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27 Licences to store Sulphuric Acid and Nitric Acid. 9,018 Hawkers.
DOGS ORDINANCE.
21. 2,116 dogs were licensed during 1916.
91 watch dogs were licensed free of charge.
158 stray dogs were impounded, 98 were sent to the Dogs' Home and 60 were destroyed.
ARMS ORDINANCE.
22. Two licences to import and deal in arms and two to deal in sporting arms and ammunition were issued during 1916. During the whole year a Proclamation has been in force prohibiting the export of warlike stores from the Colony. The following arms and ammunition were confiscated during the year, viz.:—
Four Winchester rifles, 24 rifles, 3 Mauser pistols, 21 automatic pistols, 22 revolvers, 4,877 rounds of Winchester ammunition, 1,668 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition, 14,290 rounds of Mauser pistol ammunition, 17,123 rounds of revolver ammunition, 39 bayonets, 1,329 detonators, 3,000 percussion caps, and 60 pounds dynamite.
EDUCATION.
23. During the year, 5 Europeans and 67 Indians obtained certificates for knowledge of Chinese, 37 Indians obtained certificates for English, and 1 Chinese obtained a certificate for English.
MUSKETRY.
24. The Indians were put through the usual course of musketry and 50 passed as qualified marksmen. The course for Europeans will be held in 1917.
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
25. Six hundred and forty-eight persons were identified as having previous convictions against them, an increase of 146 as compared with 1915.
Ninety-eight identifications were those of criminals who had returned from banishment.
CONDUCT.
26. The conduct of the European Contingent (average strength 165) was good. The total number of reports against them was 22 as against 45 in 1915. There were two reports for being drunk or