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# STRENGTH OF STAFF.
The authorised strength of staff for the year 1927 was as follows:
1 Chief Officer (Hon. C.S.P.)
1 Superintendent.
2 Station Officers.
1 Consulting Engineer (A.G.M.S.)
4 Sub Officers.
1 Mechanical Engineer.
1 Asst. Mechanical Engineer.
16 Sub Officers.
5 Foremen.
120 Firemen,
32 Motor Drivers.
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16 Ambulance Attendants,
1 Clerk.
10 Telephone Clerks.
69 Other ranks.
## THEATRE AND OTHER DUTIES.
Duties performed by members of the Brigade at public and private entertainments during the year totalled 878, comprising altogether 5,696 hours.
## MOTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The number of cases attended during the year by the respective Ambulances is shown in the following summary:
Cases. Distance run. Police Private Total (miles) No. 3 Ambulance (Hong Kong) 663 1,009 1,672 12,054 No. 1 Ambulance (Kowloon) 325 408 733 5,034 No. 2 & No. 4 207 339 546 3,734 No. 5 102 134 236 2,077 Totals 1,297 1,890 3,187 22,899The yearly increase in cases attended is shown in the following summary:
Last year (1927) Previous years Cases attended 1926 1925 1924 1923 3,187 2,637 2,265 2,129 1,712