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Table TJo. 5. SOUTH ISLAND ] DIVISION OF CONSTABULARY. .ETITEN sh. Liquors the Hole owing the Number of Liceni in the respective Districts o _rs thereof, for the Tear endi 3es issued for the Sale of Fermented and Spiriti f the South Island, aud Prosecutions initiated agi ing 30th April, 1879. rOUl in 81 Districts. Number of Licenses in District. Number of Prosecutions against Licensees for Breaches of theLicensing Law. Nature of Offences. a o o ° a b.l !■- P r a _ . °_S fl a I. 'tago General licenses, 483 Wholesale „ 66 Bottle „ 134 2 5 18 1 8 5 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 Employing a female more than ten hours in a bar Permitting gambling in licensed house Keeping licensed house open during prohibited hours ... Obscene language ... Selling drink on Sunday Supplying drink to persons in a state of drunkenness ... Allowing billiards to be played during prohibited hours Allowing billiards to be played without a license Allowing music and dancing without permission Allowing disorderly conduct Delaying to admit police Neglecting to provide urinal accommodation Neglecting to provide stabling ... Neglecting to keep lamp burning over doors o 8 9 1 8 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 2 4 "_ 2 !anterbury ... General licenses, 220 Wholesale „ 154 1 6 84 4 7 1 1 1 1 Permitting drunkenness in licensed house ... Selling liquor to intoxicated persons Keeping open during prohibited hours Permitting gambling Neglecting to keep a lamp burning over door Refusing to supply travellers with meals Taking a book in pledge for liquor Selling without having received transfer of license Selling beer to Maoris in quantities that produce drunkenness Selling liquor to persons not partaking of refreshments... 1 2 10 2 5 4 14 2 2 1 1 i 6 5 1 1 ielson General licenses, 59 Wholesale „ 11 Bottle „ 2 1 3 Neglecting to obtain a temporary license ... ' Neglecting to keep a lamp burning over door 1 2 1 Westland General licenses, 136 Wholesale „ 11 Bottle „ 11 2 8 Permitting gambling in licensed house Keeping licensed house open during prohibited hours ... 2 5 3 rrey General licenses, 203 Wholesale „ 24 Bottle „ 6 1 5 18 9 1 1 3 1 2 1 Absent from licensed house without permission Employing females in bar during prohibited hours Keeping licensed house open during prohibited hours ... Neglecting to keep a lamp burning over door Neglecting to admit police on duty Neglecting to have name painted over door... Permitting disorderly conduct in licensed house Permitting drunkenness in licensed house ... Permitting gambling in licensed house Neglecting to obtain a temporary license ... 2 16 9 1 8 3 i 1 1 1 2 1 "a General licenses, 30 Wholesale „ 2 iarlborough 1 2 Permitting disorderly conduct in licensed house Selling drink during prohibited hours i 2 Total ... 1,552 160 107 53 The Under Secretary for Defence, AVellington. T. K. Weldon, Superintendent of Constabulary, In charge of South Island.