Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the Magistracy for the years 1914 to 1923.
Year. Total. EXPENDITURE. REVENUE. Total Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. % 1914 $C. 60.06 $C. 92,109.34 $C. 66,342.22 11,034 46.47 1915 44,041.33 1,234.18 75,130.13 16,979.21 12,263 58.62 1916 40,642.43 3,398.90 109,664.82 34,534.69 15,057 37.06 1917 38,510.07 3,132.36 75,391.17 34,273.65 11,922 51.08 1918 1919 40,804.18 2,294.11 40,774.23 69,603.39 5,787.78 10,051 58.62 1920 45,539.94 4,765.71 21,867.02 29.95 90,851.36 21,247.97 12,998 44.77 1921 103,132.51 12,281.15 15,304 44.15 1922 23,672.92 149,195.72 46,063.21 17,374 14.65 1923 24,694.04 2,827.02 159,928.50 10,832.68 184,926.15 24,997.65 18,221 15.44 21,811* Cases tried in New Territories Courts not included.