1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
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only of a Captain Superintendent of Police and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was doubled by the appointment of two Assistant Superintendents of Police, though only one of these was actually employed in police work during the year.
15. New Police Stations at Kennedy Town and at Shataukok were completed and occupied by the Police on the 1st and 20th October respectively, while new stations are also in course of construction at West Point and at Saikung.
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16. The conduct of the contingent was on the whole satisfactory, several sergeants and constables being rewarded for their energy and zeal.
(i.) Prison.
17. Victoria gaol at the present time contains 500 separate cells and 14 association cells. It is thus possible to confine 514 persons on the separate system; while in case of emergency 570 persons could be confined by placing five prisoners in each association cell. The daily average of prisoners in the gaol numbered 486 in 1900, as compared with 434 in the previous year, and 510 in 1898. The sanitary condition of the gaol was good.
18. There were 125 prisoners convicted from the New Territory during the year.
19. One hundred and seventy-six (176) prisoners were employed on non-productive labour during 1900. The remaining 310 were utilised either in manufactures, in building, or in the service of the prison, and the profit on this labour for the year amounted to $8,394.25.
VII.-JUDICIAL STATISTICS.
1. I append tables showing:
(a.) The number of summary convictions in the Police Court for various classes of offences, and the kind of punishment inflicted.
(b.) The number of indictments and informations in the Supreme Court of Hongkong.
(c.) A comparison of the number of offences, apprehensions, convictions, and acquittals for the last five years.
2. There was an increase in serious offences of 140 cases, or 4.12 per cent., and in minor offences of 710 cases, or 12.6 per cent. It was found early in the year that one Police Magistrate could not cope with the constantly increasing work, and accordingly a Magistrate was appointed to hear cases at Táipó, in the New Territory, while a Second Magistrate was also appointed to act in the Police Court at Victoria.
3. Two murderers were convicted and hanged in 1900.
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