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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons Apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1889, and Year ending 31st December, 1890— continued.

Note.—Populations are taken from preliminary census returns, 1891,

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1889. 1890. Offences. ° o P Pen ions Apprehenc ed. O O ft Number of Convictions Persons Apprehended. Number of Convictions amongst those Committed for Trial. O T3 Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. those -all Committed fl S k for Trial. I §„ a I £35 Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. BOO Sot© Q t-i M. F. F. —; * I 2 B ■8 I M. P. M. F. M. F. M. M, P. M. i " M. P. South Island — continued. Sacrilege Setting fire to grass Sheep-stealing Shipping and Seamen's Act, breaches of Shooting -with intent to do grievous bodily harm Smuggling Sodomy Sodomy, attempted Suicide, attempted.. Sureties of the peace Threatening letters Trespass Vagrancy Wife-desertion 3 5 49 •• 4 1 1 8 7 1 5 184 9 •■ 1 1 1 1 " ■' 3 44 4 ■• I •• ! .. ! * ; ! "a :: i j .. 48 .. .. .. i :; i i 8 5 183 8 5,536 ! 160 .. .. 113 2 "A 2 •• i ■•! '' I " ' ' ! # * * ! 1 102 ! 6 9 •• I ii in 2 •• ! "l ■■ I - I •• . . i 10 64 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 's 2 36 6 "%\ 1 2 3 •el 4 4 16 6 •• 8 I 1 1 5 48 1 .. •■ _ 5 84 5 •• I 68 21 3 10 ! 136 12 •• 60 4 47 13 3 is 136 8 1 j >. I •• 3 i 6,010 210 14 4,083 656 ! ■ 81 6,230 217 I i i 20 i 4,249 669 559 94 5,808 9 Totals ! 492 11 137 594 I 374 Increi ,se, 220 Beten showing the Peopoetion of Police to Population and Cost of Police per Inhabitant in each of the under-mentioned Places. Place. Proportion of Police to Population. Cost of Police per Inhabitant. Eemarks. New Zealand Victoria New South Wales .. 1 to 1,375 1 to 784 s. d. 2 11J 4 9J 5 1} Number of police, 486 ; net expenditure (vide Appropriation Account for year ended 31sfc March, 1891), £99,335 16s. Id. Population, 668,353 (including Maoris). Vide estimates for year ended 30th June, 1890, viz.: Number of police, 1,454 ; vote, £272,618. Population, 1,140,405. Number of police on the 31st December, 1889, 1,567 (vide Inspector-General's report); vote for 1890, £291,903. Population, 1,134,207. 1 to 724 South Australia 1 to 825 5 2J Vide estimates for 1891, viz. : Number of police, 388 ; vote, £83,553. Population, 320,006. Queensland 1 to 489 8 4j Number of police, 806 (exclusive of native trackers); vote, £165,240 (vide estimates for 1889-90). Population, 393,938.