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APPENDIX A. Return showing the Number of Offences reported, Persons apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1906, and Year ending 31st December, 1907.

1906. 1907. Offencee. m v iii i°s, «M o ■Sα* si-s Hill ago «■"°* Persons apprehended or si rmtted Summarily fo?Trial. Convicted. M. , P. M. P. immoi Dii charj led. 1;ed. W X Q © 9 o a o Si-si PI Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. 6 u u a> e M. F. 6 O I—I M. F. Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring Abortion, attempt to procure .. Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Assault on sheriff Attempts to commit crimes Bankruptcy offences Being in possession of housebreaking implements Begging Bestiality Bigamy Breaches of the peace Burglary, breaking into shops, j dwellings, &c. Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing girls, attempted Cattle-maiming Coinage offences Concealment of birth .. Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Conspiring to defraud Contempt of Court Counselling the commission of an offence Cruelty to animals Cruelty to children Cutting and wounding.. Damaging police uniform Deserting and failing to provide for wives and children Deserters and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserters and absentees from merchant vessels Detaining postal packets 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.. Dissuading a witness from giving evidence Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness Escaping from custody Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretences Fish, illegally taking Forgery and uttering Fortune-telling Found armed by night with felonious intent Found by night disguised with intent to oommii a orime Furious riding and driving Game, illegally shooting Gaming offences 4 1 1 7 3 2 131 242 17 17 814 65 47 2 105 55 5 1 4 4 2 2 113 254 12 5 926 46 50 1 72 47 1 3 12 1 4 1 4 4 2 2 I 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 i i 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 ] 3 3 1 102 253 12 3 919 41 50 1 72 43 1 3 8 1 1 ; 88 174 1 10 6 1 4 60 1 1 264 7 11 13 102 253 12 3 919 41 50 1 72 44 1 3 8 1 ia 18 8 2 7 29 18 7 2 5 20 8 1 5 12 ■" i 609 5 20 1 67 20 19 112 i a 19 1 28 1 2 5 1 4 16 15 1 2 4 1 1 88 8 3 18 4 1 i "3 6 3 20 7 3 528 315 17 3 1 693 350 17 3 1 689 242 3 1 •• I 5 16 599 93 l i 4 86 24 .3 2 17 3 I 689 242 2 165 35 3 4 2 114 5 93 "3 21 8 4 1 2 2 37 6 1 4 3 36 6 1 2 2 27 5 2 •' 1 9 1 36 6 1 2 2 16 4 "2 16 "3 1 '2 8 2 2 1 ••! a 8 8 22 7 4 13 7 4 13 6 1 4 10 2 i 7 4 13 2 i 4 9 169 4 3 19 588 214 10 2 27 600 214 10 2 27 544 1 i i 153 1 26 363 4 61 2 1 1 177 2 214 10 2 27 544 "l 1 45 6 "8 12 i 3 1 97 94 29 26 3 29 3 84 132 112 98 14 112 48 1 49 43 513 2 50 649 2 49 65 598 48 62 404 1 1 1 2 49 65 598 1 1 22 136 k 3 183 "a 13 19 15 4 11 15 4 6 346 2 368 3 368 3 3 343 3 21 1 368 3 22 1 42 31 31 27 1 3 31 11 9,210 15 311 10,203 17 359 10,203 17 344 i 9,344 11 233 831 5 16 24 91 4 4 10,203 17 344 1 993 2 48 24 210 74 103 5 18 272 57 98 6 1 18 244 57 87 6 1 12 51 3 2 4 3 2 1 148 44 1 1 9 2 33 13 5 1 18 244 57 87 6 1 9 40 2 1 62 6 73 4 "i 4 61 "3 17 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ] 1 73 57 146 86 40 198 86 40 193 74 35 138 1 11 5 48 86 40 193 13 17 '<3 1 "4 52