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inurder, and 33 of other offences against the person, 8 of 

 offences against property with violence, and 37 without 

 violence, and 20 of other offences :— in the Northern or Mala- 

 bar and Moor districts, there were 141, of whom 4 were 

 convicted of homicide and murder, and 1 8 of other offences 

 against the person, 71 of offences against property with 

 violence, and 22 without violence, and 26 of other offences : — 

 in the Southern or Singhalese districts, there were 158, of 

 whom 2 were found guilty of homicide, and 29 of other 

 offences against the person, 29 of offences against property 

 with violence, and 64 without violence, and 34 of other 

 offences ; — and in the Eastern, or interior districts, there 

 were 89, of whom 9 were found guilty of homicide and mur- 

 der, and 15 of other offences against the person, 18 of offences 

 against property with violence, and 38 without violence, and 

 9 of other offences. And of the aggregate number convicted 

 in the years 1841 and 1842, there were in the district of 

 Colombo, 70, of whom 10 were found guilty of homicide and 

 murder, and 5 of other offences against the person, 26 of 

 offences against property with violence, and 22 without 

 violence, and 7 of other offences : — in the Northern circuit 

 there were 89, of whom 3 were found guilty of homicide, and 

 4 of other offences against the person, 63 of offences against 

 property with violence, and 18 without violence, and 1 of 

 other offences : — in the Southern circuit, there were 102, of 

 whom 9 were found guilty of homicide and murder, and 25 

 of other offences against the person, 38 of offences against 

 property with violence, and 26 without violence, and 4 of 

 other offences ; — and in the Eastern circuit there were 52, 

 of whom 9 were found guilty of homicide and murder, and 

 11 of other offences against the person, 13 of offences against 

 property with violence, and 19 of offences against property 

 without violence. 



