# Appendix H.
## REPORT OF THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MAGISTRACIES FOR THE YEAR 1938.
### HONG KONG.
1. Mr. R. A. D. Forrest acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 1st January to the 13th March and from the 9th November to the end of the year.
Mr. H. R. Butters acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 14th March to the 8th November.
Mr. R. Edwards acted as Second Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 1st January to the 5th June and from the 10th July to the end of the year.
Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith acted as Second Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 6th June to the 9th July.
Mr. T. J. Houston acted as Third Police Magistrate and Coroner from the 3rd August to the end of the year.
The number of cases was 38,612 as compared with 38,091 in 1937.
### KOWLOON.
2. Mr. K. Keen acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from 1st January to 9th January.
Mr. H. R. Butters acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from 10th January to 2nd February.
Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen acted as First Police Magistrate and Coroner from 3rd February to the end of the year.
Mr. K. M. A. Barnett acted as Second Police Magistrate and Coroner from 1st January to 11th November.
Mr. E. Himsworth acted as Second Police Magistrate and Coroner from 12th November to the end of the year.
A Third Court was in operation from 26th September to 10th November, Mr. E. Himsworth acting as Police Magistrate and Coroner.
The number of cases was 34,181 as compared with 30,220 in 1937.
### GENERAL.
3. Table I shows the expenditure of the two Magistracies for the years 1937 and 1938, including the cost of all officers in the departments who belong to the Cadet, Senior Clerical and Accounting, and Junior Clerical services.
4. Table II shows the collections of the two Magistracies for the same years.
5. Table III shows their revenue and expenditure for the last ten years in comparative form.