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4. 44 boys were admitted as Juveniles i.e. under 16 years of age, during the year, with sentences varying from 48 hours detention to 12 months hard labour, but only 19 were treated as Juvenile Offenders; the others in the opinions of the Superintendent and Medical Officer being over 16 years of age. In 3 cases corporal punishment was awarded by courts in addition to sentences of imprisonment.
5. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 22.8 as compared with 23.8 for 1929.
6. 260 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Territories, against 126 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 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 0.100 1930 1,143,510 256 0.022 1,175 0.103VICTORIA GAOL (MALE PRISON)
8. 14,091,535 forms were printed and issued to various Government Departments and 77,701 books bound or repaired, as compared with 15,611,413 forms and 101,884 books in 1929. During the year type to the value of $2,500.00 was cast.
9. A Linotype Machine was installed in October and most useful addition to the equipment of the Printing Department.
10. Owing to the demolition of the Printing Shop which was considered unsafe, a temporary shop was erected in one of the Yards. This transfer and the strike referred to in paragraph 15 caused a falling off in the output for the year.