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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1876.

Years.

Total Number

of Convicted and Cases. Punished.

Discharged.

Committed for Trial at Supreme Court.

or detained pending Orders of His Excelleney the Governor.

ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the Police Magistrates' Court during a period of Ten Years from 1st January, 1866, to 31st December, 1875, inclusive.

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

Committed to Prison

Ordered to find Security.

To keep the Peace, to be of Good Behaviour, and

to auswer

Punished for Preferring False Charge

or giving False Testimony.

Undecided.

Total Number of Defendants.

any Charge.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

E

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

1866

6,045

0,020

885

3,600

325

214

9

200

31

254

1371

1867 5,983 7,150 1868 6.969 7,49 1,101 1869

4,781

4,413 1870

5,986 5,702 609 6,400 6,143 673

786

2,808

169

142

13

57

18

144

2,257

2x1

123

10

36

254

50-1

1,908

186

120

9

9

2

295

2,085 261

127

1

12

336

2.406 311 1872 9,950 11,185 999 2.426 204 1873 9,137 8,810 1,862 1,798 266 1874 8,079 6,686 1,435

1,651 269 1875

8,055 6,749 $90 1,632

148

I

28

114

187

23

44

271

67

10

15

171

101

31

176

21

281

95

9

4

190

1-853

36

6

31

3

10,964

769

64

15

31

1

9,986

956

28

48

19

22

10.209

1,439

41

6,908

732

40

14

8,852

919

16

40

9,211 1,017

19

28

14,099 1,345

24

87

10,983 1,673

50

29

23

21 20

8,665 1.436

8,713

1,217

Magistracy, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.

Nationality.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1875.

Inquest Held.

C. MAY,

1st Police Magistrate.

Buried without Inquest.

Grand Total.

Europeans and Americans, Chinese,

Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Totul. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. 1875. 1874.

7

20

9

Malays and Indians,.

Total,...

27

9

7

8

1

9

16

13

2

31

27

20

24

75

106

128

4

4

4

9

38

39

4

20

25

88

126

143

Verdicts.

Accidental Death,..

Accidentally Drowned,

Felo de Se...

Manslaughter,

Natural Causes,

Do., in Gaol,

Overdose of Opium,..

Suicido, whilst temporarily Insane,

Wilful Murder,

Total,.

TABLE B.-Return of Inquests, 1875.

Europeans

and Americans, į

Chinese.

Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

122

3

9

}

3

3

Indians and Manila-

Malays.

men.

Total.

Men.

Men.

13

5

4

3

3

7

20

9

2

38

TABLE C.-Return of Burials without Inquest, 1875.

Europeans

Chinese.

Reason why no Inquest was held.

and Americans.

Indians.

Found on Shore.

Found in Harbour.

Total.

Mer. Women. Men.

Women. Boys. | Girls. Men.

Known. Unknown,

Known.Unknown

No suspicious Circumstances,

6

16

1

7

No evidenced State of Body, Post Mortem satisfactory, Death occurred outside Juris-

J

10

3

B

1

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10

+

44

12

16

8

15

42

4

21

2

15

00 10

8

1

diction,.

1

1

1

B

Total,.

8

27

4

20

25

4

88

17

37

10

24

Hongkong, 4th February, 1876.

J. RUSSELL, Coroner.

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