superintendent Gainer, operated very injuriously on the Police Force, which apparently must have been in some particulars less efficient than usual during several months. Nevertheless, whatever may have been the state of crime generally, it is certain that,

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4 241 Justices remarks on the lightness of the Calendar and the comparative freedom of the Colony from crime, gives the figures shewing that the diminution of serious crime in 1869 as compared with 1868 (which in its time compared favorably with 1867), amounted to 22.404 and of minor offences to 18.440th. Since then there appear to have been sudden, and very well as abnormal and unusual, augmentation of crime, originating so far as is known entirely with Gaming Licenses, and which may be regarded as forming one of the most interesting subjects of inquiry by the Police Commission now sitting. I confess that I do not as yet see any adequate explanation of the sudden access of crime that appears to have led to the meeting which memorialized Your Lordship for a Commission of Inquiry into the Police. I have no doubt that the unavoidable absence of Mr Deane and Mr. Creagh, as well as the differences between the latter and the Superintendent Gainer, operated very injuriously on the Police Force, which apparently must have been in some particulars less efficient than usual during several months. Nevertheless, whatever may have been the state of crime generally, it is certain that,
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Justices

remartts on the lightness of the Calendar and the comparative

freedom of the Colony from crine, gives the figures shewing that the diminution

serious crime in 186

of serious

as

compared

with 1868 (which in its tim compared favorably with 1867), amounted to

22. 404 and of minor offences to 18 440th

d. Since then there appear

have been sudden, and very

As

well

As

abnormal

to

unusual,

augmentation of

crime, originating so far

arnected

as is known

entirely

with

ganning Licenses, and which

Camo es

AW Cawn

the

be

may

regarded as forming

me

of

the most interesting subjects of inquing

by the Police Commision

now sitting.

yet see

I confess that I do not as any adequate explanation of the andden access of

access of crime that appears

to have led to the meeting which memorialized You Lordship for a Commision of Inquiry into the Police.

b. I have

unavoidable absence

then

of

no dailit that the

of Mr Deane and

J

Mr. Creagh, as well as the differences between the latter and the Sinitman't Gainor, operated very injuriously on the Police Ponce, which apparently mist have been in some particulars less efficient than naval during several mounts. Nevertheless,

have been the state

whatever

may

of crime generally,

generally, it is certain that,

کچھ

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