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Offences against special Acts, regulations, and by-laws— Traffic— More serious offences (e.g., reckless driving, failing to stop after accident) .. 9 Minor offences — («) Cycle.. .I (b) Other .. .. .. - ■ • • • • • • • • 49 Railway, fire-brigade, and Post and Telegraph (e.g. failing to pay fare, false alarm of fire, interfering with telegraph lines) .. . • • • • • • • ® Licensing (e.g., in possession of liquor in vicinity of dance-hall, aiding supply of liquor to a minor) .. .. . • • • ■ • • • • • "in Acclimatization (e.g., shooting out of season, taking protected birds, &c.) .. .. 10 Arms and explosives (e.g., unlawful possession of firearm, setting off explosives, &c.) .. 27 Sub-total .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• 185 Other offences .. .. .. • • • • • • • • • • ■ • Total ' !> 823 Notes. —(1) The discrepancies between the individual figures above and corresponding figures in Table 2 of this report, which covers the same period, are accounted for by the adjustments described above. " . • . Q (2) This table, like all others published, counts appearances only, not individual children, borne children appear more than once in each year. When this report was prepared the number of such cases in the year under review was not available. (3) Multiple charges—i.e., cases in which children are charged with more than one offence —present considerable difficulty in tabulation. In accordance with previous practice, such cases are counted under the offence which, in the particular circumstances of each case, appears to be the most serious. This selection is necessarily arbitrary, but there appears to be no alternative if the table is not to be inordinately lengthy and correspondingly more difficult to follow. In the year under review there were 148 cases of multiple charges. Table 3 (New Form) —Children's Court Appearances, 1948-49 (Classified according to decision of Court) Committed to the care of the Superintendent . . .. .. • • • • • • Placed under supervision of a Child Welfare Officer .. .. - - • - - • 417 Placed under supervision and ordered to make restitution .. . - • • • - 217 Period of supervision extended . . .. • • • • • •" • • • • 34 Placed under supervision and ordered to spend a period in an institution Committed to Borstal .. . ■ • - • • • • • • • • • • . Placed under adult probation .. .. • • • ■ • • • • • • Convicted and fined Convicted and discharged .. . . • • .• • ■ • • • Admonished and returned to the care of the Superintendent (i.e., State wards appearing on charges) .. .. . . • • • • • • ■ • Admonished and discharged .. .... .. • - • • • • Admonished, discharged, and ordered to make restitution .. . • • • • • Admonished and fined .. .. . • • • • • • • • • ■ • Admonished and ordered to pay costs .. . • • • • • • ir Adjourned sine die .. .. .. • - - • • • • • • • • • Ordered to come up for sentence 1,82 a

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