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2 20. The proportion of stolen property, subsequently recovered by the
3 Police, ranges at about one-third. It seems to
4 Value of stolen pro- , ci .
5 perty and proportion re- increase slightly year by year, and is nearly the
6 caveses Py. aoe same as that recovered on the average by the
7 Police in England. The estimated value of property stolen or plundered
8 during 1854—64 lakhs of Rupees or £65,000—is not large, especially if
9 it be remembered that the estimate being given by the owners them-
10 selves will probably exceed the reality ; and if the sum be spread over
11 the number of cases, it will not be more than Rupees 30 or £3 per case,
12 and thus it will appear that the majority of the cases are little
13 more than larcenies. oe
14 21. The conduct of business in the Sessions held by the Commis-
15 sioners of Divisions has been satisfactory. Of the
16 serious cases committed to these Courts for trial,
17 in about three-fourths convictions follow. The number of appeals from the
18 Magistrate’s orders preferred before these tribunals are comparatively
19 - few, about 5 per cent. ; and of those which are preferred, in about one-
20 fourth the appellant obtains some order in his favor.
21 22. On the whole, so far as the result can be known from statistics
22 General and progres. (and to a considerable extent it can), there is every
23 sive improvement - reason to believe that Criminal Justice is im-
24 proving yearly in every respect, not only in a social, but also in an
25 administrative point of view. Such a conclusion is corroborated by
26 general report and by careful inquiry. There are few well-informed
27 persons, Native or European, who would not admit that crime, ig mild
28 and rare, and on: its occurrence is vigorously prosecuted and condignly
29 punished. “
30 The Sessions Court.
31 Part ITI.—Potice.
32 23. ‘The composition of the Punjab Police, with its various classes,:
33 Police Force, Military amely, the organized Militarye Police, tte Civil
34 and Civil, and Detective Establishment, the City Watchmen,
35 and the rural Constabulary, have been described in former Reports, It
36 will now be sufficient to note the strength of this Police to size and.
37 extent of jurisdiction and to the amount of population. The organized
38 Police, with a Military system and discipline, and performing duties,