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from abnormal crime waves which have been experienced in other ports. The Colony is also indebted to cordial co-operation throughout the year from the Police Authorities in Canton and Macau.
4. Table II shows the number of piracies committed in adjacent waters during the year 1927.
5. Table III gives the number of Discharged Prisoners, Deportees, and Vagrants dealt with by the Records Office during the year 1927.
FINGER PRINT DEPARTMENT.
A summary of work executed in this Department for the year 1927 is as follows:-
Number of Number of Number of Number of convictions finger prints Number of convictions persons records under under Market examined. identified. filed. Deportation Ordinance. Ordinance. 1926 12,956 3,079 11,799 92 1,190 1927 14,131 3,109 13,221 172 779 Increase Decrease 1,175 30 1,422 80 411Number of records on file: 98,734.
33 persons returned from banishment after having been banished under the Opium Ordinance.
74 persons were birched in addition to their sentence for returning from banishment.
15 persons had been previously birched.
PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT.
The total number of photographs taken of scenes of Serious Crimes and Accidents throughout the year was 1,875.
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED.
The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $612,293.36 as against $484,382.53 in 1926, an increase of $127,910.83 or 26.4%.
The average for the last five years is $587,790.15.
The value of property recovered during the year was $63,308.25 or 13% of the value of the property stolen, as against $53,359.30 or 11% of the property stolen in 1926, an increase of 2% in ratio between the property stolen and property recovered.