No. 1905
8
HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL, FOR THE YEAR 1904.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
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
74 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
Year.
No. of Convicts.
Population.
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
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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,
Gambling Market
1,186
218
257
19
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Arms
14
27
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Vehicle
109
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Sanitary Bye-laws,
273
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Harbour Regulations, ...............
240
for Drunkenness,
111
27
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Trespassing,
40
17
Disorderly Conduct,
229
Vagrancy,
100
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Contempt of Court,
6
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Assault,
188
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Obstruction,
102
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Cutting trees,.
30
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Fighting,
Mendicancy,
55
11
Total,
......3,278