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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 23.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1878.
VOL. XXIV.
No. 125.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Returns relative to Victoria Gaol, during the year 1877, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th June, 1878.
RE
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1877.
CHINESE
CHINESE
EUROPEANS.
EUROPEANS.
OR COLOURED.
OR COLOURED.
WEEKLY. .1877.
TOTAL,
WEEKLY. 1877.
TOTAL,
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Mules.
Males. Females.
Females.
January
7
.36
398
23
457
July 8
24
1
300
16
341
14
36
389
18
443
15
27
293
18
338
وو
21
36
400
18
454
22
32
310
17
359
22
13
28
37
386
17
440
29
32
321
22
375
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February
4
41
366
16
423
August
5
33
324
21
378
11
43
348
16
407
12
33
325
21
379
"
ས
18
46
339
15
401
19
33
335
23
391
"
"
25
49
324
14
388
26
40
355
25
420
""
**
March
11
"
18
4181
42
300
16
358
September 2
44
344
20
408
38
288
15
341
43
361
17
421
""
37
284
15
336
16
36
363
19
418
""
25
33.
291
18
342
23
36
358
16
410
22
April
1
26
292
21
339
30
37
351
17
405
"
8
26
278
18
322
October
7
34
338
15
387
"
15
28
291
18
337
14
41
341
18
400
55
""
22
27
283
22
332
21
39
354
21
414
77
29.
26
288
18
332
28
47
389
21
457
"
"
May
6
25
293
22
340
November 4.
47
395
19
461
13
31
306
20
358
11
47
422
21
490
20
21
316
19
357:
18
28
431
20
489
22
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27
22
312
21
356
25
38
384.
15
437
"
22
June
3
23.
313
23
360
December 2
33
368
14
415
"
22
નાના
10
-21
310
21
353
9
34
378
16
428
""
17
25
313
21
360
16
25
392
12
429
11
24
21
304
17
343
23
29
396
13
438
""
July
1
23
301
15
339
30
30
401
12
443
19
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1873.
T. C. Dempster, Captain,
Acting Superintendent.
CLASS
OF
PRISONERS.
European Females....
European Males,................
Indian Males, .........
Indian Females, ......
Chinese Females, ...........
Chinese Males, ........
TOTAL, .........
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RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES for which PRISONERS were mmitted to VICTORIA GAOL, from the respective Courts of the Colony, during the Year 1877.
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16
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19
186
995
55
F:
212
12
61
4
Murder.
Manslaughter.
Piracy.
Cutting and Wounding, or Assault occasioning Griev-
ous Bodily Harm, &c.
Assault with Intent to Rob, Highway Robbery, Robbery
with Violence and Attempt at such.
Burglary, Attempt to commit Burglary, and having
Possession of House-breaking Implements.
Larceny, Larceny from a House, Larceny from the
Person and froin Ships in the Harbour.
Defranding, and Obtaining Goods or Money under
False Pretences.
Unlawful Possession or Receiving Stolen Goods, &c.
Illegally Pawning Goods, &c.
Sodomy and Unnatural Offences.
Indecent Assault.
Child Stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of Females, For- cible Detention, Buying or Selling of Human Beings.
Forvert Coining.or Uferine Corso-feit Coir
Notes Perjury, Suborning Witnesses to Commit Perjury, Preferring False Charge, and Giving Wilful False Testimony, &c.
Threatening to Accuse of Crime, Accusing of Crime
with Intent to Extort Money.
Assault, Assault with Wounding and Rioting.
Drunk and Incapable, Fighting and Quarrelling, Dis- orderly Conduct, Refusing to pay Chair Hire, and Resisting the Police in the Execution of their Duty.
Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Refusal of Duty, Negligence, Desertion and Remaining be-
hind from Ship.
Breaches of Military or Naval Discipline.
Gambling or Haunting Gambling Houses, &c.
Rogues and Vagabonds, Suspicious Characters, and
Vagrancy.
Breach of Conditional Pardon and Returning to the
Colony from Deportation.
Breach of Ordinance with regard to Weights and
Measures and Registration. Without Passes, Unlawful Hawking or Selling without
a Licence, Obstruction, Nuisance, Damage, Making Bonfires and Firing Crackers, Defiling Streams, Uttering Cries, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Harbour and Market Regulations.
Breach of Brothel Ordinance.
Committed for Trial, Remanded from Courts, Crown
Witnesses, and Pending Orders, &c.
For Debt.
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15
793
30
180
Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1878.
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N
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1
19
4
184
438
114
73
277
193
16
3
670
22
892
23
8,946
928
7 ਰße J
69
GRAND TOTAL.
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Acting Superintendent. T. C. DempsteR, Captain,
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