Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1928.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for year 1927 were as follows:---
1927. 1928. Convicted by Ordinary Courts 6,582 4,895 Convicted by Court Martial 4 1 Convicted by High Court Wei-hai-wei Debtors 3 67 On remand or in default of finding surety 80 1,086 778 Total.. 7,740 5,756There was a decrease of 1984 on the total number of admission as compared with the year 1927. There was a decrease of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review the number being 1,061 against 1,452 for the previous year.
2.--The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 3,778 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance 1,037 Gambling Ordinance 228 Arms & Ammunition Ord. 31 Vehicle Ordinance 256 Harbour Regulations 35 Water Works Ord. 12 Marine Hawkers Ord. 32 Dangerous Goods Ord. 71 Chinese Wine and Spirit Ordinance 19 Societies Ordinance 39 Public Health & Buildings Ordinance 82 Truck Ordinance 8 Women and Girls (Protection Ordinance) 208 Importation and Exportation Ordinance 32 Pharmacy & Poisons Ord. 26 Tobacco Ordinance 3 14 36 Carried forward ........ 2,039