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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, 1901, and Year ending 31st December, 1902.

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1901. 1902. Oftences. ft O sis !"| I till I , HI Pers. Cor mlti forT: ins apprehended or summoi nied rial. Summi Convic &rily :ted. Dii charj led. b — f '• IgJI p. g 8-8 Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. M. P. I I II _ " M. P. M. F. M. 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 .. 3 1 9 1 3 2 108 281 1 26 18 811 70 47 2 76 57 9 9 5 1 "2 •2 2 3 1 8 1 2 -1 1 3 110 270 1 2 96 270 1 1 90 197 f> 4 1 1 57 1 2 96 270 1 2 1 .. n 12 2 .. 11 1 00 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 Act: Burying a body in other place than a cemetery Coinage offences .. .. I 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 Defacing brands on stook 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 from foreign navy Deserters and absentees from merchant vessels 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.. Dissuading a witness from giving evidence Dissuading a witness from giving evidence, attempted Distillation offences Distributing obscene literature .. Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness Endangering lives of persons travelling m railway Escaping from custody Escaping from custody, attempted Extorting money by threats Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretences 64 9 860 35 45 2 69 52 6 11 8 61 6 844 30 44 2 69 48 6 10 8 53 2 5 14 22 1 1 2 563 9 12 2 64 4 23 4 4 214 7 13 2 39 61 8 844 30 48 2 69 53 6 10 8 49 2 4 10 16 1 38 49 38 .. 9 1 49 .. 35 2 2 32 3 17 6 1 2 1 24 7 5 3 7 5 "2 1 "6 3 "2 3 2 .. 3 .. 15 5 1 . 506 314 19 3 1 368 449 19 3 1 369 189 1 18 325 32 4 1 1 2 54 27 1 4 4 19 3 1 387 200 4 4 .. 2 '.'. 138 132 4 108 2 135 L35 .. 16 2 1 9 4 9 4 4 2 2 3 2 9 4 2 2 7 2 .. 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 '"] 10 4 1 1 3 7 "2 7 i 2 1 "2 8 1 1 "e 9 1 2 1 9 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 5 2 4 2 i 202 5 9 27 230 9 1 21 4 700 230 9 1 21 4 650 162 2 1 18 2 483 2 2 70 2 3 234 9 1 21 4 650 28 4 3 2 151 "8 6 593 11 a 4 107 6 1 75 36 21 21 21 6 1 39 5 111 120 103 90 13 103 *9 5 38 61 549 37 107 536 36 107 499 1 34 60 385 13 2 47 92 *7 36 107 498 46 1 13 7 10 9 1 6 1 1 9 1 3 327 292 2 290 2 2 272 6 15 2 295 2 "2 "2 35 1 1 7 12 38 2 2 57 2 2 54 1 2 50 1 12 2 2 62 19 5 10 8,057 8,269 8,269 1 7,389 1 862 16 2 8,269 1 212 1 9 16 1 16 1 12 1 1 2 1 16 1 12 7 1 3 313 224 220 140 12 62 6 220 "3 89 14 208 36 21S 36 192 4 25 2 15 106 3 11 11 42 1 9 36 193 2 17 2 22 9