Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS FOR THE YEAR 1933.
The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for 1932 were as follows:-
Convicted by Ordinary Courts Debtors On remand or in default of finding surety Total 1932 6,361 53 1,379 7,793 1933 10,192 62 1,185 11,4392. Thirty-four boys were admitted as Juveniles, i.e., under sixteen years of age, during the year with sentences varying from one day's detention to twelve months hard labour. Of this number thirty-two only were treated as Juvenile Offenders; the others in the opinions of the Superintendent and the Medical Officer, being over sixteen years of age.
3. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 15.3 as compared with 19.9 for 1932.
4. 473 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Territories against 269 for the previous year.
5. The following table shows the number of convicts in custody on the 31st December for the past ten years, and the percentage of the total number of prisoners in custody to the estimated population of Hong Kong.
Year. Estimated Population Convicts in Custody Percentage of Convicts to Population Total Prisoners in Custody Percentage of Total Prisoners to Population 1924 799,550 345 .043 1,066 .133 1925 874,420 394 .045 1,116 .128 1926 786,920 409 .052 1,054 .134 1927 * 890,400 392 .044 1,189 .136 1928 *1,075,690 352 .033 1,071 .100 1929 *1,075,690 331 .031 1,075 .100 1930 *1,143,510 256 .022 1,175 .103 1931 † 849,751 202 .024 1,102 .130 1932 900,798 173 .019 1,114 .124 1933 922,643 162 .018 1,472 .160*Probably overestimated.
† Census of 1931.