# Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the Magistracy for the years 1918 to 1927.
YEAR. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. 1918. 1919. 1920. €9 1921 $ Com V C. 19,051 58.62 1922... 40,804.18* 2,294.11 12,998 44.77 1923.. 40,774.23* 15,304 44.15 1924. 45,539.94* 4,765.71 21,867.02* 17,374 14.65 1925 36,520.85* 6,451.65 24,694.04* 2,827.02 24,532.48* 18,221 15.44 1926.... 30,069.20* 5,536.72 21,811 13.27 1927 27,877 11.50 69,603.39 → 44 5,787.78 29.95 90,851.35* 21,247.97 103,132.51* 12,281.15 23,672.92 149,195.72* 46,063.21 159,928.50* 10,832.68 161.56 184,926.15* 24,998.65 261,372.23* 76,446.08 -GA 211,227.43* C. 1926.... 15,665.69* 3,724.58 30,516 6.71 1927 20,855.16 233,529.18* 32,122 1.66 22,301.75 11,941.38 223,811.97 * Cases tried in New Territories Courts not included.