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140. Anti-Piracy Work.-Twenty-six units of Anti-Piracy Guards of one European Sergeant and nine Indian Special Guards each, were supplied to the British India Steam Navigation Company, and twelve units to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, on the Hong Kong-Singapore run.
141. Twenty-two units of one British Sergeant and twelve Russian Guards each were supplied to the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company on the Hong Kong-Shanghai run.
During the annual overhaul of the Canadian Pacific vessels, the Russian guards normally employed by the Company were drafted temporarily to the Police Training School for refresher courses.
142. The China Navigation Company retained permanent guards of one Russian Sergeant and six Wei Hai Wei men each on seventeen vessels between Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. This Company retained altogether nineteen full units for this work to enable reliefs to be carried out.
143. The Indo China Steam Navigation Company retained permanent guards of one Russian Sergeant and four Wei Hai Wei men each on two vessels between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
144. Conduct.-Discipline throughout the year was satisfactory and showed improvement on 1935.
(a) Russian Contingent: There were eight defaulters as against nine during 1935.
(b) Special Guards: Twenty-eight defaulters as against thirty-two during 1935.
(c) Wei Hai Wei Contingent: Thirty defaulters as against sixty-seven during 1935.
(d) Police Watchmen: Three hundred and twenty-three defaulters as against three hundred and twenty-five during 1935.
145. During the year, 902 mendicants were dealt with by the Police, and repatriated at a cost of $921.65.
Of this number 596 were charged and convicted before the Courts.