Appendix H.
REPORT OF THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MAGISTRACIES FOR THE YEAR 1932.
Hong Kong.
Mr. W. Schofield acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner throughout the year.
2. Mr. E. H. Williams acted as Second Police Magistrate from the 1st January to 31st January. Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones acted as Second Police Magistrate from the 1st February to the end of the year.
3. The number of cases was 19,155 as compared with 22,631 in 1931.
Kowloon.
4. Mr. J. A. Fraser acted as Police Magistrate from the 1st January to 25th September.
5. Mr. H. R. Butters acted as Police Magistrate from 26th September to the end of the year.
6. The number of cases was 14,418 as compared with 15,289 in 1931.
7. Table I shows the expenditure of the two Magistracies for the years 1931 and 1932, including the cost of all officers in the departments who belong to the Cadet, Senior Clerical and Accounting, and Junior Clerical Services.
8. Table II shows the Revenue of the two Magistracies for the same years.
9. Table III shows their revenue and expenditure for the last ten years in comparative form.
10. Table IV gives an Abstract of Cases under cognizance of the Magistrates' Courts during the years 1931 and 1932 in comparative form. The number of offenders previously convicted who were sentenced during the year is shown and the number of offenders who were placed under Police supervision in addition to their sentences is given.