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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, 1905, and Year ending 31st December, 1906.

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1905. 1906. Offences. ED 3 A' C8 r, O ! Z. cn Persons apprehend si's ? IIi ■ IwS SSgS mfrtPd Sunim l!I ImS tarTrlal. Oo ™' o eia I H. P. M. Led or summo: larily Dii cted. charj P. M. I led. 1;ecl. g CO CD Q •Sfl-dB a o a o r~rH &. y -S's £•!> Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. 3 ' * 9 £ 1 8 & a P. M. I P. Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring .. .. | Abortion, Attempt to procure .. Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Attempts to commit orimes 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 .. Cattle and horse stealing (see Theft). Cattle-maiming Coinage offences Concealment of birth Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Conspiring to defraud 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 and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserters and absentees from merchant vessels Detaining postal packets 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 Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness Escaping from custody Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretences Fish, Illegally taking .. Forgery and uttering Fortune-telling Furious riding and driving Game, Illegally shooting Gaming offences Illegally on premises Illegally pawning Incest 5 1 2 4 1 1 7 3 2 131 242 17 17 814 65 47 2 105 55 3 18 4 2 1 i 2 2 1 1 i 2 1 83 24(5 16 9 874 48 . 47 2 85 45 4 8 3 7 3 1 107 242 14 17 814 60 47 2 105 48 1 18 4 4 2 1 1 104 166 3 7 551 4 18 2 100 i 2 7 3 1 107 242 17 17 817 60 47 2 105 48 1 18 4 1 7 1 1 48 2 1 8 8 to 59 4 3 223 14 8 7 1 2 17 8 4 1 1 "5 2 41 19 i 1 26 60 i 28 19 17 37 5 11 1 '27 20 10 17 3 1 1 3 10 1 1 17 1 496 397 20 7 3 528 315 20 7 3 514 231 "l 1 '2 18 2 20 7 3 514 240 "5 1 "2 3 7 2 32 164 2 442 49 7 5 61 20 'i 125 1 82 20 3 21 8 18 8 14 8 4 18 8 5 7 1 5 "7 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 '2 2 2 1 2 2 "l "2 "l 4 '(> ' 2 "5 9 8 8 22 8 8 21 5 12 i 3 6 5 1 '2 1 1 8 8 21 5 12 8 3 13 184 12 5 21 598 169 4 3 19 588 167 4 3 19 535 2 130 1 17 387 35 1 2 145 3 3 168 4 3 19 535 "2 15 8 2 2 10 '3 35 97 45 45 45 62 82 84 69 68 1 69 2 3 35 89 473 1 49 43 513 1 49 43 482 1 44 38 390 5 5 86 1 49 43 482 1 a 14 46 '2 4 40 12 13 7 1 6 7 1 1 293 346 2 345 2 313 2 8 24 345 2 53 2 45 42 42 34 7 1 42 3 8,707 19 284 9,210 15 311 9,210 13 305 i 8,376 9 211 797 1 7 35 1 77 2 1 10 9,210 13 305 1 503 27 "i 23 244 57 112 6 62 39 183 122 2 7 24 210 74 103 5 ■ 73 57 146 173 21 191 74 86 5 73 57 143 173 7 40 2 12 129 55 3 1 64 45 106 140 i 1 18 20 2 2 9 12 27 17 a 21 191 76 86 5 73 57 143 173 6 24 2 1 17 34 78 3 78 "a 9 1 '2 11 18 (j 1 3 14 i i 1 1 51 37 "4 2 2 "4 "2 2 3 4