miscellaneous traffic, gambling and hawking offences. Prosecutions of persons for crime fell from 12,350 to 11,261 a decrease of 8.8%. The number of juveniles prosecuted decreased by 392 to a total of 1,012. Prosecutions of young persons, i.e. those between the age of sixteen and twenty, totalled 2,095. A total of 204 new Police Supervision Orders were made by the Courts, an increase of 44 compared with the previous year. At 31st March, 1969, 728 persons were under Supervi- sion Orders.
26. During the year 17,142 narcotic offences were recorded as against 12,364 in the previous year, an increase of 4,778 cases. Narcotics seizures exceeded 10,000 lbs. a figure which was sub- stantially above the previous year.
PART II
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
27. The Force is commanded by the Commissioner of Police from Hong Kong Police Headquarters at Arsenal Street. Police Headquarters is organized on the basis of an Operations Wing and an Administration Wing, each commanded by a Deputy Commissioner of Police. During the year Traffic Branch was reorganized and command of Traffic personnel was delegated by the Commissioner to the Chief Super- intendent of Police/Traffic and District Commanders. The Chief Superintendent of Police/Traffic is the Commissioner's staff officer and Force spokesman in respect of all traffic matters but the District Commander commands the Traffic Division in his district.
28. The Colony is divided into four Police Districts, comprising three land Districts and one marine District. As a result of lessons learnt during 1967 the division of Kowloon District into two Sub- Districts was abandoned, and the District was re-unified under the command of a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police. Hong Kong Island District is commanded by an Assistant Commissioner of Police as is the New Territories District and Marine District.
29. The distribution of formations within the Force is given diagramatically at Appendix 1.
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