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and Kowloon respectively, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for rioting, inciting to disorder or for attacks on Japanese.
4. The only piracy on a British ship during the year occurred on the 20th November, when the British cargo steamer "Hanyang", 1207 tons, was pirated on the high seas near Namoa Island, twenty miles North-east of Swatow on a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong. The "Hanyang" belongs to the China Navigation Company and is not on any regular run. Being a cargo boat, she had no grilles and no guards, the only defence being six Winchester Rifles and six revolvers. No passengers, of whom there were about one hundred, were kidnapped and no one was injured. The pirates ransacked the officers' and passengers' cabins and persons, and removed cargo, the whole loot being valued at approximately fifty thousand dollars. The cargo was taken ashore into a bay on the west of Namoa Island by boats which came off from the shore. The pirates obtained tickets through some unknown guarantor who could not be traced, as all the tickets and guarantees were removed by them. It is surmised that the pirates numbered fifteen in all.
On receipt of the information concerning this piracy the Commodore dispatched a destroyer, H.M.S. "Sterling" to the scene from Hong Kong. The Commander of the destroyer got in touch with the Chinese Authorities at Amoy, and took off Chinese troops, who succeeded in capturing a number of the pirates, and recovered a large quantity of loot and some of the ship's arms.
5. One attempted piracy on junk was reported as against two piracies in 1980. In this case, the pirate junk was captured by H.M.S. "Sterling", and twelve Chinese males were charged with "Attempted Piracy" and convicted by Jury, but were discharged on an appeal being lodged before the Full Court. After their discharge, the accused were seen by Police to leave the Colony.
6. During the period under review, local efforts to promote Communist organizations continued to receive the attention of the police department, and the strength of the sub-department which deals with this subject, has been increased. Information obtained tends definitely to show that close connections exist between Communist organizations in countries bordering on the Eastern coast of Asia, and that such organizations are to some extent financed and directed by Bolshevist sources.
7. There were no serious attempts during the year to hold open demonstrations, and there were no serious labour troubles due to Communist agitation. A large number of raids were carried out by Police, and a number of Communist agitators arrested were subsequently banished. The only serious event marking the intensity of the efforts made by Communist agitators was the murder in March of a man reported to be a Canton Anti-Communist agent, who was shot dead in Jubilee Street.