Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1916.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for the year 1915 were as follows:-
1916 1915 Convicted by Ordinary Courts, 3,248 2,993 Convicted by Court Martial, 7 6 Supreme Court for China and Korea, 3 7 High Court, Weihaiwei, 3 ... Debtors, 54 58 On remand or in default of finding surety, 857 1,112 Total. 4,169 4,179There was a decrease of 10 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1915. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review, the number being 916 against 707 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prison was 1,894 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance, 208 11 Opium Divan Ordinance, Gambling Ordinance, 73 165 Market 124 ... Police 31 1 Arms ... ... Vehicles ... ... Sanitary By-laws, 29 31 Harbour Regulations, 40 ... Post Office Ordinance, 1 2 Stowaway 9 4 Servants Quarters Ordinance, Marine Hawkers' Ordinance, ... ... Dangerous Goods ... ... Pharmacy J5 19 Buildings ... ... Conservancy ... ... Lodging House ... ... Pawn Brokers ... ... Convicted for committing nuisance in street, unlawful boarding on steamer, 6 JJ discharging fireworks, 19 2 Carried forward, 692 ...•O2&H IN MINNA
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