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Chinese Constables, who are included in Police Strength. The Anti-Piracy Guards are employed and paid for by the Shipping Companies for service in the China Seas.
9. Further, the department supervises 506 Indian and Chinese Watchmen who are engaged by the Police Department and paid by private individuals for protection of private property. In addition there are 433 Indian and 8 Japanese Private Watchmen Registered at the Guards Offices.
10. The waters of the Colony are policed by a fleet of ten steam launches and five motor boats which employ a staff of two hundred and fifty-five Chinese under European officers.
11. There were 6,373 serious cases of crime in 1935, as against 5,549 in 1934, an increase of 824 cases or 14%. There was an increase of 28 cases in Coinage offences, 11 in Burglary, 315 in Deportation offences, 12 in House and Godown breaking, 656 in Larcenies, 20 in Larcenies from Ship and Wharf, 1 in Kidnapping, 26 in Robbery, 10 under the Women and Girls Ord. There was a decrease of 8 cases under the Arms Ord., 14 in Larcenies, 20 in Larcenies from Ship and Wharf, 1 in Embezzlement, 147 in Larceny from Dwelling, 5 in Manslaughter, 8 in Murder, 33 in False Pretences, 14 in "Receiving stolen property," and 13 in other serious offences. There were 33,000 minor cases during 1935, as against 27,733 in 1934, an increase of 5,267 cases or 18%.
III. PRISONS.
12. There are three prisons in the Colony. Victoria Gaol in Hong Kong is the main prison for males. This prison is built on the separate system, but segregation is difficult owing to lack of space and accommodation. It contains cell accommodation for 644 only and prisoners are often kept in association through unavoidable overcrowding. There is a branch male prison at Lai Chi Kok near Kowloon, with accommodation for 680 prisoners. In this establishment all the prisoners sleep in association wards and only selected prisoners are sent there as the prison was not originally built as such. It was converted from a Quarantine Station in 1920, for temporary use pending the building of a new prison. The third prison is the prison for females situated near the male prison at Lai Chi Kok. A new general prison for males at Stanley, Hong Kong, is in course of construction.
13. The total number of persons committed to prison in the year 1935 was 16,140 as compared with 13,304 in 1934. The daily average number of prisoners in the prisons in 1935 was 1,796. The highest previous average was 1,610 in 1934. Over 90% of prisoners admitted are persons born outside the Colony.
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Chinese Constables, who are included in Police Strength. The Anti-Piracy Guards are employed and paid for by the Shipping Companies for service in the China Seas.
9. Further, the department supervises 506 Indian and Chinese Watchmen who are engaged by the Police Department and paid by private individuals for protection of private property. In addition there are 433 Indian and 8 Japanese Private Watchmen Registered at the Guards Offices.
10. The waters of the Colony are policed by a fleet of ten steam launches and five motor boats which employ a staff of two hundred and fifty-five Chinese under European officers.
11. There were 6,373 serious cases of crime in 1935, as against 5,549 in 1934, an increase of 824 cases or 14%. There was an increase of 28 cases in Coinage offences, 11 in Burglary, 315 in Deportation offences, 12 in House and Godown breaking, 656 in Larcenies, 20 in Larcenies from Ship and Wharf, 1 in Kidnapping, 26 in Robbery, 10 under the Women and Girls Ord. There was a decrease of 8 cases under the Arms Ord., 14 656 in Larcenies, 20 in Larcenies from Ship and Wharf, 1 in Embezzlement, 147 in Larceny from Dwelling, 5 in Manslaugh- ter, 8 in Murder, 33 in False Pretences, 14 in "Receiving stolen property,"
" and 13 in other serious offences. There were 33,000 minor cases during 1935, as against 27,733 in 1934, an increase of 5,267 cases or 18%.
III. PRISONS.
12. There are three prisons in the Colony. Victoria Gaol in Hong Kong is the main prison for males. This prison is built on the separate system, but segregation is difficult owing to lack of space and accommodation. It contains cell accom- modation for 644 only and prisoners are often kept in association through unavoidable overcrowding. There is a branch male prison at Lai Chi Kok near Kowloon, with accommodation for 680 prisoners. In this establishment all the prisoners sleep in association wards and only selected prisoners are sent there as the prison was not originally built as such. It was converted from a Quarantine Station in 1920, for temporary use pending the building of a new prison. The third prison is the prison for females situated near the male prison at Lai Chi Kok. A new general prison for males at Stanley, Hong Kong, is in course of construction.
13. The total number of persons committed to prison in the year 1935 was 16,140 as compared with 13,304 in 1934. The daily average number of prisoners in the prisons in 1935 was 1,796. The highest previous average was 1,610 in 1934. Over 90% of prisoners admitted are persons born outside the Colony.
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