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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Police.
The cases brought under the notice of the police during the last five years were as follows:--
Serious Offences.
Minor Offences.
Years. Number of Cases. Convicted. Discharged. Cases. Number of Convicted. Discharged.
1882 2,506 1,405 601 3,728 3,002 810
1883 2,423 1,178 493 5,205 4,014 1,094
1891 2,052 1,297 000 7,531 4,713 1,102
1895 2,400 1,208 ... 4,309 3,707 787
1886 2,500 1,359 472 6,330 6,157 672
Total 12,637 6,507 2,639 27,199 22,523 4,401
Average of 3 years - 2,527** 1,313'4 527-8 5,437*8 4,504*0 830-2
Average of 5 years ending 1881 2,270*8 1315'8 410*6 4,421*8 3,707*4 790*4
27.—HOSPITALS, &c.
Civil Hospital.
The admissions to the Government Civil Hospital during the year were as follows as compared with 1885:-
1885. 1886. Police 495 602 Board of Trade 100 139 Private paying patients 283 381 Government servants 124 144 Police cases 238 142 Destitutes 270 222 Total 1,510 1,623
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