THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January 1873, to 31st December, 1882, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Committed to Prison
215
Years.
Total Number of Cases.
Ordered to find Security,
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Committed for Trial at Supreme Court.
or detained pending Orders of His Excellency
Punished for Prefering
To keep the Peace,
False Charge Undecided.
Total Number
the Governor.
to be of Good Behaviour, and to answer any
or giving
False
of Defendants.
Charge.
Testimony.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
M.
F.
M..
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F. M.
F.
M.
F.
1873,
9,137
8,810 1,852
1,798 266
67
10
15
171
29
37
10
35
6
10,933 | 1,673
1874,
8,079
6,636 1,135
1,651
269
101
2
31
175
21
50
21
6
8,665 1,436
1875,
8,055
6,749
890
1,632 281
95
9
4
190
20
23
7
20
8,718 1,217
1876,
9,103
7,315 683
1.744 300
118
11
6
174
23
25
20
9.402❘ 1,024
1877,
9,288
7,336 572 1,966 364
209
15
16
192
17
14
12
9.745 972
1878,
9,100 7,166 628
2,126 251
200
18
11
98
22
10
19
9,630 922
1879,
7,009 5,758 861
1,900 189
145
13
18
230
32
18
34
8,103 602
1880,
7,098 5,892 252
1,775 187
170
27
15
204
48 37
15
33
8,126 531
1881,
1882,
8,208 7,049 333 1,678 173 7,567 6,049 394 1,922 255
192 48
4
369
65
34
53
9,379 630
259
17
36
263
100
13
1
80
8,622 780
Grand Totals"
for the 10 Years,......
Average per
Year,
82,684 68,760 6,600 | 18,192 |2,555
1,556
170
156
5
2,066
386 261
GO 327
31
91,318 9,787
8,263.4 6,876.0 660:01,819.2253.5
155.6
17.0
15.6
0.5
206.6
38.0 26.1
6.0
32.7
3.1
9,131.8 978.7
Magistracy, Hongkong, 17th February, 1883.
CORONER'S INQUESTS, &c.
TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1882.
II. E. WODEHOUSE,
Folice Magistrate.
Inquest Held.
Buried without Inquest.
Nationality.
Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
Very much decom- posed: sex not ascertainable.
Total.
Europeans and Americans,...
77
Portuguese,
Chinese,
14
105
51
~
Indians and Malays,
1
Total,..
84
14
00
8
113
53
7
199
1
1
40
38
3
139
40
38
3
141
Total for 1881.
70
19
10
12
111
37
7
27
24
2
97
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