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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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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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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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