H.—l6.

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, 1923, and Year ended 31st December, 1924—continued.

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1923. 1924. Increase or ——— - Decrease in §. § ® •§ © Results of Cases in which Persons were 0t S' a a ® « apprehended or summoned. , - unences £ £ S B Ci (Charges against Males and Females um P 6 J of reported. X IT O satvi va *a1 v \ Convictions Offences. 2 ° O g separately.) amongst those □ committed o'S "'O °-2 5c Committed Summarily tu™;...,, lor Trial. 2.2 for Trial. convicted. U'smissed. 6 „ S9 So a* o : $ s "S S 03 S 3 2 I® 3.S0S M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. g § 5? g S5 w Q i Poijoe Oefjsnces Act—continued. Imitating Court documents .. .. 1 1 .... 1 .. .... .. .. 1 Sunday trading .. .. .. 72 67 67 .... 47 18 2.. .. .. .. 5 Gaming Act. Common gaming - house, keeping or 10 31 31 .... 29 .. 2 .. .. 21 managing, &c. Found in a common gaming-house .. 129 161 161 .. .. 140 .. 18 3 .. .. 32 Gaming with instruments .. .. 51 46 46 .... 35 .. 11 .. .. .. 5 PubEshing advertisements relating to 8 .. .. .... .. .. .. 8 betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or 79 51 51 .... 17 .. 34 .. .. .. 28 conducting, &c. Betting, unlawful .. .. 84 96 90 .... 82 .. 8 .. .. 12 Trespass on racecourse .. .. 75 84 83 .... 79 2 2 .. .. .. 9 Holding illegal race meeting .. .. 1 1 .... 1 .. 1 Gambling on railway-train .. .. 3 2 2 .... 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 Following occupation of a bookmaker .. 2 2 .. 2.. .. .. 2.. Post and Telegraph Act. Illegally opening or delaying postal 20 8 8 2 .. 4 2 2 .. 12 packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c. 45 36 36 11.. 25 11 .. .. 9 Stealing money, &c., from postal packets 7 18 17 1 16 1 .. 11 Unlawfully opening mail-bags .. 3 .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. 3 Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. 7 2 1 .... 1 .. .. 5 Posting indecent postcards or letters 2 3 3 .... 1 .. 2.. .. .. 1 False statement re posting postal packets 2 1 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 Damaging telephones .. .. 1 4 2 2.. .. 2 .. 3.. Fraudulently using postage-stamps .. 5 8 8 .... 8 .. 3.. Damaging insulators .. .. 21 .. .. .... .. .. .. 21 Destitute Persons Act. Failing to maintain wife or children .. 1,627 1,696 1,560 .. .. 1,179 8 371 2 .. .. 69 Failing for fourteen days to pay main-- 1,640 1,721 1,526 .. .. J, 386 16 121 3 .. .. 81 tenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation 20 19 19 .... 18 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 orders are in force Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 9 14 13 .... 10 .. 3 .. .. 5 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seamen Act. Misconduct endangering his ship or lives 11* •• •• •• •• •• ■■ •• ■■ .. 11 of persons thereon Assault by officer .. .. 1 •. .. .. .. 1 Ship-desertion .. .. .. 80 122 93 .... 90 .. 3 .. .. 42 Absent without leave .. .. 22 72 47 .... 47 .. 50 Offences against discipline .. .. 93 137 137 .. .. 136 .. 1 .. .. 44 Wilfully damaging ship, stores, or cargo .. 3 2 .... 2 .. 3 Embezzling cargo .. .. .. 13 6 6 .... 6 .. .. 7 Harbouring deserters .. .. 2 1 1 .... .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 Stowing away .. .. .. 41 43 35 .... 35 .. .... .. .. 2 Licensing Act. Permitting drunkenness or violent cori- 12 II 11 .... 5 1 5 .. .. .. 1 duct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated 17 9 9.... 7 1 1 .. .. .. 8 persons Permitting gaming, gambling, &c. .. 2 3 3 .... 1 .. 2.. .. .. 1 Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 476 502 502 .. .. 250 40 176 36 .. .. 26 for sale, or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under 92 27 27 .... 15 3 8 1.. .. .. 65 twenty-one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 41 54 53 .... 43 3 7 .. .. 13 persons Permitting prohibited persons to be on 1 4 4 .... 3 .. 1 .. .. 3 premises Unlawfully employing females in or 5 7 7 .... 5 .. 2 .. .. 2 about a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. 6 2 2 .... 2 .. .... .. .. .. 4 Illegally supplying liquor to Natives .. 56 j 23 23 .... 17 2 4 .. .... 33 Selling adulterated liquor .. .. 3 'I 1 1 .. ..I ..I 1 I ., I .. ., II ., I 2