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APPENDIX E. Return showing the Number of Offences reported, Persons apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1899, and Year ending 31st December, 1900.

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1899. 1900. Offences. co <D Sir So o y^ L 7A o *+ d H «H O co -S 5 "S Persons apprehended or summoned. . Z&X S fl S S Summarily DisS§l ffj« toTrial. Convicted. v charged. £ £ p 2 & ® ■ _ . " TO "H K, fl CD j-| o 'sSil 1 M. ; P. M. , F. M. ! F. a Summarily DisConvicted. v charged. m. If. m. f. -- w cj w 3oso 3£sa S£ga O co CD CD Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. M. P. 6 Ui Crj u fl H 6 d •Jj U o CD P Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Administering a noxious thing .. Armed, with felonious intent Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Attempts to commit felony Bankruptcy offences Being in possession of housebreaking implements Begging Bestiality Bigamy Blackmailing, attempted Breaches of the peace Burglary, breaking into shops, dwellings, &e. Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing, attempted .. Casting away a ship Cattle- and horse-stealing (see Theft). Cattle-maiming Coinage offences Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Contempt of Court Cruelty to animals Cruelty to children Cutting and wounding... Damaging police uniform Defacing brands on stock Deserting and failing to provide for wives and children Deserters and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserting merchant vessels Deserting New Zealand Police .. 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.. Distillation offence s .. Distributing obscene literature .. Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness Escaping from custody Escaping from lunatic asylums.. Failing to pay Chinese poll-tax.. Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretences Fish, illegally taking .. Forcible entry Forgery and uttering Fortune-telling Furious riding and driving Game, illegally shooting Gaming offences Harbouring deserters from merchant vessels 2 "3 1 5 1 6 4 93 276 1 1 20 12 807 54 53 1 102 59 4 19 4 2 1 6 4 76 274 1 1 12 3 800 52 52 1 101 51 4 19 4 i 1 '5 • 'fe' ■•a 3 73 159 1 2 79 1 2 1 6 4 76 274 1 1 12 3 791 52 59 1 101 51 j.4 19 4 1 2 3 1 3 4 25 1 68 306 i 23 13 30 i 1 1 1 27 7 788 41 53 2 100 36 5 15 4 6 1 5 2 263 13 23 "l 21 14 i 1 5 19 13 3 36 24 480 3 11 1 85 1 23 22 i 33 ■2 15 2 "l 0 10 17 1 2 2 i 1 1 24 2 6 2 2 23 4 1 26 5 3 1 360 322 18 4 1 18 3 1 2 14 2 2 1 1 18 3 1 1 8 1 2 1 500 320 497 188 98 3 416 36 .17 70 47 2 4 505 188 '79 140 2 18 3 1 16 4 15 4 10 3 5 1 15 4 5 3 i 2 i 4 8 4 9 6 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 6 2 1 2 4 i 1 9 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 5 2 6 2 1 1 4 6 168 1 7 42 1 392 6 173 6 13 33 6 173 6 13 33 7 5 126 2 2 30 i 2 1 46 1 4 1 i 6 173 6 13 33 6 5 5 6 '2 9 1 496 457 293 1 157 6 457 104 69 65 40 40 40 4 108 1 36 57 444 174 144 119 25 144 66 1 55 65 415 54 65 385 44 57 277 "i 10 8 103 i 54 65 385 19 8 29 7 5 3 2 1 3 2 320 6 5 53 323 321 266 18 36 1 321 3 6 "6 80 "5 80 3 63 2 15 5 83 1 27 6,289 8 15 1 262 7,299 15 19 7,298 15 18 11 6,319 4 14 903 67 9 7,298 15 18 ii 1,010 7 4 "i 236 230 154 "e 66 9 235 i 26 48 208 27 9 162 35 1 72 13 62 43 155 9 148 35 1 60 13 61 43 155 28 1 1 4 69 27 1 7 3 37 10 6 9 148 37 1 61 13 61 43 155 23 i 39 40 i 5 8 1 79 2 58 31 220 1 52 1 1 53 36 96 3 '52 '2 7 '(3 "i 11 4 12 2 8 5 57 2 65 1