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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH EEBRUARY, 1881.

ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1871, to 31st December, 1880, inclusive.

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.

Years.

Total Number of Cases.

Convicted and Punished.

Discharged.

Committed for Trial at Supreme

Court.

Committed to Prison

or detained pending Orders of His Excellency the Governor.

Ordered to find Security.

To keep the Peace,

to be of Good

Behaviour, and

Punished for Preferring False Charge

Total

Number

Undecided.

of Defendants.

or giving False Testimony.

to answer any

Charge.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

-F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

1871.

6,400

6,143

673

2,406

311

148

1

28

414

16

40

1872,

11,185 9,950

999

2.426

294

137

23

44

271

19

23

1873,

9,137

8,8101,352

1,798

266

67

10

15

171

29

37

10

1874, 8,079

6,636 1,135

1,651

269

101

2

31

175

21

50

1875,

8,055

6,749

890

1,632

281

95

9

4

190

29

28

1876, 9,103

7,315

683

1,744

300

118

11

6

174

23

25

1877,

9,283

7,336

572

1,966

364

209

15

16

192

14

1878,

7,166 9,100

628

2,126

251

200

18

11

98

10

1879,

7,009

5,758

361

1,900

189

145

13

18

230

18

1880,

7,098 5,892

252

1,775

187

170

27

15

204

48

37

780277 00 00 00 10

32

9

9,211 1,017

13

35

21

20

1 TO 1O T

14.099 1,345 10.933

1,673

8,665 1,436

8,713

1,217

20

9,402

1,024

3

12

9,745

972

19

9,630

922

34

8,103

602

33

8,126

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Magistracy, Hongkong, 19th February, 1881.

[No. 4.]

NG CHOY,

Acting Police Magistrate.

Coroner's OFFICE,

21st February, 1881.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, Returns of Coroner's Inquests, &c. for the

year 1880.

Table A gives the total number of all cases, from which it appears that there were 60 inquests held in 1880 and 102 in 1879, while the number of burials without Inquest were, for 1880-133, and for 1879-104; the total number of cases coming under the observation of the Coroner being 193 in 1880 and 206 in 1879.

Table B gives the number of Inquests held, with the Verdicts obtained, nearly half being "Accidental death."

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Table C gives the number of Burials without Inquest, with the reason why none was held. It will be seen that nearly half of these were decomposed bodies and no evidence, all but one being unknown.

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concerning which there was

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

To the Honourable F. STEWART, LL.D.,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

HONGKONG,

Nationality.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cuses, 1880.

Inquest Held.

G. S. NORTHCOTE, Deputy Coroner.

Buried without Inquest.

Very much decom-

Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. posed; sex not ascer- Total.

tainable.

Europeans and Americans,... Chinese, Manilamen,

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60 43

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Total for 1879,...... 63

77

17 15

102 34

3

37

22

8

104