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DEAD BODIES.
18. Table II shows the number of unknown dead bodies found by the Police in the streets and elsewhere during the year.
DEPORTEES AND VAGRANTS.
19. 751 persons were banished from Hongkong. 845 persons deported from Singapore were sent on by the Police. 5 persons deported from British North Borneo were sent on by the Police. 236 vagrants were received from Singapore and sent on by the Police. 447 vagrants were received from Dutch East Indies and sent on by the Police. 815 vagrants were received from Saigon and sent on by the Police. 74 coolies were received from Singapore and sent on by the Police. 229 coolies were received from Mesopotamia and were sent on by the Police.
LICENCES.
20. The following licences were issued during 1917:
1,150 Hongkong Jinrickshas. 430 Kowloon Jinrickshas. 809 Hongkong Chairs. 60 Hill District Chairs. 25,766 Drivers and Bearers. 1,266 Truck Licences. 6 Private Vehicles. 58 Motor Cars (Livery). 54 Motor Cars (Private). 160 Motor Car Drivers. 118 Motor Cycle Licences. 147 Motor Cycle Drivers. 2 Auctioneers. 5 Licences to store Acetone. 5 Billiard Tables or Bowling Alleys. 1 Brewery. 18 Licences to store Calcium Carbide. 3 Licences to store Chlorate Mixture. 3 Licences to store Chlorate of Potassium and other Chlorate. 8 Licences to store Compressed Oxygen. 69 Licences to store Detonators. 8 Licences to store Dissolved Acetylene.