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Table P.

INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, ie., District Courts, &c. (Year, 1900.)

Showing how the cases tried in

the Superior Courts ended.

(Each Prisoner tried counts as a

separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)

Judgment for the Crown,,

Judgment for the Prisoners,.

Prisoner found Insane, .....

Cares which fell through for } want of prosecution or al- sence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General),

Cases postponed,

...

Total.

Murder.

73

2

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4

Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.

January, February,

Marcb. April,

May,

June,.

91

2

3

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Concealment of Birth.

:

3

:

Table Q

Abortion.

:

Rape.

Unnatural Crimes.

Robbery with Violence.

Other Offences against the Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offencer.

:

;

37

12

7

12

7

2

1

4

1

I

1

1

44

15

8

17

COMPARATIVE TABLE.

COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Five Years.

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

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Table R.

707

1900.

Mean Direction in Points.

Meau Velocity in Miles per hour.

Beaufort's Scale

0-12.

Corresponding Force in

Maximum hourly Velocity during the Month.

Corresponding Force in Beaufort's Scale

0-12.

224

E

E by N

ZZZ

N

12.3 18.7

2

2

16.2

15,1

SE

12.9

SE by E

13.8

July, August,

September.

SSE

7.9

E

10.6

E

12.2

October, November, December,....

Year,......

E

13.3

2

E by N NE by E ENE

17.1

15.6

12.4

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00

38

36

48

35

22

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38

61

38

90

12

37

90

12

Table S.

MILITARY FORCES AND EXPENDITURE.

EUROPEAN,

INDIAN.

CHINESE.

Non-Com-

CORPS.

Warrant

missioned

Officers.

Officers.

Officers.

Officers

Warrant Officers.

Non-Com- Non-Com-TOTALS.

missioned

missioned

Officers

Officers

and Meu.

and Men.

and Men.

The Number of Cases reported to the F'olice,

12,975

9,629

10,596

9,023

9,878

General Staff,

5

The Number of Persons apprehended by the Police or sum-

moned before the Police Magistrales,

Garrison Staff,

19,568

12,886

15,289 11,446

Royal Garrison Artillery,

29

H.K.-S. B. R.A.,

13

The Number of Summary Convictions :→→→

1. For Offences against the Persor,

572

704

1,013

808

Royal Engineers,

14

wi to mi

1

623

8

419

211

Chinese Sub. Miners,

2. Gambling,

730

661

1,072

648

3. For Offences against Property other than Prædial

Larceny,

Second Royal Welch Fusiliers... -

28

942

1,620

1,688

Army Service Corps,

6

1,840

1,853

972

4. For other Offences,

14,567

7,766

9,605

6,228

Hongkong Regiment,

Royal Army Medical Corps,

56

Indian Sub-Medical Staff,

The Number of Convictions in the Superior Courts :—

1. For Offences against the Person,

15

24

19

49

A. O. D. and Corps,

41

54

A. P. D. and Corps,

3

6

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5

2

647

147

228

972

999

tib

3

51

2. Prædial Larceny, ....

Educational,

3. For Offences against Property other than Prædial

Larceny, ....

10

10

17

18

7

22ud Bombay Infantry...

13

4. For other Offences,

2

5

3

10

12

3rd Madras Light Infantry,

11

5th 1. H. Contingeut,

714

678

742 705

15

718

747

14

The Number of Persons Acquitted:--

1. In the Inferior Courts,.

2. In the Superior Courts,....................

1,574

1,632

1,289

1,641

$2

28

15

21

18

Total,.......

154

12

1,804

69

3,503

59

3,692