66 The other cliief articles exported to Great Britain were :— 1909. 1908.

Eggs' Oil cake .. Onions Wool Cigarettes..

March 26, 1910.

.€E. 126,572 2d0,044 115,855 58,290 63,422 ■€E. 75,589 214,700 103.178 50.344 64,309 K H. CLIVE.

ANXEJC II.

Extract from the Report of the Jtidicial Adviser for the year 1909.

Puhlic Security and the Relegation LawP In dealing last year with the general state of crime, I observed that the main difficulty with which we had to contend was the impossibility of inducing the lawabiding portion of the community to co-operate with the authorities in the effective repression of crime by coming forward to give evidence of facts within their knowledge, and that, as a result of this attitude, the most dangerous and hardened criminals habitually escaped conviction and punishment. I referred, in this connection, to the opinion of the Ministry of the Interior, that a large proportion of the crime of tlie country was the work of a comparatively sn)all number of individuals whose names were well known to the police, but who could not be reached, owing to this difficulty <3f obtaining evidence against them. I added that that Ministry therefore advised that measures should be taken, upon proof of general bad character, to put these persons in a position in which they could do no further mischief for some time.

As may be seen from the figures, crime continued to increase steadily throughout the first eight months of last year, and even those who were most opposed to repressive measures of an exceptional character were compelled to admit that a condition of affairs had been brought about, with which the ordinary legal and judicial machinery appeared to be inadequate to deal.

The following table, which shows the extent to which crimes of violence have tended to increase during the last three years, affords eloquent testimony to the gravity of the situation with which the authorities were confronted :— Grimes. Ilomicide and attempted homicide.

January February Marcli April .. May .. .Tune July .. August Sepiomber October November December 1907.

394 224 254 259 286 266 323 324 292 284 261 321 1908.

190 275 274 226 348 351 346 363 329 280 357 316 Total 3,288 3,055 1909.

238 314 388 309 333 362 409 388 312 257 234 284 3,828 1907.

73 09 89 82 102 84 99 127 118 123 116 132 1908.

44 110 104 82 120 131 129 170 156 129 158 131 1909.

98 126 143 139 111 132 175 172 136 103 109 114 1,214 1,464 1,558 Since the existing powers of the administrative and judicial police had proved insufficient to enable them to discover the authors of criminar acts, once committed, and • Law No. 15 of 1909, ofiicially entitled; “ Loi soumettant certains individus a la surveillance de la Police.”

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online. Copyright (c) 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.