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No. 1901
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HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL, FOR 1900.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of
His Excellency the Governor.
No. 17/1901.
VICTORIA GAOL OFFICE, HONGKONG, 23rd January, 1901.
SIR, I have the honour to submit for your information the following report on the Victoria Gaol, for the year 1900.
2. The number of prisoners admitted to the Gaol under sentence from the ordinary Courts was 5,263 besides 127 soldiers and sailors sentenced by Courts Martial. There were 30 prisoners admitted for debt and 12 in default of finding security, making a total of 5,432. Of these, 702 were old offenders.
3. The corresponding numbers for the preceding year were respectively as follows:-
Convicted by the ordinary Courts
Courts Martial
Debtors
In default of finding security
Total (including 736 old offenders).
........4,164
89
35
501
4,789
4. The daily average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol during the year was 486 as com- pared with 434 for the year 1899, and 510 in 1898. There were 125 prisoners convicted from the New Territory during the year, 37 of whom were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and upwards. There were 141 convicts in the Gaol on the 31st December 1900, against 96 on the 31st December 1899, and 55 on the 31st December 1898.
5. The number of prisoners admitted to the Gaol for offences not of a criminal nature was 2,267 made up as follows:--
Convicted under the Opium Ordinance
444
Market Ordinance
180
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Arms Ordinance
59
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Vehicle Ordinance
42
19
Post Office Ordinance..
22
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Sanitary Bye-laws
146
Women and Girls Protection Ord....
13
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19
11
Harbour Regulations
88
2)
11
Gambling Ordinance...
509
of drunkenness
129
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of trespassing
112
of disorderly conduct
477
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of vagrancy
46
Total,..
...2,267
6. The following table shows the number of prisoners committed to Gaol without the option of a fine and in default of payment of fine --
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Imprisonment in default of payment of fine, etc.
Year.
Total.
Imprisonment without the option of Fine.
Total.
Served the Imprisonment.
Paid full fine.
Paid part fine.
1899 4,232
1,903
2,530
1,281
895
174
1900
4,783
2,052
2,691
1,320
169
752
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