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3. The above figures show that 77 per cent of the total admissions to prison were Revenue Grade prisoners.
The following table shows the number of prisoners committed to prison without the option of fine and in default of payment of fine:-
Year Without option of fine In default of payment of fine Paid full fine Paid part fine Total Served the imprisonment 1928 1,117 3,413 162 203 4,895 1929 2,056 2,357 159 201 4,7734. 78 boys were admitted as Juveniles i.e. under 16 years of age, during the year, with sentences varying from 48 hours detention to 9 months hard labour, but only 33 were treated as Juvenile Offenders; the others in the opinions of the Superintendent and Medical Officer being over 16 years of age.
In 5 cases corporal punishment was awarded by courts in addition to sentences of imprisonment.
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3. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them, was 23.8 as compared with 19. for 1928.
6. 126 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Territories, against 145 for the previous year.
7. The following table shows the number of convicts 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 of prisoners to population 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 0.134 1927 890,400 392 0.044 1,189 0.136 1928 1,075,690 352 0.033 1,071 0.100 1929 1,075,690 331 0.031 1,075 0.100Page 3