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Committer. They had the advantage of examining Mr Deane and bearing his explanations and their judgement

on the subject is as follows:-

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as

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Increase of Crimé -

Taking nowever, the tables

they stará

years,

for

the past ten

and allowing a like average

of deductions each year for the falce reports, dightues of the nature of offences claped as cerious, and the litte, it is imposible to rerist

the conclusion that crime on the

whole has been increasing

since the

5.

year 1874.

On the other subjects,

respecting which there has also

been

a little local controversy.

find the Committee unanimously

concurring

with the views I have

occasionally submitted to the Legislative Council and conveyed to Her Majesty's Government.

As to Public Flogging,

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6.

they say they agree with Lord

Carnarvon that it" cannot be

may easily

useful, and "demoralizing"

become

The system of granting

Conditional Pardons, they regard

as "one

of

worse

than doubtful

"efficiency, inasmuch as it takes

men out of gave

who ought to

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