4 Fifty-four (54) juveniles were admitted during the year, with sentences varying from 24 hours detention to 12 months hard labour. In 2 cases corporal punishment was awarded in addition.
5. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 19 as compared with 17.5 for 1925.
6. There were 133 prisoners admitted who were convicted by the Police Courts in the New Territories against 134 for the previous year.
7. The following table shows the number of convictions in custody on the 31st December for the past 10 years, and the percentage of the total number of prisoners in custody to the estimated population of Hong Kong:-
Year Estimated population Number of convicts Percentage of convicts to population Daily average number of prisoners Percentage to population 1917 535,100 209 0.038 600 0.112 1918 558,000 224 0.040 601 0.108 1919 598,100 259 0.043 756 0.126 1920 648,150 275 0.043 755 0.117 1921 665,350 231 0.035 764 0.115 1922 662,200 259 0.039 787 0.119 1923 681,800 294 0.043 861 0.126 1924 799,550 345 0.043 1,066 0.133 1925 874,420 394 0.045 1,116 0.128 1926 786,920 409 0.052 1,054 0.1348. There were 516 punishments awarded for breach of prison discipline as compared with 792 for the preceding year. Corporal punishment was inflicted in five cases for prison offences.
9. Seventy-seven (77) prisoners were whipped by order of courts.
10. There was no escape, or attempt to escape.
11. There were 18 deaths (13 natural causes and 5 executions).
12. 13,319,014 forms were printed and issued to various Government Departments and 74,030 books bound or repaired, as compared with 13,069,606 forms and 74,497 books in 1925. During the year type to the value of $9,000 was cast at an approximate outlay for material and labour of $1,400. The type casting machine was purchased in 1925 for £871.