88
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1893.
TABLE E.
RETURN shewing the STRENGTH, ENLISTMENTS and Casualties in the Police Force during 1892.
Strength of Enlistments. Deaths.
the Force.
Resignation through Sickness.
Resignation through expiry of term of service or otherwise.
Dismissals
or
Desertions.
Total Number of Casualties.
European,
128
7
1
1
7
5
14
Indian,
226
26
3
12
10
25
Chinese,
342
61
3
2
22
21
48
Total,...
696*
94
7
3
41
36
87
* This number includes the Police paid for by other Departments and Private Firms but is exclusive of :-
1 Captain Superintendent,
1 Deputy
Do.,
Grand Total, 754.
4 Clerks,
52 Coolies,
Police Department, Hongkong, 19th January, 1893.
A. GORDON, Captain Superintendent of Polioc.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 46.
The following Report of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol for 1892, which was laid before the Legislative Council on the 8th instant, is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
D. L. No. 15.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, VICTORIA GAOL,
HONGKONG, 18th January, 1893.
SIR, I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the Annual Report on the Victoria Gaol for 1892.
2. During the year there were 5,231 admissions, the average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol being 515 which is a slight increase on the previous year. The daily maximum number was
595.
3. There have been 7,494 prison offences committed during the year being about 14 offences to each prisoner as compared with over 23 in 1891. The comparative returns attached show the number of the most common of these offences.
4. Nine officers have been dismissed for misconduct during the year, but the conduct of the remainder of the Gaol Staff has been satisfactory.
5. The officers' quarters are devoid of necessary comforts. There is no mess room or recreation room, and, under the existing circumstances, it is almost impossible for an officer employed on night duty to get proper rest during the day, he being constantly disturbed by those on day duty who are compelled to use the same room.
6. The necessity for introducing the separate system generally has been frequently urged and I would most strongly recommend its adoption. At present from the time prisoners are locked up in the evening until they are unlocked in the morning and again during the officers' meal hours, it is impossible with a limited staff to exercise proper supervision in the corridors so as to prevent prisoners. communicating with each other. It is unnecessary for me to mention the incalculable amount of harm which this must do and how the deterrent effect of imprisonment is lessened thereby.
7. Extra store-room and bath accommodation are required. The latter is so limited bathing cannot be conducted properly.
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