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Table III.—Continued.

Piracies REPORTED TO Hongkong Police during 1925.

Date. Ship and Name and Address of Complainant. Place of Occurrence. Estimated No. of Pirates. Dialect Spoken. Estimated Value of Property Stolen. No. of Persons Kidnapped. Remarks. 9th July, 1925. S/L Po On. Deep Bay, British Waters. 15 $578.00 19 man 16th July, 1925. Fishing boat No. 5561 W. To Lin Harbour Chinese Waters. Hakka. $1,120.00 Nil. 13th September, 1925. Fishing boat No. 1783 V. Ku So, Chinese Waters. 22 $3.00 Nil. The Boarded from sampans. (One was sentenced to imprisonment for life. 13th September, 1925. Fishing boat No. 782 V. Do. 22 $35.00 Nil. Boarded while at anchor, woman fatally stabbed and 1 foki wounded. pirates ransacked both vessels at the same time. 27th October, 1925. Trading Junk No. T592H. Ah Chuk Mi, Chinese Waters. 50 $4,000.00 1 male. Boarded from small launch. 22nd November, 1925. Fishing boat. Cheung Chow, British Waters. 6 $1,008.00 3 males, 3 females. Yee ✪ Kok, British Waters. 2nd December, 1925. Fishing boat No. 1682 H.A. CO $1,302.50 Nil. Boarded from a boat. 17th December, 1925. S.S. Tung Chau. High Seas. 25 $28,000.00 Nil. Master and foki shot dead, boarded from small boat, Boarded as passengers at Shanghai.

Note. Three occurred in British Waters, remainder in Chinese Waters.

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