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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, 1908, and Year ending 31st December, 1909.

1908. 1909. Offences. o ■Sis §sa o 50 o III 8 -O s aV, = 111 1.3 8 1 2 « °? & *!§! a Persons apprehend( J§ja.|js£ M. F. j M. ed or summoned. u ,__j •S ar ° a a,rily Dis- § § i a rted. charged, j [?j £■§ 3 : fof! F. ! M. ! F. H * o Number of Convictions amongst those committed ' d for Trial. g j g i 9* i * M. P. I * M P Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring Abortion, attempt to procure Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Administrating stupifying drugs for the purpose of faciliating commission of a crime Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Assisting prisoner to escape from custody Attempts to commit crimes 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 girls, attempted 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.. 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 Found armed by night with felonious intent Found by night disguised with intent to commit a crime Furious riding and driving Game, illegally shooting Gaming offences Habitual criminal failing to report himself 1 *2 4 ' 2 98 232 2 2 4 2 4 2 79 217 1 2 2 4 2 3 2 70 214 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 .... 1 4 5 .. 1 .. 3 2 .... 2 1 5 .. 70 11 39 I 5 214 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 2 .. 2 .. 2 .. 11.. 3 2 .. 64 159 5 19 15 1 .. 1 .. 1 13 5 808 64 63 2 93 35 27 6 925 51 52 1 81 55 2 4 10 .. 27 .. 2 .. 6 16 235 17 927 8 .. 46 ..9 2 52 1 7 .. 81 16 .. 55 .. 2 .. 2 11 1 15 .. 2 .. 127 i .. 22 .. .. I 9 18 1 .. ! 11 28 7 935 55 52 1 81 57 2 12 4 33 31 1 1 659 5 9 1 70 2 16 17 2 9 11 1 12 3 37 1 ' 1 3 .. ..12 23 .. 22 ... 2 1.. 9 32 1 10 30 5 9 28 5 4 15 3 2 9 1 I 3 ! .. 9 24 1 .. 5 4 .. 1 .. 6 ..2 2 .. 4 .. 2 26 1 5 558 476 26 2 6 629 364 26 2 5 626 242 1 5 19 1 532 60 1 6 .. 26 2 5 12 82 .. 626 25 .. 246 1 12 1 .. "l .'. 5 .. 1 .. 1 1 71 160 1 71 ... 133 .. .. 112 112 13 4 I 3 I 18 7 18 7 15 6 1 2 .. 18 1 .. 7 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 5 3 8 4 2 8 4 2 8 8 .... 1 4 2 3 8 .. 7 .. 11.. r> '3 'a 1 7 1 2 '2 2 .. 1 5 15 5 4 8 4 4 8 4 1 i 4 6 4 4 8 4 .. 4 .. 1 1 .. ..7 4 1 7 208 8 1 31 726 230 7 5 21 618 217 7 5 21 552 183 2 20 409 2 33 .. 218 2 4 1 7 2 1.. 5 1 .. 21 13 128 1 551 2 2 2 1 22 .. 1 4 .. 22 4 1 10 108 is 1 10 108 72 60 38 38 38 12 12 154 93 72 71 1 .. 72 61 61 30 64 708 5 44 42 780 5 44 42 731 3 3 40 41 536 2 .. 5 J 3 .. 46 I 1 I .. 42 58 137 .. 731 2 .. 5 .. 5 14 14 .. 58 OO . . . . A& 72 72 .. 27 11 10 4 5 1 .. 10 4 .. .. 16 16 363 50 261 33 261 33 242 22 4 15 .. 261 11 .. 33 4 102 -1 n 102 17 17 10,343 18 268 10,657 17 324 10,657 15 314 3 9,824 11 203 776 51 6 10,657 1 .. 15 4 94 13 314 776 6 314 .. 1 1 1 314 1 4 is 1 .. .. 1 56 .. 56 30 252 49 135 15 24 241 56 186 23 1 23 221 55 176 23 1 8 41 7 3 3 134 43 14 3 2 23 11 31 1 221 12 .. 55 ; 2 8 .. 176 5 2 10 23 1 .. 1 11 2 1 3 5 .. 6 13 2 .. 11 3 13 6 11 149 1 3 5 '2 5 10 7 .. 140 2 51 .. 140 7 51 8 1 s .. 1 1 .. 2 3 3 1 2 3 1 .. 1 85 65 214 1 95 69 246 95 69 239 89 60 206 6 .. 95 ! 9 .. 69 2 31 .. 239 2 10 .. 4 .. 10 4 32 32 .. 1 1