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TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
16. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Traffic Regulations, (Notification No. 359 in the Gazette of the 6th December, 1912):-
Prosecutions. Convictions. Withdrawn. Discharged. Result. Fines 1,672 1,568 19 85 $5,930MENDICANTS.
17. Seventy-one beggars were dealt with by the Magistrate : two sick and sent to the Tung Wah Hospital; 572 were sent to Canton as follows:-
How often sent away. Canton. Once, 502 Twice, 40 Thrice, 20 Four times, 10 Total, 572 1Special raids on mendicants took place from March onwards which account for the large increase in the number of arrests.
DEAD BODIES.
18. Table II shows the number of the unknown dead bodies found by the Police in the streets and elsewhere during the year.
DEPORTEES AND VAGRANTS.
19. 793 persons were banished from Hongkong.
1,031 persons deported from Singapore were sent on by Police.
13 persons deported from British North Borneo were sent on by Police.
143 vagrants were received from Singapore and sent on by Police.
786 vagrants were received from Dutch East Indies and sent on by Police.