No. 1908
HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL, FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
The numbers of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding numbers for the year 1904 were as follows:
1905.
1904.
Convicted by the Ordinary Courts,
5,258
6,471
Convicted by the Courts Martial,
64
95
Debtors, ...
49
64
On remand or in default of finding surety,.
856
834
Total,.....
6,227
7,464
There was thus a decrease of 1,237 on the total number of admissions. as compared with the previous year.
2. The number of convictions from the New Territory was 169, against 80 for the pre- vious year.
3. The following Table shows the number of convicts confined in 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.
1896.
40
.016
1901,
180
.059
1897,
51
.020
1902,
215
.068
1898.
55
.021
1903,
245
.075
1899,
96
.037
1904,
243
.067
1900,
141
.053
1905,
216
.057
4. The number of prisoners admitted to the prison in 1905 for offences not of a criminal nature was 3,383, máde up as follows:-.
Convicted by Courts Martial,.
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under the Opium Ordinance,
64
1,397
27
Gambling Ordinance,
312
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Market Ordinance,
288
Arms Ordinance,
19
Vehicle Ordinance,
85
9:
*
17
22
Sanitary Bye-laws,
141
33
17
Harbour Regulations,
68
for Drunkenness,
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Trespassing.
47
29
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Disorderly Conduct, .....
270
>>
*
Vagrancy,
52
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Contempt of Court,...
Assault,
206
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Obstruction,
124
Cutting trees,
36
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>>
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Fighting,.
250
Mendicancy,
Total,.....
3,383