| 1920 | 1925 | 1930 | 1935 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | |
| Rape and attempted rape | 11 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 19 |
| Carnally knowing girls under 16 | 14 | 55 | 68 | 86 | 99 | 41 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 59 | 73 | 66 | 61 | 82 | 90 | 81 | 106 | 109 |
| Attempts to carnally know girls under 16 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 33 |
| Indecent assault: Females | 63 | 98 | 107 | 122 | 153 | 113 | 171 | 105 | 134 | 112 | 104 | 147 | 164 | 153 | 149 | 183 | 175 | 311 |
| Indecent assault: Males | 12 | 47 | 38 | 46 | 103 | 104 | 118 | 68 | 61 | 119 | 89 | 109 | 110 | 86 | 82 | 91 | 122 | 183 |
APPENDIX B
List of Witnesses, Submissions, and Order of Appearance
One hundred and forty-five (145) witnesses appeared before the Committee in Wellington, Christchurch, or Auckland, and 18 of these witnesses were recalled on one or more occasion.
(a) Witnesses
Witnesses are grouped as follows:
Government Officials—
Departmental Heads: Broadcasting, Education, Police.
Other Officers: Customs, Film Censor, Police (4), Superintendent
of Child Welfare 10
Educational Authorities—
New Zealand Council of Christian Education
New Zealand Council of Education Research
New Zealand Educational Institute (2)
Professor of Social Science
Director of Physical Education
Tutor, Adult Education
Director, Catholic Education
Child Welfare Officers (5)
Chairman, Board of Governors
Principals (9)
Inspectors (4)
Visiting Teacher
Federation of Parent Teachers Association 29
Welfare Organizations—
Religious—
Christian Endeavour Union
Methodist
Presbyterian (2)
Roman Catholic (6)
Salvation Army (8) 18
Other—
Boy Scouts (2)
Crichton Cobbers Club (2)
Girls' Life Brigade
Hutt Valley Youth Survey
Nursery Play Centres (3)
Orphanages (3)
Sea Cadets (2)
Youth Hostels (2)
Y.M.C.A. (3)
Y.W.C.A. (4) 23
Church Bodies—
Inter-Church Council on Public Affairs (2)
Hutt Valley Ministers Fraternal (4)
Baptist
Church of England
Methodist
Presbyterian (6) 15
Women's Organizations
Anglican Mothers' Union (2)
Catholic Women's League
National Council of Women (2) 5
Commercial Interests—
Booksellers (3)
Chemists' Guild
Film Distributors and Exhibitors (7)
Milk Bars (3)
Newspaper Editor 15
Professional Societies—
Christchurch Psychological Society (4)
New Zealand Paediatric Society 5
Civic Leaders—
Mayor, Lower Hutt 1
Sporting Bodies—
Wellington Hockey Association 1
Miscellaneous Groups—
Communist Party of New Zealand
New Zealand Rationalists Association 2
Private Individuals 21
Total 145
(b) Submissions
Practically all the above witnesses, jointly or severally, provided written submissions, and some provided more than one submission. In all there were 83 written submissions from 77 witnesses or groups of witnesses.