Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1920.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for the year 1919 were as follows:-
1920 1919 Convicted by Ordinary Courts, 4,254 4,336 Convicted by Court Martial, 9 12 Supreme Court for China & Korea, 2 5 Debtors, 67 51 On remand or in default of finding surety, 821 808 Total, 5,153 5,212There was a decrease of 59 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1919. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review, the number being 1,179 against 1,048 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 2,266 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance, 367 33 Gambling Ordinance, 186 Arms and Ammunition Ord., 63 Vehicles Ordinance, 91 " Sanitary By-laws, 7 51 Harbour Regulations, 9 Post Office Ordinance, 3 + Stowaway Ordinance, 18 ... Servants Quarters Ordinance, 6 Marine Hawkers Ordinance, 42 Truck Ordinance, Dangerous Goods Ordinance, ... Chinese Wine & Spirit Ord. Eating House Ordinance, Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 2 26 Society Ordinance, 7 S Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 51 20 Counterfeit Coins Ordinance, 2 2 Women and Girls (Protection) Ordinance, 12 2 A Pawnbrokers Ordinance.... Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 6 20 Carried forward, 947