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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24тп MARCH, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 179.
The following Report of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, for the year 1904, is published.
By Command,
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th March, 1905.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL, FOR THE YEAR 1994.
PRISON DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 31st January, 1905.
SIR,-I have the honour to submit, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the following report on the Victoria Gaol and the Branch Prison (Belilios Reformatory) for the year 1904.
2. The number of prisoners committed to prison under sentence from the Ordinary Courts was 7,305, besides 95 soldiers and sailors sentenced by Courts Martial. There were 64 prisoners admitted for debt, making a total of 7,464.
The corresponding numbers for the preceding year were as follows:--
Convicted by the Ordinary Courts, Convicted by Courts Martial, Debtors,......
Total,......
7,144
71
55
7,273
There was thus an increase of 191 in 1904 on the total number for the previous year. The number of prisoners convicted from the New Territories was 80.
3. The following table shows the number of convicts confined in the Victoria Gaol on the 31st December, for the past ten years:
Year.
No. of Convicts.
Percentage to Estimated Population.
Year.
No. of Convicts.
Percentage to Estimated Population.
1895
46
018
1900
141
053
1896
40
⚫016
1901
180
*059
1897
51
·020
1902
215
*068
1898
55
*021
1903
245
*075
1899
96
⚫037
1904
243
*067
4. The number of prisoners admitted to prison for offences not of a criminal nature was 3,278 made up as follows:
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance,
1.186
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Gambling Market
218
11
257
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1
99
Arms
14
1
Vehicle
109
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Sanitary Bye-laws,
273
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Harbour Regulations.
240
for Drunkenness,
111
11
Trespassing,
40
Disorderly Conduct,
229
Vagrancy,
100
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Contempt of Court,
6
Assault.
188
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Obstruction,
102
Cutting trees,....
30
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Fighting,
55
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Mendicancy,
11
Total,
3.278