250
Class.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1899.
PERCENTAGES OF PASSES IN EACH SUBJECT IN EACH CLASS.
Chinese-English.
English-Chinese.
Reading.
Conversation,
Dictation.
Composition.
Grammar.
History.
Geography.
Shakespere.
Book-keeping.
Arithmetic.
Algebra.
Euclid.
Shorthand.
Mensuration.
Intelligence.
General
No. of Boys.
I A.,... 100
II B.,...
III A....!
III B...
888898
100 I B
69 92 92 100 II A.,... 100 74 68 89
100
100
89
70
100
100
100
100 83
78
96
100 100
89
32
61
43 74 100
96
89
60
55
66
76
92
82
100
36
85
P. Ts.... 100
100
0
100
N. 1,
N. 2. N. 3,
100 100 100 100 80 100 100 100 100 69 100 100 100 100 60
100 100 100 17 73
PORERROR** :
70
100
100
* * * * * * * 393 8
80 100
100
87 88
46
20
39
100
45
RRBER
34
50
358
SOBRAS RO
89
90
77 10
39 31 15
23
:
28
48
54
2
75 100 100
100
33 100
18
13
78
87
47
15
15
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 78.
The following Report of the Captain Superintendent of l'olice for the Year 1898 is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong; 17th February, 1899.
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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No. 34.
POLICE OFFICE, HONGKONG, 31st January, 1899.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the Criminal Statistics and Report on the Police Force for the year 1898.
2. The total of all cases reported to the Police was 10,596 being an increase of 967 cases or 10.04 per cent over 1897.
In the division of these cases into Serious and Minor Offences, there appears an increase as compared with 1897 of 39 cases or 1.34% in the former, and of 928 cases or 13.78% in the latter.
3. Table A shows the number and character of the Serious and Minor Offences reported to the Police during the past year, and the number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with
those offences.
4. The increase as compared with 1897 in Serious Offences of 39 is shewn as follows:-
Burglary or Larceny in Dwelling,
Assault with intent to rob,
Unlawful possession,.....
Larceny,.
11
1
.38
.45
95
Deduct decrease in-
Murder,
7
Robbery,
7
Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Children, Felonies not already given,
.19
.23
56
Total increase,.
39
The decrease in crime of a violent nature is satisfactory.