3. The above figures show that 53 per cent of the total admission to prison were 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 of payment of fine Total Paid full fine Paid part fine served the imprisonment 1919 2,552 1,424 4,353 181 196 1920 1,999 1,931 4,265 147 1884. One hundred and sixty-five (165) juveniles were admitted during the year. In 58 cases, corporal punishment was awarded. All these juveniles, in addition to whipping, received sentences varying from 48 hours detention to 12 months hard labour.
5. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 14.1 as compared with 12.7 for 1919.
6. There were 125 prisoners admitted who were convicted by the Police Court in the New Territories against 153 for the previous year (98 in 1918).
7. The following table shows the number of convicts in custody on the 31st December for the past 10 years, and the percentage of the total number of prisoners in custody to the estimated population of Hongkong:
Year Estimated population Number of convicts Percentage of convicts to population Daily average number of prisoners Percentage to population 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 501,304 216 0.044 600 0.120 1915 516,870 213 0.041 594 0.115 1916 528,010 203 0.038 638 0.121 1917 535,100 209 0.038 600 1.12 1918 558,000 224 0.040 601 0.108 1919 598,100 259 0.043 756 0.126 1920 648,150 275 0.043 755 0.117