Table I,-Continued.

No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. 14 Feb. 26th 1.00 a.m. A matshed in Sam Ling coal yard at Mong Kok Tsui, 5.20 p.m. A vegetable matshed stall. Shau Ki Wan Market. 1 matshed. 5 stalls. $350
$450 Unknown. A child playing with a fire in a chutty.
Joss-sticks setting fire to some papers. 15 Mar. 1st Supposed to have been set fire to by a female patient. 16 20th 2.15 A spark from cookhouse igniting some dried grass. Unknown. 17 April 2nd 6.00 p.m. House No. 8 Wan Hang Village. 1 $500 Overheating of tea while being dried by a charcoal chatty. 18 2nd 9.00 p.m. Government Lunatic Asylum. High Street. 1 ... $140 A spark from the grate igniting some straw. Unknown. 19 3rd 19.35 p.m. House No. 33 Sha Po Village, Kowloon City.
House No. 133 Bonham Strand East. 1
2 $2,000 Do.
· An oil lamp used for joss purposes setting fire to joss papers.
Explosion of a kerosine lamp. 20 12th 8.00 p.m. House No. 116 Second Street, 1 $800 A spark from fireplace. 21 12th 2.30 p.m. Do.
63 Sai Kung Village, I $500 NA A 22 12th 2.00 a.m. Do. 43 Wing Lok Street, 1 23 12th 1.30 a.m. S.S. "Telemachus". Victoria Harbour. 1 $15,000 24 24th 6.40 a.m. House No. 101 Main Street, Shau Ki Wan. 1 $1,200 25 June 4th 3.52 a.m. House No. 146 Bonham Strand East. 1 $10,000 26 July 30th 7.00 p.m. A matshed near No. 5 Bridge, Pokfulam Road, 11

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