No. 2.— Table showing time lost by sickness and other causes. No. 3.-Table showing the number of arrests in each precinct. Precincts. Days. 8 176 407 271 433 423 253 365 213 5 129 2,683 No. 4.-Table showing the ages of the males arrested classified. Artists Apprentices No. 9.-Table showing trades and callings of persons arrested. Auctioneers. 172 25 131 The following is a recapitulation of the work done by the police force during the past year, a more extended exhibit of which will be gathered from the annexed table: The whole number of arrests during the year has been 24,542, of which 19,757 were males, 4,785 females, 9,158 were married, 15,384 were single, 14,530 could read and write, 10,012 could not read or write. The offences may be classified as follows: Offences against the person-12.128 males, 3,689 females. Of the cases reported the following disposition has been made: 1,702 have been committed to jail, 614 have given bail for court, 207 have been turned over to the military, 7,731 have been dismissed, 2,038 have been committed to the workhouse, 644 have given security to keep the peace, and in 815 cases various light punishments have been inflicted, and they have been classed upon the records under the head of miscellaneous. Fines have been imposed in 10,791 cases, amounting in all to $50,355 06, as .follows: In Washington city, including a part of the county In Georgetown, including a part of the county.. Total... $46,131 00 3,743 06 481 00 50,355 06 The number of destitute persons furnished with lodgings has been, during the year.... Lost children restored to parents. Sick or disabled persons assisted or taken to hospital. Horses or cattle found estray.. Doors left open and secured by police.. Fires occurring in the District... Horses and vehicles found estray restored to owners 3,846 136 118 69 68 110 33 PROPERTY OPERATIONS. The whole amount of property received by the property clerk during the year, as per his reports, amounts to... $33,173 28 The whole amount of property delivered by the property clerk dur- 32,961 62 account... 145,456 94 Total... 211,591 84 REPORT OF THE WARDEN OF THE JAIL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NOVEMBER 1, 1866. In compliance with an act of Congress of February 29, 1864, requiring the warden of the jail to make an annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, I have the honor to submit the following report: Since my last report of November 1, 1865, the jail has been much crowded, and crime seems not to have decreased. The crowded condition of the cells and rooms calls for a speedy completion of the new jail. The large number of children of both sexes committed for crime, who have to be confined with old offenders, shows the importance of a house of refuge to |