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# CHINESE.
Five hundred and twenty Chinese fired their Revolver Course and were classified as under :-
1st Class Shots 2nd Class 3rd Class
1922. 1921. 1922. 1921. 1922. 1921.
21 36 102 93 382 520
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# IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
Number of searches made 9,339, an increase of 5,240 over 1921. Number of persons identified by finger print impressions : 1,746 an increase of 562 persons over 1921.
Number of records filed, 5,675 an increase of 1,635 over 1921. Number of persons convicted of Breach of the Banishment Ordinance 85, an increase of 34 persons over 1921.
Number of persons identified by their finger print impressions for Breach of the Market Ordinance 802, an increase of 479 persons over 1921.
# CONDUCT.
The conduct of the European Contingent (average strength 188) was good. The total number of reports against them was 60 as against 57 in 1921.
There were 5 reports for being drunk or under the influence of drink as against 3 in 1921.
No Officer was reported for sleeping on duty as against 4 in 1921; and there were 19 reports for neglect of duty as against 5 in 1921.
The conduct of the Indian Contingent (average strength 431) was good. There were 330 reports as against 353 for the preceding year. For drunkenness there were 10 as against 10, for disorderly conduct 24 as against 30, for neglect of duty 87 as against 50, for absence from duty 85 as against 64, for gossiping and idling on duty 47 as against 42 and for sleeping on duty 21 as against 20.
254 men had no report as against 250 in 1921.
1 Indian Policeman was convicted by the Police Magistrate for larceny (dismissed from the Force).
The behaviour of the Chinese Contingent (average strength 550) was fair. There were altogether 977 reports as against 994 in 1921. For drunkenness there was one as against 3, 92 for sleeping on duty as against 73, 25 for disorderly conduct as against 22, and 424 for minor offences as against 374. 229 men had no report as against 268 in 1921. 5 C.C.s were convicted by the Police Magistrate (dismissed from the Force), 3 for accepting bribes: 2 for Assault.