1 8c Committee on Railway Rates. [June, 



Statistics relating to various non-indictable offences tried in 



Courts of Summary Jurisdiction in England and Wales are 



given in the judicial statistics for 1902, 



Prosecutions and among these offences it may be noted 



under the t ^ at proceedings were taken against 4,030 

 Food and Drugs ^ . s . . 

 Acts and Diseases persons in connection with the adulteration 



Of Animals Acts, of foods and drugs, and in 3,166 cases 

 a fine was imposed. The number of prose- 

 cutions is the highest for the past twenty years. In the five 

 years 1888-1892 the average number of prosecutions was 2,114, 

 whilst in the five years 1898- 1902 the number recorded was 

 3,585, showing a very material increase. The only counties in 

 which no prosecutions occurred were Rutland and Radnor. 

 In London the prosecutions numbered 1,416, Lancashire taking 

 the second place with 417, and Yorkshire the third place with 

 321 prosecutions ; Stafford, Warwick, Essex, Southampton, 

 Kent and Glamorgan had over 100 each. In eleven counties 

 the figures were under ten. 



In the case of the Diseases of Animals Acts the prosecutions 

 numbered 2,042, as compared with 1,617 in 1901, 1,508 in 1900, 

 and 3,625 in 1899. Of these prosecutions 1,641 led to convictions 

 and the imposition of a fine. The average for the five years 

 1 898- 1 902 shows an increase over the five previous years of 

 about 1,000. The prosecutions for offences relating to dogs 

 number 9,088, or some 2,000 in excess of the figures for 1901 ; 

 out the five years' average is 1,000 less than for the previous 

 five years. Of the 9,088 persons prosecuted, 8,283 were con- 

 victed and fined. The highest number of prosecutions under 

 this division occurred in 1898, when the high figure of 43,210 

 was reached. The average for the past five years is 19,007. 



Judicial Statistics. — England and Wales, 1902. Part 1. — Criminal Statistics. 

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The Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of 



Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire as to the rates charged 



„ by railway companies in Great Britain 



Committee on . / c ^ . r c . 



Railway Rates. m res P ect 0 * tne carnage of foreign and 



Colonial, farm, dairy, and market garden 

 produce, have issued a circular letter to Chambers of Agri- 



