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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS.—ANNUAL
Police Magistrates' Court.
The cases before the police magistrates during the last five years were as follows:-
Years.
Total No. of Cases.
Total No. of Prisoners.
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Cases how disposed of.
1896 14,611 16,647 12,923 2,339 159 1937 1933 11,647 13,309 9,932 2,849 174 100 1859 8,670 10,033 6,894 2,497 167 1890 9,739 10,772 7,740 7,557 102 ཁ སྐྱ བྷྲ。 སྐ 5 060 35 32 463 14 192 3 54 337 17 16 318 3 2 9 3 6 5 163 48 50 67 37 Total 56,092 64,043 48,163 13,070 760 215 2,279 72 370 Average of last 5 Years 11,336.4 12,988.6 9,633.6 2,614.0 153.8 43.0 455.8 147.4 74.0 Average of 5 years ending 1885 10,153.8 11,570.2 8,851.6 2,356.6 181.8 26.6 550.0 38.4 88.2Marine Magistrate's Court.
The cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last five years were as follows:
Number of Cases. Number of Defendants. Imprisoned. Fined, Forfeiture of Pay. Reprimanded. Sent back to Duty. To be discharged from Ship. Dismissed. Committed for Trial. Undecided. 1896 58 87 43 24 2 1 11 1887 90 152 47 37 6 21 15 $ 23 1888 70 167 66 38 2 2 53 1 $ 1889 53 107 15 1 13 1890 81 239 92 84 * 15 41 Total 352 752 302 208 225 20 26 99 93 Average of last 5 years 70.4 150.4 60.4 41.6 4.0 5.2 19.8 0.8 18.6 Average of 5 years ending 1885 77.6 150.2 71.6 31.0 8.2 2.6 15.8 1.8 24.8Page 95
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