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ONFIDENTIAL.
Sir.
A
24 JUN IT 194
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 17th. May, 1911.
nclosure,
I have the honour to submit the Annual
Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for 1910, and I
take this opportunity in continuation of the Despatches quoted
Lov
36290/10 10.10.
Amay's
2.110
"Tar
8522/11
in the margin to make some further observations regarding the
prevalence of crime in this Colony, and the steps which have
been taken to diminish it.
2.
In the first place I will briefly comment
upon the enclosed report in order to present a statement of the
facts as they exist. Paragraph 1 shows that whereas there was a
decrease in the total number of ceses reported to the Police in
1910 of 30 below the average of the last five years,
there was
an increase in cases of serious crimes of 263 or 7.86 per centum
over 1909 and of 241 or 7.15 per centum over the quinquennial
average. There were only 4 convictions in 19 murder cases, and 1
in
E RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&C.,
&C.,
&C...