128. 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.
129. The China Navigation Company retained permanent guards of one Russian Sergeant and six Wei-hai-wei Guards on 18 vessels between Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. This Company retained altogether 20 units for this work to enable reliefs to be carried out.
130. 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.
MENDICANTS.
131. During the year, 2,903 mendicants were dealt with by the Police, and repatriated at a cost of $1,685.00. Of this number, 584 were charged and convicted before the Courts.
132. The figures for the past five years were:
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Dealt with 774 665 654 902 2,903
Convicted 619 295 259 596 584
Banished 80 80 99 99 32
Of the total number sent away, 264 were traced as having been sent away previously.
In addition to the above, 32 persistent beggars were banished from the Colony for 10 years.
DEAD BODIES.
133. The following table shows the number of unknown dead bodies found by Police in the streets and elsewhere during the last five years:
Locality 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 Victoria 357 289 214 270 327 Kowloon 881 679 708 690 856 Harbour 47 27 52 46 69 Elsewhere 62 61 64 85 101 Total 1,347 1,056 1,038 1,091 1,353