Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1924.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for year 1923 were as follows:-
1923 1924 Convicted by Ordinary Courts 5,338 7,382 Convicted by Court Martial 1 1 Debtors 17 59 On remand or in default of finding surety 1,040 1,003 6,339 1,277There was an increase of 2,044 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1923. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review, the number being 1,345 against 1,060 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 4,695 made up as follows:--
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance 2,457 Gambling Ordinance 147 Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 131 Vehicles Ordinance 47 27 Water Works Ordinance 25 " Truck Ordinance "" Harbour Regulations 46 Marine Hawkers Ordinance 16 Dangerous Goods Ordinance 11 Chinese Wine and Spirit Societies Ordinance 28 Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 17 Women and Girls (Protection) Ordinance 27 Importation and Exportation Ordinance 19 Pharmacy and Poisons Ord. 12 Tobacco Ordinance 9 12 3 Police Regulations 52 25 Carried forward... 3,078