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1941. 1942. m R -rH g S 8 g* 1 Offences. « § g|| ° . "8 . °l! 3_£ Ss Bfl S a a go. a a * & Post and Telegraph Act— continued. Unlawfully opening mail-bags . . .. 5 5 Fraudulently secreting or detaining mis- .. 1 1 delivered mail-bags, &c. Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. 10 19 9 Damaging telegraph-equipment .. 62 68 45 Posting indocent post-cards or letters .. 3 14 13 False statement re posting postal packet 1 Destitute Persons Act Failing to maintain wife or children .. 1,098 1,100 1,086 Failing for fourteen days to pay main- 1,951 1,830 1,794 tenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation 32 16 16 orders are in force Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 1 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seamen Act Ship-desertion .. .. .. 103 131 121 Absent without leave .. .. 21 34 29 Offences against discipline . . .. 21 2 2 Stowing away .. .. .. 5 4 4 Licensing Act Permitting drunkenness or violent conduct 7 4 4 Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated 9 4 4 persons Permitting gaming, gambling, &c. .. .. 2 2 Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 591 595 589 for sale, or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under twenty- 76 95 95 one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 15 12 12 persons Permitting prohibited persons to be on 1 ,'{ 3 premises Unlawfully employing females in or about .. 2 2 a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. . . 2 2 Illegally supplying liquor to Natives . . 129 212 210 Obstructing Inspectors or refusing 6 2 2 entrance to Inspectors or constables Using bottles with labels more than once .. 1 1 Breaches of prohibition orders .. 428 278 277 Found on licensed premises after closing- 1,688 1,429 1,412 hours Refusing to quit licensed premises .. 14 8 8 Selling or exposing liquor for sale without 100 225 225 a license

11941. 1942. i i .9 d k u a S 8 2« a " a >« • g a § 0, 3 Offences. S g «s| |S »« 111 as s§ all g a go, g s a fr 'A & Licensing Act— continued. Found on premises where liquor was 87 103 103 seized under a warrant Offences against provisions in force in 21 117 117 no-license districts Selling, supplying, or giving liquor to 4 31 31 Maoris in Native licensing districts Offences against provisions of no-license 42 33 33 in Native proclaimed areas Supplying liquor to Natives in proclaimed 265 297 297 districts Permitting consumption of liquor in 11 15 15 restaurants after hours In possession of liquor in vicinity of 1,055 913 907 dance-halls, &c. Refusing to supply lodgings .. .. 1 Motor-vehicles Act Causing death or bodily injury through 49 20 19 reckless driving Being intoxicated in charge of a motor- 471 192 192 vehicle Reckless or negligent driving . . .. 681 428 428 Other breaches of Act .. .. 8,038 5,960 5,916 Failing to stop and render assistance 4 after accident Miscellaneous Absconding from industrial schools .. 19 8 8 Bankruptcy offences.. .. . . 23 Brothels or houses of ill-fame, keeping, &c. .. 9 9 Children, wilfully ill-treating, neglecting, .. (i (i abandoning, or exposing Deserting or absenting from His Majesty's 41 72 67 ships Drunk or behaving in a violent or offensive 48 37 37 manner, &c, on a railway, &c. Failing to comply with conditions of 185 112 105 release under First Offenders Probation Act Habitual criminals or offenders, breach of 14 8 8 conditions of probationary license Indecent Publications Act, offences under 5 14 14 Opium-smoking, &c... .. .. 55 2 2 Trespassing on railway and refusing to 91 76 76 leave, &c. Arms Act, breaches of .. .. 115 143 143 Second-hand Dealers Act, breaches of .. 15 26 26 Totals .. .. .. 38,559 34,608 30,790 Decrease .. .. .. 3,951