---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Admitted direct | 3,280 | 3,390 | 3,460 | 3,316 | 3,186 | 3,071 discharged owing to expiration | | | | | | of sentence and Ministerial | | | | | | decision, conducted to the | | | | | | frontier, and deceased | 2,463 | 2,972 | 3,030 | 2,939 | 2,760 | 3,071 +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Admitted by transfer | 391 | 353 | 305 | 366 | 341 | 431 Discharged by transfer | 530 | 501 | 452 | 514 | 439 | 504 +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Reinstated after escape | 677 | 771 | 884 | 933 | 1,097 | 924 Escaped | 769 | 879 | 1,004 | 1,066 | 1,243 | 1,031 ---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Those "placed at the disposition of the Government" (for commitment to the Merxplas Depot) under the law of November 27, 1891, during the years 1901 to 1906 belonged to the following classes:-- -----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- Able-bodied beggars and vagrants | | | | | | (Article 13) | 4,314 | 4,509 | 4,637 | 4,614 | 4,618 | 4,419 Able-bodied beggars and vagrants | | | | | | for detention supplementary to | | | | | | imprisonment (Article 14) | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- | 4,348 | 4,514 | 4,649 | 4,615 | 4,624 | 4,426 Deduct reinstatements after escape | 677 | 771 | 884 | 933 | 1,097 | 924 -----------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------- The following further table shows the frequency of commitment during a series of years:--