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TRAFFIC.
134. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Traffic Regulations (Section 3—Ordinance 40 of 1912):
Year Prosecutions Convictions Withdrawn Remanded Discharged Total amount of fines 1938 6,703 6,357 105 126 115 $29,381.90 1937 6,908 6,474 237 125 72 $27,214.55MANSLAUGHTER
1938 2 1937 1 2 1135.
1938 1937 Number of persons examined as motor drivers 1,856 860 Number of persons passed as motor drivers 1,606 811 Total number of accidents reported 3,703 2,589 Number of persons killed 119 81 Number of public motor vehicles examined and passed 5,216 4,713 Number of public motor vehicles examined and rejected 478 652 Number of commercial motor vehicles examined and passed 7,787 7,698 Number of commercial motor vehicles examined and rejected 802 Number of motor drivers' licences suspended 1,395 43 Number of motor drivers' licences cancelled 2 3 Number of motor drivers' licences cancelled 71POLICE MOTOR VEHICLES.
136.
The number of Police motor vehicles is as follows:
Motor vans (including 2 motor dog vans) 12 Motor cars 4 Combinations (motor cycles) 9 Solo motor cycles 13137. Table VIII gives a classification of vehicles accidents and their causes.
EMERGENCY UNITS.
138. The emergency units in Hong Kong and Kowloon were kept busy throughout the year.
139. Both units were frequently called upon for duty in connection with refugee work. The Hong Kong unit at times assisted police on the water-front in handling the large influx of passengers by river steamers. Two squads from the Kowloon unit were sent out temporarily on several occasions to reinforce police on the frontier. Squads from both units were at times employed in control of