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DEAD BODIES.

Table II shows the number of unknown dead bodies found by the Police in the streets and elsewhere during the year.

DEPORTEES AND VAGRANTS.

847 persons were banished from Hongkong.

651 persons deported from Straits Settlements were sent on by the Police.

1,081 Vagrants were received from Straits Settlements and sent on by the Police.

817 Vagrants were received from the Dutch East Indies and sent on by the Police.

1,582 Vagrants were received from Saigon and sent on by the Police.

437 Coolies were received from Straits Settlements and sent on by the Police.

1,748 persons were discharged from Victoria Gaol and entered in the Police Criminal Records.

LICENCES.

The following licences were issued during 1921:--

1,150 Hongkong Public Jinrikshas.
1,324 Private "
21 "
700 Kowloon Public "
48 Sze Ka Che "

850 Hongkong Public Chairs.
16 Upper Level Jinrikshas. 20 Peak Jinrikshas.
308 Hongkong Private Chairs.
60 Hill District Chairs.

18,235 Drivers and Bearers.
1,433 Truck Licences.
157 Motor Car (Livery).
351 " (Private).
666 Drivers.
270 Motor Cycle Drivers.
294 " Licences.

210 Money Changers.
134 Pawn-brokers Licences.
5 Licences to store Petroleum in Bulk.
6 Phosphorous.
3 Rockets. "
19 Fuel.
2 Poisons (wholesale).
6 "

263 Chinese Wine and Spirits (Old Territories).
80 " (New "
15 "
37 "
25 Licences to store Sulphuric Acid and Nitric Acid.
3 Auctioneer Licences.
18 Licences to store Acetylene.
5 Billiard Tables or Bowling Alleys.
26 ""

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