Ship and
Table III.
Date. Name and Address of Complainant. Place of Occurrence. Estimated No. of Pirates. Dialect Spoken. No. of Persons Kidnapped. Estimated Value of Property Stolen. Remarks. 29th March, 1923. Ho Kam, Master of Trading Junk, No. T 109 H. Chinese Waters off Ping Hoi. 40. Hoklo dialect. Nil. $5,958.00 Pirates boarded from Hoklo boat. 3rd April, 1923. 12th May, 1923. s.s. "Tai Shun", Lo Shun-wan, Manager China Merchants Steamship Company. Chinese Waters near Hai Nan Island. 30-40. Dialect unknown. Nil. $60,000.00 Pirates travelled as passengers on the s.s. "Tai Shun" from Hongkong or Canton. Pirates boarded from Steam Launch “Sui On”. 26th July, 1923. Tam Kai, Pilot, s.s. "Woo Foo", owned by Ming Hing S. S. Co., Connaught Road West. Lam Fnk, unlicensed Chinese Junk. Chinese Waters off Breakers Point. 40-50. Dialect unknown. 19 men. 459 bags of bran. Two of crew killed and one wounded. Pirates boarded from a 3-masted boat. 4 of the crew wounded. 1 pirate shot dead. 30th May, 1923. Tsang Man-yne, Trading Junk, No. T 4625 H. Chinese Waters off Ping Hoi. 25. Hakka dialect. Nil. $2,293.90 - 10th September, 1923. O.K.C. Newburgh, Master of the s.s. “Hsin Chang' Tapo Light, 50. Dialect unknown. 1 $23,000.00 All the Junk's crew killed except one boy,K 28