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APPENDIX A—continued. Return Showing the Number of Offences reported, the Number of Offences for which Persons were apprehended or summoned, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ended 31st December, 1924, and Year ended 31st December, 1925—continued.

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1924. 1925. Increase or — » Decrease in ® o ©■§« Results of Oases in which Persons were 5 9 a ? m apprehended or summoned. jp jt- (Charges against Males and Females Number of repoited. Offences. 2 2 S separately.) amongsUhole "3 *3 a committed j «wrd 0 .2 5tj Committed Summarily for Trial. °S °.S ..3*® for Trial. convicted! Dismissed. s « ® II *4 u U f£ MJ H 2 fa |& | J —, T i e B ® I ® § -9 o g M. P. M. i P. M. P. M. P. C I f Z 7. [ _ : Gaming Act. Common gaming-house, keeping or 31 52 52 .... 43 2 6 1.. .. 21 managing, &e. Found in a common gaming-house .. 101 95 95 .... 90 .. 5 .. .. .. 66 Gaming with instruments .. .. 46 25 25 .... 19 1 5.. .. .. 21 Publishing advertisements relating to .. 21 21 .... 20 1 .... .. .. 21 betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or 51 45 45 3 38 1 3 .. .. 6 conducting, &c, Betting, unlawful .. .. .. 96 54 54 4 43 1 6 .. .. .. 42 Following occupation of a bookmaker 2 7 7 4.. 3 .. 5.. Trespass on racecourses .. .. 84 135 133 .. .. 129 3 1 .. .... 51 Holding illegal race-meeting .. 1 .. .. .... .. .. .. 1 Gambling on railway-train .. 2 .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. 2 Post and Telegraph Act. Illegally opening or delaying postal 8 14 14 31 9 1 1 1 6.. packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, <fcc. 36 54 51 22 1 25 2 1 21 1 18 Stealing money from postal packets .. 18 34 34 30 4 30 .. 16 .. Unlawfully opening mail-bags .. .. 1 1 .. 1 .. .. .... .. 1 1 Injuring post-office pillars or boxe3 2 17 7 .... 7 .. .... .. .. 15 False statement re posting postal packets 1 1 1 1 .. .. .... 1 Damaging telephones .. .. 4 4 2 2.. .. .. .... 2 Damaging insulators .. .. .. 3 3 .... 3 .. .... .. .. 3 Posting indecent post-cards or letters 3 .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. 3 Fraudulently using postage stamps .. 8 .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. 8 Destitute Persons Act. Failing to maintain wife or children .. 1,696 1,729 1,617 .. .. 1,358 4 254 1 .. .. 33 Failing for fourteen days to pay main- 1,721 1,851 1,728 .. .. 1,618 16 94 .. .. 130 tenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation 19 24 24 .... 23 .. 1 .. .. 5 orders are in force Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 14 17 15 .... 11 .. 4 .. .. 3 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seamen Act. Misconduct endangering his ship or lives .. 3 3 .... 3 .. .... .. .. 3.. of persons thereon Ship-desertion .. .. .. 122 217 189 .. .. 187 .. 2 .. .. 95 Absent without leave .. .. 72 127 126 .. .. 117 .. 9 .. .. 55 Offences against discipline .. .. 137 834 834 .. .. 818 .. 16 .. .. .. 697 Wilfully damaging ship, stores, or cargo 3 .. .. .... .. .. .. .. 3 Embezzling cargo .. .. .. 6 12 9 .... 6 .. 3.. .. .. 6.. Habouring deserters .. .. 1 .. .. .... .. .. .. 1 Stowing away .. .. .. 43 j 47 47 .... 47 .. I 4 Licensing Act. Permitting drunkenness or violent con- 11 11 11 .... 6 .. 4 1 duct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxi- 9 12 12 .... 5 .. 7 .. .. 3 cated persons Permitting gaming, gambling, &c. .. 3 3 3 .... 2 .. 1 Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 502 560 560 .. .. 271 41 225 23 .. .. 58 for sale, or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under 27 58 58 .. .. 17 1 37 3 .. .. 31 twenty-one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 54 j 68 68 .. I .. 45 5 17 1 .. .. 14 persons Permitting prohibited persons to be on 4 2 2 .... 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 premises Unlawfully employing females in or 7 1 1 .... .. 1 .... .. .. ! 6 about a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. 2 1 1 .... 1 .. .. 1 Illegally supplying liquor to Natives .. 23 46 46 .... 39 1 5 1.. .. 23 Selling adulterated liquor .. .. 1 2 2 .... 2 .. 1 Obstructing Inspectors or refusing 5 8 8 .... 5 1 2.. .. | 3.. entrance to Inspectors or constables Using bottles with labels more than •• 1 1 .... 1 • • 1.. once II II