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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26тп MAY, 1894.
Marine Magistrate's Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED of.
YEARS.
Number of Cases.
Number of Defend- Impri-
Forfei-
To be dis-
Com-
ture
Fined.
ants.
soned.
of
Repri- manded.
Sent back to
charged from
Dis-
mitted
missed.
for
Pay.
Duty.
Ship.
Trial.
1889,
53
107
1890,
81
239
1891,
147
311
1892,
79
178
1893,
24
79
28283
54
25
15
13
92
84
62
205
86
80
45
6
6219
15
41
10
9
23
8
1
8
Total,.....
384
914
339
400
28
15
39
93
...
Average of last 5 years,
76.8
182.8
67.8
80.0
5.6
3.0
7.8
18.6
A
Do. ending 1888,...
81.4
159.2
75.4
35.6
7.8
5.6
15.8
1.4
17.6
Police.
The Cases brought under the notice of the Police during the last 5 years were as follows:-
SERIOUS OFFENCES.
MINOR OFFENCES.
YEARS.
Persons.
Number of
Number of
Persons.
Cases.
Convicted. Discharged.
Cases.
Convicted. Discharged.
1889,
1890,
2,893
1,409
618
4,568
4,529
1,131
3,100
1,412
616
5,324
5,007
1,213
1891,
2,994
1,687
444
7,875
9,320
673
•
1892,
1893,
2,983
1,728
492
6,747
8,245
729
2,725
1,391
316
6,463
7,095
661
Total,.....
14,695
7,627
2,486
30,977
34,196
4,407
Average of last 5 years,
2,939
1,525.4
497.2
6,195.4
6,839.2
881.4
Do. ending 1888,
2,526.2
1,266.8
542.8
5,955.6
5,397.8
970
24. HOSPITALS, &C.
Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows, as compared with 1892.
1892.
1893.
Police,
496
522
Board of Trade,
157
132
Private paying Patients,
378
467
Government Servants,
168
205
Police Cases,....
232
247
Destitutes,.
284
262
Total,
1,715
1,835
The total admissions to the Hospital and Deaths during the last 5 years were as follows:-
-:
Years.
Admissions.
1889,
1,793
1890,
1,957
1891,
1,867
Deaths.
77
98
84
1892,
1,715
1893,
1,835
6888
67
Total,
9,167
394
Average,.........1,833.4
78.8