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B.-Revolver: Indians.
569 Indians fired their Preliminary Revolver Course. Possible score 110. 550 passed. 19 failed.
D.-Musketry: Wei Hai Wei.
75 Wei Hai Wei men fired their Annual Musketry Course and are classified as under:
P.S.D. 55 obtained the highest score with 118 out of a possible 160. Marksmen 2 1st Class Shots 16 2nd 23 3rd 24 Failures 10 TOTAL 75D.-Revolver: Wei Hai Wei.
150 Wei Hai Wei men fired the Preliminary Revolver Course. Possible points 110. 143 passed. 7 failed.
C.-Musketry: Cantonese.
Cantonese Police are not armed with rifles.
C.-Revolver: Cantonese.
483 Chinese fired the Preliminary Revolver Course. Possible 110. 470 passed. 13 failed.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
1.-GENERAL.
As foreshadowed in the Annual Report of 1926 the resumption of regular intercourse between Hong Kong and Canton in October 1926 which resulted in a slight increase in crime in the Colony towards the end of that year led to a further increase particularly in burglaries and larcenies in 1927. Serious crime although showing an increase over 1926 showed also a marked decline in murders and generally in crime due to political motives. A very good working year from a Police point of view was however marred by a shooting affray between a Police Search Picquet and a small band of armed robbers who were just returning from a successful venture in the Western District of Victoria. When held up by the Search Picquet the robbers immediately opened fire on the picquet seriously wounding the European Sergeant in Charge and a Chinese Detective. The Sergeant though wounded shot one robber dead. Another robber...