AnnualReport-1881 — Page 85

RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES for which PRISONERS were committed to VICTORIA GAOL, from the respective Courts of the COLONY, during the Year 1881.

CLASS
OF
PRISONERS.

Murder,
Manslaughter. Males, ..............
Females, ... 8
3 Cutting and wounding, or Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm. Males, ..............
Females, ... 16
3 Assault with intent to rob, or Robbery with violence. Males, ..............
Females, ... 6
... Burglary, Attempted Burglary, Breaking, entering and stealing, and having possession of house-breaking implements. Males, ..............
Females, ... 26
2 Larceny, Larceny from a house, from Person, from Ships or Boats in Harbour or on the High Seas. Males, ..............
Females, ... 878
217 Obtaining goods or money by false pretences, Males, ..............
Females, ... 19
5 Unlawful possession, and Receiving stolen goods. Males, ..............
Females, ... 20
3 Child stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of females, Forcible detention, and Buying or Selling human beings. Males, ..............
Females, ... 3
7 Uttering counterfeit coin or notes. Males, ..............
Females, ... 3
... Perjury, and Preferring a false charge, and Statement in Contempt of Court. Males, ..............
Females, ... 9
... Embezzlement. Males, ..............
Females, ... 9
... Piracy. Males, ..............
Females, ... 5
... Conspiracy to defraud. Males, ..............
Females, ... ... Committing or attempting to commit an unnatural offence. Indecent Assault. Males, ..............
Females, ... 2
... Common Assault, Assault with wounding. Fighting. Disorderly conduct, Drunkenness, Refusing to pay chair hire, Resisting Police, and Being abusive language, and Furious Driving Males, ..............
Females, ... 484
11 Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Refusing duty, Negligence, Desertion, Absent without leave, and Remaining behind from ships. Males, ..............
Females, ... 10
2 Breach of Military and Naval Discipline. Males, ..............
Females, ... 901
... Breach of Conditional Pardon, and Returning from Deportation. Males, ..............
Females, ... 5
... Extortion and attempting to Extort. Males, ..............
Females, ... ... Gambling, or Haunting Gambling-Houses, Rogue and Vagabond, Suspicious and dangerous characters. Vagrancy and Obtaining passages surreptitiously on board ships. Aiding and abetting in a misdemeanour. Males, ..............
Females, ... 414
10 Breach of Recognizance. Males, ..............
Females, ... 1
... Unlawful hawking or Selling goods without Licence. Entering creeks, Without Passes or Lights, Obstruction, Nuisance, Damaging property, Firing crackers, Making bonfire, Defiling stream, Indecent exposure, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Harbour and Market Regulations, and Breach of Opium Ordinance. Males, ..............
Females, ... 623
20 Using Threats. Males, ..............
Females, ... 48
... Breach of Brothel Ordinance. Males, ..............
Females, ... 76
1 Mendicancy. Males, ..............
Females, ... 1
... Attempting to commit suicide. Males, ..............
Females, ... ... Bribery. Males, ..............
Females, ... ... Carrying Deadly weapons. Males, ..............
Females, ... 969
440 Illegal pawning. Males, ..............
Females, ... 2
... Administering Drugs. Males, ..............
Females, ... +
6 On Remand, for Trial, and pending orders. Males, ..............
Females, ... 295
9 For Debt. Males, ..............
Females, ... 2
5 EUROPEAN, Males Females TOTAL 551 143 694 INDIAN, 646 234 880 CHINESE, 150 53 203 TOTAL, 1626 868 643 24 227 20 47

Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 1st February, 1882,

GEO. HAYWARD,
Acting Superintendent,