Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1933.
The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for 1932 were as follows:-
1932
Convicted by Ordinary Courts Debtors
6,361
1933 10,192
53
62
On remand or in default of finding
surety
1,379
1,185
Total
7,793
11,439
2. Thirty-four boys were admitted as Juveniles, i.e., under sixteen years of age, during the year with sentences varying from one day's detention to twelve months hard labour. Of this number thirty-two only were treated as Juvenile Offenders; the others in the opinions of the Superintendent and the Medical Officer, being over sixteen years of age.
3. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 15.3 as compared with 19.9 for 1932.
4. 473 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Territories against 269 for the previous year.
5. The following table shows the number of convicts in custody on the 31st December for the past ten years, and the percentage of the total number of prisoners in custody to the estimated population of Hong Kong.
Year.
Estimated
population.
Number of
convicts.
Percentage
၂၀
population.
Daily
average number of
prisoners.
Precentage
to
population.
1924
799,550
345
*043
1,066
133
1925
874,420 394
*045
1,116
•128
1926
786,920 409
*052
1,054
•134
1927
* 890,400 392
*044
1,189
136
1928
*1,075,690
352
*033
1,071
*100
1929
*1,075,690 331
·031
1,075
*100
1930
*1,143,510
256
*022
1,175
•103
1931
† 849,751 202
*024
1,102
130
1932
900,796 173
019
1,114
*121
1933
922,643 162
⚫018
1,472
*160
k
*Probably overestimated.
Census of 1931.
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