No. 2.-Persons brought before Magistrates, 1900-continued.

No. 2.-Persons brought before Magistrates, 1900-continued.

*Includes 31 persons released under the provisions of the First Offenders Probation Act.

No. 3.-Disposal of Persons brought before Magistrates, 1900.

1,476

Case withdrawn or struck out

983

28,151 5,307 33,458 12,304 1,255 13,559 40,455 6,562 47,017
1,255
945
73 1,018 119
125 1,064 79 1,143
295 1,771 1,631 351 1,982 3,107 646 3,753
232 1,215 3,081 381 3,462 4,064 613 4,677
31,555 5907 37,462 17,135 1,993 19,128 48,690 7,900 56,590

NOTE. The number of arrests is accurately known for six years only. Prior to 1895 the returns have been found to be unsatisfactory, and the numbers in the following summary are merely estimates, although probably fairly close. For 1895-1900 the figures are exact.

-Number of Arrests.

No. 4. Classification of Offences dealt with by Magistrates, 1900.

No. 5.--Offences charged against Persons brought before Magistrates, 1900. (NOTE.-Multiple charges are excluded: Each person is only considered as being charged with the most serious offence

brought against him or her.)