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 wheve 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 who 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,
