144. The total quantities of narcotic drugs seized by both the police and the Preventive Service and confiscated during the past two years
were:
1957/58
Raw Opium
1956/57
718.3 Ks.
813.0 Ks.
Prepared Opium
15.6 Ks.
64.6 Ks.
Morphine
16.4 Ks.
68.6 Ks.
Heroin Pills and Heroin
27.1 Ks.
29.3 Ks.
Heroin pills and Heroin pill mass (total
weight 53.9 kilos) showing Heroin content of ...
2.42 Ks.
.89 Ks.
PART VII
TRAFFIC
VEHICLES REGISTERED
145. The past year showed the greatest increase on record. The number of licensed vehicles on 31st March, 1958 was 34,457, an increase of 4,627. Appendix VIII Table 'A' sets out the comparative figures for the last five years.
ACCIDENTS
146. There was an increase in the number of accidents during the past year but the fatalities were the lowest since 1954/55. There were 12,643 road accidents; 4,811 occurred in Hong Kong Island and 7,832 in Kowloon and the New Territories.
Comparative figures are:
1957/58
1956/57
1955/56
1954/55
1953/54
Fatal ...
122
123
142
114
71
Q
Serious injury
763
663
720
681
463
Slight injury
4,024
3,501
3,350
3,530
3,112
Damage only
7,734
7,479
7.254
5.979
4,274
Totals
12,643
11.766
...
11,466
10,304
7,920
TRAFFIC OFFENCES
147. Prosecutions for traffic offences increased from 39,090 to 52,302. This increase is mainly attributed to the significant rise in the number of vehicles and drivers licensed during the period and to sustained efforts to enforce the law. The policy of instruction and warning has however been fully maintained. Appendix IX shows comparative figures for warning and prosecution for the past five years.
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