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HEALTH.
23. Admissions to Hospital during the last three years were as follows:-
Nationality."
Europeans,
Indians,
Chinese,
1900.
Strength,
1901. Strength,
929
920.
1902. Strength,
919
174
163
141
512
493
498
223
215
299
Return of Police treated in Government Civil Hospital for fever or dengue fever from 1st January to 31st December, 1902 :——
European,
Indians,
Chinese,
Old Territory.
23
97
37
New Territory.
1
17
9
In addition to cases treated in Hospital for fever or dengue fever from the New Territory, the following numbers of cases were treated for fever in the various stations in the New Territory without being removed to Hospital, viz.
Europeans 12, Indians 97, Chinese 22; while 1 European, 9 Indians and 2 Chinese cases were treated in the stations in the New Territory for other causes.
EXECUTIVE STAFF.
24. Mr. P. P. J. WODEHOUSE returned from India and assumed his duties as Assistant Superintendent on the 18th May.
I was appointed to be Captain Superintendent from the 23rd April in succes- sion to the Honourable F. H. May, promoted to be Colonial Secretary.
Captain F. W. Lyons, of the Perak Police, was appointed to succeed me as Deputy Superintendent and arrived on the 17th September last.
POLICE FORCE.
25. Thirty-six Europeans were engaged during the year, 7 were recruited in England and 29 enlisted locally. Of these 29, 9 resigned and 2 were dismissed.
ARMS ORDINANCE.
26. During the whole of the year a Proclamation has been in force prohibiting the export of arms and ammunitions of war from the Colony.
The following arms and ammunitions were seized and forfeited by the Police Magistrate during the year, viz.:-
29 rifles and muskets; 21 revolvers; 6 pistols; 2 bayonets; 6,378 boxes percussion caps; 42 boxes detonators; 7,379 rounds rifle and re- volver ammunition; 18 lbs. powder; 62 lbs. dynamite; 100 cases of ammunition.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
F. J. BADELEY,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
&c.,
&c.,
Ge.