Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the
Magistracy for the years 1915 to 1924.
YEAR. EXPENDITURE. REVENUE. Total Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. % 1915 $44,041.33* $1,234.18 $75,130.13* $3+ 16,979 58.62 1916 $40,642.43* $3,398.00 $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 $40,804.18* $2,294.11 $69,603.39* $5,787.78 10,051 58.62 1919 $40,774.23* $29.95 $90,851.36* $21,247.97 12,998 44.77 1920 $45,539.94* $4,765.71 $103,132.51* $12,281.15 15,304 44.15 1921 $21,867.02* ** $149,195.72* $46,063.21 17,374 14.65 1922 $24,694.04* $2,827.02 $159,928.50* $10,832.68 18,221 15.44 1923 $24,532.48* $161.56 $184,926.15* 21,811 13.27 1924 $30,069.20* $5,536.72 $261,372.23* $76,446.08 27,877 11.50* Cases tried in New Territories Courts not included.