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349. Shortly after these fires, one occurred in the mail on a steamer. It appeared, however, that this had no connection with the former cases but was due rather to accidental ignition, as the ship was carrying a very large number of deck passengers who cooked and smoked near the hold containing the mail. An examination of parts of a shell found on a junk was also carried out.
350. Exhibits in connection with eight cases of robbery with violence were examined, in which use was made of pepper for temporarily blinding the victims.
351. Corrosive fluid throwing again occurred on several occasions during the year, in one case, concentrated caustic soda was used instead of the usual mineral acid.
TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Nature of poison. No. of samples. No poison found 57 Opium (2 morphine) 41 Phenolic or cresolic compounds 31 Adalin 3 Carbon monoxide 3 Lead 1 Barbituric acid derivative 6 Alcoholic solution of iodine 4 Kai Po Yu 1 CO N 2 Turpentine and camphor 1 Crude sodium bisulphate 1 Santalol 1 Iodoform 1 Crude alkaloids of Gelsemium elegans Benth. 8 Arsenic derivative 2 Strychnine 1 Sodium carbonate 1 Nerium oleander 1 Aluminium sulphate 2 Luminal 2 Mixture of aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine 1 Unknown synthetic drugs 3 Aspirin 2 Jatropha curcas Linn. (Physic Nut) 2 Total 177