130 Statistics of Van Diemens Land. 



*Per cent. 



Assaults 3 



Cases under examination 2 



Neglect of duty \\ 



Insolence \\ 



Insubordination 0|- 



Idleness O^- 



Sureties of Peace for good behaviour O^- 



Various other oflfences 15 



By. Table G5 it appears that the 14,022 Convicts, who 

 ■were brought before magistrates, bear the proportion of 

 Gr60 per cent, to the total number of that class ; and that, 

 further analysed, they constituted 49' 72 of the Ticket-of- 

 leave holders, 84'52 of the Pass-holders, and 7"93-of those 

 on probation or under sentence. This return is altogether 

 exclusive of Tasman's Peninsula, and Norfolk and Maria 

 Islands, as well as of cases before Visiting Magistrates, who 

 report direct to the Comptroller-General. 



By Table 66 it likewise appears that the 7035 free persons 

 charged with offences before magistrates form 15'20 per 

 cent, of the entire free population — 65 per cent, of those 

 free by servitude or otherwise, and 35 per cent of those who 

 arrived free or were native-born, including the Military. 

 Further analysis shows that there were 3839 per cent, of 

 the former of these divisions, and 7 '24 of the latter; or, 

 excluding Military and cliildren under 14 years of age, 

 15" 92 per cent. 



Table 67, completing this series, details the offences and 

 civil condition of the persons brought before Magistrates, 

 excluding Tasman's Peninsula, and Norfolk and Maria 

 Islands. This return shows that, of the whole number 

 taken before Magistrates, 18 per cent, were females; in the 

 proportion of 122- per cent, bond, and h\ per cent. free. 

 Table 68 is a subsidiary return of the average number of 



