Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS
FOR THE YEAR 1929.
1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for 1928 were as follows:--
1928 1929 Convicted by Ordinary Courts 4,895 4,773 Convicted by High Court 3 7 Wei-hai-wei... 80 66 Debtors On remand or in default of finding surety 778 933 Total 5,756 5,779There was an increase in the number of prisoners convicted for larceny during the year under review the number being 1,410 against 1,061 for the previous year.
2. The number of Revenue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 2,717 made up as follows:-
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance 566 Gambling Ordinance 158 71 Arms & Ammunition Ord. 8 Vehicle Ordinance 184 21 Harbour Regulations 25 Water Works Ordinance 24 11 Dangerous Goods Ord. 11 8 Chinese Wine & Spirit Ord. 2 66 11 Societies Ordinance 1 Public Health & Buildings Ordinance 40 Truck Ordinance 1 19 17 Women & Girls (Protection) Ordinance... 2 Importation & Exportation Ordinance 1 Tobacco Ordinance 64 17 Stowaway Ordinance 20 1 2 Seditious Publication Ord.. 1 77 1 17 Offences against the Person Ordinance Police Regulations 45 4 Carried forward 1,179