AnnualReport-1911 — Page 231

Appendix K.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON FOR THE YEAR 1911.

1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for the year 1910 were as follows:-

1911. 1910. Convicted by Ordinary Courts, 3,614 3,973 Supreme Court for China and Corea, Debtors, 65 108 On remand or in default of finding surety, 169 785 Total, 4,178 4,807

There was thus a decrease of 689 on the total number of admissions as compared with the year 1910. There was a decrease of prisoners convicted for Larceny during the year under review, the number being 737 against 740 for the previous year.

2. The number of prisoners admitted to prison for offences not of a criminal nature was 2,453 made up as follows:-

Debtors, 65 11 Convicted under the Opium Ordinance, 882 99 Gambling Ordinance, 389 1 Market Ordinance, 266 19 Arms Ordinance, 25 21 Vehicle Ordinance, 41 19 Sanitary Byclaws, 39 11 Harbour Regulations, 84 19 Post Office Ordinance, 3 Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, 34 11 Stowaway Ordinance, 19 Servants' Quarters Ordce., 11 Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 17 6 Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 22 37 Slaughter House Ordinance, 13 Railway Ordinance, J Pharmacy Ordinance, 4 "> Marine Hawkers Ordinance, 3 "} Carried forward, 1,857

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