MINOR.
166
NUMBER OF PERSONS.
NUMBER OF CASES.
Convicted.
DESCRIPTION.
Discharged,
1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1898, 1899.
1900.
265
199
4,531 3,170
161 133
939 715
1,039
1,765 |1,414 | 1,5312,380 |1,595 | 1,891 324 1,077 3,265 | 5,412 13,434 | 3,625 182
No analysis of Convictions & Discharges,
242
281
344
661 | 1,564
55
78
35
807 320
375
TABLE C.
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under the Notice of the POLICE, during the Years 1898, 1899, and 1900.
SERIOUS.
NUMBER OF PERSONS.
NUMBER OF CASES.
DESCRIPTION.
Convicted.
Discharged,
1898. 1899.❘ 1900.
1898,
1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900.
Total,
7,661 | 5,631
6,3418,569 5,690 | 7,080
604
674 751
Murder,
}
6
Robbery,
15
85
59
15
Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,
170
247
316
29
Assault with Intent to Rob, .
2
3
7
Kidnapping and Protection of Women & Girls,
40
35
37
63
ANGJIN
2
D
2
3
Assault,
48
45
23
42
57
7
20
2
I
3
...
32
21
3
18
Piracy,
I
5
3
Unlawful Possession,...................
436 389 43+
454
381 448
49
59 80
Larcenies,
Felonics not already given,
2,121 |2,432 | 2,477 1,042 1,0231,142 147 191 193 47 54 58
132
220
277
13
6
ོམ་ལ་ཚེམ
13
Gambling,
21
Miscellaneous,
Drunkenness,
37
No Pass or Light,
Total,
2,935 3,392 8,5321,651 1,589 |1,779
201
349
453
Total cases 9,873 being an increase of 850 cases or 9.42 % over 1899.
Increase in Serious Offences 140 cases or 4.12 % and Minor Offences 710 cases or 12.6 %.
Police Department, Hongkong, 4th February, 1901.
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F. H. MAY,
Captain Superintendent of Police,