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Marine Magistrate's Court.

The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years, were as follows:-

DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.

YEARS.

Number of Cases.

Number of Defend-

Impri- ants. soned.

Forfei-

To be dis-

Com-

Sent

Fined.

ture Repri-

of

back to

charged

Dis-mitted

manded.

from

missed.

Pay.

Duty.

Ship.

for Trial.

1883,

37

58

13

11

10

5

15

}

12

1884,

78

169

85

32

11

1885,

111

221

136

47

14

1886,

58

87

43

24

1887,

90

152

47

37

2466

9

28

1

21

11

21

15

23

:

Total,...

374

687

324

151

42

27

41

7

95

Do.

Average of last 5 years,

ending 1882,

74.8

137.4

64.8

30.2

8.4

5.4

8.2

1.4

19.0

118.0

213.0

85.8

44.2

22.8

8.2

19.4

2.0

30.2

Police.

The Cases brought under the notice of the Police during the last 5 years, were as follows:--

SERIOUS OFFENCES.

MINOR OFFENCES.

YEARS.

Number of

Cases.

Convicted. Discharged,

Number of

Cases.

Convicted. Discharged.

1883,

1884,

1885,

1886,

1887,

2,423

1,178

485

5,265

4,014

1,024

2,652

1,297

560

7,551

4,743

1,102

2,466

1,298

561

4,309

3,707

757

2,500

1,389

472

6,336

6,457

672

2,577

1,234

565

5,904

6,310

1,214

Total,..

12,618

6,396

2,643

29,365

25,231

4,769

Average of 5 years,

2,523.6

1,279.2

528.6

5,873.0

5,046.2

953.8

Do.

ending 1882,

2,396.8

1,387.6

490.6

4,083.0

3,759.6

819.2

27.-HOSPITALS, &C.

Civil Hospital.

The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1886.

1886.

1887.

Police,

602

619

Board of Trade,.....

132

103

Private paying Patients,

381

324

Government Servants,

144

147

Police Cases,

142

208

Destitutes,

222

255

1,623

1,656

The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the year were as follows:

Years.

1883,.....

1884,...

1885,.....

1886.

1887,.....

Admissions.

`Deaths.

1,502

70

1,354

50

1,510

76

1,623

79

1,656

89