GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 102.
The following Report and Returns from the Police Department are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1882.
No. 27.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 4th February, 1882. SIR, I have the honour, in accordance with the instructions contained in your Circular of the 1st December 1881, to forward for the information of His Excellency the Governor, details of the Police Establishment, the list of Pensioners, and the Criminal Statistics for 1881.
2. The Criminal Statistics show that 6696 cases were reported to the Police during 1881, being an increase of 281 Cases, or 4.38 per cent. on the returns for 1880. In the sub-division of these cases into Serious Crimes (so called) and Minor Offences, an increase of 278 cases, or 13.55 per cent., is found in Serious Crimes, and an increase of only 3 cases, or 0.06 per cent. in Minor Offences.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
The Honourable M. S. TONNOCHY,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
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