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 NATIONAL INSURANCE

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Criminal Statistics. England aiid IVales.

Committed for Trial

Year

Convicted

Males

Females

Total

1900

9,099

1,230

10,331

8,157

1905

11,425

1,265

12,690

10,483

1908

13,237

1,317

14,554

12,060

1909

12,970

1,317

14,287

11,865

1910

13,061

1,268

14,329

11,987

1911

12,301

1,343

13,644

11,338

Scotland.

Ireland.

Year

Committed for Trial

i

Convicted i

Males

Females

Total

1900

1,886

281

2,167

1,835

1905

2,525

307

2,832

2,314

1908

2,318

241

2,599

2,115

1909

1,772

205

1,977

1,618

1910

1,311

177

1,488

1,225

1911

1,215

186

1,401

1.122

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Dommitted for Trial

Year

Convicted

Males

Females

Total

1900

1,438

244

1,682

1,087

1905

1,766

294

2,060

1,367

1908

1,929

313

2,242

1,375

1909

1,933

286

2,219

1,507

1910

1,755

281

2,036

1,373

1911

1,804

310

2,114

1,496

1 Exclusive of persons outlawed, and also of cases wlieve bail was forfeited for non« ai^pearance.'

National Insurance.

Under the National Insurance Act, 1911, provision is made for compulsory insurance against loss of health, for the prevention and cure of sickness, and for compulsory insurance against unemployment.

(i) National Health Inmrance.— This is administered by Insurance Commissioners, appointed separately lor England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; by other specially constituted aiithorities ; and by approved friendly societies, trade unions, &c. The persons wlio are compulsorily insured, known as employed contributors, comprise, with rertain exceptions, all males and females aged 16 and under 70, whether British subjects or not, employed under contract, of service express or implied, whether i>aid by time or piece. Among persons exclmied are those employed otherwise than in manual labour at a rate of remuneration exceeding 1601. per year. Insured persons who are not members of an Approved Society must contribute to' a Post OfficeiFund and are known as deposit con- tributor! ; their benefits are limited. Special provisions exist for married women,