Statistics of Van Diemen’s Land. 29 
[ Holding Conditional Pardons ........ 76 
Elolcine; Hree Pardons) ieee. c3.. OFS 
|Fres DIV Se vind Of Ls neds ac nest tess 68° 
Free 
Arrived free and born in Colony .... 23°7 
Ditto, but since transported, and 
| holding conditional pardons... 0°08 
Of the bond, the proportion of males is 80 per cent.; and 
of females 20 per cent. ; and of the free, the males are 81°5 
per cent., and the females 18°5 per cent. 
Besides the civil condition of the offenders, the nature 
and number of each offence, grouped into classes, are 
minutely set out, and afford, upon analysis, the following 
centesimal proportions :— 
Per cent. 
1. Offences against the Person ..........secenseecees 5°39 
2. Ditto against property with violence... 0°9 
3. Ditto ditto zthout violence. 6°4 
4. Malicious offences against property............ 0°3 
5. Forgery, and offences against the Currency. 0°3 
6. Other offences (including drunkenness,&c.) 44°5 
7. Offences against Convict discipline............ 41-4 
Table 72 represents the amount of Crime investigated by 
the Visiting Magistrates during the same period; the total 
number of cases being 5166, of which full 90 per cent. were 
for breaches of Convict discipline. The civil condition of 
the offenders may be thus detailed :— 
Per cent. 
Winder probation i i.d5 ia Ole tae laenscrsuece 10°9 
ass Moldersy:x:hisies. tei ak suns ceaetncoeresteconnease 83-4 
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Arrived free and born in Colony ................ 0:07 
Of the whole, 82 per cent. were males, and 18 per cent. 
females. 
