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COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL,
The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 600, the average for 1913 being 702, 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 0.12. The average percentage for the last ten years was 0.13. 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 1.34 as compared with 1.22 in 1913 and 1.40 in 1912.
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 $66,034 as against $59,007 in 1913. A sum of $3,329 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work against $4,652 in 1913.
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 501,304, 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 410,710, of whom 20,710 were non-Chinese (including Army and Navy).
The distribution of population at the census was as follows:-
Population. Non-Chinese civil community 12,075 Chinese City of Victoria (including Peak) 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 456,739322
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL,
The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 600, the average for 1913 being 702, 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 0.12. The average percentage for the last ten years was 0:13. 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 134 as compared with 1-22 in 1913 and 140 in 1912.
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 $66,034 as against $59,007 in 1913. A sum of $3,329 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work against $4,652 in 1913.
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 501,304, 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 410,710, of whom 20,710 were non-Chinese (including Army and Navy).
The distribution of population at the census was as follows:-
Non-Chinese civil community
12,075
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak)
219,386
Villages of Hong Kong
16,106
Kowloon (including New Kowloon)
67,602
New Territories
80,622
Population afloat
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population
60,948
444,664
456,739
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