Appendix L.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS
FOR THE YEAR 1934.
The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for 1933 were as follows :—
1933 1934 Convicted by Ordinary Courts 10,192 12,297 Debtors 62 73 On remand or in default of finding surety 934 1,185 Total 11,439 13,3042. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 14.9 as compared with 15.3 for the previous year.
3. 655 prisoners were convicted by Police Courts in the New Territories against 473 for the previous year.
4. 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 Number of convicts Percentage to population Daily average number of prisoners Percentage to population 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 900,796 173 .019 1,114 .124 1933 922,643 162 *018 1,472 *160 1934 944,492 157 *017 V. G. 839 L. C. K. 593 .170 F. P. 178*Probably overestimated.
† Census of 1931.