264 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1899.
TABLE E.
RETURN showing the STRENGTH, ENLISTMENTS and CASUALTIES in the Police Force during 1898.
Strength of
the Force.
Enlistments. Deaths.
Resignation through Sickness.
Resignation through Expiry of Terms of Service or otherwise.
Dismissals
or
Total Number of Casualties.
Desertions.
European,
112
26
4
11
2
18
Indian,.........
Chinese,..
226
71
3
8
12
24
47
292
60
12
8
38
19
77
Total,............
630*
157
19
17
61
45
142
European Strength, Europeans,
Indian Strength,
Indians,......
Chinese Strength,
Chinese,
* This number includes the Police paid for by other Departments and Private Firms, but is exclusive of— 1 Captain Superintendent,
1 Deputy
Do.,.
1 Paymaster,
3 Clerks,
Grand Total, 679.
43 Coolies,
+1 from Plague.
1 Drowned while on duty at Praya West.
1 Found Dead at Tu Ti Wan, supposed suicide. 6 from Plague.
TABLE F.
F. H. MAY, Captain Superintendent of Police.
RETURN of POLICE CONSTABLES treated in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL for FEVER, from 1st January to 31st December, 1898.
Central, Nos.
5 & 8 Stations.
Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Stations.
No. 7.
Pokfulam.
Peak.
69
11
130
32
110
33
71248
1
22
11
35
2*-
7
7
9
Total,..........
32
52
6
18
Aberdeen.
Yaumati & Stone Cntter's Island,
Hunghom.
Shaukiwan.
Stanley.
Tsimtsatsui.
Grand Total.
B:7964
8
3
5
* 10 10+
35
21
2:065+
Co
3
6
10
13
N
co to Gr
123
F. H. MAY,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 79.
His Excellency the Governor with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to appoint THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH, B.A., LL.B. (London), to be Police Magistrate and Coroner, in succession to HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G., retired.
By Command.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1899.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 80.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLAND HASTINGS, Retired Commander, R.N., to be Acting Postmaster General with effect from the 15th instant until further notice, and to approve of the Honourable ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON continuing in the acting appointment of Colonial Treasurer and Collector of Stamp Revenue until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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