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JUSTICE 179

POLICE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1925.
The information given in table 58 is taken from the C7'iminal Statis-
tics published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. It must be noticed
that to establish a comparison, with the other figures of the table, the
population of the cities and towns hel'eafter mentioned was compiled
from the Municipal Statistics of the Province for 1925.
The tables relating to this investigation sho:w the number and
nature of the offences known to the police during the year ended on
the 31st of December, 1925. The persons brought before the courts
in 30 cities and towns, whose population was more than 4,000 inhab-
itants, amounted to 37,827, of whom 28,196 for the city of Montreal.
The aggregate of the oUences committed in the same centres amounted
to 46,685. The police effected 5,301 arrests with warrants and 18,773
without warrants; 13,753 otheJ' persons were reached by summons. These
arrests and summons \vere cQnnected with theft (6,865), burglary (1,876),
highway robbery (221), assault against the person, (991), and 36,732 other
offences for which no detail is'·given. The police employed in these speci-
fied localities \vcre 1.678, in 1925, for a population of 1,383',918 inhabitants
according to municipal reports; there ,vas therefore one policeman for each
824 persons to maintain order and to protect individuaIs and property.

58-Police Stntlstics for CHies and Towns in the Province whose population was over
4.000 on the 3181 December, 1925.
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Cap dc la [l'Indel. .1 7,693 4 9 37 51 2 ......1..... .:; 4 53
Chicoutim..i ...... . 10,401 7 77 ~~ 9 154 13 2 1 . ' ... 13 1_0 154
E,at AJlgu•... ... . 4,000 2 ... 97- l~ 12 12 . .... , ...... " ... ... il~ 12
Gmnby ..... .... R,OOO 3 40 ... 137 53 la 12 137
Gmnd'Mère ...... 6,700 46 2.'1 8 82 18 3 .. 12 ~3 56
HuU ............ 35.23~1 20 132 903 259 1,294 146 28 li;' 19 1,350 1,559
Joliette.... " .... 10,84" 3 .. 4 .... 4 1~ . .. , . .. .. 1 19
Jllllqulê:res ........ 6,;;()0 2 34 1 15 50 2 ... iil .. . 2' 33 35
Laehine... , .... 15,600 14 23 ... ~. 1.;2 175 59 25 94 190
La Tuque.. ....... 5,600 2 47 2n . ..... 73 14 2 6 51 73
Levie ............ 10,300 14 2 73 75 15 5 2 ... ,. 60 82
Longueuil ...... 5,800 4 3 35 38 76 18 4 ..... 1 22 45
Magog." ... " ... 5,2Rl 2 19 8 37 64 1 14 .... ;., 27 50
Montmagny ...... 3,900 2 Il 19 25 55 ...... 5 70 75
Montreal ....... 101~fggi 1,1~~ 2,412 a,859 10.925 28,196 5,802 1,52.5 187' 508 28,191 36,213
Outremont......... 2 134 297 433 60 60 2 3 370 495
Quebec........... 124341 154 1,792 1,823 3,615 118 35 4 100 3,358 3,615
Rivière du Loup... 7,92;" 9 8 53 1 62 6 .... ..... , 58 M
St. Hyaointbe .... 11,5UU, 10 4 38 4 46 7 2 ...... 8 86 103
St. Jerome. ....... 7.0441 9 15 9 4 28 17 6 1 24
St. .Johns ....... Il,4551 5 134 20 154 9 " "2' 9 IH 154
St. Lambert. l~:~~gl 7 17 ":i:i 50 14 6 .... ...... .. 20
SU""inigan Faïl~: : It 61 &1 19 1G4 38 8 ... , .. 15 '35 96
Sherbrooke. . ... ~3,454 45 141l 498 .... 647 77 40 .. 19 542 678
Sorel.... " ....... 8,951 5 25 60 8 93 16 7 1 5 56 85
Three Rivent ... 32,000 43 91 580 24 69.; 18 9 .. .. 13 669 700
Thet.ford Mine..... 8,200 8 43 34 2 71l 21 20 1 178 112 332
VnJieyfield ........ 9,877 11 15 34 .. 49 6 10 " 13 32 61
Verdun....... ... 37,944 35 23' 452 ':i 478 230 54 "3 8 433 72!l
Weotruount . . . . . . 20,000 35 27 679 30 736 64 7 1 5 691 768
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(I) Extraet from Municipal iolt<Lt.istics of the l'ravinee of Quebee. 1925.