Table II.
HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORIES.
RETURN of PUNISHMENTS awarded in respect of CERTAIN CLASSES of OFFENCES, during the Year.
PUNISHMENTS. Description. Number of each kind inflicted. Assaults and other offences against the person. Malicious injuries to property. Gambling. Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny. Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the social economy of the colony. Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to indentured coolies. Other offences. Fines, 23,364 115 12 1,426 73 2,206 88 Imprisonment in lieu of fine or security, 9 38 26 Peremptory Imprisonment, 4,700 167 5 185 1,802 872 Whipping, 449 6 2 6 180 Juvenile Prison, ... ... 19,532 15 59 1,669 196 Expelled from the Colony, 4 4 ... ... ... Sentenced to House of Detention, 26 ... ... Bound over with or without Sureties, 516 182 1 5 43 284 TOTAL............ 29,146 470 20 1,631 2,136 3,163 21,726H 4