Table I.
Table showing total Number of Cases tried in, and Expenditure and Revenue of the Magistracies for the years 1929 to 1930, exclusive of New Territories Courts.
YEAR. EXPENDITURE. REVENUE. Total Number of Cases tried. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. Total. Increase. Decrease. Total. Increase. Decrease. $ c. $ C. $ C. $ C. $ C. % 1921 48,664.59 3,124.65 149,195.72 46,063.21 17,374 32.62 1922 51,880.03 3,215.44 159,928.50 10,832.68 18,221 32.50 1923 50,158.91 1,721.12 184,926.15 24,998.65 21,811 27.12 1924 61,364.58 11,205.67 261,372.23 76,446.08 27,877 23.47 1925 68,548.55 7,183.97 211,227.43 50,144.80 25,989 32.45 1926 60,794.21 7,754.34 233,529.18 22,301.75 30,516 26.03 1927 64,605.92 3,811.71 223,811.97 9,717.21 32,122 28.86 1928 65,094.10 488.18 163,216.82 60,595.15 28,468 39.88 1929 60,153.85 4,940.25 140,810.13 22,406.69 31,558 42.72 1930 89,299.69 29,145.84 148,473.82 7,663.69 38,017 60.15H 3