CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8]

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No. 92.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

The following Returns relative to Victoria Gaol, during the year 1876, are published for general information.

By Command,

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th April, 1877.

RETURN showing the NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1876.

CHINESE EUROPEANS OR COLOURED TOTAL WEEKLY. 1876. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. January 2 9 16 23 30 February 6 13 20 25 27 37 March 5 12 57 19 26 11 April 2 $ 16 23 30 May 7 14 12 21 28 June 11 18 +5 25 July 2 32 340 18 390 302 14 381 9 35 339 20 394 11 310 15 388 16 36 347 21 404 309 12 383 23 39 360 17 416 35 328 18 394 30 37 359 19 415 320 12 390 August 6 40 357 17 414 309 11 380 13 48 347 19 414 15 200 10 347 20 35 942 287 10 348 27 36 358 27 36 358 302 12 373 September 8 40 367 309 14 384 10 44 375 17 41 407 314 12 383 24 51 419 24 51 419 294 11 367 October . 47 441 286 10 359 8 58 458 19 413 19 426 20 439 23 471 25 495 33 621 33 544 305 887 294 379 300 14 338 14 369 40 15 48 469 3N 545 22 451 X2 531 29 49 468 30 547 November ō 51 460 30 641 346 4:3 12 53 477 33 563 :י 833 899 19 44 473 37 554 14 326 17 26 37 474 26 537 352 414 December 3 35 456 28 519 341 405 10 37 439 29 505 1: 344 398 17 38 410 25 473 341 893 24 36 403 $26 465 - 31 30 31 30 398 23 451

GEO. L. TOMLIN,

Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1877.

Acting Superintendent.

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RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES, for which PRISONERS were confined in VICTORIA GAOL, on the First Day of each Month of the Year 1876.

FELONIES. MISDEMEANORS. Murder. Extortion. Bribery, &c. Piracy and Murder, Uttering Trade or Money under False Pretences. Piracy endangering Life with Violence, Unlawful Possession or Receiving Stolen Goods. Piracy, and Confederating with Pirates, &c. Perjury, Suborning Witnesses to commit Perjury, Cutting & Wounding, and Shooting with Intent, or Assault to do Grievous Bodily Harm. Preferring False Charge, Giving Wilful False Testimony. Burglary, and Attempt to commit Burglary. Rogues and Vagabonds, Suspicious Characters, &c. Highway Robbery, Robbery with Violence, and Attempt at such Robbery. Common Assault, Assault with Wounding, Common Larceny. Larceny from a House, from the Person, or from Ships or Vessels in Harbour. Resisting the Police in the Execution of their Duty. Assault with Intent to rob. Liasendust as a Private or Public Servant, Manslaughter. Refusal or Neglect of Duty, &c. Administering Drugs. Desertion from Army or Navy, and other Military Offences. Child Stealing, Kidnapping, &c. Drunk and Incapable, Fighting and Quarrelling, and Disorderly Conduct. Abduction of Females, Forcible Intention, &c. Without Licence or Passes, Obstructing, Sodomy, and Unnatural Offences. Nuisance, Passage, Forgery, Coining or Uttering Counterfeit Coin or Notes. Making Bonfires and Bring Crackers, Threatening to Accuse, and Accusing of a Crime with Intent to Extort Money. Defiling Streams, and Uttering Gross, &c. Other Felonies not shown. Breach of Ordinance with regard to Weights and Measures. Breach of Ordinance for Street Contraventions, and Breach of Harbour Certificate. Gambling. Breach of Brothel Ordinance. Breach of Conditional Pardon, Returning to the Colony after Deportation. Other Offences not shown. Committed for Trial, Remanded from Police Court, Crown Witnesses, and Released on Bail by Order of the Authorities, &c. Debt. Total Number on 1st of each Month.

GEO. L. TOMLIN,

Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol,