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3. The above figures show that 40 per cent of the total admissions to prison were for Revenue Grade prisoners.
The following table shows the number of prisoners committed to prison without the option of fine and in default of payment of fine:
Year Without option of fine In default payment of fine Served the imprison-ment Paid full fine Paid part fine Total 1914 1,415 1,080 277 262 3,040 1915 1,420 1,146 230 213 3,0094. There were 97 juveniles admitted into prison, 52 of whom were sentenced to be whipped in addition to various terms of imprisonment varying from 24 hours detention to 3 months and 42 days imprisonment with hard labour.
5. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 11.5 as compared with 11.7 for 1914.
6. There were 92 prisoners admitted who were convicted by the Police Court in the New Territories against 113 for the previous year (154 in 1913).
7. 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 Hongkong:
Year Estimated population No. of convicts Percentage of population Daily average No. of prisoners Percentage to population 1906 414,049 156 0.037 518 0.125 1907 414,415 146 0.035 502 0.121 1908 420,741 130 0.038 465 0.110 1909 428,858 180 0.042 560 0.130 1910 435,986 208 0.048 547 0.125 1911 464,277 241 0.052 595 0.128 1912 467,777 222 0.047 701 0.149 1913 489,114 253 0.052 702 0.144 1914 501,304 210 0.044 600 0.120 1915 516,870 213 0.041 594 0.115