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8. The following table shows the number of convicts confined in the Gaol on the 31st December for the past five years :-
1898..
1899,
1900,.
1901,..
1902,.
55
96
..141
.180
.215
During the above five years there were 116 convicts released, time expired, etc. The figures in the above table call for special attention indicating as they do a continuous increase of long-sentence prisoners.
9. The number of prisoners admitted to the Gaol for offences not of a criminal nature was 2,729, made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance,
576
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15
72
Gambling Market
411
77
272
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Arms
30
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Vehicle
93
7
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27
77
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Women and Girls Protection Ordce.,
14
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the Sanitary Bye-laws,
115
3
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the Harbour Regulations,
331
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for Drunkenness,
110
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Trespassing,
22
Disorderly Conduct,
78
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12
19
Vagrancy,
94
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Contempt of Court,
78
39
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12
22
Assault,
Obstruction,
Cutting Trees,
140
113
31
11
39
Fighting,
95
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Mendicancy,
1
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as Rogues and Vagabonds,
125
Total,
.2,729
10. The following table shows the number of prisoners committed to prison without the option of a fine and in default of payment of fine:-
Imprisonment in default of payment of fine.
Imprisonment
Year. Total.
without the option of a fine.
Total.
Served the Imprisonment.
Paid full fine. Paid part fine.
1902 4,905
2,172
2,733
1,616
521
596
11. There were 6 deaths and 3 executions during the year, and 35 prisoners released on medical grounds.
12. There were 84 juveniles admitted to the Gaol during the year, 64 of whom were sentenced to be detained for 48 hours and to be whipped, the remainder were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
13. There were 1,971 panishments for breach of prison discipline, being an average of 3.42 per prisoner, as compared with 2,411 with an average per prisoner of 483 for the preceding year. There were eight cases in which corporal punish- ment was awarded during the year. Seven of which were (with the birch rod) sentenced by the Assistant Superintendent alone and one with the cat-o'-nine-tails sentenced by the same Officer in conjunction with a Justice of the Peace.
Notwithstanding the overcrowded state of the Gaol during the year, the average number of reports per prisoner has been the lowest on record and speaks well for the maintenance of discipline throughout the prison.
14. There were 313 prisoners convicted from the New Territory during the year, of whom 16 were sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment and upwards,