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information from that District also.
5.
The Detective Staff in Kowloon
has been strengthened by placing an European detective
officer directly in charge of it, and the Captain
Superintendent of Police has found means of strengthening
the Police on day duty.
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If these measures coupled with an
improved system of information and the recent drastic use
of the Banishment Ordinance do not produce the desired
result, other measures must be taken. The returns of crime
for the year up to end of September show a considerable
increase in the current year as the attached table will
make clear, and although the effect of the measures that
have been taken has not fulfilled anticipations, it is
not unsatisfactory to note that in the more serious cate-
-gories, robbery, burglary, and housebreaking, the figures
for the quarter ended 30th. September compare not un-
-favourably with the figures for the same period in the
two preceding years.
The increase in crine that has
made itself apparent during the current year is no doubt
largely - due to the condition of lawlessness which
prevails in the neighbouring provinces of China. The facts
reported