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bonvictions and acquittals for 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872, and

especially

with

number of offences reported

reference to the

to

the Police,

wve

have the honor

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to report.. Lothy Shat

we

have

по

Knowledge

I

of

the offences reported

reported to the

Police save and ex

ex apt

in each

and

176

14

year from 1869 to 1972,

especially

in 1872

over

the

great increase

1871

we are inclined

to the

to attribute this

partly

increased strength of the Police

Force and its

improvement

ment in

intelligence and organization,

and

such

ao

of

are brought forward in the bow't: from general observation

however we believe that the

large

over

excess in this

former years

from increase

partientar

has not been

of undetected Crime.

ndly As regards

the

gradual

partly

to the introduction

new Ordinances probabiting

street cries

cries and certain other

nuisances which have

considerably swelled the number of bases of

а

petty character;

whilst the crimes of

as

a more

the return

serious

nature

of

Committals

for

trial in the

increase in the number of apprehensions

Supreme Court shew, have

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