144
Month,
RETURN OF ARMS for the Year 1896.
Muskets,
Rifles.
Carbines.
Fowling Pieces.
Revolvers.
Pistols.
Bayonets.
Swords.
Gunpowder, in ths.
Cannons...
Bullets.
in boxca, (250 in each box).
Percussion Caps,
Safety Cartridges.
Cartridges, Blank.
Shots, Lend, in lbs.
Fuse.
Air Gun.
Dynamite.
Shells.
Tubes
January,..... 193
February,
190 655
525
10
4
717
220
בון
Б
597
74
90
05
86 312
18
9,039
60,520 300
102
Ι
2,000
4,808 | 104,635
461
3
March,
***
11 100
:
-
$07
180
I
163
:
100
10,027 | 166,600
1891
•
Aptil,.......... 5 1,069
May,
Junc,
July,
August, ........
September,
012
286
42 1,835 1,794
17 783
6 417
1
'867 40
1
1,921
2
2,976
50,750
2114 500
1
...
•
428
450
200
**
3,050
56,900
...
53
---
489 340 1,000
25.4
8,756
54,280 เ
75
:
389 259
765 81
1
-833
610
134
October,
14 794
3
831
97
November,
11 752 10 1
961
N
...
4,200
7,117 59,600
300 1,755
เว
::
:
207
9,425
56,200 6,700 122
200
6
12,733
2
19
1
86,882 1,100 153
8,162 123,220| 1,000| 396
50
193
2
***
109 150
15.
14,701
90,550 - 1,500
25
...
Total,......4858,349 1,829
18 |7,491 |-1,375 | 1,093 | 88 | 7,565
3 2,300
91,094 | 910,137 10,600 1,578 | 2,798
Enclosure.
00
8
2 | 109 | 150
POLICE SCHOOL,
HONGKONG, 1st January, 1897.
SIR, I have the honour to submit the following on the working of the Police School for 1896. 1. The necessary periodical transfers and changes, and consequent interruptions to regular and continued attendance has proved, as in previous years, a great hindrance to the steady progress of men attending.
2. There has been a noticeable increase in the desire to improve on the part of the men generally, and this is no doubt greatly owing to the interest taken by the Captain Superintendent and his visits to the School, and partly to the fact that the present Reading Books refer to matters more immediately connected with Police duties and that the teaching given has been in the same direction.
3. With reference to the present Reading Books. I beg to state that they are not sufficiently graded, the jump from the 1st Reader compiled by the Captain Superintendent, to the Police Regulations" being too great, but I believe this will be remedied to a great extent by the additional lessons to be inserted in the revised Reading Book now being prepared by the Captain Superintendent.
4. It has been found necessary with the more advanced Indian class to devote considerable time to Colloquial English as some of the men of recent drafts, who had been partly taught in India, though able to read easy lessons, were ignorant of the meaning and had simply learned them parrot-like.
5. I would strongly recommend that some of these men, if it would not interfere with other Police arrangements, should be allowed to remain in the Central Station without transfer for a turn or two.
6. Mr. JAMESON has been absent on leave since 1st April and his duties have been discharged by Mr. C.-W. DUGGAN.---
7. Eleven European Constables have obtained School certificates during the year and have been exempted from attending School.
- The attendance has been much the same as in 1895.
Europeans, Indians, Chinese, Gaol Guards,
21
152
135
31
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
The Honourable.
F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Your most obedient Servant,
W. M. B. ARTHUR,
Master in Charge. **