M.—B.

Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1881, and Year ending 31st December, 1882— continued.

Return showing the Distribution of Field Force on the 31st March, 1883.

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d rH g SH S. o£ ■hq3 ,5 m § 2 13 fl O Person! Apprehended, 1881. d ■e| J a +-> H O O B g o .. rH ■d rH 03 ■all ,Q CO Persons Apprehended, 1882. d a) •S-g 1*3 rl^ as Offence-). Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. 6 to ■rf « P M. F. M. F. M. F. k. 03 o M. F. M. F. o o 03 ft o w d 03 3 a M. F. South Island — continued. Prisons Act, breaches of .. Publichouse Ordinance, breaches of Public Works Act, breaches of Public Health Act, breaches of Babbit Nuisance Act, breaches of .. 14 27 88 14 22 78 "2 "5 7 "l 14 27 88 29 1C5 1 26 89 4 .11 "l 3 4 2 12 3 1 3 4 29 104 7 12 9 1 2 17 7 15 5 10 Eape Rape, attempted.. Rape, aiding and abetting Railway By-laws, breaches of Registration of Births, &c, Act, breaches of Registration of Electors Act, breaches of Receiving stolen property Refusing to give evidence Refusing to enter into recognizance Rescuing prisoners from police Rescuing goods seized by bailiffs .. Riot Sale of Food and Drugs Act, breaches of Sacrilege Salmon and Trout Act, breaches of Seal Fisheries Act, breaches of Sheep Act, breaches of Sheep-stealing Shipping & Seamen's Act, b eaohes of Shooting with intent to do bodily harm Slaughterhouse Act, breaches of .. Soliciting alms Sodomy Stage-carriage Ordinance, breaches of Stamp Act, breaches of .. Sureties of the peace Suicide Suicide, attempted Sunday Observance Ordinance, broaches of Threatening language Tramways Act, breaches of Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, breaches of Trespass on lands Uttering a forgery Vagrancy Weights & Measures Act, breaches of Wife-desertion Wounding with intent 5 6 1 47 "2 3 "l '" 4 1 2 9 "l 6 6 2 46 7 15 10 1 "6 "l 5 1 '35 "2 "iie '58 '49 "4 "5 "iiG 69 9 3 4 2 1 9 5 1 4 5 4 2 4 "3 2 "l 2 4 54 12 1 1 4 1 "3 36 5 1 1 18 "3 54 12 1 1 4 1 52 8 1 1 3 1 1 1 "l "l 3 "l "7 "7 "l "7 '7 5 1 5 5 5 1 7 2 22 "5 "2 7 1 19 6 1 2 4 44 2 1 2 4 6 1 2 4 34 "6 1 "l "l "3 4 "2 22 5 'l6 "3 'so 2 9 3 2 3 1 1 "2 "6 2 1 3 1 2 9 3 2 3 1 2 5 1 "5 2 "l 2 5 1 4 2 2 3 "2 "l 1 "l 1 1 "l 1 1 "l "3 16 "l 2 "l "l 6 "l 5 "3 14 'l7 "2 ' 7 "7 "16 1 '3 2 81 1 49 2 22 "5 2 80j "45 '24 "6 'l3 2 "45 2 36 1 4 77 6 70 3 7 3 77j 6 84 6 1 765 5 25 5 75 4 9 1 "l 84 6 7 702 16 31 353 14 11 228 71 2 8 '38 690 16 19 376 2 14 3 199 67 3 5 1 '27 669 5 19 5 "l 63 ii 6 "l "5 Totals 9,068 26 5,868 984 1,105 8,370 217 9 7,289 1,200 170 10,039 2,103 415 223 164 10,756 1,154

Stations. 03 a o O Non-com-missioned Officers. Constables. Total. Stations. CO © g o Non-com-missioned Officers. Constables. Total. bC* Waikato District,— Cambridge Alexandra Kihikihi Eotorua Eoad 2 1 1 9 6 3 1 51 49 20 1 62 56 24 2 Taupo District, — Taupo Opepe Tarawera Eoads .. 1 7 1 1 19 6 0 27 7 7 Opotiki District, — Tauranga Opotiki .. Te Kapu Onepoto Ohuka Ormond Gisborne Eotorua Eoad 41 Taranaki District, — New Plymouth Urenui Pukearuhe n Parihaka Pungarehu Waitaha Eoad - ... 144 2 i 4 4 10 2 5 5 1 27 89 15 53 7 1 32 103 17 59 l 2 1 1 9 7 4 5 1 1 1 42 12 8 5 5 1 1 1 47 i 219 'i "4 Patea District, — Waihi Patea Opunake Manaia Wanganui 1 7 5 1 2 2 1 61 36 1 80 49 'h l 52 30 Dep6t i 6 42 Totals 19 77 552 364 101