The following members of this Force were killed while on active service during the year :-
P.C. A 124 Ernest Frederick Drury, K.R.R., killed on 17.2.17.
A 155 Robert Edwards, R.F.C.,
A 120 Edward Charles Silliss, K.R.R.,
A 81 John Delahunty, I.G.,
30.4.17.
1.8.17.
9.10.17.
Five were killed in 1916 and one (E. Bloor) is a prisoner in Germany.
The District Watchmen Force, numbering 100, to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum, was well supported by the Chinese during the year. These watchmen patrol the streets in the Chinese quarter of the City. They are placed on police beats and are supervised by the European police on section patrol.
The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 3,386 as compared with 4,169 in 1916. Of these 1,734 were committed for criminal offences, against 1,588 in 1916. Of committals for non-criminal offences there were 226 less for hawking without a licence, and 12 more for unlawfully boarding steamers, than in 1916.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 600, the average for 1916 being 638, and the highest previous average being 726 in 1904. The percentage of prisoners to population, according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was 0.11. The average percentage for the last ten years was 0.12. Owing, however, to the large floating population, which is constantly moving between the Colony and Canton, the percentage of crime to population does not convey an accurate idea of the comparative criminality of the residents of the Colony. The Gaol has accommodation for 707 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1.36 as compared with 1.34 in 1916 and 1.41 in 1915.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, tin-smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $67,333 as against $68,209 in 1916. A sum of $3,601 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work against $4,060 in 1916.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a.) POPULATION.
The civil population of the Colony, according to the Census taken on May 20th, 1911, was 456,739, of whom 104,287 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the Census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories and of New Kowloon;
The following members of this Force were killed while on active service during the year :-
P.C. A 124 Ernest Frederick Drury, K.R.R., killed on 17.2.17.
A 155 Robert Edwards,
R.F.C.,
A 120 Edward Charles Silliss,
K.R.R.,
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A 81 John Delahunty,
I.G.,
30.4.17.
1.8.17.
9.10.17.
Five were killed in 1916 and one (E. Bloor) is a prisoner in Germany.
The District Watchmen Force, numbering 100, to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum, was well supported by the Chinese during the year. These watchmen patrol the streets in the Chinese quarter of the City. They are placed on police beats and are supervised by the European police on section patrol.
The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 3,386 as compared with 4,169 in 1916. Of these 1,734 were com- mitted for criminal offences, against 1,588 in 1916. Of committals for non-criminal offences there were 226 less for hawking with- out a licence, and 12 more for unlawfully boarding steamers, thau in 1916.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 600, the average for 1916 being 638, and the highest previous average being 726 in 1904. The percentage of prisoners to population, according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was 0-11. The average percentage for the last ten years was 012. Owing, however, to the large floating population, which is constantly moving between the Colony and Canton, the percentage of crime to population does not convey an accurate idea of the comparative criminality of the residents of the Colony. The Gaol has accommodation for 707 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punish- ments per prisoner being 136 as compared with 134 in 1916 and 141 in 1915.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, tin-smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $67,333 as against $68,209 in 1916. A sum of $3,601 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work against $4,060 in 1916.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a.) POPULATION.
The civil population of the Colony, according to the Census taken on May 20th, 1911, was 456,739, of whom 104,287 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the Census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories and of New
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