K 10
SECTION 5A. VARIOUS SUB-DEPARTMENTS.
35. During the year a total of 1,728 mendicants were dealt with by the Deportation Office and sent away from the Colony. Of this number 385 were charged and convicted before the courts. The corresponding figures for 1938 are 2,529 and 715 respectively. The decrease in the number is partly due to the Japanese occupation of the frontier and the consequent difficulty of sending mendicants away. The Deportation Office dealt with 8,625 prisoners discharged in the Colony as against 8,666 in 1938: 125 persons were placed under police supervision orders as against 201 in 1938: 3,629 persons were deported from the Colony after serving a term of imprisonment as against 2,535 in 1938: 417 persons were sent away by order of the courts as against 824 in 1938: 55 persons were sent away under the Emergency Regulations as against 159 in 1938: 1,730 persons were sent on to their homes in China in transit from other parts of the world as against 1,184 in 1938.
36. During the year 2,758 unknown dead bodies were found by police as against 2,991 in 1938, and 1,353 in 1937.
37. As a precaution against rabies the muzzling order was enforced throughout the year. 3,544 dogs were licensed as against 3,226 in 1938.
38. During the year 194 cases were heard at criminal sessions as against 167 in 1938 and 150 in 1937. The number of missing children reported to police was 240 as against 299 in 1938. Of this number 185 were found.
39. The following table shows the number of weights and measures examined:—
Correct. Incorrect. Total. Foreign scales 267 2 269 Chinese scales 1,179 17 1,196 Yard measures 364 Chinese foot measures 594 370 594Ten prosecutions were instituted under the Weights and Measures Ordinance as against 15 in 1938.
40. There were 34 prosecutions under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance as against 58 in 1938.
41. The photographic department took 169 photographs of scenes of crime, accidents, and other places and issued 5,622 copies of the photographs taken.
42. In the finger-print bureau 28,310 finger print slips were searched, and 7,986 persons were identified, as against 24,747 and 6,848 respectively for 1938. The number of slips filed was 20,851 as against 19,080 in 1938. The number of new records was 12,865 as against 11,922 in 1938. During the year 891 persons were charged under the Deportation Ordinance as against 583 in 1938. At the end of the year the total number of slips on file was 187,034 as against 174,169 at the end of 1938. During the year 3,500 new criminal record files were created, and the total is now 5,176.