Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1919.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for the year 1918 were as follows:-
1919 1918 Convicted by Ordinary Courts, 4,336 2,717 Convicted by Court Martial, 12 18 Supreme Court for China and Korea, 3 Debtors, 51 56 On remand or in default of finding surety, 808 783 Total 5,212 3,577There was an increase of 1,635 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1918. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review, the number being 1,048 against 919 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prison was 1,801 made up as follows:--
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance, 1,801 Gambling Ordinance, 226 175 Arms and Ammunition Ord., 33 Vehicles Ordinance, 65 37 Police Ordinance, 2 15 25 Sanitary By-laws, 3 Harbour Regulations, 16 Post Office Ordinance, 6 7 Stowaway Ordinance, 21 Servants Quarters Ordinance, 39 Marine Hawkers Ordinance, 7 31 Dangerous Goods Ordinance 4 Chinese Wine & Spirit Ord., 3 B3 Eating House Ordinance, 2 Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1 Societies Ordinance, Carried forward, 626