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# II-GENERAL.
1. Accidents (Traffic).—Total, 24. During the year 4 fatal & 20 non-fatal accidents were caused by motor traffic. The large increase in the number of motor vehicles operating within the N.T. calls for increased traffic control.
2. Accidents (Various).—Total, 12. During the year 4 persons were killed as the result of accidents on the railway, 5 persons were drowned through the accidental upsetting of a boat in a creek near San Tin and 2 persons were accidentally drowned while bathing. A matshed fire at Kam Tsin, Sheung Shui, caused the death of the occupant, an old man.
3. Fires.—Total, 11. A fire in a tailor's shop, Tai Po Market, caused damage to the extent of $400, all the other fires being small ones involving principally matsheds and straw stacks. There was one fatality—see "Accidents (Various)".
Hill Fires are now receiving special attention, and notices issued by the D.O.N.T. have been posted throughout the N.T. urging people to prevent such fires. Officers in Charge now furnish a weekly report on the cause and extent of all hill fires occurring in their districts.
4. Crime: The following table shows the number of serious offences committed in the N.T.(N) during 1926:
ON LAND Total Murder 2 21 Armed Robbery and Wounding 1 Robbery with Violence 1 ... 5 Double Armed Robbery and Kidnapping 1 Armed Robbery and Kidnapping ... Armed Robbery 11 ON WATER Double Murder 1 Armed Robbery 4 5 TotalK 17
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II-GENERAL.
1. Accidents (Traffic).-Total, 24. During the year 4 fatal & 20. non-fatal accidents were caused by motor traffic. The large increase in the number of motor vehicles operating within the N. T. calls for increased traffic control.
2. Accidents (Various).-Total, 12. During the year 4 persons were killed as the result of accidents on the railway, 5 persons were drowned through the accidental upsetting of a boat in a creek near San Tin and 2 persons were accidentally drowned while bathing. A matshed fire at Kam Tsin, Sheung Shui, caused the death of the occupant. an old man.
3. Fires.—Total, 11. A fire in a tailor's shop, Taipo Market, caused damage to the extent of $400, all the other fires being small ones involving principally matsheds and straw stacks. There was one fatality-see "Accidents (Various)",
Hill Fires are now receiving special attention, and notices issued by the D. O. N. have been posted throughout the N. T. urging people to prevent such fires. Officers in Charge now furnish a weekly report on the cause and extent of all hill fires occurring in their districts.
4. Crime: The following table shows the number of serious offences committed in the N.T. (N) during 1926:-
ON LAND..
Murder
Armed Robbery and Wounding
Robbery with Violence
2
1
1
1
...
5
11
Total
21
Double Armed Robbery and Kidnapping
Armed Robbery and Kidnapping
Armed Robbery
ON WATER.
Double Murder
Arined Robbery
Total
1
...
4
5
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