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All members attended and there was a valuable discussion with frank interchange of opinions. The following gentlemen served on the Committee throughout the year:-
Mr. Li Yau-tsun, C.B.E.
Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Kt.
Mr. Wong Iutung.
Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D.
Mr. Li Po-kwai.
Dr. S. W. Tso, C.B.E., LL.D.
Hon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin.
Hon. Mr. Lo Man-kam.
Mr. Wong Ping-sun.
Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, M.B.E.
Mr. Sum Pak-ming.
Mr. Tam Woon-tong.
22. Messrs. Lau Ping-chai and Ng Wah retired on the expiration of their year of office as ex-Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk Committees respectively and were succeeded by Messrs. Peter H. Sin and Ng Yiu-wan.
23. The authorised strength of the Force is 140 and is composed as follows:- 5 Head District Watchmen, 6 Assistant Head District Watchmen, 26 Detectives and 103 Uniform Men.
24. During the year three members of the Force were dismissed, five resigned, one was invalided and one died. Recruits were obtained to fill these vacancies.
25. Inspector K. W. Andrew was in charge of the Force until June 7th when his place was taken by Inspector E. J. Ellis, who has ably carried on the work and maintained the high standard of efficiency set by his predecessors.
26. 1936 has been a very busy year for the District Watch Force. On the police side of its activities several records, set in 1935, have been broken. There were 1,546 successful prosecutions for crimes ranging from petty larceny to uttering of counterfeit coins and possession of arms. As usual excellent work has been done by the plain clothes detectives and particularly by the pickpocket squad which obtained 205 convictions for larceny from the person as compared with 181 convictions in 1935. There have been 22 convictions in cases of trafficking in women and girls but it is perhaps worthy of mention that the number of cases involving illegal transactions in respect of minors has shown a marked decrease as compared with former years.