# Appendix H.
REPORT OF THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MAGISTRATES' COURTS FOR THE YEAR 1931.
Hong Kong. Mr. R. E. Lindsell acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 1st January to 12th February.
2. Mr. W. Schofield acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 13th February to 6th December and from the 21st December to the end of the year.
3. Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from 7th to 20th December during the absence of Mr. W. Schofield (on sick leave).
4. Mr. E. H. Williams acted as 2nd Police Magistrate from the 1st January to 22nd November and from 30th November to the end of the year.
5. Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham acted as Second Police Magistrate from the 23rd to 29th November during the absence of Mr. E. H. Williams (on leave).
6. The Number of Cases was 22,631 as compared with 21,461 in 1930.
7. Kowloon. Mr. H. R. Butters acted as Police Magistrate from the 1st January to 24th February.
8. Mr. E. W. Hamilton acted as Police Magistrate from 25th February to 17th July.
9. Mr. J. A. Fraser acted as Police Magistrate from 18th July to the end of the year.
10. The Number of Cases was 15,289 as compared with 16,572 in 1930.
11. It was decided during the year to alter the form of this report. Instead of adding together the figures for Hong Kong and Kowloon, as in former years, each table will be duplicated, showing the figures separately, while those for the District Magistracies will be separately presented by the officers concerned; this will make it possible to compare the distribution of cases between the Magistracies. At the same time, the tables themselves have been entirely recast in order to make them more informative and increase their statistical value.
12. Table I shows the expenditure of the two Magistracies for the years 1930 and 1931, including the cost of all officers in the departments who belong to the Cadet, Senior Clerical and Accounting, and Junior Clerical Services.
13. Table II shows the revenue of the two Magistracies for the same years.
14. Table III shows their revenue and expenditure for the last ten years in comparative form.