4454-1906-Report-of-the-Superintendent-of-Victoria-Gaol-for-1905 — Page 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 12, 1906.

453

No. 325.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL, FOR THE YEAR 1905.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

The numbers of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding numbers for the year 1904 were as follows :

1905.

1904.

Convicted by the Ordinary Courts,

5,258

6,471

Convicted by the Courts Martial,

64

95

Debtors, ....

49

64

On remand or in default of finding surety,.

856

834

Total,.

6,227

7,464

There was thus a decrease of 1,237 on the total number of admissions, as compared with the previous year.

2. The number of convictions from the New Territory was 169, against 80 for the pre- vious year.

3. The following Table shows the number of convicts confined in Victoria Gaol on the 31st December, for the past ten years :-

Year.

No. of Convicts.

Percentage to

Estimated

Year.

No. of Convicts.

Population.

Percentage to Estimated Population.

1896,

40

.016

1901,

180

.059

1897,

51

.020

1902,

215

.068

1898,

55

.021

1903,

245

.075

1899,

96

.037

1904,

243

.067

1900,

141

.053

1905,

216

.057

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4. The number of prisoners admitted to the prison in 1905 for offences not of a criminal nature was 3,383, made up as follows:

Convicted by Courts Martial,...

under the Opium Ordinance,

Gambling Ordinance, Market Ordinance,

64 1,307

342

288

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Arms Ordinance,

....

19

11

Vehicle Ordinance,

85

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Sanitary Bye-laws,

141

17

Harbour Regulations,

68

for Drunkenness,

74

17

Trespassing.

47

Disorderly Conduct,

270

22

Vagrancy,

52

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Contempt of Court,.

5

Assault,

206

Obstruction,

124

57

17

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Cutting trees,

36

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Fighting..

250

71

31

Mendicancy,

5

Total,.......

3,383

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