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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
25.—GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January 1886 there were 573 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 4,600 were admitted during the year, and 4,541 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st of December 1886 was 632, of whom 49 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 674, as against 530 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
Years. Total. Men. Women. Juveniles. Daily Average Number in Prison. 1882 3,498 3,264 103 131 622.00 1883 3,486 3,200 137 149 542.50 1884 4,023 3,670 168 185 552.00 1885 3,610 3,327 147 136 530.00 1886 4,600 4,278 173 149 674.0026.—CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years:
Years. Number of Cases. Number of Persons. Convicted. Acquitted. Charges abandoned. Postponed. 1882 124 187 124 33 16 21 1 3 1883 91 126 70 26 14 28 2 1884 101 147 103 22 16 27 1 1 1885 107 159 59 20 16 — — — 1886 — — — — — — — — Total 410 608 421 120 60 113 1 Average of 5 years 82 121.6 84.2 24 12 22.6 1 Average of 6 years ending 1881 125.3 132.1 132 42.1 6.1 7.1 —* One committed suicide.
† One recognisance estreated.