Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1918.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for the year 1917 were as follows:-
1918. 1917. Convicted by Ordinary Courts, 2,717 2,701 Convicted by Court Martial, 18 4 Supreme Court for China and Korea, High Court, Weihaiwei, 3 1 Debtors, 56 52 On remand or in default of finding surety, 783 628 Totals, 3,577 3,386There was an increase of 191 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1917. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review, the number being 919 against 890 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prison was 1,240 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance, 19 19 Opium Divan Ordinance, 184 33 Gambling Ordinance, 80 Market Ordinance, 104 Arms Ordinance, 14 "" Vehicles Ordinance, 33 " Police Ordinance, 1 5 Sanitary By-laws, 3 "" Harbour Regulations, 22 Post Office Ordinance, 3 "" Stowaway Ordinance, 9 "" Marine Hawkers Ordinance, 4 Servants Quarters Ordinance, " Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 4 Chinese Wine & Spirit Ord., 22 Eating House Ordinance, 5 Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1 2 Carried forward, 525