Year.
Year.
664
Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Police.
Comparative return of offences coming under the notice of the police during the last five years :-
No. of Cases. Serious Offences. Convicted. Discharged. No. of Cases. Minor Offences. Convicted. Discharged. 1877 1,966 1,196 341 5,422 *3,791 *702 1878 2,611 1,554 571 4,224 *3,839 *775 1879 2,397 1,381 485 3,732 *3,350 *898 1880 2,051 1,208 430 4,364 *3,548 *875 1881 2,329 1,390 400 4,367 *4,459 *702 Total 11,354 6,729 2,233 22,109 *18,987 *3,952 Average of 5 Years 2,270.8 1,345.8 446.6 4,421.8 *3,797.4 *790.4 Average of 5 Years ending 1876 1,351.4 930.4 342.4 5,772.8 *4,329 *662.6* No analysis of convictions and discharges under "drunkenness," "nuisances,” and "no light or pass" is given.
Magistrates.
Abstracts of cases under cognizance of the police magistrates during the last five years :-
Total Number of Cases. Total Number of Prisoners. Convicted and Punished. Discharged. Cases, how disposed of. Committed for Trial. Committed, pending Orders. Ordered to find Security. Undecided. Discharged. 1877 9,233 10,717 7,926 2,330 201 17 200 12 1878 9,100 10,552 7,807 2,377 218 11 120 10 1879 7,009 8,705 6,140 2,089 153 18 262 38 1880 7,095 8,657 6,198 1,062 107 18 252 35 1881 8,203 10,000 7,422 1,851 240 434 Total 40,693 48,040 35,400 10,009 1,037 65 1,277 162 Average of five years 8,158.8 9,728 7,009 2,121.8 207.4 13 255.4 32.4 Average of five years ending 1876 8,804.8 11,701.4 9,189.2 2,132.2 114.6 20 220.4 21.6