HONGKONG.
No.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, FOR THE YEAR 1906.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.
18 1907
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding numbers for the year 1905 were as follows:-
1906.
1905.
Convicted by the Ordinary Courts,
Convicted by the Courts Martial,.
.5,049 19
5,258
64
Convicted by the Land Courts,
1
Convicted by the Sanitary Commission,
1
Convicted by the Captain Superintendent of Police, Debtors,
71
19
Supreme Court, Shanghai,
3
On remand or in default of finding surety..
653
$56
5,799
6,227
There was thus a decrease of 428 on the total number of admissions as compared with the previous year. In consequence of the opening of the Military Prison at the beginning of the year no European Courts-Martial prisoners have been received into this prison during the year under review.