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 imprison-ment 1920 1,999 1,931 147 188 4,265 1921 1,732 1,936 201 364 4,233Seventy-six (76) juveniles were admitted during the year. In 10 cases corporal punishment was awarded. All these juveniles in addition to whipping, received sentences varying from 48 hours detention to 9 months hard labour.
The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 10.6 as compared with 14.1 for 1920.
There were 104 prisoners admitted who were convicted by the Police Court in the New Territories against 125 for the previous year (153 in 1919).
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 population Daily average number of prisoners Percentage to population 1912 467,777 222 0.047 701 0.149 1913 489,114 253 0.052 701 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 0.112 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 1921 665,350 231 0.035 764 0.115