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Crimes Against Property, or Without Violence. 



I. Nationality. 



250 Male Criminals [English or Welsh"]^ 



500 ,, Supervisees- \ birth and name J 



100 ,, Supervisees English, pure 



200 „ „ I" In England, but ^ 



300 „ „ I of all births j 



100 „ ,, Irish in England 



100 Juvenile Males English 



100 Adult Females English 



200 ,, ,, All nationalities 



100 ,, „ Irish in England 



The evidence of this table, so far as it o-oes, runs in the 

 same direction as that of Roberts and Rawson's report. It 

 will be observed that the inclusion of Scotchmen tends to 

 increase the proportion of light eyes, while that of Irishmen 

 generally increases also the index of nigrescence. The 

 figures relating to juvenile criminals are significant, these 

 being often so by hereditary right. The hair index is 

 light, owing to the immaturity of the subjects ; but the large 

 proportion of dark eyes is remarkable. Possibly, however, 

 this may be due to their being largely natives of the slums 

 of great cities. I cannot test this suggestion, having no 

 data relating to homologous children not criminal. 



The next table has been constructed from records of 

 the colour of the hair and eyes of transported convicts, who 

 had escaped from their allotted place of service during 

 several years previous to and including 1852. 



Criminal Fugitives. 



Index. 



200 Males All Nationalities +27-5 



500 ,, English, Welsh, Scotch +31 '2 



400 ,, English + 28-3 



30 „ (Included above) London +43'3 



50 ,, Irish +42 



50 Females All Nationalities + 46 



87 ,, English, Welsh, Scotch +43-9 



21 „ Irish +62 



^ Most of the observers seem to classify these among the dark 

 eyes. 



^ Persons kept under supervision by the Police after discharge from 

 prison. 



