AnnualReport-1937

## GENERAL 3. Table I shows the expenditure of the two Magistracies for the years 1936 and 1937, including the cost of all officers in the departments who belong to the Cadet, Senior Clerical and Accounting, and Junior Clerical services. 4. Table II shows the collections of the two Magistracies for the same years. 5. Table III shows their revenue and expenditure for the last ten years in comparative form. 6. Table IV gives an abstract of Cases under cognizance of the Magistrates' Courts during the years 1936 and 1937 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. Orders made for confiscation of unmanifested cargo, etc. are also shown. 7. Table V is an analysis of the "convicted and sentenced" column in table IV, showing the penalties inflicted under each of the seven main heads of crime in that table. The number of offenders previously bound over whose bonds have been enforced on committing a breach of the conditions of the bonds is also shown. 8. Table VI is a return of boy juvenile offenders brought before the Hong Kong and Kowloon Magistrates' Courts during the years 1936 and 1937 giving their ages, the offences committed by them and the sentences imposed. 9. Table VII is a return of girl juvenile offenders, giving information similar to that in table VI. 10. Table VIII gives the number of writs issued from the two Magistracies during the years 1936 and 1937. 11. Table IX is an abstract of all cases brought before the Hong Kong and Kowloon Magistrates' Courts during the last ten years. 12. Table X shows the work done by the Magistrates sitting as Coroners. 13. The number of bonds enforced during the year is also shown in tables IV, VI, VII, and IX.