Date.
Ship, Name and address of Complainant.
1930. 23rd July
S.S. "Helikon" Owners-Wo Fat Shing Company.
Master W. Andersen,
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Table II,—Continued. PIRACIES REPORTED TO HONG KONG POLICE DURING 1930, BY BIAS BAY PIRATES, Place of Occurrence. Estimated No. of Pirates. Dialect spoken. Estimated Value of Property Stolen. No. of Persons Kidnapped. Remarks 132 miles South of Hong Kong. About 16 Punti, Hakka and Hoklo. Cargo $13,300From Passengers $7,000. Compradore and about 15 passengers. 1st and 3rd Compradores. Pirates took ship during early hours of morning when, with exception of officers on duty, every one was sleeping. Resistance was impossible. No guards carried. No shots fired and no one was injured. The ship was taken to Bias Bay where loot and kidnapped persons were landed. Ship taken to Mirs Bay. Pirates believed to have gone overland to Bias Bay. Chinese boy shot in shoulder. No cargo stolen. Pirates expected to find bullion. 14th November. S.S. "Hirundo" Norwegian Ship. Master-J. A. Pedersen. 130 miles South of Hong Kong. About 12 Hakka and Hoklo. $4,000.