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68. A number of new guilds and associations were formed during the year by various labour groups. This movement appears to have been brought about by patriotic Chinese wishing to subscribe in the name of their respective guilds to the different organizations collecting money for war relief purposes.
IMMIGRATION & PASSPORT OFFICE.
69. During the year there were 119 persons of various nationalities other than Chinese, put before the courts for the following offences :-
Passports (including 2 cases of possession of false passports). 61 Stowaways 4 Vagrants 3970. On 2nd June, 1938, the Special Branch of the Police Department, took over the issuing of passports and visas from the Colonial Secretariat which had previously been responsible for this work.
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE.
71. During the year, 6,512 persons registered; 6,734 registered persons left the Colony; 51 aliens became British subjects by naturalization. There were 72 convictions for breaches of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, No. 3 of 1934. On 31st December there were 5,182 registered aliens in the Colony.
FINGER-PRINT DEPARTMENT.
72. A summary of work carried out in the Finger-Print Bureau is as follows:-
1937 1938 No. of slips searched. 23,906 24,747 No. of persons identified. 6,964 6,848 No. of slips filed. 19,922 19,080 No. of new records. 12,558 11,92273. During the year 583 persons were dealt with under the Deportation Ordinance, No. 3 of 1934. Of these 352 were arrested as suspected deportees. The remainder were arrested for other offences. Of the total number, 40 were tried at criminal sessions. At the end of 1937 the number of records on file in the bureau totalled 162,347; at the end of 1938, 174,169. During the year, there were 763 criminal record files created, bringing the total now in the bureau up to 1,677.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUB-DEPARTMENT.
74. A summary of work carried out in this department during 1938 is as follows
75. The total number of photographs taken of scenes of crime, accidents etc., was 53.
76. The number of copies of photographs issued was 5,354 made up as follows:-
For Criminal Investigation Department 2,410 For Court 530 For other departments 2,414