Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the Magistracy for the years 1913 to 1922.
YEAR. EXPENDITURE. REVENUE. Total Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. 1913 $42,867.21* $1,276.23 $42,807.15* $C. €0.06 1914 1915 $44,041.33* $1,234.18 1916 $40,642.43* ... $158,451.56* $59,198.46 13,954 27.05 1917 $92,109.34* $66,342.22 11,034 46.47 1918 $38,510.07* $2,294.11 $75,130.13* $3,398.90 16,979.21 12,263 58.62 1919 $40,804.18** $109,664.82* $34,534.69 $3,132.36 15,057 37.06 1920 $40,774.23* $75,391.17* $34,273.65 11,922 51.08 1921 $69,603.39* $5,787.78 10,051 58.62 1922 $4,765.71 $45,539.94* $24,694.04* $2,827.02 12,998 44.77 $90,851.36* $21,247.97 15,304 44.15 $103,132.51* $12,281.15 $23,672.92 17,374 14.65 $149,195.72* $46,063.21 18,221 15.44 $159,928.50* $10,832.68**Cases tried in New Territories Courts not included.