TABLE C.
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under the notice of the Police, during the Years 1879, 1880, and 1881.
SERIOUS.
MINOR.
W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Number of Persons.
Number of Cases.
DESCRIPTION.
Number of Persons.
Convicted.
Discharged,
Number of Cases.
DEKORIPTION.
Convicted.
Discharged.
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Murder,
Robbery with Violence from the Person, Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,.
Assault with intent to rob,...
1879. 1850. 1881. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1879. | 1880, | 1881.
*1
21
4
}
1
Assault,....
25
19
10 16
55
60
44
31
2
Kiduapping,
Piracy, .....
Unlawful Possession, ...............
Larcenies,
Felonies not already given,
TOTAL..
51
65
50
#8 68 35
7
11
7
6
333 226
303
302
1850
1602
1879
972
898
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15
20
3
२३
Gambling,
ter
34
9
10
8
Miscellaneous,
Drunkenness,. *****
10
43
63
Nuisances,
12
12
50
9
No pass or Light,
1879. 1880. 1881. | 1879. | 1880. 1883. 1879, 1886. 1881. 888 746 904 1181 965 1430 376 310 157 358 997 409 814 1046 188 191 1813 1442 1879 1717 1769 1983 337 374 367 301 276 337 232 329 284 762 840 566
227
108
No Analysis of Convictions & Discharges.
181 307 105
70
53
979
802 239
260
11
6
୫
5
7
7
15
5
2397
2081
2329
1381 1208
1390
485 430
406
TOTAL
3782
4064
4367 3350
3548 +459 298
875
702
* Supposed murderer committed suicide.
1881-Total Number of Cases, 6,696, being an Increase of 281 Cases, or 4.38 per cent, over 1880, Increase of Serious Crimes, 278 Cases, or 18,55 per cent, Increase of Minor Offences, 3 Oases or .0006 per cent.
Police Department, Hongkong, 30th January, 1889.
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Police Department and by the several Courts of the Colony.
The following Decennial Tables have been prepared from the Annual Returns furnished by the
14th August, 1882.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No 2
closure in
Administrator
arsh's despatch No 162. of 114th
gust, 1882-
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RECP
REGE 27 SEP 82/
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