Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the Magistracy for the years 1916 to 1925.
YEAR. EXPENDITURE. REVENUE. Total Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. % 1916. $ c. $ c. $ c. $ c. $ c. $ c. 1917. 40,642.43* 34,534.69 3,132.36 15,057 37.06 1918: 38,510.07* A 75,391.17* 29.95 11,922 51.08 1919... 40,804.18* 90,851.36 21,247.97 10,051 44.77 1920. 40,774.23* 103,132.51* 12,281.15 15,304 44.15 1921.... 45,539.94* 4,765.71 109,664.82* 3,398.90 23,672.92 14.65 1922. 21,867.02* 2,294.11 69,603.39* 5,787.78 12,998 58.62 1923... 24,694.04* 2,827.02 149,195.72* 46,063.21 17,374 15.44 1924..... 24,532.48* 161.56 10,832.68 18,221 13.27 1925. 30,069.20* 5,536.72 184,926.15* 24,998.65 21,811 11.50 36,520.85* 6,451.65 261,372.23* 76,446.08 27,877 17.29 211,227.43* 50,144.80 25,989* Cases tried in New Territories Courts not included.