1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS.-ANNUAL,
11
The daily average number of prisoners confined during the year was 515, and it therefore appears that (after deducting the value of their labour and making allowance for the 13 monthly payments during the year) the average cost of each prisoner to the Colony was nearly 28 cents per diem.
Among serious crimes committed in the Colony in 1892, there were three cases of murder, in one of which the accused was acquitted, and in the others no arrests were made owing to the murderers having escaped into China.
POLICE
The new Police Station at Kennedy Town was occupied by the police on the 31st December.
HOSPITALS.
During the year 1,715 cases were treated in the Civil Hospital exclusive of the cases in the temporary small-pox hospital on the Hygeia, in the lunatic asylums, and women's hospital.
The deaths in hospital amounted to 68 or 3.9 per cent, of the cases treated.
In the lunatic asylums the number admitted was 61, of which 4 died, and the number of cases in the temporary small-pox hospital and on the Hygeia was 13, of which 2 died. The women's hospital had 62 admissions during the year, of which none died.
The hospital still commands the confidence of the paying public, as is shown by the increased demand for accommodation for first class patients, while the Chinese are also beginning to perceive the advantages of the western system of medical treatment.
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PUBLIC WORKS.
The following more important Public Works were completed during the year:-
Work Total Cost $ Gap Rock Lighthouse 199,035 Site for Western Market 88,053 Staff quarters, Government Civil Hospital 64,382 Telegraph Cable to Gap Rock 87,253The cost of the Fame, $45,000, is included in the amount opposite Gap Rock Lighthouse. Efforts were made last year by Govern-
1887-1903
COLONTAL REPORTS.- -ANNUAL,
11
The daily average number of prisoners confined during the year was 515, and it therefore appears that (after deducting the value of their labour and making allowance for the 13 monthly payments during the year) the average cost of each prisoner to the Colony was nearly 28 cents per diem.
Ainong serious crimes committed in the Colony in 1892, there were three cases of murder, in one of which the accused was acquitted, and in the others no arrests were made owing to the murderers having escaped into China.
POLICE
The new Police Station at Kennedy Town was occupied by the police on the 31st December.
HOSPITALS.
During the year 1,715 cases were treated in the Civil Hospital exclusive of the cases in the temporary small-pox hospital on the Hygeia, in the lunatic asylums, and women's hospital.
The deaths in hospital amounted to 68 or 3-9 per cent, of the cases treated.
In the lunatic asylums the number admitted was 61, of which 4 died, and the number of cases in the temporary small-pox hospitul and on the Hygeia was 13, of which 2 died. The women's hospital had 62 admissions during the year, of which none died.
The hospital still commands the confidence of the paying public, as is shown by the increased demand for accommodation for first class patients, while the Chinese are also beginning to perceive the advantages of the western system of medical
treatment.
111
PUBLIC WORks.
The following more important Public Works were completed during the years :-
Gap Rock Lighthouse
Site for Western Market
Work.
Staff quarters, Government Civil Hospital
Telegraph Cable to Gap Rock
Total Cost.
$
199,035
88,053
64,382
87,253
The cost of the Fame, $45,000, is included in the amount opposite Gap Rock Lighthouse. Efforts were made last year by Govern-
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