THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1878.
Number of Persons.
Number of Cases.
Description.
Convicted.
Discharged.
1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875
1876
1877
796 786 269
841 |1,270 1,208 |1,282 255 159 282 489 323 497 1,505 2,438 2,073 1,864 2,889 2,012 549 523 464
267
281
317
604
306 611 849 1,151
26
299 1 No analysis of Convictions and Discharges.
42
334
146
275
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming u
BLE C.
notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.
SERIOUS.
Number of Persons.
Number of Cases.
Description.
Convicted.
Discharged.
1875 1876 1877 1875 1876
1877 1875 1876 1877
Murder,
3*
Robbery with Violence from the Person,
13
Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,
107
90
428
5$ 4+
. 2||| 1
Assault,
24
21
9
17
4
2
Gambling,
79
41
23
12
7
Miscellaneous,
Assault with Intent to rob,....
3
1
3
I
2
:
Drunkenness,.
Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese
63
55
73
36
31
35
35
Nuisances,
32
36
Women and Female Children, .............
No Pass or Light,
Piracy,
5
5
9
8
9
7
4
Unlawful Possession,
251
239 S09
242
230 291
82
59
105
Larcenies,
Felonies not already given,..
938 1,0591,437 13 8
597
671 819
178
180
192
32
9
2
26
10
7
4
Total,..
1,395 1,4851,966
949
9741,196
324
295
341
•
Increase-481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.
4,086 5,061 5,422 3,623 4,510 3,791 645 592
C. V. CREAGH,
Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.
Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent.
Total.
* One Case also given under Piracy.
+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a fice pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life. Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaugi:ter.
‡ Two Cases also reported under Burglary, and one under Robbery with Violence from Person.
Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.
Total Cases-7,988.
702
Asting Captain Superintendent of Police.
129