8.-GAOL.
The total number of persons committed to prison was 4,023 as against 3.486 in 1883. 48 were summoned for debt; 683 were committed for safe custody till trial or for want of security, and 3,292 for Penal Imprisonment. There were 32 committals for five years or more, and 128 for one The daily average number in prison was 552. The daily average number on the sick list was 8.095. The number of deaths was 3.
year or more.
9.-EDUCATION.
The total number of schools subject to Government supervision amounted to $3. Of this number 16 are Government Schools; 19 Government aided; 18 Grant-in-aid Schools.
The total number of scholars attending these schools was 5,885, of whom 4,238 were males and 1,647 females.
The total expenditure of Government on Education amounted to $32,586.60; the expenses of the rarious schools being altogether $62,713.22.
REST
10.-FORESTS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.
The total number of trees planted during the year was 330,019, and of sites sown 384,140, as compared with 311,963 and 845,646 in 1883. Of Pinus Sinensis 318,859 trees were planted, and of different species of the Eucalyptus from Australia 9,293.
11.-POST OFFICE.
The following table shows the approximate statistics of the correspondence received and despatched during the year, and gives a comparison with that of 1883 :-
INTERNATIONAL,
LOCAL.
COMPARISON WITH 1883.
DESCRIPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE.
TOTAL.
De-
Received.
spatched.
De- spatched.
Received.
Total in 1883.
Increase. Decrense.
Patterns,..
Commercial Papors,
Registered Articlos,
Registered Articlos with Return Receipt,
Ordinary paid letters,
Unpaid and short paid Articles,...
Letters on Postal Business,..........................................
Post Cards.....................
Do. with prepaid reply,.
Newspapers and Periodicals,
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &C...................
Letters with valno doclared, .......................................................................................
602,000
437,000 43,000
63,000 1,095,000
13,500 21,000
2,000
9,000
1,400
1,000
1,000
700
10,000
6,100
1,000
1,100
45,500 4.100 18,200
903,600 37,600
91,400 7,900
***
5,300 14,400
..
0,800
1,200.
T
177.000 350,000
80,000
11.000
268,000
135,000
106,000
8,000
9,000
278,000
471.000 840,000
97,000
1.000
14,000
260
100
I5.460
16,360
***
22,000 940
8,800
KATALUNARODNO-----STER DIRETOURLE
22,100
***
DONANMUNI
l'arcela,
200 170
4,000 27,000
H
1,200 190
***
780
400
5,990
2,700
8,000
54,800
4,940 47,200
1,040 7,000
...
***
130
760
2,280
2,477
197
260
180
890
894
An important extension of Money Order facilities was made by the introduction of Postal Notă,
A Savings Bank was opened by the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in May, and already a sum of more than $50,000 has been deposited.
There was an increase in the sale of stamps, the total receipts under that head being $106,820.54 compared with $100,690.68 in 1883.
The total revenue of the Post Office was $117,352.01 as against $107,275.91 in 1883.
12.-STAMP REVENUE.
There was a considerable decrease in the sale of Revenue Stamps, the total receipts under that head being $151,494.78, as compared with $174,656.15 in 1888.