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10. The thanks of the Club are due to the South China Athletic Association and to the Hong Kong Women's Guild and Ministering Children's League for generous donations during the year. The balance of funds on December 31st was $1,446.03. The business depression appears to have affected the earnings of the members of the Club, for there was a considerable drop in savings during the year, while the withdrawals of savings amounted to $477.12. The balance of savings in hand on December 31st was $140.82.
Annexe C.
REPORT ON THE WATER POLICE.
1. The following return shows the Establishment and casualties of the Water Police during the year 1933:-
Nationality Chinese... 244 14 4 7 3 14CONDUCT.
2. The conduct of the Chinese Staff of the Water Police was fair. There were two hundred and ninety-eight reports in 1933 as compared with two hundred and sixty-one in 1932.
There were one hundred and nineteen men against whom no defaulter reports were made during 1933.
Stoker No. 42, Wong Kau, was charged before the Police Magistrate (Kowloon) for larceny of two articles of clothing, the property of Stoker No. 39, Yeung Kam Shui, on the 14th April, 1933. He was convicted and sentenced to two months' hard labour.
ACCIDENTS.
3. There were eleven accidents to Police Launches in 1933 as compared with eleven in 1932.
As a result of enquiries held by the Harbour Master into these cases, one European, two coxswains and two seamen were dealt with departmentally. In one case the accident was...