1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1913.
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The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 6,885, as compared with 6,236 in 1912. Of these 1,369 were committed for criminal offences, against 1,867 in 1912. Of committals for non-criminal offences there were 77 more under the Prepared Opium Ordinance, and 10 less for infringement of sanitary by-laws than in 1912.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the gaol was 702, the average for 1912 being 701, 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 0.15, which is the average percentage for the last ten years. 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 630 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1.22, as compared with 1.40 in 1912 and 1.61 in 1911.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, washing, mat-making, tailoring, oakum-picking, etc. The profit on the work done was $59,007, as against $60,976 in 1912. A sum of $4,652 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work, against $4,636 in 1912.
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 estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 489,114, but this includes the New Territories; and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 398,520, of whom 21,470 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population at the census was as follows :-
Non-Chinese civil community Chinese Population. City of Victoria (including Peak) 12,075 219,386 Villages of Hong Kong 16,106 Kowloon (including New Kowloon) 67,602 New Territories 80,622 Population afloat 60,948 Total Chinese population 444,664 Total Civil population 456,7391904-1919
HONG KONG, 1913.
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The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 6,885, as compared with 6,236 in 1912. Of these 1,369 were committed for criminal offences, against 1,867 in 1912. Of committals for non-criminal offences there were 77 more under the Prepared Opium Ordinance, and 10 less for infringement of sanitary by-laws than in 1912.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the gaol was 702, the average for 1912 being 701, 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 0-15, which is the average percentage for the last ten years. 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 accommoda- tion for 630 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1·22, as compared with 1-40 in 1912 and 1·61 in 1911.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, washing, mat-making, tailoring, oakum-picking, etc. The profit on the work done was $59,007, as against $60,976 in 1912. A sum of $4,652 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work, against $4,636 in 1912.
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 estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 489,114, but this includes the New Territories; and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 398,520, of whom 21,470 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population at the census was as follows :- Non-Chinese civil community
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak) Villages of Hong Kong
12,075
219,386
16,106
Kowloon (including New Kowloon) New Territories
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67,602
80,622
Population afloat
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population
60,948
444,664
456,739
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