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APPENDIX A. Return showing the Number of Offences reported, Persons apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1900, and Year ending 31st December, 1901.

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1900. 1(101. Oftences. CA ill o ca --a a ca ■~Uto o-?a=aS ■§«? X.aSgg 30° ■§££- ¥ 'fl Coi mitl for Tl Persons a] Qrial. >prehenc Sumnn Convic wily ;ted. , , .. Number of led or summoned, g Convictions <S«S amongst ., _. S o a o those arily j Dis- J » o g committe a oted. charged. (or Trial. a«P.g «op, If. M. a F. £h s o M. F. 1 i 8 9 1 8 M. F. M. F. Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring Abortion, inciting to procure .. Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Administering a noxious thing .. Armed, with felonious intent .. 5 1 6 4 93 276 1 1 20 12 807 54 53 1 102 59 4 19 4 3 3 1 1 9 9 1 1 3 3 2 1 108 97 281 ! 280 1 1 5 2 2 "3 1 11 11 i i 1 2 3 1 9 1 3 1 97 280 1 "3 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 '85 183 i 79 7 15 5 1 1 Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Attempts to commit felony Bankruptcy offences Being in possession of housebreaking implements Begging Bestiality Bigamy Breaches of the peace Burglary, breaking into shops, dwellings, &c. Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing, attempted .. Casting away a ship Cattle and horse stealing (see Theft). Cattle-maiming Cemeteries Aot: Burying a body in other place than a cemetery Coinage offences Concealment of birth Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Conspiring to defraud Conspiring to murder Contempt of Court Counselling the commission of an offence Cruelty to animals Cruelty to children Cutting and wounding.. Damaging police uniform Deserting and failing to provide for wives and children Deserters from H.M. army Deserters from H.M. army, aiding Deserters and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserters and absentees from merchant vessels Deserters from foreign navy Discharging firearms Disobeying orders on board ships Disobeying orders of Court and summonses Disobeying terms of release under First Offenders' Probation Act Disorderly and riotous conduct.. Distillation offences Distributing obscene literature .. Disturbing meetings and congregations Dissuading a witness from giving evidence, attempted Drunkenness Escaping from custody Escaping from lunatic asylums.. Extorting money by threats Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretences Fish, illegally taking .. Forcible entry .. .. 1 26 22 18 17 811 ! 808 70 i 09 47 , 47 2 2 76 76 57 : 51 9 5 9 8 5 ' 5 13 1 2 40 27 11 507 2 11 2 65 27 7 5 246 27 5 2 •27 23 17 809 69 47 2 77 57 6 8 5 8 1 1 24 22 6 6 4 16 2 1 6 1 4 23 4 6 5 1 7 31 1 2 3 3 20 4 5 4 26 2 "l "5 10 "l 18 4 1 500 320 15 14 5 . 5 1 I 1 500 506 314 1684 1 7 5 1 1 1 14 5 1 518 170 3 4 1 434 46 5 77 22 2 5 6 96 76 "l "o 16 4 1-6 16 2 2 1 1 10 2 3 6 16 2 3 7 1 1 "2 1 9 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 "l 3 2 4 1 5 4 1 4 7 2 10 4 1 5 4 1 4 4 i 4 3 8 2 1 9 5 2 1 9 5 5 1 1 1 5 1 9 5 3 1 3 5 1 6 7 3 1 i 173 6 13 33 496 202 5 9 27 I 593 ; 201 5 9 27 528 149 1 1 1 45 1 2 195 5 9 27 528 29 1 4 6 7 2 "e 27 356 4 168 97 65 6 1 75 6 1 51 6 1 49 2 6 1 51 6 1 10 174 113 100 76 24 100 63 55 65 415 5 38 61 549 5 37 61 510 5 32 52 389 5 9 120 5 37 61 512 5 i7 4 '2 184 5 7 6 1 . 3 2 6 2 323 327 7 12 38 326 7 12 38 278 3 11 30 16 32 4 1 10 1 327 7 12 40 4 7 6 "6 80 42 1 1 1 1 1 1 7,299 15 19 8,057 9 25 3 313 8,057 9 23 3 306 3 6,991 5 22 954 90 22 8,057 9 23 3 306 758 6 1 3 75 "a 6 3 77 236 219 i2 4 9 162 35 1 14 203 49 14 14 184 49 14 3 28 '9 8 107 43 6 1 2 28 4 4 1 2 14 180 48 14 18 5 41 13 13 io io