Statistics of Van Diemen’s Land. 3l 
Table 78 is a return relative to the Commission of the 
Peace in 1849. There were 261 Justices of the Peace within 
the territory, comprising— 
Per cent, 
Naval and Military Officers .........:cse.seee QT 
SUIZEONS  ........40! ES asl a Bi ee RS 10° 
J BUSITTEISWSVEST: AREAS URURSLN  eacseaie WER ae ae 2'°3 
CCILIGIEes in Ys ca ESIA RR REET es eee SORA IY Soe Me a4 
(Osi OC cfes RSIee anya Bree pyst Sera aR | Siay PRU 8° 
IT SYRGV AEN OURS) Rew ee rat aine re er ar erent nN cop 72 
Other sGenblemeny/ i323 cds eeaevadeeccsenssacte canes 41°3 
The Police force consisted of a Chief Police Magistrate, 
8 Police and 10 Assistant Police Magistrates, with 27 Police 
Clerks, and 510 Constables. 
Table 79 is a classified return, certified by the Registrar, 
of the aggregate number of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land 
on the 31st December, 1849. The grand total was 22,487, 
in the proportion of 18,397 males and 4090 females, or 81°8 
per cent. and 18°1 per cent. respectively ; and their descrip- 
tions may be thus given :— 
Males and 
Males Females Females 
percent. per cent, per cent. 
Ticket-of-leave holders ............ Dats) | ae Aa, 
Pass Wol ders seve. Meatecceescadsouters 39° 656 43°8 
Under probation or sentence.... 8°2 O72 ore 
The number of Convicts who became free in 1849 were 2541, 
of whom not fewer than 414 failed to apply for their certifi- 
cates of freedom.—The deaths of convicts reported in 1848 
were less than 1 per cent. of the whole number. 
Table 80 is Capt. Kay’s valuable report of the Meteoro- 
logical facts recorded at H. M. Observatory during 1849. 
The atmospheric pressure and temperature for the year are 
first given, being the monthly barometrical and thermome- 
