(2) The Children's Court 55
(3) Corporal Punishment Abolished 57
(4) Defects in the Act and its Application 57
(5) Changes Proposed 60

XVII. Summary of Conclusions 63

XVIII. Recommendations--
(1) Proposals for Legislation 66
(2) Proposals for Administrative Action 67
(3) Parental Example 68

XIX. Appreciation 68

Appendix A: Table of Sexual Offences for Which
Proceedings Were Taken in New Zealand 69

Appendix B: List of Witnesses, Submissions, and
Order of Appearance 70




_I. Preliminary Observations_


=(1) Sensational Press Reports=

In the second week of July 1954 various newspapers throughout the
Dominion featured reports of proceedings in the Magistrate's Court at