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Number of vessels which have entered into bond up to 31st December, 1923 :-
1923 1922 Steamers 233 223 Steam Launches 40 37 Total 273 260IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
Year Number of finger prints examined. Number of persons identified. Number of records filed. Number of convictions: Deportation Ordinance. Number of convictions: Market Ordinance. 1922 8,339 1,746 5,675 55 802 1923 9,886 1,736 6,533 54 560 Increase 1,547 858 Decrease 10 1 242DEPORTEES AND VAGRANTS.
Year Number of persons Banished from Hongkong. Number of persons Discharged from Gaol. Number of persons Deported from Singapore. Number of Vagrants sent from Singapore. Number of undesirables sent from D.E.I. Number of undesirables sent from Saigon. Number of persons Repatriated from Balikpapan. 1922 918 1,624 737 1,021 2,601 861 752 1923 1,027 1,953 812 795 1,754 674 790 Increase 109 329 75 38 Decrease 226 847 187GAMBLING.
Two hundred and two Gambling Warrants were successfully executed during the year as against 120 in 1922. There were seven cases in which no convictions were obtained.
There were seventy-four Lottery cases, compared with 14 in 1922.
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED. The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $657,671.44 as against $882,674 in 1922, a decrease of $225,003.04 or 25.4%.
The average for the last five years is $565,032.81 as against $492,558.91 in the previous five years, an increase of $72,473.90.
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Number of vessels which have entered into bond up to 31st December. 1923 :-
Steamers
Steam Launches
Total...
1923
1922
233
223
40
37
273
260
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
Number of
Number of Number of
Number of
convictions:
Number of convictions:
finger prints
persons
records
examined.
identified.
filed.
Deportation Ordinance.
Market Ordinance.
1922
8.339
1.746
5.675
$5
802
1923
9.886
1.736
6,533
54
560
Increase
549
858
Decrease...
10
31
242
Year.
DEPORTEES AND VAGRANTS.
Number of person
Banished from Hongkong.
Number of persons
Lischarged from Gaol.
Number of persons Deported from Singapore.
Number of Vagrants sent from Singapore.
Number of undesirables sent from D.E.I.
Number of undesirables sent from Saigon.
Number of persons Repatriated from Balikpapan.
1922
1923
918 1,027
1,624 1,953
737
812
1,021 795
2,601
861
752
1,754
674
790
Increase
109
329
75
38
Decrease
226
847
187
GAMBLING.
Two hundred and two Gambling Warrants were successfully executed during the year as against 120 in 1922. There were seven cases in which no convictions were obtained.
There were seventy four Lottery cases, compared with 14 in 1922.
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED. The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $657,671.44 as against $882,674 in 1922, a decrease of $225,003.04 or 25,4%.
The average for the last five years is $565,032.81 as against $492,558.91 in 1922 an increase of $72,473.90.
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