Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1926.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for year 1925 were as follows:--
1925 1926 Convicted by Ordinary Courts 5,333 5,663 Convicted by Court Martial 5 4 Debtors 53 64 On remand or in default of finding surety 948 780 Total 6,339 6,511There was an increase of 172 on the total number of admission as compared with the year 1925. There was an increase of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review the number being 1,083 against 927 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 4,509 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance 2,595 Gambling Ordinance 169 Arms & Ammunition Ord. 41 Vehicle Ordinance 105 Harbour Regulations 7 Water Works 8 Marine Hawkers Ord. 27 Dangerous Goods Ord. 11 Chinese Wine and Spirit Ordinance 7 Societies Ordinance 16 Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 12 Truck Ordinance 13 Women and Girls (Protection) Ord. 11 Importation and Exportation Ordinance 11 Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance Tobacco Ordinance 3 Police Regulations 18 22 Carried forward 3,071