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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, 1940, and Year ended 31st December, 1941 —continued.

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1940. 1941. I 1940. 1 1941. P ® -5 p i i .2 fl *"* *-« . . Sj M (H 9 2? S ■ S 8 s s | s « g | J s Offences. g § o|g Offences. § § §|| °. ' 3 . °. °.. I 1 -" 1?! n 'O i- tr" ® £fl !g It l-§S a ° a ° s-g § s 2 s s si: § pj p, J, o, is n g ft gi p, . g £ a fc . fc !zi Jzi. £ Gaming Act. Licensing Act—continued. Common gaming-house, keeping or 115 168 168 Pound on premises where liquor was 185 87 87 managing, &c. seized under a warrant Found in a common gaming-house .. 109 96 96 Offences against provisions in force in 43 21 21 Gaming with instruments .. . . 15 18 18 no-license districts Publishing advertisements relating to 7 4 4 Selling, supplying, or giving liquor to 27 4 4 betting on horse-races Maoris in Native licensing districts Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or con- 9 22 22 Offences against provisions of no-license 51 42 42 ducting, &o. in Native proclaimed areas Betting, unlawful .. .. .. 4 27 27 Supplying liquor to Natives in proclaimed 176 265 265 Following the occupation of bookmaker 87 106 106 districts Publishing betting charts . . . . 4 3 3 Permitting consumption of liquor in 1 11 11 Trespass on racecourse . . .. 44 56 56 restaurants after hours In possession of liquor in vicinity of 1,110 1,055 1,049 Post and Telegraph Act. dance-halls, &c. Putting explosive into post-office, &c. .. .. 1 1 Refusing to supply lodgings .. .. .. 1 1 Illegally opening or delaying postal 7 6 6 packets „ Destitute Persons Act. Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c. .. 34 65 56 FaiU Stealing money, &c„ from postal packets 35 12 11 « Unlawfully opening mail-bags .. 2 .. .. tenance mon P vs * Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. 26 10 7 n »' , ,, , ... .. „„ „„ Damaging telegraph equipment .. 17 62 54 Offences by husbands while separation 13 32 32 Posting indecent post-cards or letters .. 4 3 3 ,re m , °y°f . „ , n, , N. . . .• til, i i (-)ffences prescribed m sections 52 to 58 .. 1 I False statement re posting postal packet . 1 1 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seamen Act. Misconduct endangering his ship or lives 3 .. .. Motor-vehicles Act. of persons thereon Causing death or bodily injury through 53 49 46 Ship-desertion .. . . . . 117 103 90 reckless driving Absent without leave .. .. 17 21 21 Being intoxicated in charge of a motor- 634 471 471 Offences against discipline .. .. 5 21. 21 vehicle Stowing away .. .. .. 4 5 5 Reckless or negligent driving . . .. 926 681 : 677 Failing to stop and render assistance after .. 4 ' 3 Licensing Act. accident . Permitting drunkenness or violent con- 4 7 7 Other breaches of Act .. .. .10,523 8,038 7,998 duct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated 4 9 9 Miscellaneous. persons Absconding from industrial schools .. 4 19, 19 Permitting gaming, gambling, &c. .. 2 .. .. Bankruptcy offences .. .. 22 23 23 Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 736 591 591 Children, wilfully ill-treating, neglecting, 11 for sale, or opening or keeping open • abandoning, or exposing premises at unauthorized times Deserting or absenting from His Majesty's 27 41 33 Supplying liquor to persons under 32 76 76 ships twenty-one years Drunk or behaving in a violent or 27 48 48 Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 9 15 15 offensive manner, &c., on a railway, &c. persons Failing to comply with conditions of 175 185 163 Permitting prohibited persons to be on 2 1 1 release under Offenders Probation Act premises Habitual criminals or offenders, breach 6 14 12 Employing minors in bars .. .. 3 . . . . of conditions of probationary license Illegally supplying liquor to Natives .. 105 129 129 Indecent Publications Act, offences under 3 5 5 Obstructing Inspectors or refusing 16 6 Opium-smoking, &c. .. 47 55 55 entrance to Inspectors or constables Smuggling .. .. .. .. 1 Having or purchasing labels for bottling 2 .. .. Trespassing on railway and refusing to 26 91 83 contrary to Act leave, &c. Breaches of prohibition orders .. 440 428 428 Arms Act, breaches of .. .. 368 115 114 Found on licensed premises after closing- 2,165 1,688 1,687 Second-hand Dealers Act, breaches of .. 9 15 15 hours Refusing to quit licensed premises .. 12 14 14 Totals .. .. .. 45,009 38,559 35,896 Selling or exposing liquor for sale without 175 100 100 y~ ' a license Decrease .. .. .. 6,450